oh jeez erik, who cares? You shill for Rye Rye. Is it not their job to make money at what they do?

Oh come on Anon, i found the update onthe Soul Train awards to be very relevant toward Baltimore Nightlife!

You don't seem to be making a point here... do you think that this is appropriate? Or is this a sell out move? Or are you just reporting this relevant information to your rapt readers?

Here are two salient points that come to mind::

1. Since Vampire Weekend is a group of cultural-raping, upper crust, yuppie dbags it seems totally appropriate for their song to be used in a Tommy commercial. My first thought when I saw it was: "yeah, freaking perfect." The real problem with that stupid commercial is that, stylistically, it is poorly aping a Wes Anderson film. Oddly, the honda commercial seems to be aping the Tommy commercial, which is just confusing.

2. In an age when artists are making less and less money from record sales, the commercial industry has become a necessary outlet for musicians (particularly indie rock bands) to make money. Does that make them sell outs? Hardly—in 2010, this is tantamount to having your song featured in a film. I do not think that making money off of good music is a crime or a sell out move, particularly if it allows one to become a career musician.

I am not against you, Eric. I just don’t understand. And BTW, that Chipmunks Christmas album is freaking awesome.

I like Christmas albums. You should hold some sort of lame-o contest and give them out!

I still want a hula hoop.