could be metropolitan too but I think here the quiet tragedy of having run into these people going out before feels even more potent on every revisit. I've basically met all these people before in my daily life but it really gets at something true
Oct 29, 2024
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i could get used to this :)
Jan 22, 2025
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I’m going through Mojo Nixon‘s discography right now and it’s fantastic - I had never heard of him before!
It’s poignant and more powerful because they’re gone and their indelible mark has been permanently established in the annals of history.
It’s also a powerful reminder we only get one kick at the can of life!
Feb 8, 2024
"I don't really care where I fit into anything, or if there's even anything to fit into. I like music, that's the thing. It's very uncomplicated."
There's a lot I could write here about this film, about Elliott himself. Who was actually VERY complicated even if his attachment to music was not.
I'm actually in the movie (that's where this site's profile photo comes from).
But then again, lots of his Portland friends from that time period (early to mid 90s) are in the movie and typically never talked about Elliott publicly after he passed: Pete Krebs (Hazel), Tony Lash (Heatmiser), Joanna Bolme (Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks), Sean Croghan (Crackerbash), the amazing Larry Crane who serves as the archivist for the Elliott Smith estate and built his studio Jackpot! with Elliott's help. Autumn DeWilde. Jon Brion. The list goes on. Most of us never really went on-the-record about him again. We trusted the makers and let this stand as thee best/final/most definitive word on Elliott.
I will just leave it at this: watch the film.
Nickolas Rossi and Kevin Moyer did such a terrific and respectful job of allowing Elliott's music to speak much more loudly than his well-publicized troubles ever did.
I miss Elliott all the time. I miss his music even more.
I wrote a bunch of things about him over the years but perhaps this one remains the most emotionally true way of remembering him, at least for me: https://magnetmagazine.com/2003/10/27/the-moon-is-a-lightbulb-breaking-in-memory-of-elliott-smith/
Apr 26, 2024
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so much to talk about, the sunglasses, the scarf, the fresh baguette and coffee, the always lovely cafe setting. I think this is the most swag ever captured on camera I aspire to be at this level
Feb 11, 2024
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alright hear me out: carbonation and coffee with a squeeze of orange shouldn’t work, but it does. Been making them daily and i feel a lot better in the morning each time i do
Mar 7, 2024
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the greatest love song of the 21st century??? wait…. They don’t love you like I love you
Feb 25, 2024