Right now, I'm listening to Elliott Smith's "Miss Misery". It's actually a YouTube video, from the movie Good Will Hunting.

If you were too young in the 1990's to remember Good Will Hunting, it was released in 1998 by Portland film maker Gus Van Sant.

I think his story is somewhat remarkable. He was a typical kind of Portland guy. He spent his formative years in Portland, OR. I guess, in some way, I also spent my "formative" years as a person there..Perhaps this is why I can identify with this music on a personal level. I am certain this guy probably spent a good bit of time downtown. I lived downtown for a while and so every time I sit down and smoke a fat joint, I think about his music.

Post some feedback people.

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Listen to Son of Sam and Miss Misery and tell me what you think..

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I dig Elliot Smith... I think I have all his albums. Hes good.

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I thought of tagging something in downtown Portland in memory of Elliott. Maybe a stencil of his face and an epitaph... The five-year anniversary of his death has just passed last October, and I am still wondering why the Elliott Smith memorial wall is in LOS ANGELES of all places? The only thing Portland really has is a memorial plaque thing at Lincoln High School--not a very public reminder.

Los Angeles was where he really fell apart. How did this guy go from living in southeast Portland to living in Echo Park LA of all places.....I have read that he couldn't cope with living in Portland because of his celebrity-like status. He vocalized his desire to live in NYC because he said he could "be anybody" there. I guess in Portland, there was too much stigma... he couldn't cope with that.

I feel that there absolutely must be a public memorial of Elliot Smith in Portland. It was his city for fucks sake!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ygcdR1orJI

Go listen to Waltz # 2 and tell me you don't love this man already!

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How did he die anyway? I heard he stabbed himself in the chest? But his girl was a suspect i believe....

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Love Good Will Hunting, great film, but i really can't stand Elliott Smith, i hate depressing, i wanna kill myself music! it's for girlymen and queers, hahaha, just kiddin there, just not my thang.

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I kind of hate Good Wll Hunting but I like Elliott Smith haha, well you know, I don't find his music to be depressing. He doesn't seem like he wants to kill himself in all his music. he seems to be more pissed off, rather than sad and depressed, in my opinion.

yeah my friend also says the exact same thing. I said, "what do you think of elliott smith?" he says "I think he's a fucking faggot!"

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hahah, that's hilarious!! agree to disagree. where u from man?

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I love elliot smith!
I did my grade 9 music project on him
it's too bad he died, he has some great tracks.

Yeah, i tried to get my buddy into him and he asked if the cd came with a razor blade... I like him too.

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I was born in California, and grew up near the bay area. I lived in Portland Oregon for a while and I consider it my true home. I'm staying around the bay area right now.

Yeah, Elliott Smith died of a knife wound to the chest. The coroner could not determine that it was a suicide because the lack of hesitation wounds. I believe that his girlfriend Jennifer Chiba wasn't as innocent as some would like to believe (translation: I think she did it, kind of).

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