Tubing the Okkervil River

Since I'm a stay at home dad and I'm not in the typical target demographic for daytime television, I spend a good portion of my day listening to music. In fact, unless I'm watching a movie or something like the World Cup, I've got itunes on and music playing constantly. It helps that my one year old, Cash, loves when I play music too. His favorite right now is Panda Bear and MIA.


Yesterday I was cleaning the kitchen and listening to Okkervil River while Cash picked away on a ukulele. While I was cleaning, I kept coming back to the same question. "Why would someone not be a fan of Okkervil River?" They have beautiful melodies wrapped around smart interesting lyrics. They even have a song where a guy gets his balls cut out. Singer/songwriter Will Sheff can be found guesting on several artists records including The Mendoza Line and The New Pornographers. The band also recently played on Roky Erickson's new album.



With all this considered, these are the only reasons I could come up with why someone wouldn't be a fan of this band.

• You're an idiot. This is my first assumption and probably right more than not.
• You bought a Ford truck because Toby Keith is a Ford truck man.
• You were raised on a farm and a donkey kicked you in the head. So now you only listen to Natalie Cole.
• The title of their cd "Black Sheep Boy" hits a little too close to home.
• Thin Lizzy's "Cowboy Song" doesn't pierce your heart with truth.
• You're still mourning the death of Michael Jackson.
• You're still mourning the death of Madonna's talent.
• You're a strip club DJ and you can't get Buck Cherry out of your head.
• You're too old to figure out how to find this blog.
• You don't know why a mouse would be modest or danger.
  
• You think the most talented singers won the last two American Idol seasons.
• You voted on American Idol
• You know what a Snookie is but not a Tweedy.
• You really are a Kid In Satans Service.
• You prefer The Black Eye Peas to The Black Keys.
• You're a midday national sports radio host and you just can't get enough of the O'Jays.
• You don't think the US got jobbed on two goals this week.
• You're still stuck in an "Empire State of Mind"

Don't be one of those people. Get with the program.