Cooler than you

It's hip to like a band while it's still obscure; if you only like it after everyone else likes it (e.g., after their platinum record), then you're a copycat (or a poseur).

There's some debate within Coolness Committees as to whether you're allowed to still like a band after they've achieved mainstream success. Personally, I think it's fine: you were simply one of the "early adopters", and everyone else is following **your** lead.


Regardless, I'm pleased that I'm getting in on the ground floor of one of the spankingest bands in the last decade: NilSonance.

Yesterday I received some promotional stickers in the mail, and proceeded to make good use of them.


First, I declared my fan-dom by sticking one on my laptop:



Naturally, I placed one on my (green!) electric guitar (following two photos by The Girl)...


An electric guitarist: BEFORE his NilSonance sticker:



And AFTER:



I also placed a sticker on my two amps:


And:



Unfortunately, my amps are covered in a substance that resists stickers, so they started to un-stick after a few hours. So, I transferred them to a drum and an old acoustic guitar.



Thus: I am officially Hipper Than Thou. ;)


--GG