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Authors: Benjamin Nugent
Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing (29 page)
Jackpot! studio
Jackson, Janet
Japan
touring in
Jean, Wyclef
Jeru the Damaja
The Jicks
Jobs
“Johnny Are You Queer?” (Cotton)
Johns, Jasper
Johnson, Calvin
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Joplin, Janis
Jr. High
touring with
“Junk Bond Trader”
K Records
Kafka, Franz
Katzenberg, Jeffrey
Kay, Randy
KCRW
Keith, Toby
Kennedy, Myles
on relationships
on
Rolling Stone
-sponsored tour
Kill Rock Stars
leaving
Kinks
Kiss
makeup of
“Kiwi Maddog 20/20”
Klonopin
The Knitting Factory
Kotche, Glenn
Kraitsowitz, Pierre
Krebs, Pete
on fame
on friendship
on Heatmiser
on heroin
on Portland scene
on
Roman Candle,
on songwriting
on touring
on work
Kweller, Ben
La Luna
Lash, Tony
Smith, Elliott and
Laurelthirst
Lawson, Robert
Le Domino
Led Zeppelin
Left Banke
“Lights Are Changing”
Lit
Little Beirut.
See
Portland
Lo-fi sound
“Long, Long, Long”
Lord, Mary Lou
touring with
Los Angeles
activity in
effects of, on Smith, Elliot
residency in
Los Lobos
“Loser” (Beck)
Love, Courtney
“Low-Flying Jets” (Heatmiser)
Luna Lounge
The Lutz
interior of
Lyric writing
emotional extremes in
MacGowan, Shane
MacKaye, Ian
MacKinnon, Catherine
Madonna
Magic Castle Hotel
The Magnetic Fields
playing with
Main Street Records
The Make-Up
Malkmus, Stephen
Mann, Aimee
Martin Sigma guitars
Martsch, Doug
Mascis, J
Massive Attack
Max Fish
Maxwell’s
McConnell, David
on arrest
DreamWorks and
on drug use
on eating
facilities of
on finances
on gear repair
on interventions
on lo-fi recording
on lyrics
on paranoid behavior
production of
on recording
on suicidal tendencies
on therapy
on work habits
McGuinn, Roger
McPherson, Scott
on tour
Mean Streets
(Scorsese)
Mekons
Melberg, Rose
“Memory Lane”
Morgan, Andrew, on
Merritt, Mark
on bass
on drums
on first live performance
on guitars
on songwriting
Merritt, Stephin
playing with
Methodist church
Mic City Sons
(Heatmiser)
highlights of
recording
release of
Middle East (club)
The Minders
Minor Threat
“Miss Misery”
arrangements of
crowd response to
delivery in
lyrics of
performance of, at Academy
Awards
Mittleman, Margaret
in contract negotiation
Smith, Elliott, and
Swanson, Marc, on
Moby
Mod
Mogis, Mike
The Monorchid
Moon, Slim
Moore, Thurston
Morgan, Andrew
on breakups
on DreamWorks
on eating habits
on “Memory Lane”
on music taste
on rehabilitation
Smith, Elliott, and
Mormonism
Christianity and
Morrison, Jim
Motley Cr
3
e
Motorgoat
“Mr. Rain” 79 MTV
MTV Unplugged
(Nirvana)
Mudhoney
Murdoch, Stuart
“My Heart Will Go On” (Celine
Dion)
Narcotics
Nebraska College of Medicine
“Needle in the Hay”
delivery in
Nelson, Willie
Neurotransmitter Restoration Center
Neutral Milk Hotel
Nevermind
(Nirvana)
New Monkey
naming of
New York
fan base in
moving to
train system in
New York Dolls
Newman, Randy
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Unplugged
No. 2
touring with
“No Confidence Man”
“No Name #4”
Northsix
Nuggets
Oasis
O’Connor, Pat
O’Connor’s
layout of
Odelay
(Beck)
Orbital
Organart
Orton, Beth
Oscars
Schnapf, Rob, on
Swanson, Marc, on
Our Band Could Be Your Life
(Azerrad)
The Outsiders
Owen, Gwyn Allen
Page, Jimmy
Palace Brothers
Papa Roach
Park Slope
Parsons, Gram
“Passing Feeling”
Patrick, Todd
on Portland scene
Pavement
significance of
Pearl Jam
Pearl
(Janis Joplin)
Peavey Backstage amplifier
Pedinov, Brad
Peter, Paul & Mary
Petty, Tom
Phair, Liz
Pickering, Steve
on Duncanville
on first live performance
on music taste
on Portland
on Smith, Bunny
on Stranger Than Fiction
“Pictures of Me”
Pink Floyd
Pioneer Valley
venues in
The Pixies
The Pixies
“Plainclothes Man”
The Pogues
The Police
Synchronicity
tour of
Pollard, Russ
The Polyphonic Spree
Pop Matters
(website)
Pop music
Pornography
Portland
demographics of
Heatmiser in
moving to
music scene in
Patrick, Todd, on scene in
Pickering, Steve, on
rock scene in
Santen, Bill, on
weather in
Possum Dixon
“Pretty Ballerina” (Left Banke)
“Pretty Mary K”
lyrics of
Priggen, Spike
Prince
Pro Tools
Protestantism
“Puff the Magic Dragon
“Punch and Judy”
lyrics of
Punk rock
encountering
Puritanism
Quasi
Queercore
“Race to the Prize”
Racism
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
“Ramshackle” (Beck)
“Rape Me” (Cobain)
Rave
in Portland
Record labels
Redd Kross
Rehab
“Reject All American” (Bikini Kill)
Religion
REM
Rene Risque
“Rest My Head Against the Wall”
(Heatmiser)
Reznor, Trent
Rhino Records
Richards, Keith
Rilo Kiley
Rivera Theatre
RKCNDY
Roger Smith Hotel
Rolling Stone
tour sponsored by
Rolling Stones
Roman Candle
cover of
Gonson, JJ, on
intimacy of
recording of
release of
“Roman Candle”
The Roots
Rothrock, Tom
on recording
Figure
recording techniques of
Roumel, Constantine
“Roxanne” (The Police)
Rubber Soul
(Beatles)
Ruby Vroom
(Soul Coughing)
Rucker, Ed
Rush
Rye Coalition
Saddle Creek Records
The Saints
Santen, Bill
on fighting
on Portland
on record labels
on touring
on
XO,
Satellite Park
Saves the Day
“Say Yes”
recording
Sbragia, Jen
Schnapf, Rob
on arrangements
mixing
Basement on the Hill,
on Oscar nominations
on recording
Either/Or,
on recording
Figure
on recording “I Didn’t
Understand”
on recording
Mic City Sons,
recording techniques of
on recording
XO,
Smith, Elliott, and
The Score
(The Fugees)
Scorsese, Martin
Seattle
Sebadoh
touring with
Sennet, Blake
Sense Field
Nautical Miles
Sgt. Pepper’s
(Beatles)
“Shooting Star”
lyrics of
structure of
The Shop
“Should I Stay or Should I Go” (The
Clash)
“Shytown” (Krebs)
Silver Lake
Silverchair
Simmons, Russell
Simon and Garfunkel
Sinatra, Frank
Sky Bar
Slash Records
Sleater-Kinney
Weiss, Janet, in
Slevin, Shauna
Slipknot
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Nirvana)
Smith, Ashley
Smith, Bunny
divorce of
as mother
Smith, Elliott
appearance of
arrest of
Barlow, Lou, and
on the Beatles
