Weird Deer

In September of 1999, venerable Athens, Georgia singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt talked with Travis Nichols about big hair and Valium. It was rainy and a little bit cold, but they sat on Vic’s porch and stayed dry. The transcript of their conversation originally appeared in Flagpole Magazine in October of that year. This is the second [...]

Stupid Preoccupations [ 3:22 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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In September of 1999, venerable Athens, Georgia singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt talked with Travis Nichols about poetry and eating bunnies. It was rainy and a little bit cold, but they sat on Vic’s porch and stayed dry. The transcript of their conversation originally appeared in Flagpole Magazine in October of that year. This is the first [...]

Vic Chesnutt "Rabbit Box" [ 2:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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Have I told you about the Whistler of Northampton? He was supremely annoying, as—I’ve got to say it—all whistlers are. For example, the other day I was at the YMCA, in the men’s locker room, and this guy was just wailing away, wailing, almost like he was in some kind of serious distress and this [...]

Bhanu Kapil Reads from Incubation [ 5:24 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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