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what are you favourite smog / bill callahan tunes?
really into this at the moment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fva2s9UOFoY
(all your women things)
get a boner over those early smog records where the backing is usually just a couple of notes on the guitar over and over, maybe some string samples. it's the way he pars back the lyrics to pretty much the bare minimum that is really heartbreaking. also in this vein: 'to be of use'