Bad association

I know sometimes it's easy to lament that our favorite artists aren't embraced by the mainstream, with all the money and power and reach the word implies.

But sometimes, the mainstream does this to promote its artists. And it's times like this I realize that while our artist may have to struggle, may have to work a day job and drive a beat-up minivan to gigs, may have to sign bum contracts just to live their dream, they still have their dignity.

Clue me in here, because I live overseas and sometimes am taken very much by surprise by new trends that have sprouted up in my homeland. Porta Potty wrap ads? Wha?? If I arrive at Merlefest to find a huge Sam Bush billboard plastered on the door of my chosen Porta Potty, I think I'm going to be severely weirded out.