Our Exquisite Replica of "Eternity": Difference between revisions

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2003 cologne dispenser at a truck stop^[1]

2003 cologne dispenser at a gas station in Michigan^[2]

Lyrics

(instrumental)

Chronology

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- David Grubbs - writer
- Jim O'Rourke - writer
- Tony Burr - clarient
- Kevin Drumm - guitar
- Steve Braack - horns

Interpretations

"Eternity" is a perfume created by Calvin Klein in 1988. "Our Exquisite Replica of 'Eternity'" is a knockoff fragrance that appeared in perfume dispensers in the 1990s. David Grubbs states that he peeled a sticker with the phrase off of a perfume dispenser and "gave it to Drag City for a Gastr t-shirt"^[3]
The track contains a sample from the score of the science fiction film The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)^[4]
The track appears in Hal Hartley's film The Book of Life (1998)

Retrospectives

David Grubbs, 2015

But who will be the first to present photographic evidence for "Our Exquisite Replica of Eternity"?^[5]
There was also "Our Exquisite Replica of Opium," "Our Exquisite Replica of Obsession," etc.^[6]

David Grubbs, 2023

24 years after Jim O'Rourke and I gave permission for "Our Exquisite Replica of Eternity" to be used in Hal Hartley's "The Book of Life," I finally saw the film -- fittingly, on P.J. Harvey's birthday [...]^[7]
Around this time, friends who saw P.J. Harvey live said that "Our Exquisite Replica" was played over the PA before she took the stage. (She was present for Gastr del Sol's first UK show -- opening for Shellac.)^[8]
[...] They didn’t send us a copy — so I didn’t know until tonight that part of the Gastr track was overlaid with a piece of drum and bass. It’s used pretty prominently — maybe two or more minutes of the track?^[9]

References

[1] ttps://twitter.com/MaxKriegerVG/status/1092447172480679936

[2] ttps://twitter.com/afewbadgregs/status/1167513376798457858

[3] ttps://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/569882700775088128

[4] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ROhf-hDGYU

[5] ttps://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/569873729762791424

[6] ttps://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/569883002605600769

[7] ttps://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/1711917366974587198

[8] ttps://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/1711917420749746265

[9] ttps://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/1711922429894054097

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+[[File:Our-Exquisite-Replica-of-Eternity.jpg|upright|thumb|2003 cologne dispenser at a truck stop<ref>https://twitter.com/MaxKriegerVG/status/1092447172480679936</ref>]]
+[[File:Our-Exquisite-Replica-of-Eternity-2.jpg|upright|thumb|2003 cologne dispenser at a gas station in Michigan<ref>https://twitter.com/afewbadgregs/status/1167513376798457858</ref>]]
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 == Chronology ==
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+** [[David Grubbs]] - writer
+** [[Jim O'Rourke]] - writer
+** Tony Burr - clarient
+** Kevin Drumm - guitar
+** Steve Braack - horns
 == Interpretations ==
+* "Eternity" is a perfume created by Calvin Klein in 1988. "Our Exquisite Replica of 'Eternity'" is a knockoff fragrance that appeared in perfume dispensers in the 1990s. [[David Grubbs]] states that he peeled a sticker with the phrase off of a perfume dispenser and "gave it to [[Drag City]] for a Gastr t-shirt"<ref>https://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/569882700775088128</ref>
+* The track contains a sample from the score of the science fiction film ''The Incredible Shrinking Man'' (1957)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ROhf-hDGYU</ref>
+* The track appears in Hal Hartley's film ''The Book of Life'' (1998)
+== Retrospectives ==
+[[David Grubbs]], 2015
+<blockquote>
+But who will be the first to present photographic evidence for "Our Exquisite Replica of Eternity"?<ref>https://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/569873729762791424</ref>
+There was also "Our Exquisite Replica of Opium," "Our Exquisite Replica of Obsession," etc.<ref>https://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/569883002605600769</ref></blockquote>
+[[David Grubbs]], 2023<blockquote>24 years after [[Jim O'Rourke]] and I gave permission for "Our Exquisite Replica of Eternity" to be used in Hal Hartley's "The Book of Life," I finally saw the film -- fittingly, on P.J. Harvey's birthday [...]<ref>https://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/1711917366974587198</ref>
+Around this time, friends who saw P.J. Harvey live said that "Our Exquisite Replica" was played over the PA before she took the stage. (She was present for Gastr del Sol's first UK show -- opening for Shellac.)<ref>https://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/1711917420749746265</ref>
-* "Eternity" is a perfume created by Calvin Klein in 1988. "Our Exquisite Replica of 'Eternity'" is a knockoff that appeared in gas station bathroom perfume dispensers in the 1990s.<ref>https://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/569882280438714369</ref> [[David Grubbs]] states that he peeled the sticker off the perfume dispenser and "gave it to Drag City for a Gastr t-shirt"<ref>https://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/569882700775088128</ref>
+[...] They didn’t send us a copy — so I didn’t know until tonight that part of the Gastr track was overlaid with a piece of drum and bass. It’s used pretty prominently — maybe two or more minutes of the track?<ref>https://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/1711922429894054097</ref></blockquote>
-* Contains a sample from the score of the science fiction film ''The Incredible Shrinking Man'' (1957)
 == References ==
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