13 December 2007

Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Don't Google me son

Nick Sylvester/Spiderfang, proprietor of Riff Market, has a year-end habit of turning over his blog to guest writers to weigh in with their version of "The Year in Riffs" (2006; 2007). Choice bounty:
The venue is a veritable who’s who of local celebrities. Up front, Panthers coach Eric Taylor wonders aloud whether organist Jenny Conlee will cover Laura Veirs’s guest vocals on “Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then).” Meanwhile, running back Smash Williams eagerly explains to car dealer Buddy Garrity that “The Bachelor and the Bride” is a reference to the Marcel Duchamp sculpture La mariée mis à nu par ses célibataires, même--of which Garrity, judging by his bored look, is obviously well aware already.