Reno Dakota

Being in Reno, Nevada reminds me of "Reno Dakota." If you're unfamiliar with the Magnetic Fields, here's the short (and fairly biting) little song:

Reno Dakota there's not an iota of kindness in you
You know you enthrall me and yet you don't call me
It's making me blue
Pantone 292

Reno Dakota I'm reaching my quota of tears for the year
Alas and alack you just don't call me back
You have just disappeared
It makes me drink beer

I know you're a recluse; you know that's no excuse, Reno
That's just a ruse
Do not play fast and loose with my heart

Reno Dakota I'm no Nino Rota; I don't know the score
Have I annoyed you or is there a boy who-- well he's just a whore
I've had him before
It makes me drink more

-From 69 Love Songs, Vol. 1 (1999)

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There's a really great story behind this song; apparently Reno Dakota was an actual dude who Stephin Merrit tried to pick up at a bar. They got him to sit down for a little interview, where he explained the song and sang a pretty clever response:

It's a bit sad, really, though I've gotta say he seems to have been a really great sport about the whole thing. Which I guess is understandable. I mean, he did get a song named after him.

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This entire digression of a post is merely my attempt to enjoy my morning coffee and to share something that I liked before we leave Reno (the location) and head eastward.