born in Seattle

+ a Fisher Price record player

being “special”
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− a broken back

a thrift store guitar

hitch hiking in Europe
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advice from Ravi Shankar

× pissing off Paul Allen

Tower Records basement of shame
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near death in Indonesia
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+ √  mountains of literature

+ the outlaws
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moved to CO

a gift from Beijing

− all the awful jobs
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UC Denver songwriting program

÷ 300mg Buproprin

10mg Lexapro

moved to MI
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= the music