Pet Peeve #128
On some of the 59 buses, the cross street “Prairie” is misspelled on the digital marquee. The funny thing? It’s the second “i” that’s omitted, not the first. Prarie. Chaps my hide every time.
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current book: I’ve been reading the lastest issue of The Atlantic Monthly, which claims to have named the 100 Most Influential Americans. A very quick skim shows that all the women seem to have made the list for advancing feminism. No female brain surgeons or explorers. Yet.
current music: Went to see Canasta and The Dears at the Metro last night. Canasta was fantastic–the Metro really suits them well. I’m still waiting(ahem!) to see them cover Kraftwerk’s “The Model” live. Hopefully all y’all Indianapolisians are heading down to Radio Radio tonight.
The Dears have been oft-compared to The Smiths, but I didn’t see it. The Dears are also oft-described as crafting “moody pop.” If The Smiths crafted moody pop, it’s more in the lyrics than the music. There’s a few Dears clips available on 3hive, so feel free to weigh in on this. I started off disliking them, but then they played some songs I liked, and then I just couldn’t decide what I thought of them. But they had a sense of humor: in response to the audience clamoring for a specific song, the lead singer asked, “Do you even know that song?” “Nooooo!” came the drunken response. The lead singer sighed. “Fuckin’ Americans.”
The Dears had two female keyboardists framing the front of the stage; both women were very thin, wearing black, and looked detached from the rest of the action. Very sexy. Very eerie.
current socks: Gray with bright tattoo-style butterflies. Thanks, Kristen! Yesterday I wore polypropylene liners underneath thigh-high navy and green striped wool socks. I was still cold at my desk. Would it be too passive-aggressive to bring a blanket to work?
Posted 9 December 2006
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As one of the Indianapolisians (is that really what we’re called?) who went to see Canasta Saturday night, I can plainly state: Laura is right.
um…
i hate to point this out
on accounta you
spending the majority
of your waking hours copyediting,
but you typo-ed the word prairie
in your own rant.
for shame, laura, for shame.
did you mean “praire?”