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			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 Potlatch 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 Detritus 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 Marginalia 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 Pops & Clicks 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 Static 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 Nitrate 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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