And we can thank the supreme girl magus warrior of Aughts Philadelphia, for leaving us no pictures whatsoever. Plenty of paintings, no pictures. Thanks, Jenny Kanzler. Who, btw, if anyone is wondering, does deserve to be a pin-up next to Mary and Abby. Another looker. But, as I was saying— 2008 was the big joker in the pack year for Aughts Philly, as far as I could see. The party was still going on— sort of. And when Jenny Kanzler showed up in 2008, we were just to be friends. And sparring partners. This, after all the indeterminacy of the early Aughts. Doom and gloom rhetoric, heart-of-darkness alibis, javelins waiting to be hurled— this painter had turned abrasive. Had always been— sort of. What got published in 2025 in Talking About Strawberries is about someone who, like Neko Case in this song, loves the Devil. Neko Case herself being relevant as another Aughts talisman person who was just around. Someone I discovered, in fact, in 2008, after Mary and I had bitten the fucking dust, man. Abby was running around loose somewhere, and I didn't know where. Neko Case— country noir. For those around the country to understand— Philly, beneath the patina of East Coast-ishness, does have a country streak. Philly happens to be surrounded by Pennsyltucky territories on all sides, including Reading, which is Taylor Swift. Neko Case works in Philly. And Jenny Kanzler loved us enough to leave us no pictures. Sympathy for the Devil?
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