Indie Gone Wrong

I generally listen to Indie Pop and Rock so for me typical terrestrial radio doesn't cut it. Fortunately, we have xm satellite radio in our Jeep and with that, xmu, the indie station.

I had just gotten back from a long kinda painful traveling day (as you may soon read below) from North Carolina. I get into my car looking to xmu to help me wind down on my ride home. Sure enough, as I turn it on I find a live acoustic performance by a band I had never heard of, Breaking Laces. Sounds great. Like a young Ben Folds Five. A lot of piano and fun but well written lyrics. Even some of the white guy rapping over a pop song.

The song ends and the artists speak. They start talking about some completely inappropriate stuff. Vulgar. Imature. Offensive. Out of respect for you I wont repeat it but two themes were "butt-strep" and a game called "find the string." These guys are idiots.

I'm about to change the station when they dive into another song. Again, brilliant. I'll listen a bit longer. Song ends—back to idiots. These guys are good but crap I don't want to hear them speak. I've decided to put their personalities aside and buy the album when I get home. As long as the dumb shit doesn't get in the way of the music, who cares, right?

Then they announced the next song. Donkey Punch Gone Wrong. Ahh, forget it.