Category: Words

SLEEP LITTLE STASH

Apr 9, 2023

Glory Lights, Neverland, Spectacular Illusions, THE SWOON, Words

No, it’s not a book about getting high off your own stash. “Stash” was the name of one of the… Read more
Epiphany

Dec 23, 2022

Agrapha, Words

THE SWOON recorded “Epiphany” during a live rehearsal in January 1989 along with a batch of other material in preparation… Read more
Sister Mary Francis

Mar 13, 2022

Agrapha, THE SWOON, Words

How the legend of a witch’s grave inspired THE SWOON’s song “Sister Mary Francis” and Megadeth’s “Mary Jane.” Read more
Via Dolorosa

Feb 14, 2021

ben son ben son Beatrice, Glory Lights, Live Show, Music Video, THE SWOON, Words

We closed out our live shows with that hypnotic rambling extended version of Via Dolorosa, “the way of suffering.” Read more
Things to Do and See in the Summertime

Dec 31, 2020

Glory Lights, Music Video, THE SWOON, Words

Us kids lived in the perfect American dream of small-town America—a world of bare feet and banana-seat bicycles, a world… Read more
Ben Son, Ben Son Beatrice

Dec 10, 2020

ben son ben son Beatrice, THE SWOON, Words

The story of recording the Beatrice song and the new video, only 32 years later. Read more
Cowboy Poetry

Nov 25, 2020

Live Show, Words

True story of THE SWOON chili eating contest and a poem about a cowboy. Read more