People I Saw And Didn't Like at Toad Last Night

• international superhussy
• corduroy cowboy
• cambridge trucker

Muttonchop Land

When every male at the Midway Cafe has the same facial hair, the existence of the facial hair is not ironic (unless you're into group irony, which really just seems like conformity to me). One wonders if the male facial hair conformists sit at the bar on quieter evenings and compare chops over PBRs....or do they drink High Life now?

P.S. Thumbs down to the Midway for sending tonight's headliner on after the T closed.
P.P.S. Thumbs down to the MBTA for closing at 12:20 on weekends, when DC (with fewer residents) stays open until 3 and New York (many more people) never closes.

Cursing: The Next Awful

I claim that cursing (also known as "swearing" or "cussing" to people who grew up in educated families) will soon go mainstream, at least for a short while. The fuck ratio in the latest editions of the Weekly Dig make me fear that soon, everyone will be "dropping f-bombs" in order to fit in. Cursing may be the next form of conformist rebellion, and it costs less than commie caps or American Apparel porno wear.

Let's face it. You have to have been raised in a cursing household to curse properly. You can't choose to de-educate yourself after you graduate college and move into a loft by taking up "swearing." Folks like me, however, can choose to hang onto choice element(s) of our pasts. Whether it damns me in career, romance, or anything else, I wear effortless profanity like a tattered badge of experience.

I could elaborate, but I don't feel the need to. Don't cheapen me by using the word fuck three times in a 150-word CD review. Or at least practice using some non-f-words.

The New Awful

The following things are officially terrible:

• Single-speed bikes
• Black caps

If you own any of the above, you need to question your motives for purchasing them.