(DIGITAL) WBL Global Journal of Hip-Hop Culture: Untitled (v5, i2)
(DIGITAL) WBL Global Journal of Hip-Hop Culture: Untitled (v5, i2)
“Last night I dreamt I was sitting with Mikey on a public park bench somewhere. I interrupted him as he was talking to me and said, “You know…people think you’re dead.” I patted him on the back to make sure he was really there. He grinned mischeviously, but there was also a look of shame—as if to admit that he felt bad for pulling this horrible prank on everybody. He stood up, stepped into a bear costume and then pressed play on a boombox set to slow-motion so it sounded like a bear growl. When I awoke, it took me a good 30 seconds before I realized that my sense of relief was a hoax of my mind’s own doing.”
- Sage France, The Man Behind the Eyedea: A Tribute to Michael Larsen
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