Elliott Smith And the Big Nothing

The first biography of the musician Elliott Smith, whose heartbreaking songs were rendered all the more haunting by his tragic death

Benjamin Nugent is a former music and film reporter for Time magazine. He has written for New York Magazine and has appeared on CNN, Fox News, the BBC, and NPR. Like Elliott Smith, he has lived in Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon, and Amherst, Massachusetts. He now resides in New York City.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	ix
Introduction	1	(8)
One An Instrumental: "Stairway to Heaven"	9	(18)
Two Condor Avenue	27	(4)
Three, Elliott	31	(14)
Four Roman Candle	45	(18)
Five Needle in the Hay	63	(20)
Six Either/Or	83	(32)
Seven Good Will	115	(10)
Eight XO	125	(20)
Nine Jogging	145	(18)
Ten A Basement on the Hill	163	(52)
EPILOGUE	215	(4)
AFTERWORD	219	(8)
INDEX	227

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Elliott Smith And the Big Nothing

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