A note about the text

You know how sometimes at the end of a hardcover book there'll be an "About the Author" page? It's usually just a paragraph long- it'll say what other books the author has written, where he went to school, and where he lives.

A couple years ago I came to the end of a book (I think it was Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis) and in addition to the author page there was another- "A Note About The Text". This too was just a paragragh. It said that the text was set in Baskerville and it gave a brief history of the Baskerville typeface.

It seemed odd that they'd add that page. I looked back at the text and didn't notice anything really special about it, but, oh well.

Anyway, about 2 weeks ago I came up with a better way to present things here.

I've been putting album and movie titles in italics, EP titles too. But when I started RJ Battles I put song titles in quotes, which was fine, but I've got a better way.

Let's say we're talking about the Pixies's LP Doolittle. Songs from the album will be in bold print except when they're used as the title of an EP. For example:

"One of my least favorite songs from Doolittle is Monkey Gone To Heaven. I think it should've been left off the album and replaced with "Weird At My School" from the Here Comes Your Man EP."

Notice that "Weird At My School" stays in quotes because the subject of the post is the Doolittle album. If I were writing a post about the Pixies in general, I'd put all their song titles in bold print.

I think this will make posts a little clearer and I've gone back and edited some older entries. I'm not a writer but I'd like to make RJ Battles as easy to read as possible. Plus I think this makes the posts more attractive.