Flinching Time: Warren Zevon and the Vast Indifference of Heaven
Gerrie Lim, Big O, 1 May 1993
SPRINGTIME BLOWS AN idiot wind here in tinseltown, a change of seasons ridden with uncertainly as hay fever breaks out, pet animals act skittish, and everyone ponders the E-word (Earthquake) and represses the R-word (Riot) and expends considerable effort not dwelling on either.
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