Do you think that the people who get their rides pimped by MTV and X-to-the-Z are ever just like, "Hey West Coast Customs, did you ever think that maybe I wanted my trunk to just stay a trunk? I know my old car was kind of ghetto, but at least I could put stuff in the trunk."
The Iron & Wine cover of "Such Great Heights" by The Postal Service (which can be found on the Garden State soundtrack) is now the soundtrack for an M&M commercial. This upsets me greatly, as I now have to find a new song for the first dance at my wedding reception, lest all my guests say, "Aww...they're dancing to the M&M song."
Hey, did you notice that there's a bunch of new links over dere on the side of the page dere? They're mostly for comics - both of the web and print variety. I recommend you read them all.
Finally, I'm continuing my jetsetting lifestyle with a trip to Milwaukee (which has certainly had its share of visitors) over the next few days. The point is mainly to visit a couple college friends, but we're using Summerfest and a Death Cab show as an excuse. (Just for the record, I liked Death Cab for Cutie before Seth Cohen said he did. And yet if you were to favorably compare me to Seth Cohen, you would be my new best friend. Strange.)
So I'll see you when I get back.
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10 comments:
Tell me about it, why is it that every decent song now goes to sell some innane product. What's next? Some marketing exec using "The Sound of Settling" to sell Metamucil? Or Depends? "Ba ba, this is the sound of... crinkly underpants".
Which is pretty ridiculous because "Ba, ba" is certainly not the sound of crinkly underpants. It's more of a cresddskhdsj. Very hard to represent in text.
Oh and the other thing I love about Pimp My Ride is when they send it over to Ish the interior guy. He pretends he's going to think really hard and come up with a design, but instead he looks pensive for a moment then says "I thiiink that on theees car we'll drop in some Vinyl and Tweeed (TM). Yeah, that'd look reeeal nice". And he was right, it did look nice. On the first hundred and fifty cars. After that it got played out.
- Scott
I have thought the same thing about the trunk space. How many people are really going to stand outside to play an Xbox out of their trunk? I guess one can just take it to another car customs place and have it removed. In fact, I bet a lot of rivals of West Coast Customs get a lot of business for that very reason.
As for the music quandry, WHO CARES WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK, ITS YOUR WEDDING. And, most likely you'll change your mid by then. I doubt that I'll be able to convince my future wife to let "Angel is the Centerfold" to be played at mine.
And your trip to Minnesota is scheduled for when?
~c
Scott - I hear you. I get mad enough when cool music is played in the background of MTV reality shows. When they actually played music (which is rare), if they played the stuff they used as background, they would actually be pretty cool. But no - we get another amazing showing of the R. Kelly urban operetta "Stuck in the Closet."
Jacob - I'd stand outside to play video games, but only if we were playing Super Smash Brothers and I was kicking your butt.
Corie - When you least expect it. One day, you'll just look up and I'll be browsing for Italian Charms. And I expect good service, dang it.
Yeah right. You won't come near us. YOU HATE US!!!!
*Sobs Miserably*
Don't sweat the wedding reception thing. I don't know if you'll ever get married, you old fox you.
I was channel surfing and caught like the last 2 notes of the M&M commercial and thought "that wasn't what I thought it was, was it?" But it was, and that's upsetting.
My grandma was in town and got her first ever dose of Pimp My Ride. I explained it to her like 5 times and she still doesn't understand the show. I want to know where they found 2Shae and why they keep bringing him back.
I think you next post should be all about the high school collar-poppers at the show who were only there because "Death cab was on the O.C. and I LOVE that one song!!! The glove compartment!! .... is... wait, how does it go again?"
One girl actually walked up in the middle of the show and asked, "Is this this the death cab concert?" I'm sorry but if you're supposed to be here, you shouldn't have to ask. please leave.
*mutters* "play the song from the o.c."... I oughta pull your fauxhawk out...
damn kids.
Yeah, I'm bitter.
-keri
music snobs!
J
P.S. Tim - it is your wedding play the song if you want. The commercial will bomb, I promise :)
A) It's better than "Karen" (I don't know what her real name is) singing in those commercials.
B) M&Ms don't really need to advertise. Either you eat them or you don't. They're just trying to up their "cool factor" so that it is more socially acceptable to eat M&Ms in public or something.
C) It's making the Death Cab members (and the record company too, I guess) just that much richer. This only allows them to keep freely working on great music.
So while it isn't fantastic, there are some good things too. Silver linging and all that jazz...
~c
I stand corrected. They just painted a cop car this afternoon, and that paint guy was way way worse than 2Shae. Stupid thing came out looking like a taxi.
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