Yesterday I awoke at dawn for work. I had a hard night’s sleep. After work I rushed home and called Ian. We drove into the city early and went to both of…
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SUNDAY MIX TAPE – VOLUME 14
Today I woke up early and drove to Allentown with my old roommates from Sophomore year, Cara and Marie. They were going to see the final concert by the a cappella group…
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Interview: Jeff Mueller On Derby Day
It’s like I always say: “When the tattooed photographer plops down on the floor with a bowl of birdseed and starts to read his Thomas Hardy paperback, the hipster party is dead…
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Interview: Jason Molina On Home
The Jason Molina transcription continued today. I’m about 90% done, currently it stands at seventeen pages without any narration or description to fill the spaces between long passages. There was one really…
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Interview: Jason Molina On The Chicago Scene
Woke up this morning. A Shot of caffeine. Reach for the laptop. Open the files for my book. Do some spot-editing on Chapter 2. Unpack yellow backpack. Find audio tape of Jason…
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Smart. Smart. Smart. Dumb.
Kind readers: Meet Larry. Larry was born and raised in New Jersey. Just over fifty years ago he became “of legal working age.” Despite his peers waking up each morning with the…
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Nashville Moon
In the car, I finally had a chance to listen to the new Magnolia Electric Co. album that Jason Molina gifted me after our meeting in Chicago. The version in my possession…
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SUNDAY MIX TAPE – VOLUME 13
My first day back home was fairly uneventful. My father woke me from slumber to ask if I wanted breakfast from Dunkin’ Donuts. Why eat real eggs when I can have microwaved…
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Evan’s So Fat He Hit The Road And Broke It (Day 8)
With nothing to do in Covington, Kentucky last night I took the shuttle to Cincinnati for a dollar and walked over to Great American Ballpark to see if I could score a…
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Evan’s So Fat He Hit The Road And Broke It (Day 7)
I’m in love with the Ohio River Valley. My back hurts. I woke up on the hardwood floor in Brooke’s new apartment a few blocks from Bardstown Road in Louisville. It’s funny–the…