#73 They Said It Really Loud, They Said It on the Air
A couple of weeks ago, I wandered into a new wine shop in the neighborhood. It was peak gentrified Brooklyn: decorated with stuff that’s meant to look thrift-ish but is actually factory-fresh and way too clean. Palo santo wafted through the air and the wines were displayed like the clothing in those shops in Soho that don’t carry my size — just a few bottles, artfully arranged, their scarcity signaling the inflated prices. Big band music played from a turntable behind the re