Tributes about Otis 'O' Barthoulameu have flooded social media since his death late last week. He was, in the words of blink-182's Mark Hoppus, 'a friend and mentor. And not just for us. For so many musicians, athletes, and photographers...'
Last week’s unexpected death of prominent member of San Diego’s music, arts and skateboarding communities named “O” has unleashed an outpouring of tributes in his memory, both on social media and even from the concert stage.
Barthoulameu was also a talented skateboarder, surfer, graphic designer, guitar aficionado and visual artist. He once held an exhibition of his paintings at Little Italy’s Subtext Gallery for a hilariously hyper-exclusive 4-hour window. He also produced blink-182’s debut album, “Cheshire Cat,” and was instrumental in getting it radio airplay.
At a concert in Los Angeles last weekend, Justin Trosper of the band Unwound, name-checked O from the stage when mentioning people he wished were still around. “I’m not exaggerating when I say that I would not be a professional musician if it had not been for O,” she said from her current home in New York.
“He was revered, loved, and appreciated by everyone. He just had the most incredible balance and spent his life perfecting the art of connecting people. O was ‘the glue’ as Hoppus said. And that’s the thing. You can write as many words as you want about him, but you’ll never be able to express, in any real detail, what he truly meant to the musical, skate, surf or artistic communities.”
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