“And we tried, to keep our spirits high”

Said John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats. And we did. But nobody in presidential politics wanted to talk about anything but Tuesday night’s debate. Sen. Hillary Clinton has hardly even tried, it seems, to take our minds off of it (which, I suppose, says something about what her campaign is thinking).

So I’m going to go see the Mountain Goats tonight in Grinnell, where the only “piling on” I will witness is when a bunch of high school hipsters from Iowa City think they’ve spotted an open spot in front of the stage.

In case you didn’t know, I used to be a rock critic. Things were a lot simpler then. (Exhibit A, Exhibit B, and — my personal favorite — Exhibit C.)

Later, haters!