Take Your Job...

I was looking through job listing when I came across this line: “we're looking for a writer who knows more about the Silver Jews than the latest American Idol round.” Do people really think like that? Especially people who hire other people? No offense to the Silver Jews, but American Idol has, and is having, and will have, more of an impact on popular music in America than the Silver Jews will ever have. Of course, information on American Idol can be found anywhere whereas other types of music is not as heavily covered—maybe their intention was to communicate that they focus on “non-mainstream” music. Even so, I do not want to work for anyone who makes the aforementioned comment. I want to work for someone who wants a writer who knows as much about the Silver Jews as they do about American Idol.