Nothing Remarkable

There was nothing remarkable about yesterday's date. 10.10.10 has occurred 5 times since the advent of the Gregorian calendar. To say it is unique and exciting is to be wrong; just because an event has not occurred in your lifetime doesn't make it special. Millions of people have experienced 10.10.10 before us. It you were to argue that a certain date on a calendar were special, you would also have to argue that any event in your own life, whether experienced by others before or not, is also unique. Think about it--if you were to be married tomorrow, would that be special? No, it wouldn't, because 9,456,765,200 have been married before you. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Just because your shorts fell down at the pool doesn't make you the center of attention.

Which brings me to my next topic: Worst bands of all time. I've never met anyone that said they didn't like music. We all like it. It's one of the 6 universal languages (#1 music #2 love #3 English #4 Star Wars #5 Apple Computer Inc. #6 cheeseburgers). There are, however, some types of music that should never have been born (think auto tune). What's really the worst is when a group of musicians gets together and consistently creates terrible, awful music. The kind of sound that makes you want to run to the nearest audiology clinic and have anything, even Amanda Bynes' voice if necessary, played directly into your auditory nerves instead.

I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about. There are probably as many tastes in music as there are dropped shorts at pools annually, but I think we can all come to a consensus about certain types of music that are better left unsung, un-played and most importantly, unheard.

The following is my personal top 10 list of least favorite bands:

#1 They Might be Giants
#2 See #1
#3 See #2
#4 See #3
#5 See #4
#6 See #5
#7 See #6
#8 See #7
#9 See #8
#10 See #9

I have evidence, but I also possess a moral responsibility not to prove it to you. How would drug education look if the instructor said to kids, "PCP is the worst!" and one of the children asked, "But how? Can you prove it?" and the instructor said, "Of course! Come try this PCP!" That would be totally ineffective. So yes, 'They Might be Giants' or like I prefer to refer to them 'They Might have been dropped on their heads from Giant heights' IS the worst band, and NO I won't show you how or why. It would be morally irresponsible to inject you with such powerful poison. You'll just have to trust me.


Here's a video I've been especially wanting to share with you all. It looks like fantastic fun, is shot beautifully and most expertly edited:
(Do yourself a favor and watch it full screen at 720p resolution. It's worth it!)



-Travis Moore
Everything Remarkable