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May 22, 2006

Even Conor Oberst's iPod Is Sad

Speaking of celebrity playlists, whatever mope rock Mr. New Dylan has been listening to has taken a toll on his MP3 player.

BLENDER: Do you own an iPod?
CONOR OBERST: I do. I just got a new one, because mine just made that frown face. I didn't know what to do

Awww.

Meanwhile, if you caught the lackluster season finale of SNL, you witnessed the show's very first Bright Eyes impersonation! It was during a sketch about Neil Young's Living With War follow-up album, the even "subtler" I Do Not Agree With Many Of This Administration's Policies. Host Kevin Spacey did a decent Young impression with "George W. Liar" (to the tune of "Harvest Moon"). Then, realizing how stupid the sketch is, he sort of reverted back to his regular singing voice by the time they brought out "Bright Eyes" and "the Dixie Chicks." Anyway, congrats Saddle Creek!

More SNL fun: Here's an account of the dress rehearsal. My favorite part: "At about 7:30, Rachel Dratch and Amy Poehler came back from the new Apple computer store with an insane amount of free stuff, including iPod accessories and multiple laptops." How did they know it was free? (Though I'm sure it was.) Kevin Bacon was there too (YouTube).

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Anyone have a link to see the bright eyes impersonation?

Posted by: Killy at 05/22/06 2:54 PM | Reply
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which article is this from?

Posted by: nicole at 05/22/06 6:33 PM | Reply
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I missed that! Dangit! The one sketch I missed...oh well. And I don't care what y'all think, I heart Bright Eyes and all his political agendas and sad little frowny faced iPods.

Posted by: alexis at 05/22/06 7:57 PM | Reply
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i have sent my ipod in twice because of that face. it made so mad

Posted by: hutch at 05/22/06 9:50 PM | Reply
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Here's the link to the youtube of the Bright Eyes bit on SNL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARaZtPM6DKY

Posted by: Kelly at 05/23/06 3:40 PM | Reply
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Oh my goodness...that was freakin' great. Which I hate to say 'cos I love Bright Eyes, but spot-on, for real.

Posted by: ich liebe es at 05/23/06 4:11 PM | Reply
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