Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Olio

Two Pickleworthy musings from the rock and roll show I attended tonight.

1) A new coinage: fro radius. Obvious, self-explanatory meaning, yet new and useful. Adopt away.

2) In (very) oblique reference to the current conversation on sexism: when one of the bands came out on the stage, I immediately thought they had a very throwback look, though I couldn't figure out why. In a minute or two, I did: it was all dudes.
The co-ed band trend is still in the waxing stage I hope, particularly for bands which have co-ed vocals (e.g. The Submarines, The Fiery Furnaces or Pickle darlings The Stars). These ones at least pay aesthetic dividends far beyond the barrier-breaking ones.

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