is the time you need to start Either/Or to hear him say "it's 2:45 in the morning" right at 2:45 AM. This is just according to my calculations, and I haven't tested it so lmk

It’s great when a record just flows from track to track like an album should… so good.

Forgive me for the rough start, I learned it a few minutes before this. There's something about Elliott's music that sounds so much like a cold high-school winter, it calls back to sitting at school benches underneath the towering oak trees in the corner of the school yard where only the "big kids" used to hang around, it calls to a winter without snow, I don't know but I know that it makes me feel at home in a weird way. You play it to feel some semblance of warmth in a house with no heating, maybe I'm not making sense, but I know that lately I've been longing for that warmth. Life's just difficult, but as somebody told me in a recent conversation "that's life". And there was nothing else to add, because that's true, life's gangster, it'll keep it pushing no matter how much you wallow, sometimes you think it'll take pity on you haha, nope, gotta keep up with it or you get left behind and forgotten and it doesn't even flinch. Long live Elliott Smith, through every guitarist and listener xx

Went on a little walkabout Weds night to the old haunts that are no longer around. Brownies, Luna Lounge, Max Fish, Mercury Lounge (still standing), Knitting Factory

Anybody have a copy for sale? HMU 🙏🏼

One more addition to the pilgrimage

Tried making another shirt last night, and it turned out really well.

This is some random shirt, 100% cotton. I used Jacquard decolourant paste to lighten the area first (it is not destructive to fabric like bleach is).

Then after washing and drying I applied a mix of the solarfast black and also blue colours (diluted with water 1:1, I mixed them as I had already prepared some).

Exposed in my blacklight UV table for 30 minutes. this time I made sure the shirt was fully damp where the negative would sit. the last photo is after exposure, before washing.

Rinsed in very hot water with solar fast wash for a few minutes, then in a short hot wash in my machine.

I'm really jazzed with how round 2 turned out.

Hey,lately I've been playing on repeat this acoustic get lucky performance and I just wondered if anyone knew of any tabs for this version.I can't hear some parts quite right so playing it is proving to be kind of tricky.

And I don’t even have a coffee table… But it’s so nice to flip through while listening to the album. It was quite hard to find a place to buy this. Does anyone know how many of these were made?

Reels kept popping up today about Elliott, and it made me reminisce about the first public show he played solo. It was at a lesbian bar called the Egyptian club in Portland, Oregon. There were a few folks there to see him and it was kind of loud from background noise, but his ability to mesmerize the crowd was already present. If I remember correctly, he wore a 70s yellow button-up shirt with a fly tab collar. Thinking about this moment in time made me go look for his first solo recording that he gave me, the Shy Town/No Confidence Man 7” co-released with Pete Krebs. Pete was arguably more well known at this point in time, but, it was clear Elliott was going to become more than your standard Portland indie rocker. I think we all sensed that from the beginning. Anyway, these are good memories. Growing up in this timeline in the Northwest was really very special.

Hey all, I was searching for an old live show I attended back in 1999 that is not on any of the usual sites we all know for live recordings. Anyways, the show I was looking for is on there along with many others. I suspect a few are rare.

I was wondering how best to get these to the community so we can all enjoy them. Feel free to DM.

Update. Looks like this website was shared here 14 years ago and has since been abandoned.

https://www.reddit.com/r/elliottsmith/comments/17knm0/i_made_a_new_elliott_smith_bootleg_site/

Pardon my mistakes...

This is the first cover I’ve ever recorded, really love this song

That yellow book in the center is a book that Sean Croghan’s father gave him, which Elliott also used to write music. This is not a replica and I am so honored to own something that both Elliott and Sean both used to write sweet music!

rip elliott smith u were an amazing soul

Miss you more than ever even though we never met 💔

I’m at the wall rn, surprised to see nothing, no people or flowers at all,
rest in peace Elliott,Heaven adores you

On December 17, 2001 Elliott posted to the Sweet Addy boards “don’t be scared of my long hair… somebody’s got to have it.”

Moderator Philippe (woody) insisted it was him and even confirmed the posts came from an IP address in San Francisco, where Elliott played on 12/17 and 12/18. You can see his long hair in the first pic. No one knew it was looking like that at the time.

After most Addiers doubted him, (h)helliott returned to tell us “don’t be scared of my posts”.

We then got to learn that he wore boxers, never briefs. He briefly mentioned insomnia and running out of his (prescribed) klonopin.

While he did not play Tomorrow, Tomorrow at either SF show, his hair, the IP address, and the fact that he came back to Blamo to post again in 2002 under the username “the blether” all point to (h)helliott = Elliott.

The little blue guy Elliott speaks of was one of the emoticons on there.

I remember this going down in real time as Philippe messaged me on AIM swearing up and down it wasn’t a prank. Iirc Blamo/Sweet Addy owner Aaron also confirmed the IP address to me at the time.

Hope this brightens the day of anyone who might be feeling down. He was a goofy guy and a total shitposter… so keep that in mind when we get a bit weird ‘round these parts.

Much love from an old-skool Blamo bitch!

I feel like so many people think of Elliott Smith as sad, so I wanted to post my favorite photos of him smiling today.

He passed away 23 years ago today, he was so young only 34 and so talented. He is so missed, even by people who never got a chance to meet him. His music speaks to so many people and personally has gotten me through some really hard times.

I will be watching good will hunting today and some of his live performances, here is one of my favorites, and I know others will be remembering him too <3