From the day
Perspective: The Anxious Local · Sound
The street is a loud, chaotic scene today with Sean Paul’s "Baby Boy" thumping so hard from a passing SUV that my teeth are actually rattling. I just dropped way too much at the pump—gas is up to a buck-fifty-one—and now I’m stuck behind a line of screaming kids desperate to see *The Cat in the Hat* at the multiplex. Between the constant chime of Skype alerts from the internet cafe and the terrifying price of a simple loaf of bread, I feel like my head is going to spin. Everyone is buzzing about the Bronfman heir’s music comeback, but I’m just trying to keep my head down before things get any more expensive.