My Elliot Smith moment: I attended the concert Mary missed. 3 or 4 songs into the show, he (foolishly) took a request. From then on, everyone spent the whole show shouting for their favorite song. He was touring for his (still) unfinished album, and I just thought it was kind of sad that people were more interested in hearing him play their personal favorite than the new material he was presumably touring to show us. The new stuff was good, too. I wonder if they'll release it (he was doing it for a small label, not his regular label, DreamWorks.)

Also, everyone knows there's only one thing that there's just too little of. Earnestness, sweet earnestness.