I was listening to a lot of Ani Difranco over the long weekend, it was the right sort of weather for (some of) her music.

She’s a brilliant guitarist, but more than anything I just love her lyrics.

I got stuck on School Night for a while, particularly the first verse and chorus:

she went over to his apartment

clutching her decision

and he said, did you come here to tell me goodbye?

…

and she said:

you are a miracle but that is not all

you are also a stiff drink and i am on call

you are a party and i am a school night

and i’m lookin’ for my door key

but you are my porch light

What a cool way to get dumped.

I also love the imagery in the first section of Your next bold move:

coming of age during the plague

of reagan howard and bush

watching capitalism gun down democracy

it had this funny effect on me

i guess