Breaking News: Weed Makes You Listen to Indie Rock

Pitchfork staff admits to not actually liking Sufjan, just being really, really high
Breaking News: Weed Makes You Listen to Indie Rock

According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, smoking the wacky tabacky turns you into a poseur. Even worse: an indie rock poseur.

Listen to this PSA. Just listen to it. And then just try to tell me it doesn't make you want to put down the bong and start listening to rap music.

Full transcript below.

FEMALE VOICE: (Computer voice) Being popular was all I could think about last year. I wanted to, like, be cool with everybody. I listened to music that I didn't like and laughed at stuff that wasn't funny. I programmed myself to be a totally different person to everyone.

Computer voice starts to change into a real human voice.

FEMALE VOICE: But I wasn't myself. Now I'm not pretending to like indie rock or anything like that. And people think that's cool.

MALE VOICE: Live above the influence. Above weed. Check out abovetheinfluence.com. Sponsored by the ONDCP and the Partnership For A Drug-FreeAmerica.

Posted by Amy Phillips on Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 2:52pm