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February 11, 2025 Larry Livermore

Oh, Canada?

During my years in California I used to listen compulsively – nowadays you might call it hate-listening – to a

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August 10, 2024 Larry Livermore

Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Am I Ready To Live Like A Refugee?

Bob Dylan once told me (well, not personally) that I should “know my song well before I start singing.” But

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August 18, 2023 Larry Livermore

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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August 1, 2023 Larry Livermore

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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July 27, 2023 Larry Livermore

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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December 15, 2021 Larry Livermore

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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October 31, 2021 Larry Livermore

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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January 20, 2021 Larry Livermore

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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January 20, 2021 Larry Livermore

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

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

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November 19, 2020 Larry Livermore

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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Oh, Canada?
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Oh, Canada?

February 11, 2025 Larry Livermore

During my years in California I used to listen compulsively – nowadays you might call it hate-listening – to a

Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Am I Ready To Live Like A Refugee?
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Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Am I Ready To Live Like A Refugee?

August 10, 2024 Larry Livermore
This Lady Thought Woodstock Wasn’t That Great, And I Kinda Sorta Agreed With Her – But Not Really
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This Lady Thought Woodstock Wasn’t That Great, And I Kinda Sorta Agreed With Her – But Not Really

August 18, 2023 Larry Livermore
Death
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Death

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