Thank you Steven McDonald for traveling around Germany, and finding that little star deal up above on a weird, little box of shoes. Germany’s a wild place. Conflicted. Harsh, angular ways of talking. But hell, they love Americana, and those stars and bars show up in the weirdest ways. Weird, all around. Not Steven. Germany.

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TIME WAS SORTA ON OUR SIDE: Here’s a time-lapse movie of all us putting up those logos on that big, goddamn wall. Incredible. Over the course of 30 hours or something. Still blown away by the performance of all the Burlesque folk and Die-Cut Nate. Feeling lucky as hell.

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SHE WAS ON THE BALL THAT NIGHT: Here’s Leigh’s full-banger photo set from the big night. Thank you for remembering to shoot this shit. My camera died halfway through and that put a real damper on recording things. But Leigh prevailed. Thank you!

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A QUICK ONE TO ROUND OUT THE NIGHT: Andy Mangold came across a book called Vacationland, took a picture of it, uploaded it, then, did a couple more into little but gigantically powerful set called “The Book Thing.” Pure awesome. Learn something from this one. Thank you, Andy Mangold. Cool last name, man. Mangolllllld.

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STILL KINDA PERPLEXED WITH THIS ONE: I put up a little post today on the Field Notes site called “Artisinal Sharpness.” Get in there.

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ON THE PLAYER:

01. Big Star - #1 Record
02. Kill Creek - Proving Winter Cruel
03. Juno - This Is The Way It Goes And Goes And Goes