i just can't take it anymore

i'm sorry, but when adam stout, respected connoisseur of all things rock 'n roll decides that the subject of the following post was worth mentioning as one of the highlights of his lollapalooza weekend... i just couldn't hold it in any longer...

*disclaimer: i love my boyfriend and highly respect his musical taste.

something i don't understand:
nickel creek fans

not because i don't really enjoy nickel creek as a band. that's beside the point. what i don't understand is why nickel creek fans literally lose their composure over the group's cover of britney spears' "toxic." like it's just the absolute most hilarious, creative, spunky, imaginative thing a band could possibly do.

here's why i don't understand it:
bands do this all. the. time.

indie rock artists love nothing more than to thrill their fans by playing pretentious covers of famous pop songs. ryan adams covers oasis' "wonderwall." ben kweller covers "ice ice baby." snow patrol has been known to play beyonce's "crazy in love" from time to time. and i've even heard glen hansard, lead singer of the frames, play an acoustic cover of justin timberlake's "cry me a river" on public radio.

but the way nickel creek fans freak out about "toxic" makes me think that nickel creek fans:
either... are so blinded by their love for nickel creek that they don't listen to any other music. or... don't really like nickel creek's music that much.

case in point:
i overheard not a few nickel creek fans at lollapalooza murmuring things like, "do you think they'll play it? i hope they play "toxic" it's sooooo funny," as they made their way excitedly over to the stage before the set.

don't stress girls... i thought to myself... as i believe they've been "spontaneously" playing "toxic" at every concert of theirs for over a year now, it doesn't look like you have anything to worry about. if you scream hard enough they'll probably put it on their next album.

it's a little bit funny...

don't you think it's weird how you can go into a coffee shop and see "fair trade coffee" on the menu or in bags, but you don't see "unfair trade coffee" written in front of everything else? i mean, by offering the option of fair trade, companies are essentially admitting that the rest of their merchandise was not purchased for a fair price. yet when they hand you your latte they don't say, "here's your iced triple grande nonfat latte courtesy of a small indonesian family working their butts off living on pennies a day in a hut on the other side of the world so our company could make an 80% profit on this drink instead of 75%. take care now. b'bye."

i guess i kinda feel the same way in grocery stores these days as they expand their small organic foods section. it will bring a smile on my face the day they change the signs over the organic merchandise to just say "bananas" while the sign on the other side of the aisle says "bananas pumped full of nasty chemicals."

cheers.