I think what did it for me was this: even
through his ascendance from underground wonderkid to Semi-Public Figure
of Renown, he felt like somebody we know. When I saw him on
the Academy Awards a few years ago, he looked so much like One Of Us
after having stepped through the wrong door that the whole thing filled
me with the sort of exuberance usually reserved for when one’s
home team has won the Stanley Cup. When I watched him play a very low-key
set a Yo Yo a Go-Go a few years ago, he seemed like the only guy in
the room who didn’t think it was a big deal. All week people
had been calling the Yo Yo offices to make sure they only showed up
for the Elliott Smith show, but when he got on stage, he acted like
he was just the next guy on the schedule.
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