What is pop again? And why don't I like it?

No, really. What is "pop" by definition? I had been laboring under the impression that it was short for "popular". Popular music. The problem lies in the music that I've been listening to lately. The File Info tells me that it's pop. Only, nothing I listen to is popular. This music is not popular! You have no idea who these people are! There's also my notion that "pop" sucks. And if I take it to mean "popular music" then I am correct. Because whatever the kids are listening to today is complete crap.

Which leads me down another road. I blame the internet, but I've been developing a passion for completely obscure musical artists. I maintain my stance that I like any music, as long as it's good. But I'm developing this subset of interest of music that, while good, no one has ever heard of. Seriously, if you have good music that no one knows about, I would love to be the first purchaser of your album that no one has ever bought.

I hope none of these bands become popular. I don't know how I'd feel about that. Of course, given the current state of popular music, I doubt that I need fear anything. I went to the mall yesterday (Hi Pat!) because I needed to buy shoes (Hi Beth!). It sucked so hard. I can't even try for eloquence in my description of how much the mall sucks. Horrible, gross little teenagers everywhere. Everything was unpleasant. Especially the crappy music that seem to be played everywhere. It occurred to me as I was waiting for my meal in the Ruby Tuesday's that I could not recognize a single song that had been played. Um... go team Amy? Seriously, I'm kind of glad, because there's nothing I heard that I would like to hear again. I hope I didn't hear any Evanescence [/deliberate lack of concern for spelling] because I've decided that it's a life goal of my to never ever hear any song they have. So far, so good.

I was so happy to go home, scrounge for hours on Kazaa for a single song, and then listen to it on my headphones, away from all the unpleasant sounds of popular tunes.

Oh, also, Pat: "There is a problem with the backBlog server. Please be patient and come visit us again later."