Out in the yard.

I'm blogging on The Mountain Goats' new album All Eternals Deck until I feel like stopping.

I. From Raymond Carver's "Why Don't You Dance?":

Weeks later, she said: "The guy was about middle-aged. All his things right there in his yard. No lie. We got real pissed and danced. In the driveway. Oh, my God. Don't laugh. He played us these records. Look at this record-player. The old guy gave it to us. All these crappy records. Will you look at this shit?"

II. From The Mountain Goats' "Estate Sale Sign":

crude little wooden idols and aviator shades
the trinkets and the treasures we brought back from the crusades
some guy in an impala shakes his head when he rides by
but i remember when we shared a vision, you and i

III. The trailer for "Everything Must Go," which is ostensibly an adaptation of (I):



IV. Another Mountain Goats reference to the Chevy Impala, which suggests that, of American-made cars, the Impala is the most evocative:

once a week i make the drive
two hours east to check the
austin post office box
and i take the detour
through our old neighborhood
see all the
chevy impalas
in their front yard up on blocks

-from "Source Decay"

V. A Chevrolet Impala: