Awards
Mittleman, Margaret
in contract negotiation
Smith, Elliott, and
Swanson, Marc, on
Moby
Mod
Mogis, Mike
The Monorchid
Moon, Slim
Moore, Thurston
Morgan, Andrew
on breakups
on DreamWorks
on eating habits
on “Memory Lane”
on music taste
on rehabilitation
Smith, Elliott, and
Mormonism
Christianity and
Morrison, Jim
Motley Cr3e
Motorgoat
“Mr. Rain” 79 MTV
MTV Unplugged (Nirvana)
Mudhoney
Murdoch, Stuart
“My Heart Will Go On” (Celine
Dion)
Narcotics
Nebraska College of Medicine
“Needle in the Hay”
delivery in
Nelson, Willie
Neurotransmitter Restoration Center
Neutral Milk Hotel
Nevermind (Nirvana)
New Monkey
naming of
New York
fan base in
moving to
train system in
New York Dolls
Newman, Randy
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Unplugged
No. 2
touring with
“No Confidence Man”
“No Name #4”
Northsix
Nuggets
Oasis
O’Connor, Pat
O’Connor’s
layout of
Odelay (Beck)
Orbital
Organart
Orton, Beth
Oscars
Schnapf, Rob, on
Swanson, Marc, on
Our Band Could Be Your Life
(Azerrad)
The Outsiders
Owen, Gwyn Allen
Page, Jimmy
Palace Brothers
Papa Roach
Park Slope
Parsons, Gram
“Passing Feeling”
Patrick, Todd
on Portland scene
Pavement
significance of
Pearl Jam
Pearl (Janis Joplin)
Peavey Backstage amplifier
Pedinov, Brad
Peter, Paul & Mary
Petty, Tom
Phair, Liz
Pickering, Steve
on Duncanville
on first live performance
on music taste
on Portland
on Smith, Bunny
on Stranger Than Fiction
“Pictures of Me”
Pink Floyd
Pioneer Valley
venues in
The Pixies
The Pixies
“Plainclothes Man”
The Pogues
The Police
Synchronicity tour of
Pollard, Russ
The Polyphonic Spree
Pop Matters (website)
Pop music
Pornography
Portland
demographics of
Heatmiser in
moving to
music scene in
Patrick, Todd, on scene in
Pickering, Steve, on
rock scene in
Santen, Bill, on
weather in
Possum Dixon
“Pretty Ballerina” (Left Banke)
“Pretty Mary K”
lyrics of
Priggen, Spike
Pro Tools
Protestantism
“Puff the Magic Dragon
“Punch and Judy”
lyrics of
Punk rock
encountering
Puritanism
Quasi
Queercore
“Race to the Prize”
Racism
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
“Ramshackle” (Beck)
“Rape Me” (Cobain)
Rave
in Portland
Record labels
Redd Kross
Rehab
“Reject All American” (Bikini Kill)
Religion
REM
Rene Risque
“Rest My Head Against the Wall”
(Heatmiser)
Reznor, Trent
Rhino Records
Richards, Keith
Rilo Kiley
Rivera Theatre
RKCNDY
Roger Smith Hotel
Rolling Stone
tour sponsored by
Rolling Stones
Roman Candle
cover of
Gonson, JJ, on
intimacy of
recording of
release of
“Roman Candle”
The Roots
Rothrock, Tom
on recording Figure
recording techniques of
Roumel, Constantine
“Roxanne” (The Police)
Rubber Soul (Beatles)
Ruby Vroom (Soul Coughing)
Rucker, Ed
Rush
Rye Coalition
Saddle Creek Records
The Saints
Santen, Bill
on fighting
on Portland
on record labels
on touring
on XO,
Satellite Park
Saves the Day
“Say Yes”
recording
Sbragia, Jen
Schnapf, Rob
on arrangements
mixing Basement on the Hill,
on Oscar nominations
on recording Either/Or,
on recording Figure
on recording “I Didn’t
Understand”
on recording Mic City Sons,
recording techniques of
on recording XO,
Smith, Elliott, and
The Score (The Fugees)
Scorsese, Martin
Seattle
Sebadoh
touring with
Sennet, Blake
Sense Field
Nautical Miles
Sgt. Pepper’s (Beatles)
“Shooting Star”
lyrics of
structure of
The Shop
“Should I Stay or Should I Go” (The
Clash)
“Shytown” (Krebs)
Silver Lake
Silverchair
Simmons, Russell
Simon and Garfunkel
Sinatra, Frank
Sky Bar
Slash Records
Sleater-Kinney
Weiss, Janet, in
Slevin, Shauna
Slipknot
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Nirvana)
Smith, Ashley
Smith, Bunny
divorce of
as mother
Smith, Elliott
appearance of
arrest of
Barlow, Lou, and
on the Beatles
birth of
Bolme, Joanna, and
Cervenka, Exene, and
Chiba, Jen, and
childhood of
Cobain, Kurt, and
college jobs of
Day, E.V., and
death of
decline of
Deerin, Valerie, and
delivery of
Dion, Celine, and
Doughty, Mike, and
DreamWorks and
drinking and
drug use of
early girlfriends of
eating pr
oblems of
on fame
on family
on feminism
fighting habits of
first live performance of
first solo performance of
friendship with
Garry, Dorien, and
Germann, Carl, on
on grunge
Gust, Neil, and
on Heatmiser
Identifying with
on identity politics
instrumental direction of
intervention for
jobs of
on Kiss
Lash, Tony, and
on lo-fi recording
in Los Angeles
lyric-writing techniques of
medication of
memorial concert for
metaphors used by
Mittleman, Margaret, and
Morgan, Andrew, and
music taste of
name-change of
paranoia of
post-rehab
production of
record labels of
on recording
on recording techniques
in rehab
religious upbringing of
repairing gear
Schnapf, Rob, and
sense of humor of
songwriting methods of
on sports
in Stranger Than Fiction
studio of
suicidal tendencies of
Swanson, Marc, and
tattoos of
Thanksgiving with
in therapy
on touring
tribute concert for
Welch, Charles, and
work habits of
Smith, Gary
divorce of
Smith, Joseph
Smith, Rachel
Smith, Robert
Smith, Stephen. See Smith, Elliott The Soft Bulletin,
The Softies
Solutions (record store)
“Some Song”
lyrics of
Songwriting
Doughty, Mike, on
Sonic Youth
Soul Coughing
Sound Factory
South by Southwest
“Southern Belle”
lyrics of
Southlander
Sparta
Spector, Phil
“Speed Trials”
Spielberg, Steven
Spin (magazine)
The Spinanes
Spongey Monkey (magazine)
Sports
Spring Heel Jack
“St. Ides Heaven”
“St. James Infirmary”
“Stairway to Heaven” (Led Zeppelin)
Stereolab
Sterling, Pamela
Stewart, Ellen
Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones)
Stipe, Michael
Stone Age 2000
Stone Temple Pilots
The Stooges
The Story of Ferdinand (Lawson)
Stranger Than Fiction
lineup of
The Strokes
Students of Under-Represented
Cultures (SOURCe)
at Hampshire
Sub Pop
Subway system
Sudsy’s
Suicidal Tendencies (band)
Suicide
Sullivan, Shon
Sunset Music Festival
Sunset Sound
studios in
“Super Bon Bon” (Soul Coughing)
Supergrass
“Supersonic” (Oasis)
Swanson, Marc
on communication
on depression
on Dione, Celine
on drug addiction
on drug metaphors
on failure
on friendship
Gust, Neil, and
at Hampshire
on homosexuality
on humor
on instrumental music
on moving
on New York
on Oscars
as photographer
on record labels
on rehab
on Roman Candle,
Smith, Elliott, and
on Smith, Elliott
on television
Waronker, Lenny, and
Swanson’s
“Sweet Adeline”
T-Rex
Tannis Root
TapeOp (magazine)
Tattoos
Taylor, James
“Telegram Sam” (T-Rex)
Television
“Tequila”
Therapy
Ticketmaster
Titanic
Tokyo
soccer riot in
“Tomorrow Tomorrow’
recording
Tortoise
Tricky
Trident Studios
Troubador
Tutu, Desmond
Two Dollar Guitar
U2
Umbra Penumbra
Under the Radar (magazine)
Utah
Van Sant, Gus
Vega, Suzanne
Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground and Nico
“Venus in Furs” (Velvet
Underground)
Video games
Virgin
leaving
Vita Scale
Vogel, Laura
Wainwright, Rufus
Waits, Tom
“Wake” (Heatmiser)
Wally Heider Studio 4
“Waltz #2 (XO)"
arrangements of
lyrics of
Warner Bros.
Waronker, Lenny
Swanson, Marc, and
Weatherbee, Mary Jane
Ween
Weiland, Scott
Weiss, Janet
in Sleater-Kinney
Welch, Ashley
Welch, Charles Hugh
Smith, Elliott, and
“We’re Going to Have a Real Good
Time Together”
“The White Lady Loves You More”
The White Album (Beatles)
The Who
Wight, Shannon
on name-changing
Wilco
Williams, Hank
Williams, Lucinda
Williamsburg
Wilson, Brian
Wisener, Bill
Witchy Poo
Wolfe
Wood, Luke
Woodstock
Workingman’s Dead (the Grateful
Dead)
Worrell, Sean
X
XO
arrangements on
lyrics of
mixing
recording of
Santen, Bill, on
tour for
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco)
Yearwood, Trisha
at Academy Awards
Yellow No. 5 (Heatmiser)
“You Gotta Move”
Young, Brigham
Young, Neil
Young Fresh Fellows
Youtz, Ralph