blog-in-the-round: Hannah Montana

when given this topic, i wasn't sure what angle to take.

i thought maybe i would talk about how so much of the time, who we are and who we project ourselves to be are different, and how difficult it is to maintain two simultaneous identities.

or maybe i would consider our culture's obsession for celebrity, and how that can lead to the downfall of many people (britney spears) and how it is a cycle that is tough to break as we look to who might be the next to crack under the pressure of millions of people's scrutiny. (watch the south park episode "britney's new look" for a spot-on, if irreverent, take on this)

either of those could be thoughtful and provacative, and could make a post that would garner much conversation. and that would be good. but then i thought that maybe there was another thesis i could go with.

i hate pop music.

pop not in the sense of catchy and well-written, but pop in the sense of what is popular.

my daughters love the hannah montana, but they are 9 and 2. that is what they do. at some point, i presume, they will grow out of it. after all, i sold my muppets records long ago. and now i have, if a may say so, excellent taste in music. but some people never outgrow the need for crappy, lowest-common-denominator music. especially in the case of nickelback and other butt-rock favorites. how are they popular? i call for all of our northern states to collectively shun canada until we get an apology for our neighbors to the north crapping nickelback all over us. the list could go on forever, but i don't want to get my blood pressure up, so i'll leave it at that.

and close with the words of kevin's favorite and oh-so-controversial among churchfolk shirt:

"your favorite band sucks"