Today’s review comes via request from listener Justin Shoemaker who, incidentally, is the last and greatest known cobbler in the Pacific Northwest. A lost art in these modern times, Justin was taught cobbling by his great great grandfather, who, after the war of 1812, settled in the greater Vancouver area to have babies and make shoes. After several babies and even more shoes, Grandpa Maker-a-shoe began codifying his shoe-making style and eventually shortened his surname to Shoe-a-Maker. His pointy-toed style were all the rage in the roaring ‘20s, as bootleggers and flappers alike flocked to the flamboyant trend. Baby Shoe was a quick study, his first word being “brannock”. He was first in his class at S.H.I.T. (Shoe Horn Institute of Technology) and quickly made his own name in the shoe game with his invention of the sole. Hard to believe folks wore shoes without them for so long, but this revolution in footwear proved Shoemaker’s genius and he promptly retired and raises alpacas in Battlecreek and makes beer out of their milk. It’s quite gross.
Raise your IPAlpaca to Shoe with this dedicated ep of A.Y.W.
