Open Letters

[sandwichcontrol]

[Because we haven't been really petulant in a while...]

Dear Wilco:

A Ghost Is Born sucks. Buck up

Comments

[sandwichcontrol]

In fact I have invested my ears in the EP, and it is very good. I have a rather disturbing thought; like Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the Australian EP was recorded before the petulant departure of Jay Bennett. It's horrifying to think that a man with such bad hair and such a serious inferiority complex was one of the elements essential to Wilco's alchemy, but there does seem to be a link...

Petulant petulant petulant! Cody needs a new word.

[anonymous]

So, angel, for your lexical pleasure, I attach a few suggestions:
1. slattern, n.
2. wanton, n.
3. chiffarobe, n.
4. charette, v. (This you will not find in the OED--it refers to the period of non-stop work before an architecture crit, e.g. "I can't go anywhere this weekend, I'm charetting." Dates back to the EdBeaux-Arts and whatnot.)
5. no-count, a. (Goes well with 1., not so good with 2., and if you try with 3. and 4. I will have your head.)

Because we here at the Institute are always looking out for you, I remain, as ever, your affectionate--
Cara

Re: Petulant petulant petulant! Cody needs a new word.

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There once was a slattern named "Paul"
Whose wanton was rampant; and all
Her clothing was skimpy,
Her charetting, wimpy;
The former she kept in a no-count chifforobe, in the corner.

[Note spelling of "chifforobe": its orthography betrays its portmanteau derivation.]