Mic Wright
@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
I write and report things, and I have a newsletter that some people like. “Do you know what the sad part is…? I’m a very good tailor.” brokenbottleboy.substack.com
That callback is so brilliantly done.
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
That callback is so brilliantly done.
That album is seriously underrated. And a great title too
November 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
That album is seriously underrated. And a great title too
It’s well worth getting.
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It’s well worth getting.
There’s a really wonderful version of it on the demos/unreleased recordings album Preludes.
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
There’s a really wonderful version of it on the demos/unreleased recordings album Preludes.
That’s my absolute favourite of his songs. Insouciance and melancholy mixed together.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
That’s my absolute favourite of his songs. Insouciance and melancholy mixed together.
My second favourite song of his featuring the word desperado.
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My second favourite song of his featuring the word desperado.
It’s the “ha!” after the final line of that section that always gets me.
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It’s the “ha!” after the final line of that section that always gets me.
Zevon claimed it was based on a real event that happened when he was vacationing in Hawaii and that it put him off going on holiday again.
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Zevon claimed it was based on a real event that happened when he was vacationing in Hawaii and that it put him off going on holiday again.
Here he is playing the song live in 1980, a couple of years after the Excitable Boy album came out youtu.be/kZx_TokIHdI?...
Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns And Money - 4/18/1980 - Capitol Theatre (Official)
YouTube video by Warren Zevon on MV
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Here he is playing the song live in 1980, a couple of years after the Excitable Boy album came out youtu.be/kZx_TokIHdI?...
Thanks, Matt. Yep, she’s so reliably grim.
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Thanks, Matt. Yep, she’s so reliably grim.
Oh, there’s no depth they won’t plumb.
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Oh, there’s no depth they won’t plumb.
But the BBC is rabidly left-wing 🙄
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
But the BBC is rabidly left-wing 🙄
Nice one. Thank you!
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Nice one. Thank you!