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Journey Through The Heartland

April 3, 2016November 14, 2017 Larry Livermore 0 Comments 4 Hands Brewing Company, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dearborn, Dumb Records, How To Ru(i)n A Record Label, Indianapolis, Iowa City, Lafayette, Lipstick Homicide, Mass Giorgini, Milwaukee, Quimby's, Rush Mor Records, Springfield, Spy Rock Memories, St. Louis

I don’t like to drive. I don’t own a car, and often go six months or a year without getting

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Green Day In The Hall Of Fame

May 6, 2015November 14, 2017 Larry Livermore 24 Comments

When David Hayes and I were starting Lookout Records and getting ready to put out records by bands like Operation

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Blog Spy Rock Memories

Going To Humboldt

August 9, 2013June 12, 2018 Larry Livermore 3 Comments Anderson Valley Advertiser, Arcata, Arts Alive, Boonville, Brent’s TV, Bruce Anderson, Eureka, Eureka Books, Eureka Co-op, Ferndale, Fort Bragg, Gallery Bookshop, Garberville, Humboldt, KHSU, KHUM, King Range Books, KMUD, Laytonville, Lookout, Lost Coast Outpost, Mendocino, Mendocino Book Company, Northtown Books, The Book Juggler, The Lookouts, The Potatomen, Trinidad, Ukiah, Willits

One of my big regrets about the Potatomen – yes, I’ve had a few – was that we never finished

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Weed And The Beeb

June 13, 2013June 12, 2018 Larry Livermore Baby Boomers, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Justin Bieber, Marijuana, NWA, Teenagers

I should start by saying that I don’t know Justin Bieber. Never met the kid, never seen him perform, don’t

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Cars, Bikes, and People

June 11, 2013June 12, 2018 Larry Livermore 4 Comments Astoria, Bicycles, Bushwick, Cars, Citi Bike, Greenpoint, Greenwich Village, London, Mike's Bikes, New York City, Pedestrians, Safety, Traffic, Transportation, Williamsburg

I’m waiting, with a dozen other people, to cross Metropolitan Avenue. Mothers escorting kids home from school, hipsters languidly examining

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Life As A Published Author b/w Greenland Dreaming

June 11, 2013 Larry Livermore 4 Comments Aaron Cometbus, Don Giovanni, Emerald Triangle, Emily Rems, England, Greenland, Ilulissat, Joe Steinhardt, Jon Ginoli, London, Lookout, Narsarsuaq, Nuuk, Spy Rock Memories, West Country Walking Society, Zach Gajewski

It’s been over a week now since Spy Rock Memories was officially released. No one has come right out and

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Spy Rock Memories: The Book

March 3, 2013 Larry Livermore 24 Comments Book, Don Giovanni, Emerald Triangle, Gabrielle Bell, Green Day, Iron Peak, Laytonville, Lookouts, Spy Rock Memories, Tre Cool

So I guess it’s now official: the book I’ve been working on for more years than I care to remember

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Aaron Cometbus: Pen Pals

February 11, 2013June 12, 2018 Larry Livermore 5 Comments Aaron Cometbus, Berkeley, Coffee, Crimpshrine, Double Duce, East Bay, Gilman Street, House-O-Toast, In China With Green Day, John K. Samson, Pen Pals, The Weakerthans

Home is where the heart is, at least as long as you can pay the rent. But I always preferred

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Camus vs. Harry Potter

February 7, 2013 Larry Livermore 2 Comments Alan Taylor, Albert Camus, Harry Potter, Ian Parker, J.K. Rowling, Nicholas Lemann, Scottish Review Of Books, The New Yorker, WNYC

Like many aspiring members of New York’s chattering class (I’ve got the chattering down; it’s the class I still struggle

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Calling Out The Merchants Of Death

December 20, 2012 Larry Livermore 7 Comments

There comes a time when insanity and injustice becomes so rampant that it reeks to high heaven. To remain silent

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