{"id":2855,"date":"2010-01-02T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T06:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=2855"},"modified":"2010-01-02T22:47:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T06:47:00","slug":"ode-to-max-blagg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/ode-to-max-blagg\/","title":{"rendered":"Ode to Max Blagg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In my youth, Max Blagg<\/a> played a key role, which included my introduction to Astral Weeks<\/a>. \u00a0 He was my first “boyfriend” when I moved to London. To a 15 year old juvenile delinquent from L.A., Max was the essence of English allure.<\/p>\n

Max was always larger than life, one of those people who emote at high volume and always teeter on the edge of elation or dark despair. He seemed always to be yearning for another environment, another notebook or another woman. He once spent several weeks bitching about his futile search for a Victorian nightshirt. And I once risked his wrath by secretly borrowing his pink corduroy Levi’s, even though I could barely stuff my fat ass into them.<\/p>\n

Max lives in NYC now, where he is a poet and man-about-town. I’ve only seen him once in the intervening years. But every time I hear certain records from 1969, I recall the indescribable joy of being free to do everything and everyone, and those memories usually contain an element of Max Blagg.<\/p>\n

I missed out on high school but I racked up an education. Some of it was rough but mostly it was thrilling. It’s the kind of shit you can take pride in once you’re a boring housewife with costochondritis.<\/p>\n

Happy New Year, Max! I’m glad you’re still around. In my heart you’ll always be 20 years old and the hottest thing on wheels.<\/p>\n

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