Hooves on the Turf

When bands get on Twitter just because someone told them they’re supposed to be on it, it kind of defeats the purpose because if you don’t genuinely feel the need to tweet, you probably make a really boring tweeter. Robin Pecknold is my gold standard, which is why I’ve just added a new category devoted to his tweeting activities. I hope to bring you (myself) his best of. It looks like he had a few prolific hours while I was out last night, and I returned home to these gems.

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rpecknold Passed a road sign that said “WALNUTS AHEAD.” That is a fine thing to have on a road sign.
about 4 hours ago from web

rpecknold Feel pretty r.e.i. yuppie right now, in tie dye socks listening to NPR, at this rate I will be buying organic wool dog sweaters by sundown
about 4 hours ago from twitterrific

rpecknold “excuse me brother, but is the packaging for this hemp iphone cover compostable?”
about 3 hours ago from twitterrific

rpecknold Just to clarify, the hemp iphone cover exchange was a mental fabrication, the endgame of my descent into BOBO-dom
about 3 hours ago from web

rpecknold In 30 years we’ll all be trying to show our lives to our grandkids and all they’ll have to look at is gmail and flickr printouts
about 3 hours ago from web

rpecknold “Come little Zexalon, look at my old emails with your grandmother. I would show you photos but I forgot my password. Hrm.”
about 3 hours ago from web

This was my first ever non-link favorited tweet:

rpecknold Mortimer Cher Gearshaft Coulter Platypus Pecknold will be the name of my least favorite daughter. MortPlatty for short.
11:12 PM Mar 13th from twitterrific

For whatever reason, he deleted this one, but it was one of his finest moments:

rpecknold Rode a horse for the first time ever, pretty sweet but also amusement park ride-y? Had a huge urge to hi ho silver into the hills at speed
some time on Apr 29