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The other day I was reading a New Yorker profile of Will Oldham, when I came upon this bit on Spiderland:

While he was shooting “Matewan,” some of his best friends formed a band called Slint; Oldham shot the cover photograph for Slint’s 1991 album, “Spiderland,” which was recognized, belatedly, as an indie-rock classic.

I find this interesting, I think, because it wasn’t until that Pitchfork festival that I found out that Spiderland had become a classic (my highfalutin schooling has kept me away from hipster news). Thing is, I remember  when that album came out. I think Ollie brought it home to the Wornall  Rd house on LP. I liked it and went out and bought it on CD. Later on, I found out that John did, too. I wouldn’t be surprised if Tom did the same thing. If he did, that would mean that all of us in that house bought that album (the necessary exceptions here are Ryan and Terry, who are always already necessarily excepted).

Also, I’ve always pretty much liked Will Oldham: