jeeks
publisher - Garrett County Journal
I've known GK since before I became acquainted with the use of toilets. He was always called GK - which we took to mean Ghengis Kahn, or Great Kid, until he told us his real name.George Kroening Darby is at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. His e-mail address is [email protected]. I predict great and ironic productions from GK - his garrett county journal is cutting edge web literary and design, true to form, his name seldom appears on the pages.
sorta like me!
His parents knew my parents. Both his and my dad are old school Chicago - 3 martini lunches in wood paneled rooms with other powerful white males. His Dad was the business editor of the Chicago Sun-Times. The day he wrote his last column was the day GK wrote his second.GK wrote a weekly column for the Daily Badger called drag net. He covered the net well; - I'm hoping he assumes a larger venue for his own writing someday. He may be writing a lot for gcj - but it's largely unattributed.
Like I said, we met when we were young. That wound festered for fourteen years, we attended Parker that long together.
GK is a crazy mutherfucker. So tense, like I've never seen. When his hormones kicked in, in middle school, he would rush me in the middle of the hall at school and we'd throw each other against he lockers for a few mintues until we'd both be out of breath and we'd look at each other, grin, and hug.
Once, in high school, he slapped my back so hard, it raised a eighth inch welt.
We still occasionally rush each other on sight - sexual tension.
When Sue, his Mom was pregnant with him, she drank, smoked, and stripped wood. I asked my stepfather George about her once, he said, "She's no wallflower." She's a stockbroker, and always has some speculation and gesticulation goin' on. An extremely enthusiastic woman - I imagine she put a lot of pressure on GK.
Gk was my Secret Santa my freshman year in high school (supposed to leave me anonymous presents). I got a large piece of sedimentary concrete, canned escargo, a Buick hubcap, and Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck - GK's favourite writer at the time.
In high school, many of us would leave our school bags lying around the hall - to foster a casual atmosphere. GK and Mike liked to take my bag and run it up the flagpole. It's a good thing I have a sense of humour. When I tried the same thing on his trumpet, I found his lacking.
He exposed me to Frank Zappa, and Thelonious Monk. My tastes have never recovered. I exposed him to Led Zeppelin and Jane's Addiction. He emerged relatively unscathed.
Throughout high school, we worked on the literary magazine. Now, he's running his own: garrett county journal.
Samples of Jeeks
Repetative stress injury (222k .aiff)
"Justin, did you get the alumni thing from Mr. Barrett and Lynn Mills?" (39k au).
You can also listen to that same message backwards and with reverb. (39k au)
