Paul Baumann

I knew Paul in high school where he was known for being creative and outlandish. For instance, when everyone else was playing guitar and wearing ripped jeans, he took up the bagpipes and wore a kilt. He was gentle and kind to everyone. How sad that he is gone!

i really only knew paul from work, but he was such a presence, it feels like more
he drastically widened my taste in music. im sure i was the only person who was thrilled to see paul walk in each morning with his eclectic and large cd collection. i loved to hear about the bands that he heard the night before. i was living my musical fantacies through him
i have always been rather grey, but paul was black and white. what is right is right and wrong is wrong and rules are to be...

I was saddened to hear of Sterno's passing. I first met him at a Sci-Fi con when I was 17. My best wishes to his family.

Everyone at the Hideout is saddened by the loss of Sterno. We have thought of him everyday and night since August 8. He was the first to recommend many of the bands that later played at the Hideout. He encouraged many other bands with his support. He spread the word to his friends about the Hideout, and in effect helped to create the sensibilty and spirit there. Now his spirit will always inhabit the area on the right side of the stage where he often stood. We wish his family and freinds...

Paul was a student of mine at St. Francis. I clearly remember telling the class that students were getting a bit too casual in their dress. The next class Paul showed up in a tux! What a loss. My condolences. Vicki Weisenberg

I knew Sterno like most people did, as an endlessly enthusiastic presence at Chicago music concerts, an especially dedicated supporter of local bands, in particular bands fronted by women. As a member of Deanna Varagona's Gospel Jubilee, I was always pleased and touched to see Sterno out there egging us on with as much gusto as he cheered the Bangles at the House of Blues. I also knew he was a nurse, which made me love him all the more. I have been "too busy" to see many shows in the last...

We were so sorry to hear of your loss.Our thoughts and prayers go your family at this time of sorrow.

ODE TO STERNO

How can a force like Sterno cease to be? Sterno mortal? Sterno, who, though undeniably human in his passion for all the things he loved and the people who loved him, seemed impervious to the limitations of this mortal coil? Sterno, who thrived on all the fuss and bother, conflicts of time and space and ideas that trouble and confound most of us. Sterno, who, armed with his datebook, that impossible artifact, his own personal Tardis, miraculously and nearly...

To the Greenspan/Baumann Family,

My deepest condolenses on the loss of Paul. You are all in my prayers.