Friday July 18, 2003

I've been waiting for this all along

The last few years my radio station has been tuned to 96.5 Kiss FM, where the same Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy, and Linkin Park songs have stayed in heavy rotation for the better part of my listenership. Sure, I switched back and forth between other stations during commercials, and for a while tried 95.5 The Fish hoping for something different. I was always disappointed with the cheese factor of the Christian pop fare, and quickly switched back to Kiss. I figured that hearing the same old crap over and over was better than hearing the same new crap recycled into pseudo-Christian Velveeta pop. But all this time I had hoped against hope that eventually the music scene would start offering me something other than Limp Bizkit and Ludacris... I prayed that Weezer and MxPx would spontaneously multiply and rescue me from the world of boobs and Bentleys. And, praise God, I think it's finally starting to happen.

Rooney. Relient K. Zwan. All American Rejects. The sounds, they are so glorious, I can't believe my ears. Can I just say that I'm thrilled with what I've been finding in music stores lately? Would it be too cheesy of me to act excited? Yeah? Well I don't care, because finally Kiss FM has been booted off my car stereo, and my cd player is getting some use. Oh, thank you Rooney, you've saved my music linstening experience. I think I love you.