Ohno, I used to work here, I think, but, er, I forgot? If I say I love
Jay Clifford, will that make up for me being lame? Or, I could ask a question: Why are lovely indie bands (death cab, rilo kiley, arcade fire) going mainstream? Am I missing something? Terribly sad and confused,
Meg

Obi-Wan Kenobi says:

Dear Meg,

Where the hell have you been? WHERE HAS MY ENTIRE STAFF BEEN???

*Booga and Phoebe come running through office waving lightsabers at each other in mock duel. They duel their way out of office, without Obi noticing.*

I mean, I haven't seen ANY of you, yet my food is strangely disappearing on it's own, and my copy of "The Velvet Goldmine" has been missing for ages.

Not that I MISS you girls *gets choked up* but... I *sobs*... I AM HAVING TO TYPE THESE ENTIRES MYSELF! AND THERE'S BEEN NO ONE TO POLISH MY PODRACER!

*starts hyperventilating*

AND MY NAILS ARE SUFFERING FROM ALL THE TYPING, TYPING, TYPING!

WHY?!? OH, GOD, WHY???

*Booga and Phoebe walk into room, see Obi crying, look at each other and run back out so as to avoid the PMS-y scene which will undoubtedly end with things being thrown at them*

*shouts to himself*

MUST-BE-STRONG-OBI!!

*pulls himself together*

Oh, god, is my mascara running? Oh, god where is a mirror when you need one?? What? WHAT?? EWAN WORE EYE MAKE UP IN VELVET GOLDMINE!

Anyhow, so you love Jay Clifford, lead singer of the indie group Jump (Little Children)?

For the longest time, Booga kept going on and on about him, but you know me -- I was ALL about Ewan and no one else.

Err, because I ADMIRE EWAN AS AN ACTOR AND HAVE NO INTEREST IN SEEING HIM NAKED! *cough*

But then, I heard her say something about Jay Clifford wearing leather pants and playing guitar, and I was all, "DAMN!"

God, Jay Clifford is so freaking hot such a great muscian. And the Bivins brothers ain't too shabby, either, especially that adorable talented Evan Bivins.

ROWRL! Um. Moving on.

Thank god, Jump hasn't turned into one of the indie sell-outs -- "mainstream", that is.

Not that it's a BAD thing that they do go mainstream, unless they end up getting huge egos because they got their song played for 5 seconds on "The
O.C." (and while we're on the subject -- Adam Brody, anyone? I'd hit that be pleased to meet him any day!)

I, personally, would LOVE to see my favorite indie band (Jump) on an episode of "The O.C." (not that I actually WATCH that show, or anything), and have them sell millions of records, solely so that they could afford to be able to buy and wear more and more leather produce more and more music.

I mean, I know the Jump guys would never become ego maniacs from worldwide fame and fortune. Other indie artists might let it go to their heads, though, and that's what we're worried about. We don't need to see Conor Oberst in pleather and doing NSYNC dance moves to crowd of thousands of screaming and giggling Jedi knights girls, you know? I think most of these musicians could handle it, though. They seem humble, like a certain HOTT talented Jedi Master with a HUGE lightsaber nice hair that I know.

I mean, take ME, for instance! I am fabulously successful, and I haven't let it go to MY head!

And by the way, where the HELL is my butler? CAN'T A FABULOUSLY SUCCESSFUL JEDI MASTER WITH A HUUUUUGGGEEE LIGHTSABER GET A KRISPY KREME AND HIS TIARA POLISHED AROUND HERE?? IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK OF A GUY WHO *PRACTICALLY* SAVED THE UNIVERSE ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS???

*sigh*

Good help is SO hard to find these days.

So, in conclusion, Meg, it may seem like the end of the world that many of the great indie bands are going "mainstream", but it's really not the end at all!

The whole apocalypse thing won't start for AT LEAST a few more months. Prophecies say it won't begin until the anti-christ is born (aka Brittney Spears gives birth -- that baby WOULD be the spawn of Satan, after all).

So just sit back, relax, enjoy your music, and remember:

We'll all float on okay. Yes, we'll all float on okay-ay! And we'll all float on...