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Ben Schafer
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I grew up in Indiana not liking basketball (or any sport). Talk about being a failure of a Hoosier. I did try, but it was impossible to care who wins.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Schizo-affective, or meth. Can be tough to discern the diff without an intervention of some sort.
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
There’s always that guy.
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
And Kerouac would not use the term “beatnik” unless he was complaining about being associated with it; more important, Herb Caen did not coin it until a year later.
October 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I think there’s a strong possibility this is a prank, or a fraud attempt (or both.) I do not think that is Kerouac’s writing. It reads like a parody of it, as well as an AI approximation.
October 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Anyone who thinks he’s ever going to be held accountable is dreaming. He is completely above the law, and always will be. There is no reason to think otherwise.
October 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
We don’t have as many shameless liars, grifters, bullies.
September 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Barry. Tom. Sib. Bradley. Fran.
August 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
^today’s winner^
August 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
1. Bob Dylan
2. Velvet Underground / Lou Reed / John Cale
3. Monster Magnet
4. Brian Eno
5. Miles Davis
6. Philip Glass
7. Mark Lanegan / Greg Dulli / Afghan Whigs / Twilight Singers

(/Cheating/)
June 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss opening for Mark Lanegan, Forever Hollywood Cemetery, 6/12/11, Los Angeles,CA.
June 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Bacon, egg, cheese ON A ROLL.
June 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
No, it was considered to be a strong return to form.
May 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Whatever it takes.
May 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Also missing Steve immensely, Keith.
April 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"The heart stops briefly when someone dies,
a quick pain as you hear the news, & someone passes
from your outside life to inside. Slowly the heart adjusts
to its new weight, & slowly everything continues, sanely."

—Ted Berrigan from "Things to do in Providence"
April 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
That base illustration is from an actual ‘70s Chewbacca poster you could get at Burger Chef.
April 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The last time I saw you.
March 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Great cover.
March 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
All of Dylan’s lyrics are on his official website.

www.bobdylan.com/songs/angeli...
Angelina | The Official Bob Dylan Site
www.bobdylan.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Queens has Lanegan vox on “In the Fade” = winner.
February 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Blackwing pencils, bro.
January 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Nice!
January 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“Behind That Locked Door” by George Harrison
December 31, 2024 at 9:49 PM