In the original draft of my festival-murders story, Kowalski made friends with a Texas band called El Paso. Because, they explained, they were from El Paso, and they couldn't think of a better name. Jordy, who has never been to Texas before and knows nothing about the state, asks,

"El Paso... that's in west Texas, right? Because I think I heard something somewhere about the west Texas town of El Paso."

And then he wonders why everyone looks at him like they think he's making fun of them.

El Paso morphed into Button Constituency in the current draft, but I actually do think El Paso would be a good name for a band. Which is why I changed it--I figure someone else must have thought the same thing already!