I was playing some Syd Barrett's work from his time with Pink Floyd and got incredibly sad.

I remember being very young and hearing the music from his era with the band. When you are the youngest of four brothers, you hear their music and inherit their tastes and albums and clothes.

It was all so emotional for me, because I not only thought about Syd, but about laying on the floor and shuffling through albums that I had packed in wooden tomato crates under the bed and playing them with my headphones on. I had even put my bed up on cement blocks so the records would easily fit underneath.

I remember meeting my first true best friend, Matt at the only place to buy records in that small town, an old bin hidden in a corner of a grocery store. There I found a Monty Python album, one day The Korgis and another day, "Piper at the Gates of Dawn."

Matt told me to buy it, and with money I stole from my mom, I did. It was old and the corners bent, but the disc was smooth and there were no waves as it turned under the needle.

Looking at Syd pictures now, I get very sad. I think he looked so cool when he was younger, then he shaves off all his hair and becomes a recluse... I know someone like that!

I remember when Robyn Hitchcock and I use to hang out and he would tell me these stories about Syd, like how Ridley Scott was going to make a movie about him and how when Syd shaved all his hair off Roger Waters broke down in tears cause he knew Syd was slipping away. I always thought Robyn looked a bit like Syd in the eyes.

Robyn played at a small club in Santa Monica and I hadn't seen him in a while, he had turned gray and I had recently shaved my head, "Who do you think you are Syd Barrett?" he said.

I remember reading and rereading Nicholas Schaffner's, "Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey" and thinking if only I could have known him, I bet I could have helped, I would have been his friend.

I can't even help myself.

Look at Bedazzled! and see the videos Spike has put up, most importantly the interview by Hans Keller and just look and listen at how sweet and beautiful Syd Barrett was and think of that friend or relative you could be closer to and kinder to, who may need help, before their time and yours runs out.

I am awaiting your call...