Heather wants me to write some sort of glossary or primer wherein I explain my various music and literary references because she thinks it may make life easier for my readers. Actually, what she said was, "I know you don’t want to believe this, but if not for you, I would not know who Roddy Frame is. It’s kind of an obscure reference to anyone under 30." I will ignore the subtle dig on my advancing years because, let's be honest, Roddy Frame is an obscure reference for people over 30 as well, and grant that Heather has a point (despite the fact that she has a degree from an art school and has never seen Blue Velvet.)
The problem, of course, is I have no idea where to begin.
Should I do this alphabetically? In order of importance to me? In inverse proportion to relative fame?
alphabetically would probably work. I'm guessing that anyone who would need the primer would not be able to gage the relative lack of fame. And it was not a subtle dig at your advancing years, grandma, it was a self-effacing joke about my lack of music knowledge. I feel like a music idiot next to you and Jenny, but I suspect that I'm not alone.
ReplyDeleteoh, and order of importance to you... that would make it hard to search as well, unless the person were Fred, in which case, no primer needed.
ReplyDeleteUgh! It makes me crazy when I think how lazy people have become. For Christ's sake, if you don't understand a reference, look it up!
ReplyDeleteIn any case, half of the fun is finding new things along the way.