‘Bro Hymn’ Eulogy for Andrew Ryan at Hermosa Beach Paddleout
Photos by Mike Balzer [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2575″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”]https://admin.easyreadernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/andrew-ryan-memorial-by-steve-bargas.mp3 by Steve Vargas Editor’s note: Steve Vargas, a lifelong friend of Andrew Ryan, delivered the following eulogy at Ryan’s memorial paddleout Saturday morning on the beach at 14th Street in Hermosa Beach, where Ryan grew up surfing. Ryan took his own life on Thursday, June 9. He was 35. The punk song “Bro Hymn,” from which Vargas quotes in his eulogy, was written by Pennywise bass player Jason Thirsk, who also took his own life, in 1996, at age 29. I’m sitting in my car listening to “Bro Hymn” over and over again, crying, Thinking about my friend, my buddy, my brother Andrew. I’m sad that his life ended this early. I’m sad that his life ended this way. As the memories of our childhoods, and the times we spent hanging out continue to flash through my mind, I replay the song once again. To All my friends, present past and beyond/ Specially those who weren’t with us too long/ Life is the most precious thing that you can lose. I can’t help but feeling these words that Pennywise created…
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