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Gary Higgins is lucky that this whole SIX Organs of Admittance folky psychy thing came into vogue, but all these kids are also lucky that dudes like Gary existed because they wouldn’t have ideas without the hip dads like Gary here. It’s like the Grandfather Paradox, man. Or like the chicken and the egg. Or maybe not. I’m pretty high right now.

Gary went to jail in the 70s on a weed-possession rap, but right before he did he recorded this beautiful, smoky album full of soft and mellow and soulful jams. It was almost lost to the ages but this dude at Drag City found it and they put it back out. Now Gary is touring the country and young dudes with beards are loving it.

Vice: So tell me the truth—are you a real live baby boomer?
Gary: In the strictest sense, yes. But it’s a very large group of folks that in fact had and now have very different views of things. So I am, by virtue of birth date, if nothing else.

But you didn’t connect with that whole nostalgia thing that the boomers based their entire lives on in the 80s, did you? You seem cooler than that.
Yeah, I guess I missed the nostalgia bit. I did see The Big Chill and I liked the movie but never made the connection to an apparent (you said it) nostalgia movement. A very large portion of this group was way too busy trying to survive to get too teary-eyed.

Yeah, yeah. I’m just talking about the douches who were putting out movies and doing TV shows like thirtysomething. What do you see in the future for the boomers?
I see a great flourish of nursing homes... with no one available to work in them and to look after us since we sent all our children off to law school, where they will be litigating the neglect charges in the health-care system, clogging the courts. But of course, they will call frequently on their cell-phones promising a Christmas visit.

I plan on taking care of my parents way better than they took care of me. What are the best and worst the boomers have wrought?
The best things are rock ’n’ roll and its peripherals as the building blocks of pop future, and the civil rights movement. The worst? Disco and reality TV (or George W.), they’re about the same anyway, aren’t they?

JUNE SPRIG
Gary’s Red Hash is out now on Drag City.



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Subject: And another thing...
Date: Mar 17 2006 09:25:53 AM
Author: chalky d's return

Plus, in what way are disco and reality TV the same thing? Bearded old dickbreath...

Oh, and you hate George Bush? Wow. Original. To paraphrase VICE, I suppose that also makes you pro-breathing? And anti bad-stuff? You know, like "corporations" and "the man" and stuff?

Arse



Subject: gary
Date: Oct 30 2005 08:11:34 AM
Author: hockey

I like the Higgins record..although I think that anything that's late 60's early 70's that is 'obscure' get's jizzed on by 20's something hipsters...gay! There's a reason why it didn't go anywhere in the first place. whateves



Subject: regurgitation
Date: Oct 22 2005 12:43:50 PM
Author: mary kate and ashley olsen

BARF!



Subject: HASH
Date: Oct 21 2005 04:41:12 AM
Author: #1 sTUNNA

he.he.heey mmmmiaaaaaaannn, let me turn ya on to some good hash brother. jerry lives!



Subject: hmm
Date: Oct 20 2005 09:41:46 AM
Author: chalky default

Thought this bearded hippie was o.k. until he shit on disco. Why is it cool to hate disco? fuck you all, i'm going to prance round my bedroom singing along to "relight my fire" while handclapping....

later



Subject: WTF
Date: Oct 11 2005 07:18:42 PM
Author: Someone

So you're all about ragging on boomers, and then you get some boomer stereotype who happens to be your friend and you chicken out and are all "not you though, you're one of the good ones, gary"

Gimme a break.



Subject: Gay Music Ad Shit
Date: Oct 10 2005 10:01:30 AM
Author: DWhisp

I agree with the shitty gay ass fucked up music, it is VERY FUCKING ANNOYING. What i do now is to just switch off my volume, so i dont have to put up with the crap. It is kind of annoying though, coz i still have to switch it on again for my other shit - PLEASE, VICE: ELIMINATE THE MUSIC, DUDE, ITS KILLING US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: Oh yeah, btw, its FFFFFFUCKING GAAAAAAAAYYY!!!



Subject: back issues
Date: Oct 08 2005 11:38:39 PM
Author: fuck you


everyone says vice used to be better

but it's actually so true that i only read the back issues now

fuck off you losers



Subject: Ad
Date: Oct 08 2005 04:03:39 PM
Author: Ted

fucking vice, get rid of your ads that play gay music when i go from page to page. it's one thing to litter your site with these ads; i don't mind looking, but stop making me listen to your bullshit cacophony. i can't even hear my homemade compilation of barry manilow and the pussy cat dolls. GOSH.



Subject: dude from drag city (in the article)
Date: Sep 30 2005 10:57:57 AM
Author: brady

I know the 'dude from drag city' who put out the Gary Higgins album. In order to find the right Gary Higgins, he had to mail every gary higgins he could find in public records asking "are you the gary higgins that recorded red hash". He finally found him and the rest is this article plus a kick ass album put out by drag city. how's that for time well spent



Subject: hit me on the woh lit
Date: Sep 28 2005 02:17:25 AM
Author: ooh fresh with my spank drawn

yeah me too you frisk junky. I member when you lite me in the slow roll troll move. Peep the horn, flash frank, and respect god of knee shop.



Subject: The ad on the left...
Date: Sep 27 2005 08:19:08 PM
Author: Joe

God, I can't stoping beating off to that American Apparel chick who loves her socks.



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