Elliot Smith killed himself. Dammit. That sucks really hard. I was waiting for a new album. I really like him. I heard he was spiralling downhill, but I didn’t know it was as bad as this. That’s really too bad. XO is one of my favorite albums. Its so great for walking around the city, riding the subway, feeling the fall air, being cold. It’s just great. I mean, it’s sad as shit. Most of his stuff is, but sometimes that’s what you need. That beautiful sadness. I guess it’s hard if you’re that guy at the center of that all the time though.

I saw him in concert at the Black Cat in DC one time. It was really good, but his set was really short. Like under 40 minutes. I remember this one woman yelled out “Elliott Smith, your lyrics break my heart.” It was funny and sad at the same time. Other people were saying how he should marry them and stuff.

Another favorite thing about him I have is I one time saw him in an interview on VH1. He talked about how he learned music by riding the subway in Manhattan, and listening to Stevie Wonder albums endlessly. It makes some kind of sense when you listen to his music too, I think.

Erin has a nice post about him too.