LD Beghtol (1964 – 2020), also known as "Uncle LD", was an American musician, art director and writer. He was best known for participating in

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'' and writing the illustrated companion book ''

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'' for the

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book series. Beghtol was born in

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. He was a founding member of the band

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—aka Flare Acoustic Arts League—and the death-pop outfit LD & the New Criticism, and was also in the collective,

Moth Wranglers Moth Wranglers was a musical collaboration formed in 1998 by Chris Xefos (Drop Quarters, ex- King Missile), and LD Beghtol (Flare, The Magnetic Fields). The duo took their name from the credits for Jonathan Demme's 1991 thriller '' Silence of the L ...

. In 2012 Beghtol formed LD&CO, with Scott Sosebee ( Little Red Rocket) and others to record and play live; their debut single "Morgantown" was mixed by Kramer, but remains unreleased. The band's experimental 5-songs-in-5 minutes EP, ''The Just-World Phenomenon'' was released by

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in 2015. A full-length album, ''Mental Health Styling'' is scheduled for a future release, again in collaboration with Kramer. Additionally, he has partnered with Mark Bishop's San Francisco-based atmospheric synth project Bronze Eye for a series of audio miniatures entitled ''Adventures in Love & Culture''—the first of which was released in May 2016 on

, as well as many collaborations and guest appearances as vocalist, instrumentalist and arranger/producer. Beghtol served as designer/art director for ''

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'', '' Travel Holiday'', ''

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'' and other publications; since 2010 he worked in pharmaceutical advertising for industry leaders CDM, Area 23 and the BGB Group. He is also known for his writing about popular culture for '' Time Out'', ''

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'', '' The Advocate,'' ''

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'' and

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's fanzine ''

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References

External links

Test Listen: LD Beghtol's 'AKA Paradise'"Flare: an interview with LD Beghtol by Matt Dornan", ''Comes with a Smile''Book review at gawker.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beghtol, Ld 2020 deaths 1964 births People from Clarksville, Tennessee American ukulele players American LGBT musicians University of Memphis alumni Musicians from Tennessee 21st-century American musicians 21st-century American male musicians