As a blog, it's rare that we have to publish a corrections column. Usually, we can sneak back into an entry and edit any error of fact that we may have inadvertently made without making such a big deal about it. But, when an entire post—and its related accusation of smugness—is based on an error, well, we've got to say it. Our bad.
The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge is not hosting a "white trash party."
As much as we enjoy venting our righteous anger, we feel really bad for besmirching the reputation of a place that actually puts on a lot of interesting events from musicians representing a wide range of racial, cultural, and class backgrounds. Lizard Lounge, you're okay in our book.
The confusion was caused when we read an article in the Cambridge Chronicle claiming that the club would be hosting a "white trash party" on July 4th. It turns out that the Lizard Lounge in Dallas is the actual culprit. Good one, mainstream media!
In our flimsy defense, we did check the schedule of the Cambridge Lizard Lounge before posting about the "white trash party." Then, as now, the club has its Independence Day entertainment listed as "TBA," and we made the faulty assumption that the Cambridge Chronicle knew something that wasn't online. That was pretty dumb, and we are very, very sorry.
Fixies
Grandpa Bostonist's post on fixies drew the ire of a lot of readers. Some of you even wrote entire blog posts devoted to debunking our curmedgeonly contributor. It's true that Grandpa Bostonist got the entire class of fixies confused with a certain subset: track bikes that don't have brakes. So, there's that. But the backlash ended up proving one of Grandpa's points: fixie riders are self-righteous!
We were surprised by the number of commenters who assumed that Grandpa Bostonist drives a car on the simple basis that he criticized a narrow group of bikers. Re-read his post. He doesn't mention driving a car a single time, but he does mention walking on the sidewalk and in the crosswalk, where, as we all know, Boston's bikers do not fear to tread. There is nothing in the post that is anti-bike, per se. Just anti-fixie. I guess we've learned what constitutes a sacred cow in the Hub.
On a related note, Boston Biker's blog post about Grandpa Bostonist brings up an interesting point. He notes that bikers, drivers, and pedestrians are all guilty of breaking traffic laws but makes the somewhat dubious point that only bikers catch flak for it. Drivers in Boston are known as "Massholes" for their terrible behavior on the road. What should we call bikers and pedestrians?
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