Read this excerpt from "A Visit from the Goon Squad " That's when he began singing the songs he'd been writing for years underground, songs no one had ever
"X's and O's," "Who's Watching Hardest"-ballads of
a profile or handle or a handset, who was part a of no one's data, a guy who had lived in the cracks all these
years, forgotten and full of rage, in a way that now registered as pure.
Based on the details in this excerpt, it can be inferred that Scotty
O was famous years ago before going into hiding.
has developed a unique a musical style.
was confused by having gone unnoticed for SO long
heard, or anything like them-"Eyes in My Head,"
paranoia and disconnection ripped from the chest of a man you knew just by looking had never had a page O1
• has learned how to hide his true emotions.