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Pete Yorn Is Thinking Of: Lawrence, Kansas

Pete Yorn has been surprisingly prolific of late. Consider that it was three years between his sophomore outing, 2003’s Day I Forgot, and 2006’s bracingly eclectic Nightcrawler, the latter largely restoring the potential of his brazenly accomplished out-of-nowhere debut, 2001’s Musicforthemorningafter. Another three years between releases, and Montville, N.J.’s favorite boho chick magnet suddenly had a lot more to say. Last year saw the release of Back & Fourth, followed by Break Up, a wispy collaboration with Scarlett Johansson inspired by Serge Gainsbourg’s duets with Brigitte Bardot. Now Yorn has ditched his smokin’-hot muse for Frank Black, who encouraged the confessed perfectionist and overdub junky to strip away the studio varnish and rawk out for the new Pete Yorn (Vagrant). Yorn will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with him.

Yorn: Lawrence is one of my favorite towns to play. It’s sort of the perfect college town. So many good spots. There’s the Eldridge Hotel, which is haunted. I’m told you don’t want to stay in room 506. A lot of lights turning on and off, doors slamming, that kind of thing. Maybe it’s just windy and their electrical system is a little messed up? Or maybe there are ghostly spirits roaming the halls. The last time I played at The Granada, my bandmates and I grabbed breakfast at this classic spot called Milton’s, which I confidently recommend (for breakfast). The Bourgeois Pig is a great coffee shop/bar co-owned by Rob, who plays bass in Spoon. There’s also the Replay Lounge, where we went and heard an excellent soul DJ, after I played The Bottleneck a few years ago. Always a good time in Lawrence.

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