Merlin Otello here. Many of us who came of age in the 1990s had the Gin Blossoms as part of the sound track of our young lives. The song “Til I Hear It From You” rang in my ears as I read Joe Biel’s Gin Blossoms: Suicide, Corporatism, Addiction, Creativity, and the Lessons of Doug Hopkins – published in 2018 by Microcosm Publishing. At 52 pages, it is a short, sad, but compelling read.

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