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(Photo: 4AD)

When I found out that the Mountain Goats was releasing a limited edition DVD in honor of Record Store Day, I knew I had to have it.

It was only available in selected indie record stores on Record Store Day. Of course, only Seattle stores had it. After several phone calls and begging a very friendly manager to hold a copy for me, I got my hands on it the day after.

I finally sat down and watched it in its entirety tonight. Beautiful. Something about the intimacy of watching a man playing a song all by himself, getting choked up at the same time you do about a song he wrote about the death of a loved one.. Something suspended in and apart from the ticking clocks of time in all that.

Here's just a taste:
the Mountain Goats, "Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace"