Year of Oxycontin
Off topic (unrelated to the virgin demos) but has anyone else ever wondered if "Born in the year of Oxycontin" from The Path is perhaps a little nod to Infinite Jest? In I.J. the years are denoted in the same way, i.e. "Year of the Whopper" and "Year of Glad." Like Lorde, I was born in 1996, so I've thought about this too much. But I find it notable that Infinite Jest was published in 1996, so all 3 of us were born in the year of oxy.
Anyways I'm just curious if anyone else has thought about this or sees a subtle congruence b/w the two. Or am I being too conspiratorial here? Maybe just a synchronicity; if so, lovely to the core. Ella reads so much, it just strikes me as well within the realm of possibility that she might throw in a reference to the book, esp. given the 1996 connection.
Thoughts?