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Seeing lots of JR love on here lately so here is my contribution
Mar 9, 2024
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A few years back I was doing this little piece on long term commitment & love for The Drunken Canal and I emailed Jonathan Richman for a quote. He told his publicist to tell me (he doesn't use computers) to just pick one of his songs, they're all about love.
I then asked Phil Elverum of The Microphones, who responded-
Not sure if this would be helpful at all, but the only thing that pops to mind is a Jonathan Richman song: https://youtu.be/LVB49knyJvI
It captures some of the funny subtleties of commitment/fluidity, the contradictions of trying to hold an inherently impermanent thing.
It's not exactly a quote from me, but it's the best I have.
Kismet if you ask me
Mar 8, 2024
Hard to believe it's nearly twenty years old now.
Three things stand out for me, reading it again today. Took like 3 months of reporting, or so, to get it all done.
1) The Courtney Love vignette from the Shins' show at the Hollywood Bowl (it was all very Ab Fab and unintentionally hilarious). She is every bit the piece of work she was described to be.
2) James was living in a house in Portland, OR that Elliott Smith used to live in. We smoked pot in the basement and he showed me the washer/dryer that was basically where Elliott four-tracked the "Roman Candle" album.
3) He had a guitar hanging in his home studio that had "You'll be Dead" spray painted on it -- a line from Star Wars (I think his brother, an artist I worked with at Starbucks, did that). I used to have a photo of that but IDK what happened to it.
It was a fun era to be writing about rock music.
Apr 5, 2024
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My friend Richard Turley turned me onto this book in April or so. I’ve been reading it in correlation to whatever the day is. I’m grounded enough in reality to know that next to This Legend, I’m a drop in the bucket. BUT— I am delusional enough to think that in diligently reading his diary, I am able to channel the spirit and the honor with which he lives and creates. My other main takeaways have been that he loves porn and big tits. (Nice.)
Dec 16, 2021
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Gwyneth Paltrow you have never steered me wrong
Mar 15, 2024
They only sell this one in the spring so grab it while you can! Probably one of the best ways you could spend $4.99
Mar 14, 2024
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Honestly a very theatrical insult
Apr 3, 2024