I was living in a house when Elliott Smith killed himself and this terrible excuse of a person my roommate Brandon was dating came in to my room to ask me if I’d heard the news. Strange how we associate things.

I can’t imagine how terrified he would have been at the Oscars. But hey, Johnny Walker Red, right?

There are certain goals in life that seem unattainable. Creating something as potent and crushing as this is one of them in my book.