It seems like the trend is to get really into a band, not because they are talented, but because they are new. And then once everybody likes them, to not like them anymore. I like this trend because associating yourself with something new and cool makes you seem new and cool. But the trick is to stay ahead of the newness and coolness.
That’s why I’m completely over “Still Pending” a Portland band that made it big in 2017. I just want to say that now, that I am completely over them. They are trying to do that retro Pearl Jam thing and I’m over it.
They don’t have any video’s from the future but here they are in 09. Totally over it.
I’m also over Organic food markets, video phones, electric plug-in spaces for electric cars at supermarkets, reading, dog equality, shock-jock pastors, gaymance movies, wind power and professional American soccer. Over it. What are you over?
LOL. early adopters are always the hippest of the lot. and the most arrogant.
I may get over the music, but never the plaid or checkered pants the frontman (frontkid?) is wearing.
Will the pajama pants still be worn on that fateful day in 2017???
Awesome
Sounds like you need one of these shirts:
http://www.typetees.com/product/917/I_listen_to_bands_that_don_t_even_exist_yet
i think i’m over you being over them but my opinion is still pending.
What a great band name…
I’m just now starting to really appreciate Color Me Badd and 4 Him. Well, maybe not 4 Him.
sure beats hanson…
It seems like a certain band from Portland is dealing with this kind of backlash on the heels of their new album. I’m still listening, but perhaps I fall on the back end of the bell curve?
BILL S PRESTON, ESQUIRE and TED THEODORE LOGAN….together we are WILD STALLIONS!!!
Oh! I remember them. LOL…
Excellent!
Hey Don, as long as you’re taking a stand, please use your considerable clout to make this happen: Pro sports teams should stop having “throwback” jerseys in their games. Instead, they should have “throw-forward” jerseys. These jerseys would look like jerseys will look like in 50 years. I’m picturing a George Jetson kind of look. Shiny silver pants and all that. Do you think you could make this happen?
I like how they are playing at a nursing home or something.
James W,
Your wish is granted:
http://www.sportslogos.net/images/logos/6/230/full/qejttrr8z64ka953iplut5hho.gif
does it still count as a trend if it’s been happening for more than a decade?
i’m over being over it, so therefore, i’m so into being into it, that it’s the new cool.
These kids have huge potential for stadium sell-outs and self-medication binges if they can make the right connections now. Our loving culture embraces these enduring kinds and will always be there to pick up the rehab bill.
BTW, someone please become a fan of Don Miller on Facebook right now: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Donald-Miller/51813232342?ref=s
TV sucks in the future. “Pimp my Segue” and “The Osbornes: The Next Generation” reality show are both grinding on me.
And whose idea was the Chuck E. Cheese Home Hologram Experience?
kids got chops
thanks for reminding me how bad I play guitar compared to that kid who’s like one fifth my age
I was over that band a year ago Don. Get with it.
Very clever, Don
A Spacely Sprockets logo would look nice on there somewhere.
I’m over gmail, video blogs, decent living conditions, and 500gb mp3 players. All old news. However, I fully am committed to this sushi eating trend.
i’m over the border wall
How about partisan politics? Remember back in 2009 when the Dems bashed the Reps & vice-versa? Remember when the government used to tax us on everything? Or how about when we used gasoline to power our saucers?
Gosh I don’t miss 2009!
I’m TOTALLY OVER Don Miller!
Portland.
It is sooo Seattle. I am now onto Richmond, VA or Albany, NY.
I’m over sports teams having throw-forward jerseys.
I’m glad we finally solved the problem of world hunger and were able to topple sweatshops, the slave trade, and finally celebrated a Year of Jubilee.
But glad to hear that you’re over video phones.
okay okay so if i like them and because of this made them popular and being popular is lame so i stop like them and everyone else hopefully follows suit ..does this mean i can like them again? Also, Is there anyway to secretly like them without people knowing that im stuck in 2008 to early 09?
im over the next 3 blog posts you make
still giggling over how you’re staying ahead of the newness and coolness….
I’m so over Christian writers who write first person essays.
I’m kidding.
These guys aren’t bad, but I like their older stuff better.
I’m totally over bikes, sewing machines, the catcher in the rye, and coffee shops. especially fair trade coffee.
Oh Donald, you crack me up.
reminds me of when i started playing out… fun times!
oh and i’m totally over don miller books (-;
i am over school, painting my fingernails, shirts with clever sayings, the mass media, getting up at seven in the morning, ninety percent of american cinema, hot dogs, potato chips, the recession, sending way too much aid to africa (wall street journal had a great article about it on friday), nevershoutnever!, the california public school system, daylight savings time, wearing my retainer, spoiled fashion designers, fancy phones with touchscreens, paying thirteen dollars shipping and handling for a bathing suit, nikes, lymphnodes (they always have to swell up during the spring!), the literary analysis they make you learn in high school, and people who whine about everything.
however, i’m getting into: the book of matthew, fuji apples, the prospect of summer, the history channel, a movie called sliding liberia, black tea, and the guillemots.
I’m over recycling. And water. And, well, eating and drinking in general.
The trend to be over things has turned me into a nihilist. Well, not really, but I don’t talk about things I like with anyone anymore. It’s much like not liking anything.
I do want to add that they are super talented. His prepubescent voice reminds me of the singer for The Sounds. Listen to “No One Sleeps When I’m Awake”. Wait, I’m over The Sounds now. Don’t listen to them. They stink.
Oh, Don. You’re ridiculous. I love you.
Ok, I’m over it.
I’m also just done with the whole women’s rights stint. That’s old news. The really cool people are into blenders, and wear go-go boots with scalloped aprons. And speak only when spoken to, because they’re lovely and submissive in nature.
I’m over the whole anti-codependency act in relationships. You know: that whole “boundaries” kick we’ve been on. I can’t tell you what to do or control how you live, because I don’t own you, cuz apparently that whole setup got out-lawed somewhere in the late 1800′s and we’re gonna be healthy now. I’m over it. You’ll do what want and you’ll smile about it.
I’m done with Oprah. And how she owns the whole world and becomes president somewhere in the year 2020, and while in office ammends the constitution to extend her totalitarian rule indefinitely. Ya, Oprah’s done. Suri cruise is gonna be the next president. And I’m telling, she’s on fire.
I’m done with celebrity’s in general. The whole thing where they’ve made it cool to adopt asian babies and knit. They’re all like: I’m rich and famous. I care about orphans and starving people in africa. Hi, I’m j.lo, buy my track suit and matching lip plumper, and support breast cancer research. Hi, watch my P.S.A. about A.I.Ds and child abuse. I’m a country singer, I like dogs. . . yeah: Blah blah blah. I’m over it.
I’m over Asia. I’m actually done with that whole part of the world and the eastern hemisphere in general. In 2018, they’re going to take over the world, and it’s gonna be the really hot to speak chinese and have cambodian tattoos all over your body. . . But I’m so over that. I’m way past it: I’m into saskatchewan now. That’s gonna be the new raging place. Roaming the field’s of canada’s breadbasket. Me & the cow.
I’m over the standard cow names–like “molly,” “bessie” and “belle.” I’m ready to start naming them “tallulah” and “celestia ann” and “mary astrid.” Am I right? I think we need to make sure that happens.
While we’re at it, I’m over the cuteness of “Claire” being a fat girl’s name. The next “Body” of the Victoria’s secret clan, needs to be named “Claire.” Cuz that’s the new hot name.
today?
painting.
over it.
Q: Have you heard the joke about the indie kids?
A:
A: It’s this really obscure joke, you’ve probably never heard it…
I have video of the future! If you want to see how we’re going to get from place to place, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUuwEq98ByM
You are so clever!
I am totally over NPR and its Minnesota counterpart MPR. I am also over the New Yorker, green tea, the obscure coffee shop in my town, and macbook pros. I am also over french philosophers, and the word “authentic.”
And in a news flash from Alaska, we are FINALLY over the 08 presidential election.
Oh, yeah – and the 2012 one also, too.
Those kids are surprisingly talented, considering their biggest musical influence is probably The Wiggles.
Currently, I am over fast food, charter buses, catch phrase, southwest US, and making small talk with strangers (just got back from a spring break tour with my college music group).
I’m over Donald Miller books. (but I still read them and think they’re great)
Still Pending is soooo 2017. New-oldschool-retro-esque. A thing of the future past.