Alma nutter

I can't figure out which part of this disturbs me most.

A. Hanson came to speak at my alma mater.
B. People still turn out in numbers to see Hanson.
C. People turned out to see Hanson speak.
D. Hanson is still being taken seriously.
E. Hanson was ever taken seriously.

While the message they're evidently trumpeting about the need to fight the major label scene in the recording industry is laudable, it's just hard to hear it coming from three teeny-bopping brothers from Oklahoma who played wholesome music.

Especially when they make stupid remarks.

The lyric “Just a figure in a big monopoly game,” from the song “Strong Enough to Break,” “is not a reference to Milton Bradley,” Isaac said. “It’s a reference to corporate monopoly.”

Thanks a lot, Captain Obvious.

In fairness, it's probably not safe to assume that every college student knows what a monopoly is, even at a prestigious university. Or that the three Hansons -- I refuse to use the words "Hanson" and "brothers" in proximity to refer to these three, since they're an unworthy namesake of the star line of the Charlestown Chiefs in "Slapshot" -- know that "Monopoly" is from Parker Brothers, not Milton Bradley.