Slim Moon probably discovered your favorite band. As the founder and owner of Kill Rock Stars, a legendary indie record label from Olympia, Washington, Moon put out albums by Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, Elliott Smith, the Decemberists, the Gossip, and Deerhoof. On paper, there is perhaps no greater candidate for the definition of hipper-than-thou indie rock mogul.
In reality, however, Moon is exceedingly unpretentious and, indeed, kind. Since giving up control of Kill Rock Stars (his wife, Portia Sabin, has run the label since 2007), Moon has been on a journey away from the underground music scene toward something that might surprise fans of his bands: ordination as a Unitarian Universalist minister.
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