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Larry Livermore August 18, 2023August 18, 2023 5 Comments

This Lady Thought Woodstock Wasn’t That Great, And I Kinda Sorta Agreed With Her – But Not Really

I don’t know how strict or impenetrable the New Yorker paywall is, but hopefully at least some of you will

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Larry Livermore August 1, 2023 2 Comments

Death

At least in part because I spent so much of my life in the music world, where everyone is young

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Larry Livermore July 27, 2023August 18, 2023 1 Comment

On The Plains Of Abraham

At school we were taught that the crucial battle, the one that determined Canada would be British rather than French,

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Larry Livermore December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 35 Comments Gilman Street, Green Day, Kerplunk, Mordam

I Am The Disappearing Boy: 30 Years Of Kerplunk

Billie Joe texted to ask if I was going to write anything about the 30th anniversary of Green Day’s Kerplunk.

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Larry Livermore October 31, 2021October 31, 2021 4 Comments

Birthdays, Thanks, Apologies

The year I turned 22 my then-girlfriend insisted on throwing me a birthday party, even though I repeatedly said I

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Larry Livermore January 20, 2021 10 Comments

Rethinking Biden

Like most people I know, I was less than thrilled when it became evident that Joe Biden was going to

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Larry Livermore January 20, 2021 3 Comments

The Mass Psychology Of Trumpism: Mad, Bad, Dangerous, Or All Of The Above?

“Is Trumpism a mental illness?” asked my friend Stefano Morello in an anguished Facebook post. I half seriously, half flippantly

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Larry Livermore November 19, 2020 7 Comments

Is Democracy Overrated?

It was a rainy, warm spring day in Hong Kong, and I was whiling away the afternoon with a Punjabi

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Larry Livermore November 14, 2020 2 Comments

Where I Am, Where I’ve Been

It’s been quiet, too quiet around here. There are reasons, there always are, but nonetheless I feel bad about having

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Larry Livermore September 20, 2020 1 Comment

The Mandate Of Hell

Students of Chinese history will be familiar with the mandate of heaven (天命 – tiānmìng), but the concept can be

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