Ripe peach

Googling "Maxon Crumb" the other day turned up a few pleasant surprises. The ascetic, deeply troubled brother of Robert still lives in the same SF dump as he did in the 1994 film; and as of 2006, he's even mingling with a lady friend. (Although sexual contact still sends him into seizures.) You should listen to this interview with him by SF Chronicle reporter Edward Guthmann. So much intelligence and talent like the rest of his brothers, but you can tell he just wasn't wired for this world. I like those kinds of people. (photo credit: Michael Macor)