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May 3, 20183 min
Jon Carroll / High Desert Gothic I: Artifacts
It all started with a mistake. In the 70s, when we lived in Los Angeles and worked against deadline, we often spent weekends at Joshua...
Jon Carroll / joncarrollprose.com
Feb 26, 20183 min
Jon Carroll / Beetlemania
The last time I was thinking unhurried oatmeal thoughts was at the Bug. Our friend Tom told us about The Bug. We asked him about it....
Jon Carroll / joncarrollprose.com
Aug 16, 20172 min
Atheist Power!
Here I am speaking to imaginary religionists I have brought along to be yelled at from time to time. But, well, read Psalm 139. They...
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Jul 7, 20174 min
Jon Carroll / Manly Men
I’m writing this in order to find out what I think. I do not expect this to be easy. I am treading in weirdly dangerous territory, and I...
Jon Carroll / joncarrollprose.com
May 22, 20176 min
Confessions of a Boy Wonder
I didn’t sign up to be a boy wonder. I was just tooling along at the Chronicle, editing the critics and writing the occasional...
Jon Carroll / joncarrollprose.com
May 8, 20175 min
Happy Days
We didn’t know what we were doing. We were making it up as we went along. It was glorious. In the early 70s, magazine start-ups were like...
Jon Carroll / joncarrollprose.com
Apr 18, 20172 min
Jon Carroll / Who Are You Again?
I’ve been face-blind all my life, and it’s gotten worse as I’ve gotten older. A surprising number of things have gotten better as I’ve...
Jon Carroll
Mar 16, 20172 min
Jon Carroll / Rage against Rumpcare
Rage is a useless emotion. It may be an appropriate emotion, but it scrambles your brain. It is so intense that it makes you feel like...