And he wore the Mustache so well...

sometime between March and May of 2000, I believe... Saba's house, Borough Park days.

He looked at me with his lips pursed, in the Drew way, eyes looking elsewhere, "Wha'd'ya think?". I like it, I would say. And it was the truth. On him, I liked it, I thought it worked. He pulled it off. And why shouldn't he do something he's inclined to by the itch of a hair in his a** on a hot New York day? "You just don't want any girls looking at me", he would say. "I love you Drew, do what makes you happy", I said in my own nonchalant way.

DUCK DAYS...

THANK YOU

I am so excited, as people--friends--are coming into town and we are getting ready to celebrate--again--together, the life of someone we all love so deeply--DREW. Doug to thank for making this whole thing happen, Eric for bringinng such a memorable contribution, Jules for helping in his way, all of the bands OF COURSE! Amiee for doing her laborious part! And all the people who are making this happen, Rob, Jenn , Tedesco, Johnny, Christo , Andrew, Casey, Alissa, Jane, Dayla, everyone who's helped, all of those that are spreading the word and making it happen. I am so overwhelmed with graditude and thanks and joy to be surrounded by such beautiful people. What a gift I have been given. THANK YOU! You are all beautiful people....

went to visit drew for fathers day....nina asked me to give him a balloon....

CARTOON NETWORK AUCTION!

Drew will have a photogragh in this auction as well, as he did last year. Please see flyers for details on donations or bidding. It is taking place the same day as the Memorial Benefit show, so check your timing if you plan on participating in both. The auction is in LA, the show is in NY!

THANK YOU CMJ FOR PROMOTING AND PAYING ATTENTION!!!

Drew Goren Memorial Benefit
2007-06-11 14:44:03.087,
Story by: Pamela Garavano
On June 30, Brooklyn folkie Langhorne Slim and local New York City heroes Neckbeard Telecaster will take the stage at the Luna Lounge to remember beloved photographer, friend and father Drew Goren. The former CMJ art director, who snapped bands like Sonic Youth, Spoon and Bloc Party, lost his life to cancer late last year at 33 and is survived by his 5-year-old daughter, Nina. All proceeds raised from the evening will be donated directly to the Drew Goren Memorial Fund to ensure a future for Nina.

Spread the word and enjoy the great music and company at 361 Metropolitan Avenue, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Doors are at 6:00 PM. Tickets are $15 and available in advance on ticketweb.com.
Lineup For Drew Goren Memorial Benefit Concert:
07:00 PM - The Shrubs
07:45 PM - The Wooden Hills
08:30 PM - Sikamor Rooney
09:15 PM - The GoStation
10:15 PM - Neckbeard Telecaster
11:15 PM - Langhorne Slim

www.inmemoryofdrewgoren.com

August 2004

Drew and I at Nina's third birthday--Pete's Candy Store, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. That was a beautiful, beautiful warm day, full with friends and family and fun times. I love that smile on his face and that look in his eye. Happiness comes from the inside out with him. He really felt it and you can see... The birthday parties are always a bit hard to pull off, but they always ended up being our favorite day of the year! Celebrating Nina together, celebrating being a family.

An email from Drew

I found this today.
Drew invited me to go see Saba & Hana and eat dinner with him and Nina
and visit. I wrote him and sent some pics of the day together.
I remember it like it was yesterday.


From: drew goren drew@subwaysleeper.com
To: soupnico@aol.com
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:19 am

wow. thanks a lot for sending these...
i'll pass them along now to my mom. its gonna mean a lot to her.
i'm glad you came with yesterday. at first i felt bad for bringing you into a depressing situation... i'm glad you ended up being ok with it.
thanks for the love and support shan...
drew

+ i'll send you pics as soon as i download them off the camera.


on 4/29/06 11:04 PM, soupnico@aol.com at soupnico@aol.com wrote:

hey drew
thanks for letting me hang with you...it really was great...and
if you or your mom need anything, let me know.. ok..
ill go with you anytime. its the simple things like
today that make life so important....it meant
alot for me ...to hang with you nina ya mom
and grandfather. im so tired...gonna go to sleep.
your new website will rock.
send me some pics, ill send you some from today.
love ya kid\
shannOn

Drew showing Nina how to put film on a roll and into the camera

review from PHOTOLINK of drews work

PhotoLinks Commercial Photographers Details

Title: SUBWAYSLEEPER - d.goren photography CWMSQQ-1246326336 Site Description: CWMSQQ-1246326336 loose, natural, striking images. portrait, live event, documentary/journalistic photography of music and musicians, people/children, travel and (now and then) fashion by low-key, guerrilla photographer drew goren. Location: United States : New York : New York Photographers Category: Commercial Photographers Click to Visit this site

a review of drew's work from COOLSTOP

subwaysleeper.com 1/20/04
Description: photography by drew goren
Comment: I'm not sure who Willi Zucker is, a house painter perhaps, but the updates tell me he's not doing too well these days. There's also a picture of him in the Visitors' Gallery thanks to Drew's participation, which I really appreciate. How wonderful it would be to get another shot, sometime soon, with Willi up and at 'em again. Drew Goren's portfolio selects has some of best portrait and documentary photography I've seen. The subwaysleeper seems to thrive on capturing musicians in their best light and the tear-sheets tell me he's a professional (as virtually all the photos do). But the site is free of promotional copy, simply presenting the best of Drew's art. Great works don't need to be hyped. I've got a strong feeling Drew's obsession with photography goes much deeper than making a living. Just a hunch...

Drew's Tattoo

Drew got that tattoo in San Francisco, right before he moved to New York. I went with him to the tattoo parlor on Haight Street. This was when he was living in the lower Haight above the best Ethipoian in SF. He called it a time stamp. He wanted to mark the last four years of his life that he spent in SF, thus the four diamonds; a "love gone wrong", thus the upsides down heart, (although later on he would deny saying that?); and the dot beneath I am assuming for the first little lady in his life, Ramona. And of course the crown for a KING! Lucre at Marcello's, where Drew and I officailly met (although we had met the semester before in a Sidney Lumet film class) always said "Drew thinks that sign outside says his name!!"--which was the Marcello's sign on top of a big world. Lucre loved Drew and would do anything for him. He was a favorite of all the Marcello's folks! I also remember him designing the tattoo himself on his computer at home in the Haight Street apartment, fixing and tweeking the image just so. He was a perfectionist. Those were very good days. --Julia

Drew 4_12_06

4_23_05_Williamsburg

WE LOVE YOU DREW!!!!

WE MISS U DREW.......

Love Auction May 3rd

This photo of Drew's--the Coachwhips--will be in an upcoming auction in New York City to benifit LOVE, Leave Out Violence. Please see below for details. If you are interested in this photo or participating in the auction see web site at bottom, or email me at penny@billburg.com.

...34 years ago a 14 year old murdered my good friend’s father, Daniel Rudberg. Daniel was stabbed while trying to help a woman who was being attacked by the youth. The young boy was a runaway, who was on drugs, who had recently joined a gang. Daniel’s widow, Twinkle, decided something had to be done to give troubled youth the skills, confidence and the will to create productive, non-violent lives. The organization she started is huge in Canada and has helped over 30,000 teens there. The launch here so far has been quite successful, many New York City schools are now on a waiting list for the program.

A major component of the LOVE program is photojournalism. This is a year -long program that develops the photographic and writing skills necessary to document the violence around them. During the year we have several photographers pitch in as guest mentors. Contributing photographers have been: Christie Bush, and Mariette Papic with interest from many others such as Joanne Dugan, Erin Patrice O'Brien, Andy Lin, Mariette Papic, Deborah Feingold, John Bentham, Michael Corridore and Scott Sternbach.

Event details:
Date: Thursday night, May 3rd.
Location: Felissimo Townhouse
10 West 56th st. NY, NY.

The event will be part of a spring cocktail party, in honor of Richard Kirshenbaum, the advertising legend, who has contributed so much to LOVE in the past years. We will have great food, open bar, presentations of the current love youths’ work and the silent auction. I hope to get approximately 100 photographs donated by photographers in our community and also add an additional 25-30 photos that this years youth have produced and have them be part of the auction as well.


Leave Out Violence
64 Fulton Street suite 801
New York, NY 10038
www.leaveoutviolence-us.org

these pics were taken march 2005 at a mexican restaurant in BK that drew treated us to.....

Drew...playstation..i cant tell u how many hours...we played tony hawk and contra...

Nina & Drew.....

A LETTER FROM BOB GREEN

I RECEIVED THIS BEAUTIFUL LETTER FROM BOB GREEN, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW HIM....... HE WAS DREW'S INSPIRATION FOR HIS PHOTOGRAPHY AND MUCH MORE........
THANK YOU BOB FOR ALLOWING ME TO POST IT.
HZG


Dear Hana,

How are you doing.
You have been in my thoughts.
The persistent and beautiful memories I have of Drew are constant reminders of just how lucky I was to have known such a beautiful man.
We had some great times working side by side in the office at CMJ. It was there that I began to form my admiration for him.
I will always cherish the day we spent together in Austin during SXSW. He came over to my home and met my dog, we went to breakfast and talked of his future.
It was a beautiful day, he felt like a brother.
That night he went out of his way to stop by the club I was working at just to give me a CD he thought i should hear.
He was on his way to the airport so I know it was a huge inconvenience for him, but that was your son...
It was these simple yet meaningful acts that he performed (consistently and subconsciously) that made him unique.

I will really miss talking to Drew about photography, especially his.
He would ask me to look at his work and was genuinely surprised when I had wonderful things to say.
He would take an image that was amazing and then doubt his abilities!!!
He was funny that way.
But, wow, he became an excellent photographer.
The images of Nina are absolute works of art.
He was blessed with a vision...

During the last conversation I had with Drew he told me he wasn't picking up the phone much but when he saw my name on the caller ID he knew I could make him laugh. I cannot begin to tell you how meaningful that was to me. He sounded really sick but we laughed and had a great time talking. I still cannot bring myself to delete his number from my phone...

I am deeply sympathetic for your loss.
His integrity and spirit is truly a reflection of you.

with love
bob green

Drew after he just bowled a strike....Las Vegas 2000

We all went to Las Vegas. It was one of the best times in my life....Me Barkley Camille and Drew.....The Barfeeders played....a show there....There was a bowling tournament. Drew of course, sported his fastmusic bowling shirt....as you can see....
he made sure " HOMER" was printed on the front.

Giving away the secrets! ...He would want you to have it!

D.GOREN CHAMPIONSHIP MARINADE

for 16 pcs. chicken and 1 rack of pork ribs

6 oranges (juice, pulp, and skin slivers)
2 bulbs garlic (chopped fine)
2 small yellow onions (chopped small)
1/2 cup sesame oil
1/4 cup olive oil
3/4 cup honey
1/4 cup molasses
2 healthy shots of whiskey
1/4 bottle beer
1 habeñero peppers (chopped w/seeds)
1 bunch cilantro
1 bunch italian parsely
1/2 knuckle ginger (sliced up)
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup any bbq sauce
salt & pepper

marinate for 3 full days.

Camille & Drew....Playstation...and Hanging out..being silly..

PICNIC

...just a few pics of a picnic jenn brice and I had with drew...jenn tried to make "drelish"....

October 2005....Drew took these of himself

August 2003

Drew's 33rd Birthday Nov. 4th 2006

i love you guys...

Skateboarding!!!!!!!!

Drew Concert!

A Memorial Benifit concert in Drew's name is planned for the Luna Lounge in Williamsburg, June 30th!! The line up is to be announced... We are all very excited to have another event in which we can remember and gather and celebrate Drew's wonderful being together. We will continue to keep you posted with line up and show times as they are known. Hope to see you all there!

THANK YOU TO DOUG LEVY FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DRUCIFER 2005

Uncle Drew & Dr Zaius_June 2005 Brooklyn

San Diego Circa 1992

ANIMAL LOVER...just some random Drew images he had saved!!! Always thinking about the next barbeque