9 times out of 10

Well, I just got back from a long day at school, and I now feel a little better about the time I spend in between classes. You see they have these televisions scattered throughout the school and especially concentrated within the student lounges. Of course, when you get into a highly populated student area the televisions tend to have this program on that's called "The College Network", or some such. The College Network as you might guess, deals with music and entertainment that might appeal to the "college" crowd. And of course, it explicitly informs you of its diversity, especially when it comes to music videos. The thing is...the College Network that so frequently populates the school tubes, isn't diverse. In fact, all they play is hip-hop music videos 24/7. Now, I'm not complaining or trying to undermine hip-hop. I can enjoy hip-hop. Such is not the case with the College Network that insists upon playing the same hip-hop music videos over and over and over again. And 9 times out of ten they're playing an Eminem music video, which leaves out other "aspiring hip hop" artists. Like I said however, something changed. For the first time since I began idly viewing the College Network in between classes, they played a brand spankin' new music video that is normally absent from their heavy Eminem rotation. They played Moby. (Somewhere during that video Eminem was weeping.) And it was actually a pretty good music video, despite being from his new CD Play 2. No wait...I mean, 18. Yes, that's right... It dealt with little aliens trying to get the attention of human beings several times larger then they are. Of course, Moby was the only guy in the music video who actually knew that the aliens were present. He knows everything!

I really hope Gabe decides to record Bankrupt on Selling, as he admirably assured me last night that it would be a fairly easy track to record. More to the point, he learned all of the guitar tabs that he didn't know, which makes him even more responsible to record that song as a cover. Of course, some of the best bands and musicians in the world started out playing the music of some other group that inspired them. Kurt Cobain and Nirvana's first single was none other then Love Buzz, a song created by a band whose name slips my mind at the moment. Still, it wasn't written by Nirvana. So what am I getting at here? Well, it's quite obvious that Gabe will from this point on go forth to become a million+ record industry giant, overshadowing both Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. Then, maybe then, it won't be repeated Eminem videos and the occasional Moby-vid dominating the College Network. Rather, The College Network will show Gabe playing "Bankrupt" on his Seagull guitar...9 times out of ten.