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LBDG Commentary 1: October 1969

Posted on May 2, 2024 by LBDG

Kicking off my traditional series of author’s commentary posts for Local Boy Done Gone with—wait for it—Chapter 1! Before we go there, a quick origin story: There was always an idea for a sequel to Timely Persuasion, but I never thought I’d actually write it. Years later came a completely different concept of a companion…

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Painting Tasters Done Good

Posted on January 29, 2011 by LBDG

Ever since Timely Persuasion came out back in 2008 I’ve always wanted to do some sort of tie-in soundtrack type thing featuring covers of the Local Boy songs, but various attempts to get a project like that off the ground always stalled for one reason or another.  Until now… Lounge Act by Ken Gordon Back…

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Mike Doughty’s Hand(writing)

Posted on October 18, 2009October 12, 2024 by LBDG

Had a couple of recent questions about the font on the setlists in the paperback, which caused me to realize I never blogged about the origin of that in any detail. Could have sworn I did, but a quick scan of the archives proves otherwise. Here we go: Once upon a time a designer named…

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Another Man’s DG

Posted on June 18, 2009April 30, 2024 by LBDG

While walking the dog I had a random thought: Why did I use “Local Boy Done Good” instead of “Local Boy Done Gone” in TP? This question came out of nowhere. There was no internal debate over the name of Local Boy or his album during the writing phase. I honestly don’t remember any distinct…

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Local Boy’s Second Set

Posted on October 30, 2008March 12, 2014 by LBDG

For awhile now I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to integrate some of Local Boy’s songs into these blog posts.  Amazon links, Apple iMixes, and Last.fm journals were used in the past.  Recently I discovered a new service called 8tracks that seemed worth a try, especially considering that Local Boy’s first album…

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Evolution of Local Boy Covers

Posted on August 29, 2008March 12, 2014 by LBDG

I mentioned in the commentary for Chapter 15 that the short set of covers Local Boy first plays for the narrator underwent a number of iterations.  Thought it would be fun to explore those old versions here. In the very first draft (circa 2003), the songs were: I’ll Follow the Sun We Can Work It…

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Pretending I’m Like Kurt Cobain

Posted on April 8, 2008March 12, 2014 by LBDG

I can’t believe Kurt Cobain has been dead for 14 years. Both he specifically and Nirvana in general were big influences on me growing up, and that influence clearly bled into the narrator and the book. And how about this for an illustration of time travel cause and effect in action: One could make an…

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