You know I love music. I especially love the independent regional acts. The ones that you are lucky enough to catch in a park, or at a coffee house during a road trip- I really love these guys.
I had an experience recently though that was pretty negative.
We saw this group on the road a couple of years ago and loved them. I bought their cd. I liked them on facebook.
THEN, I got messages all the time. Literally, at least one daily about their new album, their tour, etc. It became VERY annoying. We were getting more messages about their upcoming album than messages from our friends.
As much as I love independent music, AND supporting the lesser known artists, we had to unlike them. It felt wrong, we felt bad, but we had to.
The sad part about it is that I really love their albums (we own all of them except for their latest). I would count one of their cds as an all time favorite.
It has poisoned our memory a bit on the music too. Instead of thinking about a happy time of seeing this band in concert, their music will always make us think of an excessive amount of facebook spam.
I am reminded of the Tenacious D episode, where they try to give a fan the ultimate experience, and they end up stalking (and annoying) the fan.
Mackinac Bridge
Mackinac Bridge, taken from the ferry on the way to Mackinac Island.
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