W Is for Waukegan

[mrdankelly]

He bought a second-hand Nova from a Cuban Chinese
And dyed his hair in the bathroom of a Texaco
With a pawnshop radio, quarter past four
He left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door
Left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door
"Gun Street Girl"/Tom Waits
Thanks to C.P. McDill for reminding me.Today Mike, Nate, and I went up to Waukegan to see

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[wanderingaengus]

I've never read as much of him as I feel I ought, based on what friends have to say. That story in The Martian Chronicles with the Poe reenactments has stuck with me since the fifth grade. And I have read a few other of his books. This, though, I just ran across yesterday. The man does have a hell of a range.

I reread We Have Always Lived in the Castle this weekend, and I wondered if North Bennington had the gall to put up any tributes to Shirley Jackson. On the internet, anything is possible.