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  1. Public Bookmark 2

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    Something very strange had happened to his body as soon as they crossed the threshold of the front entrance, worse than vertigo, more like a diver coming up for air too quickly, reeling with a bad case of the bends. In a different context, he thinks that Jay would have found that really funny.  

    I really gotta hand it to him, that absolutely dreadful wet blanket Thom Yorke was onto something. This is one miserable bitch of a feeling.

    (Backstage at the Rivoli, before and after the show, July 31, 2009.)

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    26 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 10

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    alternate first meeting, 2008:

    Jay is in a band. They need a music video. Enter: Matt Johnson

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    “No way you’re gonna be in the background. The whole point is that the killer is handsome and charming and shit. You can’t tell me you want that guy to be your charismatic killer. Be serious about this.”

    Jay has to take it all in. Matt is calling him handsome and charming. How does he know that the way to make Jay comply is to shower him in compliments? To stroke his ego until he can’t think straight. Did Emilia tip him off? How would that conversation even go? ‘Okay, Matthew. Here is how you get him in the palm of your hand. Call him pretty, tell him he’s charming.’ Like Matt was some padawan at Jay-manipulation.

    “C’mon, man! You would look fucking awesome covered in blood, dude. All the girls would be kneeling at your feet! Or the boys, if you’re a fa-”

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    25 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 6

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    Before lightning struck, Matt Johnson remembered his mom, a photo frame, a noose, and Jay McCarrol.

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    24 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 24

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    Shit was like Ringu. A grainy YouTube video with less than 100 views when Matt stumbled across it.

    Nirvana the Band Live at the Rivoli, April 3, 2009

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    Matt and Jay's Calgary-based harsh noise duo gets a show at Worst Chance...

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    22 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 12

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    As is the case with most internet rabbit holes, Matt can't remember how he got here. One minute he's arguing with someone on the Rotten Tomatoes off-topic thread and now he's reading a Wikipedia article about a guy who shot himself for an art project.

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    21 Jul 2026