Month: October, 2008
Sat 11 Oct 2008
Episode 2 of “Things Which, In Retrospect,I Should Not Have Done” NOTE: Matt and I also made a short film based on the events described in this story. To see that film, go here. <<< Back to Part 1 TUZA OFFICE CLEANING, INC. “Today, your Christian parents may likewise be afraid for you. Not that [...]
Sat 11 Oct 2008
Episode 2 of “Things Which, In Retrospect,I Should Not Have Done” NOTE: Matt and I also made a short film based on the events described in this story. To see that film, go here. ON THE LAM “Today a multitude of people of good-will are groping in the darkness that beclouds the minds of men… [...]
Sat 11 Oct 2008
A Father-Son Conversation After several unsuccessful attempts to get my son Max to write this article, I realized it might be easier if I simply interviewed him and recorded the results. Max’s step-mom Robin was also in the room, and added commentary. Enjoy. THE INTERVIEW JASON: In 2001, my son Max was 10 years old. [...]
Sat 11 Oct 2008
DRIVEN TO TEARS
Category: Paul's Basement
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THE POLICE, SEATTLE, SEPTEMBER 1, 1983 (With additional commentary by Eric Creery) JASON – I must begin by stating that festival seating is some sort of sadistic, farcical ritual; I can see that now. But in my youth, dude… festival seating offered the tantalizing promise of prime front-and-center concert viewing real estate. I’m talking close [...]
Fri 10 Oct 2008
(or: GRIZZLY ATTACK SURVIVAL TIPS) Introductory Sentence Option #1: Some of my fondest childhood memories take place in movie theaters, sitting next to my dad. Introductory Sentence Option #2: Some of my most painful, embarrassing, anxiety-inducing childhood memories take place in movie theaters, sitting next to my dad. Like a beautiful song interrupted by someone [...]
Fri 10 Oct 2008
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS SEATTLE, JULY 24, 1985 In the summer of 1985, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were touring in support of the album “Southern Accents.” In hindsight, it was a pretty lousy album… Petty writes such great stuff on his own, it’s hard to understand why he hooks up with people like [...]
Fri 10 Oct 2008
<<< Back to Part 1 THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL Perhaps a review is appropriate at this point. Within just a few months: I lost my good job I took a crappy job and got royally screwed I moved in with my parents-in-law and experienced daily emasculation I suffered a double inguinal femoral hernia and subsequent surgery [...]
Fri 10 Oct 2008
FIRST… Pants around my ankles, I opened the door of the bathroom just far enough to poke my head through. “Uh, Honey?” I called to my wife, my voice clearly pitching toward panic. “Can you come in here and, um… take a look at something?” This was by no means the beginning of my troubles; [...]
Fri 10 Oct 2008
A DOUBLE FEATURE OF ROMANCE THAT ENDS HORRIBLY This story is true, and contains two of my favorite thematic elements: black and white movies barely contained teen lust As a bonus, it ends in horrifying personal humiliation. Writing down my favorite “stories about movies and concerts,” I’m finding that they are often also “stories about [...]
Thu 9 Oct 2008
<<< Back to Part 1 Although the rest of our party were content to while away the hours on “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” at Disneyland, or the “Calico Mine Ride” at Knott’s Berry Farm, Jim and I were determined to go to Six Flags Magic Mountain, because that’s where they had the most awesome and [...]
