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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:

While in Austin for the holidays, I noticed a Boulevard beer display in a really upscale grocery store called Central Market. I was initially struck because Boulevard was being distributed that far away from Kansas City (over 700 miles down I-35). And, truth be told, I have a sentimental attachment to their pale ale because it was the first beer I ever fell head-over-heels in love with. But what struck me most was the chimenea, half-covered by a huge red bow, and the fake fire in there (it looks kinda real in this picture, but it was really some tissue paper, a fan, and a light). What the hell does a chimenea have to do with Boulevard beer?

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I'll never know how this tasted.

I remember how much Terry Burford used to love Zima—which was kinda weird, because his other drink of choice was Scotch. According to Slate, Miller stopped making Terry’s favorite beer-like beverage in October. I kept thinking I would try that stuff one day . . . I guess I kept thinking that for 15 years or so.

What can I learn from the missed opportunity? Well, I gotta carpe diem every inkling. I gotta get one of those jimi wallets. I gotta watch the Princess Bride. I gotta put a bumper sticker on my car.

Or maybe I should just scour local liquor stores for some leftover Zima.