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Chapters (21)
  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Bright Young Things campus of Clarkwell College, graduation in the town of Clarksville, somewhere upstate, 1990
  6. Cool Days open mike night at Kafka-fe, after band "2 Much" plays, 1991
  7. New on the Scene utside in front of Club Hush, for a film screening party of Kill Fee, 1993 o
  8. Single in the City at a French bistro, 1995
  9. Hangover brunch, the morning after, 1995
  10. Natural Health a chance meeting at Jasper’s Yoga Studio, 1996
  11. The Fat Flush ’90s in the foyer of a friend’s renovated brownstone, 1997
  12. Art Stars at Bonwyck Gallery, 1998
  13. Inner Odyssey the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, 1999
  14. Life After Death facedown in the dirt of the desert, next morning, 1999
  15. Loyal Companions catching up at the dog run, 2000 catching up at the dog run, 2000
  16. In the Real World a run-in at the ShopShape magazine launch party sponsored by Senor Strawberry Liqueur, early 2001
  17. Wartime spotted at Kinko's, late 2001
  18. Office Job in the cafeteria of the Conde Nast building, 2003
  19. Settling a yard sale on an obscure block in the outer borough, 2003
  20. Starting Over in a remote village tavern on the farmlands of New Zealand, 2004
  21. Epilogue a gathering of friends

Gotta go! But definitely keep in touch. Bye!

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Cool Days open mike night at Kafka-fe, after band "2 Much" plays, 1991

Cool Days

open mike night at Kafka-fe, after band "2 Much" plays, 1991

Oh my God, I am so glad I got a chance to see you perform. Wow that was fun! That was just fun! Really fun! I got here right at the end, but I pretty much caught enough to understand your whole deal. Sorry the crowd was so small . . .

But they were all clapping. You really got a lot of applause. Did you have a lot of family and friends in the audience? It just seemed like everyone knew you or something. Oh, you work here too? I guess that internship at Bonwyck Gallery ended, huh? Well cool for you. At least the staff here is supportive. Well it seems that way at least. The way they clapped for you. I'm so glad I got a chance to see you perform! Wow that was fun! Really fun! Fun!

Look at you and your outfit. That is a super pair of pegged jeans. They're the trend right now, I know. Trends are so interesting to follow, especially someone cutting edge like you who's so hyper-attuned to the whole "Appearance Industry." The way you keep up with things, and spend your money on magazines. Like I know that for you, you need to be really good about skincare.

Unbelievable. Your singing voice is so different from your appearance. It's like when I close my eyes I would imagine the person singing was a sultry sexy vocalist from prewar Berlin, and then I open my eyes and there you are! Your big shiny American face!

I recognized some lines from our freshman year poetry workshop. Or at least the same emotions. You never let something go to waste, you. I love that about you.

So this is your band now. Cool, cool. "2 Much." Great name. Ambitious. Why not? Just go for it! I think there's a German band with the same name but whatever, you probably won't have to worry about copyright infringement. You're probably like not on the radar you know? I mean, your band is such a certain kind of band. With a specific niche sound. So you won't have to worry. And, anyway, now Sheila is studying entertainment law (she says she is so sorry she couldn't make it! She's having dinner with the CEO of Geffen Records tonight!) and she says it's almost worse for young songwriters to copyright their stuff because it scares off labels. So if I were you, I wouldn't bother at this point.