Holy shit! I googled "jess hilliard" cuz smiller was asking me about an audio zine he used to do called "troop librarian" and because I was reminded of him the other day by that Dishwasher Pete interview.
He wrote this totally wonderful autobiography on this website. Holy crap, it's so great! It's funny because
this website that it's on seems like something I wouldn't like, and I'm definitely not sure how I feel about Miranda July (who is partially responsible for the site), but I've looked at it before and some of the displays are oddly touching. I liked the one where people sent in pictures from under their beds.
miranda july's site for her upcoming book is my favorite thing on the web this week:
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Weird, I read this today & was gonna email it to you but then didn't for some reason. It made me really want to see Jess again. Such a great guy.
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that website is funny
ReplyDeleteI actually love that website but had forgotten to look at it for a while.
ReplyDeleteIt is something that I would totally like and do.
Is this the thing that will tear us apart beckler?
-Natalie.
no, cuz i do really like the website, just miranda july bugs me sometimes. i didn't like her movie and i get annoyed that the new yorker prints her fiction. like in the latest issue she wrote two things! stupid summer fiction double issue! don't get me started.
ReplyDeleteOhh I hear you that sounds like a rough sell.
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Troop Librarian was pretty neat, I think I still have a copy somewhere in my cassette collection. I really should transfer some of that stuff to a less fragile recording meejum (including things like Yahmos and Shark Fetish bootlegs) but I'm flaky as hell when it comes to that sort of stuff. That and I don't have a decent tape recorder.
ReplyDeleteDoes anybody have a copy of "Hi Friend"? I've always wanted to read it, but I've never seen it for sale anywhere.
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i have the same ambivalence about miranda july. i loved that feature movie though.
ReplyDeleteshort autobiographies are hott! i did this radio piece about them a few years ago:
http://www.tiny.cc/dWmkz
and this bio by the musician edan made me laugh:
http://www.humblemagnificent.com/bio/bio.html
I have a copy of Hi Friend around someplace. In a box, or a crate. It is a funny read as you can imagine. (Sort of like hanging around hearing Jess tell stories). Problem: You'll have to come to Vermont to geet your mitts on my copy. Good luck.
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PS: Miller owes me a goddamned watch!