So I’m driving to work, and I tune in to KROQ
Early side note…
I have a tendency to listen to the same CD over and over for days on end, and when I just cant take it, but am not ready to commit to something new, I listen to the radio, as a neutralizer. (ok, and some guilty pleasures which you will never know.)
Anyways, The DJ announces that after the break, she will be playing Silversun Pickups….Silversun Pickups! On KROQ ….(I wont get into the fact that this was the CD on repeat, mentioned previously) At first this got to me….But honestly, I don’t know why I was so surprised….They’re already all over Indie 103.1, and hello, they’re opening up for Snow Patrol at the Hollywood Bowl…..At an attempt to get to the bottom of my frustration, I tried to reflect on why I was so upset. Was I upset with sharing? Was I upset that this was another countless band I heard before they were on the radio... that I discovered them first, on some small time online streamline site?….That bought they’re CD for 1 dollar, a week later, at a sidewalk sale?
Who cares?? My anger immediately redirected from Silversun Pickups, and KROQ , to my own petty self……I realized that Im officially 14 years old….Since when was I consumed with obscurity? I guess there’s something that happens when you find a diamond in the rough, and realize that it was never yours to keep (?) I don’t know….
Don’t get me wrong….We have all gone through this in our lives……I just thought I left that part of me at some dumpy all ages show I went to when I was 17….Trite....yes, I am.
My Trusted MOGs
I've certainly been there
My Trusted MOGs
Shame on you! okay, okay but yeah. that's happened to all of us i'm sure. but there's no need to worry, no one wonders about your music sense or your fashion sense for that matter. like you said, you like to consider yourself "fashion-forward" and probably the same with music. nobody's hating :)
My Trusted MOGs
I used that word a lot last week..."trite"
My Trusted MOGs
I often feel this way...and then immediately try to slap some sense into myself. (In fact, I felt that way last Sat night @ Miyagi) Although I would love most things to be my find and my secret forever, I have to realize that their success doesn't have to make them any less special to me. I shouldn't "hate on" them...I should be happy for them.
Having said all of that, I probably won't be at Miyagi very often. I can't stand those moronic imbeciles from the Gaslamp or Sachi bar!
...guess I still have a lot to learn...
haha