
Spring 2004
Letter From
The Editor
We at the High Hat are thrilled to
buck the odds to deliver this, our third issue.
By Hayden Childs


Top Tens of 2003
Brent Bozman

Hayden Childs

McChesney Duntz

William Ham

Dana Knowles

Gary Mairs

Leonard Pierce

Michael
Tomczyszyn

Scott Von
Doviak

George Wu

Algonquin Kids' Table:
Top Ten Lists of 2003


Confessions
of a Househusband
Hi, my name is Chris, and I am a househusband
and stay-at-home dad.
By Chris Roberson

The Men
You Hate to Love
There’s a thin line, they say, between
genius and madness. There’s also a thin line between being a talented
and idiosyncratic creative artist and being a complete asshole.
By Leonard Pierce

Chicken Shit Bingo
You blink for a couple seconds as the door
at the end of the bar opens, and the blast of concrete-and-tar-flavored
Texas sun tunnels in. You squint at the man dressed in black leather vest,
guitar and amp in hand, silhouetted against the fire exit. How can a man
dress like that in this heat and stay cool? He can if he is Dale Watson.
By R. Dutcher Stiles


The Comic
Book of Revelations
Craig Thompson’s Blankets
by Chris Lanier

Thunderation!
Notes on Teratoid Heights and the “Fort”
by Chris Lanier

Ain’t
No Rag: Freedom, Family, and Flag
A specter is haunting my life: the specter
of Charlie Daniels.
by Leonard Pierce

A Pox on the
Know-Nothings!
The Baffler and the Boob Jubilee.
by Hayden Childs


Words
& Music: Stephen Clair
Little Radio and “My Understanding”
By Phil Nugent

Jo Jo
Redux
The Modern Lovers at 32
By Gary Mairs

Legends That
Almost Were
The Slow Bar and the Bis-Quits
By Andy Wilson

Kings
of This Island Town
Fountains of Wayne
By Greg T. Hough

Clumsy
Lovers: After the Flood
This is what Dave Matthews wishes he sounded
like
By Adam Lipscomb and Julie Wood

The Man Comes
Around
Saying goodbye to Johnny Cash
By Jean Carter Wilson

The
Two Best Albums of 1993
The Afghan Whigs’ Gentlemen
and American Music Club’s Mercury reconsidered
By BreNt Bozman

20th
Century Music 101, Part II
What we talk about when we talk about music
By Steve Hicken


It’s Not TV —
It Just Blows!
“Carnivàle,” “K
Street,” and “Angels in America”
By Phil Nugent

That Holiday
Spirit
A blow-by-blow report on the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade
By Leonard Pierce


Delicate Renaissance
Films from the Former Yugoslavia
By Bronwyn Jones

The Bottom
Shelf
Year-End Edition
By Scott Von Doviak

Underground
Men
American Splendor and Bad Santa
By Phil Nugent
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