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“In '93 @joannabolme put on a concert at La Luna called Girl Jam and boys got in free if they went in drag. Me, Elliott and @sdcroghan Happy PRIDE. Photos by @dwnyc”

- Neil Gust via instagram & elliottsmithgallery

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mary lou lord & kevin patey on elliott’s lyrics…

“When I first dated my ex wife Mary Lou Lord she had a buddy that used to sleep on the couch when they were touring together. Great guy that I had a lot of fun times with… anyhoo he used to give her songs he wasn’t sure about. I remember her getting these lyrics with a cassette tape. He wasn’t sure if the song was any good, told her she should maybe take it. Today these were found inside a book at my house. Original typewritten lyrics (on a typewriter) with handwritten notes. Elliott Smiths original lyrics to Miss Misery that ended up getting him nominated for an Oscar. Miss my old drinking buddy Elliott…”

- Kevin Patey via elliottsmithgallery

“This is pretty cool. Yesterday Kevin found this in an old war book. Back in ’96 or ’97 (or so), Elliott sent me a couple new songs that he wrote, and told me that if I wanted to, I could edit them, change them, or add to them. He sent me a tape of him playing these acoustic, and these typed out lyrics with a chord chart. I believe that on the tape there were directions of how the songs went as well. I never got around to changing either or them, nor adding or editing…

Of which I’m glad about, because very obviously, Elliott did go back to them, consequently edited, and a couple years later, nearly won an Oscar for one of them! If I had fiddled with it, and adopted it, I do think Elliott would have let it be, and not returned to it, or, at least not recorded it (If I had claimed it, recorded it, etc). What a fun little find. I hope one day I can find the tape, among the other letters, artifacts, and memorabilia that I lost along the way. Above is the original recording of “Miss Misery”, -which was released posthumously on New Moon 4 years after he passed. Thanks to Kevin and Lizzie for finding this little gem.”

- Mary Lou Lord via elliottsmithgallery

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elliott smiths thesis

“Here’s a weird one. This is the program from the 1991 Hampshire College Commencement. My wife and I attended at the time. She saved it and was digging through her files last night. We had a good chuckle at some of the thesis topics which are so Hampshire. That year was the year that Elliott Smith and Neil Gust both graduated and moved to Portland, taking their band name Heatmiser with them. Heatmiser had played some Amherst area gigs. I think the first was at an Amherst College German language fraternity house Xmas party (Amherst had closed all the Greek oriented fraternities). I just remember some guys in lederhosen walking around.”

- Jason Blumklotz via elliottsmithgallery

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