you know plainly, there are no original thoughts these days

...like the title, which i "borrowed" from Ashley.

i'm tired of looking at these poser pictures of rock groups/bands commonly featured in music/entertainment magazines. you know the pose, some members look into the camera, others look elsewhere. it's such a tired concept. i mean come on, if y'all consider yourselves "artists," albeit for pop entertainment, at least come up with some interesting way of presenting yourselves. but i guess you can't really count on the pop establishment/recording industry for reinventing the wheel. everyone wants to cash in on the next big thing and follow the trends. everything's so sugar-coated and sweet and safe, blase blase. i guess another thing is that posing isn't their "forte," but singing and playing instruments is. that makes sense. then it's the photographers' fault. damn you photographers!

and what's up with these music videos, why spend millions of dollars just to produce a boring shot of the band/"artist" standing there in front of a mic, pretending that you're singing live? why not make a mini movie instead? make the visual aspect of the song something that catches my eye?