the foxymorons were devastated to hear about the death of elliott smith last month. he's been a longtime hero of ours and an inspiration. we accidentally saw him open for sebadoh in austin back in 1996. there aren't many artists whose entire catalog i own. he's the reason i'm still not embarrassed to play a crummy yamaha acoustic with a dean markley pickup. we've chased his sound on many of our recordings. when i was in los angeles last august we went to his favorite bar in hopes he might be there and we even took cheesy tourist photos in front of the figure 8 mural. we were lucky enough to see him perform at a sparsley attended kinks tribute that same weekend. i remember being shocked to see him smile during one song. last night jerry went to a los angeles concert in his honor. here's the story from mtv.