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Rich Thompson's avatar

Relocated to Ottumwa 5 years ago and was very surprised to see this in my email last week.

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Marc's avatar

And here I was thinking (hoping?) this was a misspelling and that your were finally coming to play a show in Ottawa! (that would be Canada's beautiful capital city, and home to a lovely microbrewery who would love to host you, wink wink)

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Alex V. Cook's avatar

My uncle's family with a bunch of cool teenage cousins lived in Ottumwa and I always liked tagging along. My cousin took me to Twin Galaxies from the Kong movie, the first arcade I ever went to. I might not have even been aware there was such a thing as arcades before that.

It's other claim to fame is it's the fictional home of Radar O'Reilly from M*A*S*H. Maybe he picked up his skills looking for martins over the gourd vines

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Jamie Beck's avatar

Ottumwa. Also the town where Radar O'Reilly was from in M*A*S*H!

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Mike Maness's avatar

His country music choices are legit, except for Alabama.

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W.C. Mericle's avatar

Love, love, love this. The art. The article. The feelings conjured. Thanks for being out there and taking the time to share.

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Mike and Kathy's avatar

Wow! That’s a find, and a deal!! Great story and art!

✨✨✨

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VonRiesling's avatar

Thank you for sharing this curious treasure and the reminder that more than just the devil is in the details

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Amy B.'s avatar

Figment is an amazing find...particularly with the article. Wandering, eavesdropping, and conjuring is a favorite pastime of my second born and I as well. However, to be fair, he is just 15 and sorta likes that buggy feeling. I do not. Always a pleasure Buckner.

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Keith Lo Bue's avatar

That's a beautiful piece of outsider goodness right there. Your next album cover if I've ever seen it.

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