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Ariel Zevon is the daughter of Warren Zevon and Crystal Zevon, is the half-sister of Jordon Zevon, and is the goddaughter of Jackson Browne. Ariel was raised by her mother Crystal in a childhood spent moving between Los Angeles, France and elsewhere in Europe. She attended Marlboro College in Vermont, where she studied sociology and theatre, it was also where she met her future husband, Ben Powel who studied writing.

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"I just think that popular music as we understood it for a long time was kind of limited... to songs about a certain thing, love songs for the most part... And it wasn't exactly what I was doing..."

Warren Zevon on his violent and edgy song content and "song noir."

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-'''Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon''' is the second [[Warren Zevon]] tribute album (released on [[Time Line#2000s|July 8, 2005]]), the first being ''[[Enjoy Every Sandwich: Songs of Warren Zevon]]''. Warren's son [[Jordan Zevon]] appeared again, this time singing the previously unreleased Warren Zevon song "[[Warm Rain]]", which he sung with [[:wikipedia:Simone Stevens|Simone Stevens]]. The album's name comes from a line in Warren's song "[[Boom Boom Mancini]]". <br> <br> [[Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon|More Information...]]''
+'''Ariel Zevon''' is the daughter of [[Warren Zevon]] and [[Crystal Zevon]], is the half-sister of [[Jordon Zevon]], and is the goddaughter of [[Jackson Browne]]. Ariel was raised by her mother [[Crystal Zevon|Crystal]] in a childhood spent moving between [[:wikipedia:Los Angeles|Los Angeles]], [[:wikipedia:France|France]] and elsewhere in [[:wikipedia:Europe|Europe]]. She attended [[:wikipedia:Marlboro College|Marlboro College]] in [[:wikipedia:Vermont|Vermont]], where she studied [[:wikipedia:sociology|sociology]] and [[:wikipedia:theatre|theatre]], it was also where she met her future husband, Ben Powel who studied [[:wikipedia:writing|writing]].<br> <br> [[Ariel Zevon|More Information...]]''
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-''An example of [[Warren Zevon]] fan art.
+''[[Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner]], fan portrayal.
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+"I just think that popular music as we understood it for a long time was kind of limited... to songs about a certain thing, love songs for the most part... And it wasn't exactly what I was doing..."
-"I always thought old age would be a good subject for rock & roll. If you thought [[:wikipedia:Neil Young|Neil Young]] and I were mad about being young, wait till you hear how mad we are about being old and decrepit."
-*[[Warren Zevon]] on his fascination with old age and decay in his songwriting.
+*[[Warren Zevon]] on his violent and edgy song content and "song noir."
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