like, i hate to be the billy corgan dissing pavement for the downfall of alternative rock, but haven't we got enough 'indie' bands with the word 'panda' in their name yet? thanks:) (it would be different if they were really good though)

fuk it. if its that easy i'm going to max out my mom's credit card at american apparel, learn to play a pawn shop guitar and start a band myself.

R.U. Serious (any relation to Yahoo Serious?),

This is actually the only band with the word "panda" in it that I like. Maybe the only band with the word "hot" in it that I like. Come to think of it... Do I like any bands that incorporate bears into their name?

Also: I want to learn to play guitar, too. Wanna form a band?

--Rev.

yeah grizzly bear and bear in heaven. but they actually rock and don't come off as bottom feeders trying to ride the indie wave. forming bands, see this is where it all starts, you can't just form a band with anyone these days, otherwise you'll end up looking ironically un-ironic hucksters like hot panda. i mean, you can take one look at arcade fire and know the reason they rock is because they are hyper critical. hey rev, you got that flask in your pocket? i think after a few swigs i'll be totally into hot panda, and that hipster chick wearing an ironic plaid and skinny jeans over in the corner. hot panda sound like dead man's bones farting

R.U. Serious?,

First of all, I would like to laugh at your comment. It was funny.

I don't like Grizzly Bear (controversial, I know) and I haven't really given Bear in Heaven a shot. So, no bears have made it past my defenses, yet.

As for the ironically unironic Hot Panda, I see nothing wrong with them having fun as a band. In fact, I find it kind of infectious. That they are maybe not as precise, perhaps, as some other indie bands is not necessarily a fault.

Anyway, neither of us is going to change the other's mind. But I will have you know that that's not a flask in my pocket. It's a pint of Potter's Whiskey.

--Rev.

great. yes lets not take stuff too serious. only certain white middle class westerners can afford to, and then even have the ignorance to say something like that in a public forum. awesome. please pass me the pint right now. yeah infectious, like the monkees were in the 70's. yeah the monkees were awesome at having fun on stage and keeping westerners happy while overseas hell on earth was taking place. rev, life is hell, just accept it, get over it, and quite trying to escape it, or promote escapism, in bullshit bands. thank you very much:) (i know, you're just trying to keep up your quota).

R.U. Serious,

You're welcome!

--Rev.