So I just stumbled upon the following information: Bob Nastonovich of Pavement likely lives within a few miles of me. He DJs at venues here in town every now and then and even did a session with fellow Des Moinian Marc Hogan who writes for Spin and Pitchfork on NYE at Vaudeville Mews. Bob's Best of 2013 list on Matador's site was almost exclusively local bands and included this music video which is pretty awesome.

Anyway, I look forward to possibly running into Bob around town and saying something awkward. If nothing else I'll go to the horse track outside of town where he works and tell him the story of my reasoning behind walking to Winco.