True tales from a youth spent on the Greyhound bus.
Lisa Wells
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Youth Spent on a Greyhound Bus
Photo: Bobby Abrahamson THE SUMMER I turned 19, I met a young man on a bus who was traveling from New Mexico (where he’d spent the week with his father and stepmother, kicking a heroin habit) to Hartford, Connecticut (where he was heading, to score some heroin). The boy described to me, in fine libidinal […]
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New Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Video: “Cinnamon and Lesbians”
In case you missed yesterday’s release of the new Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks video “Cinnamon and Lesbians,” it’s worth a gander. Directed by Jay Winebrenner, the latest video from Wig Out at Jagbags, opens with drummer Jake Morris being shanghaied by a modern-day pirate (Dan Kim), and it’s pretty much lo-fi madcap adventure from […]
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Now You See Your First Mistake
Some Thoughts on Elliott Smith from Afar
Thoughts on Portland and Elliott Smith, 10 years after his death.