Such a suggestion—even a timid one in her own head—would have been met with a brimful of scorn.

But if the band’s three sold-out shows this week at the Bowery Ballroom are any indication, it is still basking in the microfame bestowed over the last year by zealous bloggers.

The state's policy of separate but equal was really about keeping the black man down.

Just hope, Eric continues, that he's not tempting fate's dickishly ironic sense of humor.