So, I did a google search for an old article about the bar where I used to work.
I kept getting all these Elliott Smith pages.
Turns out, despite the fact that I was working that night (I worked every night), I don't remember it at all. But Elliott Smith played in my bar. I'm guessing to about 15 people.
At first I thought it must be a mistake. Maybe there was another bar called Congo in Scottsdale in 1994/5. Surely I would remember Elliott Smith playing.
Then I read this, and knew it was my bar.
The show itself is incredible. Elliott is in top form despite noting that he
was still getting over a cold. That having been said, the crowd didn't treat him
all that well this show, and he sounded slightly perturbed at them a few times.
"There's a lot of talkers out there tonight. Do you guys always pay $7.50 to go
and talk?"
Yep, sounds about right.
Even stranger, the person who posted that was someone calling himself "Raindog."
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Who the fuck is Elliott Smith?
QUOTE
He sustained a single stab wound to the chest that appeared to be self-inflicted,
Wow.
I can identify with that.
Elliott Smith impersonator contests must be alot of fun.
Who the fuck is Idiot Spliff?
Every guy I went to high school with.
or dated, or are still dating...
You might be overgeneralizing.
That's a xitload of men you're talking about.
That's a xitload of men you're talking about.
gutterslut says wha?
Hey, at least they were all alive
and most were of consenting age,
I think.
and most were of consenting age,
I think.
some people are way too picky.
How would you know?
i can't get laid.
Show up at JackFest NoOne™ and you will...
Don't ask, don't tell . . .
What you didn't do when you were in the Navy?
Pecker checker.
Black 'n Decker?
Sadly, I wasn't there. The last show I caught was in WNC, shortly before his demise.
Elliot's music defined a certain period of my life, he was drunk, pissed, strung out and often suffered severe bouts of mental illness. "From a Basement on the Hill" is still one of the most important works that I know of and describes the spiral in his own words. It was essentially his suicide note.
October 22 of 2003 is a day that I will always remember, I suppose it was my 9/11.
Elliot's music defined a certain period of my life, he was drunk, pissed, strung out and often suffered severe bouts of mental illness. "From a Basement on the Hill" is still one of the most important works that I know of and describes the spiral in his own words. It was essentially his suicide note.
October 22 of 2003 is a day that I will always remember, I suppose it was my 9/11.
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