This week, while I've been trying to convince an older friend of the merits of Jason Mraz, a younger friend is trying to convince me of the merits of Joey Eppard. Funny how we continue the tastemaking chain.Eppard, for those unfamiliar (which would have included me a mere few weeks ago), is a guitar wizard and singer who fronts a hard alt-emo-rock band called Three. Three's music is not my cup of tea - I'm not sure I've published anything in eight months of writing this blog that one would really call "hard rock," but refresh my memory if I'm wrong - but Eppard is an undeniable talent. And on "Static," a track from his 2002 solo album Been to the Future, he sounds to these ears more than a touch like good ol' Mr. A-Z. Except that Mraz is probably constitutionally incapable of writing a song about hooking up with someone on the regular and refusing to escalate her above "stranger" status.
At least, that's how I hear the song. And so I've been thinking "Static" might make for a good theme song for the carelessly sexual character Sven in the online comic Questionable Content.
1 comment:
I'm very curious as to where Jeph plans to take this QC plot. If this were a typical romantic comedy, Sven and Fay would have a huge fight and then realize they really loved each other. But that seems far too predictable and unrealistic for QC.
-D*
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