Continued from Part III Track 6: “Bull in the Heather” (3:04) Sonic Youth · Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star · Geffen Records Track 7: “Backwater” (3:42) Meat Puppets · Too High To Die · London Records To be honest, the name was a bit of a problem. Every time I told people...
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Continued from Part II Track 4: “Not My Idea” (3:41) Garbage · Garbage · Almo Sounds Track 5: “Crush With Eyeliner” (4:39) R.E.M. · Monster · Warner Bros. How exactly did Brendan manage to talk me into this? On the southernmost borders of UNH, past the theater and behind the engineering hall where I...
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Continued from Part I Track 2: “The Bends” (4:06) Radiohead · The Bends · Parlophone Records Track 3: “Casino Queen” (2:45) Wilco · A.M. · Reprise Records Luckily, somebody had the common sense to throw a party. My brain never works like that. If it had been up to me, we’d probably have gone...
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Track 1: “Boxing” (4:45) Ben Folds Five · Ben Folds Five · Passenger Records That first time back, you’re a rock star. Most of your friends are right where you left them, save for the ones who were kicked to the curb with you on graduation day. When you walk through the door there...
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A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I would be appearing in a horror movie. I suppose it might sound made up, considering this site has also claimed that squirrels live for 800 years, and that redheads are allergic to cardboard. But it’s true — I am playing a character named Doug in...
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Let me tell you about the time I died. Not actual death, of course. This isn’t a Spoon River tale from beyond the grave, and it’s not a Nikki Sixx “I was clinically dead for two minutes, man” sort of thing. No, this is just a heart-warming tale of friendship run amok that happens...
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