I Need An Editor

I've just completed reading Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots & Leaves and after getting through that ordeal my uneasiness with posting has increased greatly (Eats, Shoots & Leaves is the pedant's bible, rather amusing-ish panda joke, and no doubt one could use it to point out about ten punctuation errors in the last sentence alone, also Charlemagne (not the rip off champagne brand, or the one constantly referenced in The Hold Steady Lyrics) invented the question mark, well kind of, you learn something new everyday). I'm pretty sure there is some reference to a missing comma in a telegram that precipitated the Jameson Raid that in turn contributed to the escalation of what would eventually become the Boer War (now as a possible wearer of orthopedic shoes, I may stand corrected... boom boom).

All this has lead me to believe that blog postings in particular stand open to massive misinterpretation, for example that Pat Benatar post of mine may lead someone to believe that I am a massive fan when in fact the punctuation left me down and the tongue wasn't as obviously placed in cheek. The pedant in me is slowly coming out as I have more interaction with editor type people who care about correct grammar (God damn them), also this side of me should have been around when I was trying to write that bloody centralisation thesis!

As with previous musings what I'm attempting to do is somehow work around what was going on in my head to be in some way relevant to my song of the day, and seeing as I'm talking about punctuation there really is only one song that I know which can be shoehorned into my "train" of thought (if there are other pedantic songs let me know). So here is the ever excellent Vampire Weekend and of course Oxford Comma

At First I Thought It Was Simon

Well this ain't exactly cutting edge and if we are honest we could have heard something like this when Paul Simon headed to South Africa to infuse some African beats to his folk leanings, but Vampire Weekend are just class. Any band that has a song about pedantic English punctuation deserve some respect and with a look so geeky it comes with a PhD, it doesn't appear possible that this band should be so successful in today's musical wasteland. Clever lyrics, catchy beats and summer tunes, it's all good and I haven't tired of it yet even though the album is already a year old. It's feel good central. Enough of random praise being thrown their way, this is the top track off the album (end of story) Kids Don't Stand A Chance.