{"id":8548,"date":"2017-05-31T17:57:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T00:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=8548"},"modified":"2018-01-09T00:06:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T07:06:19","slug":"rip-lexie-shabel-cancer-fighter-documentary-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=8548","title":{"rendered":"RIP: Lexie Shabel, cancer fighter + documentary maker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lexie-profile-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lexie-profile-2011.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lexie-profile-2011-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lexie-profile-2011-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lexie-profile-2011-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I lost another friend this week.<\/p>\n<p>I first met <strong>Lexie Shabel<\/strong> ten years ago at the 2007 Santa Cruz Film Festival.  She was presenting her documentary \u201c<strong>We Like To Drink: We Like to Play Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll<\/strong>,&#8221; which told the story about a band from Massachusetts known as <strong>The UnBand<\/strong>.   I&#8217;d never heard of this band before, and almost didn&#8217;t stick around to watch this film, which was part of a double bill featuring a film that I initially came to see.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so very grateful that I stuck around to watch this film.  It turned out to be one of the most entertaining music documentaries I&#8217;d seen in a long time.  It felt like a real-life <strong>Spinal Tap<\/strong> with real people doing dumb stuff, all glued together with a wonderful rock and roll soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7ZwHunYzlGw?list=PL6F315A28A3381C5E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7ZwHunYzlGw?list=PL6F315A28A3381C5E\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/7ZwHunYzlGw?list=PL6F315A28A3381C5E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>.. and a song called &#8220;Geez LOUISE?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XsHyjpSgMX0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XsHyjpSgMX0\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/XsHyjpSgMX0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had to congratulate director Lexie Shabel for creating such an engaging documentary about an unknown band.   I had such a nice time yacking with her, and learned about her other ambitious film product that she was working on &#8230; the documentary she was producing of her special battle with breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>We became friends and shared quite a few emails over the years, sharing resources whenever we could.<\/p>\n<p>Lexie&#8217;s battle with breast cancer continued to be the unavoidable challenge that she faced, draining her energy while also providing her with a massive mission that empowered her to help others facing similar battles.<\/p>\n<p>She created an organization known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/breastwishesfund.org\/\">Breast Wishes Fund<\/a> in 2010, with a focus on providing more information and resources for those seeking alternative choices for breast cancer treatment and prevention.<\/p>\n<p>She embarked on a very personal and transformative path toward overall health, addressing her cancer on her own terms.<\/p>\n<p>She did a presentation at TEDTalks entitled &#8220;<strong>When Did Our Breasts Become An Accessory?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4M8hoVFpSIg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4M8hoVFpSIg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/4M8hoVFpSIg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She continued to speak out, providing support for others facing this awful disease.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on Monday, May 29, I visited her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lexie.shabel\">her Facebook wall<\/a>, where I learned the sad news about her passing.  <\/p>\n<p>Rest in peace, my friend.<br \/>\nYou shall not be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>love, E.P.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8560\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lexie-2007-04-26-0702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lexie-2007-04-26-0702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lexie-2007-04-26-0702-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lexie-2007-04-26-0702-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lexie-2007-04-26-0702-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lexie-2007-04-26-0702-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lexie Shabel and Jane Sullivan at 2007 Santa Cruz Film Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8561\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lexie-2007-04-26-0703.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lexie-2007-04-26-0703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lexie-2007-04-26-0703-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lexie-2007-04-26-0703-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lexie-2007-04-26-0703-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lexie-2007-04-26-0703-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lexie Shabel and Jane Sullivan at 2007 Santa Cruz Film Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Reference Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LouieLouie.net &#8211; Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Overload (mention of Lexie&#8217;s Unband film)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=252\">https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=252<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook page for Lexie Shabel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lexie.shabel\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lexie.shabel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Breast Wishes Fund page<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/breastwishesfund.org\">http:\/\/breastwishesfund.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I lost another friend this week. I first met Lexie Shabel ten years ago at the 2007 Santa Cruz Film Festival. She was presenting her documentary \u201cWe Like To Drink: We Like&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6,27,22,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-documentaries","category-ep-world","category-garage-rock","category-louie-universe","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8548"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9076,"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8548\/revisions\/9076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}