RIP Patrick Elasik

[Devilush]

Article (http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/288601p-247025c.html)

Mag publisher electrocuted by third rail



BY OREN YANIV
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

A promising young magazine entrepreneur was electrocuted early yesterday while walking across the G train subway tracks from one platform to another, police said.
The body of Patrick Elasik, 26, of Far Rockaway, was found at 1:35 a.m., lying across the third rail at the Nassau Ave. station in Greenpoint.

Elasik was the co-founder and co-owner of Mass Appeal Magazine, a bimonthly urban lifestyle publication based in Brooklyn.

He was on his way home from a friend's birthday party when he entered the station from the wrong side, said his longtime business partner, Adrian Moeller.

Because changing platforms required leaving and reentering the station, he apparently decided to simply cross to the other side - but touched the electrified rail and died.

"He ran through the tracks and got killed," Moeller said. "It was an unfortunate accident."

Moeller and Elasik moved here from the Washington area in 1996 and opened the magazine, which chronicles graffiti art, urban music and hip fashion. The magazine has a circulation of about 100,000.

"Things were going really great for him," Moeller said. "He had a great heart; there's not a bad bone in his body."

An avid surfer, Elasik recently bought a house near the boardwalk in Far Rockaway, where he lived and took on the waves for years.

"He loved New York and just enjoyed life," his father, Ronald Elasik, said in a phone interview from McLean, Va. "It's devastating, just devastating."

Elasik's death was ruled an accidental electrocution by the medical examiner. His body will be flown today to Virginia. He was survived by his parents and a 19-year-old sister.

At the magazine's Fort Greene, Brooklyn, office, employees mourned the sudden loss of a successful entrepreneur.

"It's hard for everybody," Moeller said.

RIP

[Sarah Tonin]

Originally posted by Devilush@Mar 10 2005, 02:03 PM
RIP
Quoted post

damn :(

[Al Green]

nice guy. POWER TO YOU.

[!@#$%]

rest in peace pat sire.

always the life of the party.

... left me with some great memories i'll never forget...



fuck!
take care of yourseleves out there peoples!!

[krowteN]

have a safe journey. please believe I'm popin the cap on one for you right now.

R.I.P. bro.

http://steelwheelsxpress.com/pat.jpg

[villain]

Damn...
RIP

[Joker]

Rest well my friend, rest well.

[jedifive nyc]

i chilled with him a few times over at mass appeal and at his house looking at flicks he was a nice guy. rest in peace.

[BornFresh]

rip .

[Arekshun]

Rest in power........

[Madclout]

Yo Homie Rest in Piece.
We will keep your name alive.....
AMFS.outhern Brethrens

[WheelieMan]

I remember the first time we met... High and Sire were in my face threatining to kick my ass if i didn't take care of a couple boys in my crew... Sire and High told me that in a matter of weeks they could have everything I ever did on a freight gone over... and I was shook! All the while Jet stood around patiently and listened, probably laughing... It took a while to become friends with your crowd but then it was allways fun to bump into you... first in Portland then in Atlanta then in LA where I put on a little entertainment for Sire and Adrian by getting my ass kicked by undercovewrs and hauled off to jail, and finally in New York.... Pat you are a great guy and I will allways remember that night in LA gettin wasted and arrested, say Hi to Bore for me... My condolences to Pats family crew and friends...

REST IN PEACE "SIRE"

VICIOUS/DETR

[imported_Rolln]

Pat,
You were a character, thats for sure... Sire really did a number on the streets of DC back in the mid 90's, fucking wrecked it..

I remember telling High once a long time ago I couldnt hang out with Pat cause he was too much of a loose cannon, then we got to kick it one night and I was like hell yeah, I like this mother fucker, cool guy..
Last time I saw pat we did a end 2 end fr8 car in the East Bay...

RIP Homie,

*AMF*

[BIG T]

great man... killed dc. rocked a ton of freights, started a cool ass mag, and could out drink me, What a guy!!! you will be missed

[Grimes]

RIP

[SWX1994]

SIRE 365 (http://steelwheelsxpress.com/SIRE%20THREE%20HUNDRED%20AND%20SIXTY-FIVE.htm)

[Fox Mulder]

http://www.12ozprophet.com/archive/albums/userpics/19513/ectosirefelon.jpg

Ecto Sire Felon

wow....

[Fox Mulder]

http://www.graffiti.org/trains/dcstren2.jpg

Sire/Stren Wash. DC Metro

[48:16]

it wasn't the prettiest, but sire and stren just would not stop bombing D>C> ... i was a big fan.

sire definitely accomplished so much in his short life, i had no idea he was so young, that means he must've been 14-16 when he was kinging d.c. one of the few writers who managed to make graffiti into a livelihood and represent the lifestyle to the rest of our generation.

RIP man.

stay up.

[Fox Mulder]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/yourmomsboyfriend/SF%20graff/2ndmissionyard.jpg

In SF

[imported_Rolln]

^^^ The CBS in that photo above was done by ROB-ONE, RIP. ^^^

[SWX1994]

DRUNK!



R.I.P. SIRE 365

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/cutie1/sire.jpg

[Geezer Butler]

SIRE

R*I*P

[Sarah Tonin]

show some love here too. (http://massappealmag.com/archives/000075.html)

[Mr. Graf]

I remeber every time I drove into DC seeing that sire and stren piece coming off of 395 right before it turned into 14th street. rip

[CACashRefund]

RIP

[yoshy]

damn.


rip.

[villain]

oh i am in the heavens...
And RIP Sire...

[southrngent]

In the early 90's most of the lines were clean and bare. A few were common catches on the lines, Sug, Fate, High, Jase, Kaps, Pre and Sire. Yes Sire, I think i caught more of his between 94-97 than anyone else. That what I am talking about being up in a game at a time when not many were really up. Never knew Pat personally but knew of him through the (N)ATIONWIDE brotherhood, RELAX IN PARADISE my ACTION MAKE FAME FAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Harsh(N)FS]

Originally posted by southrngent@Apr 5 2005, 08:45 AM
In the early 90's most of the lines were clean and bare. A few were common catches on the lines, Sug, Fate, High, Jase, Kaps, Pre and Sire. Yes Sire, I think i caught more of his between 94-97 than anyone else. That what I am talking about being up in a game at a time when not many were really up. Never knew Pat personally but knew of him through the (N)ATIONWIDE brotherhood, RELAX IN PARADISE my ACTION MAKE FAME FAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quoted post



Homie definitely knew it was going to be "A Metal Future"
RIP
Pat

[SWX1994]

Sire, sire, sire rock...bombs in heaven.....
http://steelwheelsxpress.com/llpost/sire.jpg
...while the earth we rock
http://steelwheelsxpress.com/llpost/tsasirekolestrewncaspo.jpg

we will never forget you bro---->FS, (N), AMF, UCA,

RIP...

[StarzAbove]

Wow! I didnt even see news about it. He def did his thing.
R.I.P

[22fillmore]

he was passing through my old town back in the day and it was my birthday. my parents got pizza for my friends and those guys. i didnt know them well but we painted that night. seems i always paint on my birthday. it was when mass appeal was in its first issue. they were touring around trying to sell it to shops. he was in a shady ass hotel and something funny happened where he was trying to get a condom cause he needed to get some play and he used this ghetto vending machine that said "sex items" he went to get a condom and it was cologne! it was classic.

16 vandals

[SWX1994]

today

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/cutie1/sirestren.jpg

[The_Super...]

I never really took the time to thank you for being so cool to me, but i guess this day in age nobody does that. Thats not right its just the way it is. Thank You Patrick..Rest in Peace. You will be missed. I remember how pleased you were when I told you Sire/Stren & High were the only ones i caught on those CSX coal cars in S.carolina. It wont be the same looking at those cars knowing your gone....................

[Fox Mulder]

http://photos22.flickr.com/30963610_407dfa50f9.jpg
http://photos21.flickr.com/30963609_1f9b8ef597.jpg

[Fox Mulder]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/Russell_Jones/sire.jpg

[Mr.C-Walk]

Rest in peace, we had that issue in brooklyn back in 99 but seems like things were only getting better for ya. condolences to his friends, family, & crew

[Pistaccio]

R.I.P and may the ALMIGHTY MASTER ALLAH BE WITH YOU.

[SOFAR]

this is sofar paying respects!! R.I.P YOU WILL BE MISSED FOR EVER

[krowteN]

WOW that rooftop looks exactally like the very first piece i ever caught of pats back in like 95. Rest In Peace Bro.

SB1

[Fox Mulder]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/nocomply/sire.jpg

[~>MooseKnuckle<~]

drifting on a memory:

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m249/GNOMESLUT/IMG_0247.jpg

[Zed_Resurrected]

miss ya brother

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/cutie1/tsa_3.jpg

[Zed_Resurrected]

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k76/cannagrafic/freights/IMG_1380.jpg

[Zed_Resurrected]

holdin you down bro....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/cutie1/tsasirestrencasposbe.jpg

still seeing you up^

[Zed_Resurrected]

the other day i was just thinkin about the time we were smoked out of our minds and got to the toll booth on the hutch and neither one of us had any money. we waited in line for like 15 minutes and neither one of us even thought about it until we were at the booth. then we went to my uncles house in connecticut and got pissy off that everclear. those were such good times.

that same day these turned up in my email-

RIP brother-

AGAINST MAGAZINE FAME 2007 STRONG!

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n126/STOOGE_043/104.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/cutie1/siretume.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/cutie1/siretume1.jpg

[~>MooseKnuckle<~]

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u6/whereyat_2007/IMG_5444.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u6/whereyat_2007/IMG_5756.jpg

[the dark horse]

i was watching a coal train go by today and just as i was thinking i wish i had a camera an old Sire 96 rolls past.

[Zed_Eastwood]

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs162.snc1/6080_1204618924090_1487133295_30544772_1276206_n.j pg

what up Pat~

[happyvegan]

Nice work bro, rest in peace SIRE !

[ActionMakesFame]

6 YEARS LATE TONIGHT...
REST IN POWER.
AMERICAS MOST FABULOUS.

[!@#$%]

AMF represent.

RIP sire.

[middlename"wayne"]

miss you bro.!

[meloner]

r.i.p sire you are missed

[AHOLE]

I don't know what it is, but I remember noticing his freights, around 99 and though he was simple, I liked it. I noticed more, even on my trips, and was always shouting him out. He was tight, and so are the very few I got of him. But I'd like to see his stuff just as much from Katch in Hawaii. So I'm from no where, but for what it is. Thank you for the memories stranger.

[Jakro]

r.i.p.

gotta be cautious on the tracks

[IllSkillet]

R.I.P

[GraceONE]

Patricio...thinking of you tonite. Went to visit your mom and sister. We loved you up good. I slept in your childhood bedroom. Loved seeing your Star Wars "puffy stickers". Miss your smile and your eyes. Feel your presence SIRE RISE. **GraceONE** Up Up Up and AWAKE.

[!@#$%]

RIP Pat

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb47/definitechoice/NDBench1/IMG_7536.jpg

[ActionMakesFame]

"where is we goin?" hahahahaha

[ActionMakesFame]

Happy Birthday my man!