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When the City of Philadelphia told Kurt Vile it was naming a day after him, the hometown hero was confused. Kurt Vile Day would take place on August 28th, but Vile wanted a clarification. “It’s not: every August 28th is Kurt Vile Day, right?” A city official assured him it would just be a one-time celebration, though Vile was still uneasy with all the pageantry. “What am I, like, Benjamin Franklin caliber?”
“When I get a new guitar it feels weird. I almost want to throw it against the wall, just to make it look normal,” says the indie-rocker
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The Philadelphia musician’s daughters provide backing vocals on the new rendition of the Christmas song