Rabid Child: A Song About Isolation, Truckers, and Nostalgia

How They Might Be Giants’ "Rabid Child" brought me back to my first concert and introduced me to the world of trucker lingo.

In the mid-'90s, I saw They Might Be Giants live for the very first time. My best friend and I were dropped off in front of the Moore Theatre in Seattle, WA, and I remember standing in line with a bunch of people who also knew who this band was. Were these my people? Probably not—we were still too young to drive, and these fans seemed much older, but we…