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Joe Walsh on “Cros”: “ he’s the voice you can’t hear because when he sings harmony, he sings perfect. You can hear Stephen below the Cros. You can hear Graham. You can hear Stephen and Graham. But you can’t hear the Cros. He’s got that middle part and it wouldn’t be CSN without him” (487).

Because Croz can pick a lock, he advances in the prison hierarchy (457).

As far as plotting, Croz comes to a “turning point”
during “Diagnostics” at Huntsville Prison where he realized there was “more of me awake than had been in a long time”; it’s interesting how the lyrics to “Long Time” are true in more than one way (446).

In prison, Croz saw the need of some prisoners for “psychiatric confinement.”

“Lying” is a basic term for “complex” or “half-truth.”

“out of population,” “in population” & “the hole” defined.

“daily drug drain,” not unlike “lacy lilting lyrics….”

Involuntary detentions require medical certification for 72 hours; a judicial hearing for 14 days (392).

Divorced parents teach their children to hate their parents, “normally,” Croz says where I believe he means “often” (356). I couldn’t quite go that route because of my Sunday school education to “love” my enemies, which I came to understand from the second day I met him, my father was.

It’s interesting that Craig Doerge & Judy Henske’s song “You Might As Well Have A Good Time” was going to be the title track for Croz’ second album.

Did Cameron Crowe consider Croz a “friend,” and if so, did his decision not to submit a story about a solo concert at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco violate journalistic ethics? What would Lester Bangs say? What would Hunter Thompson say?

Reading Croz confirm what others have already said for the last 10 pages about his check-in-out at Scripps is both tedious but ethos-establishing (349).

Mark Tapley’s leave-taking from Mrs. Lupin seems like an eruption of sincerity amidst the vast plains of duplicity. Mark and Mrs. Lupin 219-225

The line from “Delta” “lately he’s crazy for the deep” takes a vertical view of psychology not unlike the description of his drug addicted mind several pages earlier on 318.

Crosby’s description of overdosing sounds similar to the first verse of “She’s Gotta Be Somewhere”: “Like a frozen angel/falling down from too high,/her wings begin to open/just before she runs out of sky” (Sky Trails).

Perjury grows out of the graves of rich men (89).

Pecksniff holds forth on Chuzzlewitt providing for his grandson “young Martin” (87).

Chuzzlewitt’s orphan has taken an oath.

Perforated septum

How much time could I bear to spend in the company of Mercy and Charity Pecksniff? (29)

Is personification (23, 24) a cue that this is satire?

At least two mentions of people giving away what belongs to other people (13, 18)

The scene of Rachel’s ‘ohana with George in the valley above Kahakoloa is quite sweet. Oceanography and cooperation with animals abides.

Conserve your energy for things you enjoy (420).

Jiro tells Ruth about the stockade at Tule Lake that killed Taizo (404). The truth emerges slowly.

After Ruth meets her mother, she says, “I am more than I was an hour ago” (350); many adopted children hope for/suspect/fear what they are.

The James Phelan campaign poster establishes Golden State racism.

Ruth ‘a double anxiety of being adopted and being a girl.

Not nearly as dark as Dickens. Even Mayonaka (the cat) comes around fast.

Doerge quotes Basie: “They don’t pay me for playing,” the implication being that they pay him for traveling.