Jen Carlson at Daily Refill has a post inspired by our item on CYHSY turning down the O.C.: Which indie bands would play the O.C.?
Yes:
- voxtrot
- of montreal
- langhorne slim
- doveman
- raising the fawn
- colin meloy/the decemberists
- the honey brothers
- au revoir simone
- man in gray
- world leader pretend
- the national
- the talk
- lou barlow ("i would do nearly anything for money at this point..we didn't have health insurance. i have no shame.")
- joy zipper
- the information
- human television
- british sea power
- the fame
No:
- ghostland observatory
- jimmy chamberlin
- robbers on high street ("The OC is escapism for me. [...] If I saw myself in my unreality it would ruin it for me.")
Of course, when Jen asked CYHSY, Lee Sargent said yes.Let that be a lesson for you TV producers: get it in writing!Indie rock makes Hollywood look like a maternity ward.
