I’m a little ashamed to admit it, but I’ve been listening to a lot of Bowling for Soup lately. I practically had their goddamned catchy “1985″ in my head all day today at work. Though it was fun singing it out loud and then telling Brandon “I have no idea who the band is, nor the name of the song,” when clearly I was telling mistruths.

Not sure why I enjoy them so much. Their first single was called “Girl All the Bad Guys Want,” and came out a few years back. It was another song that could easily get stuck in your head like so Some of you might know them from their annoying theme song to the Gilligan’s Island reality show. Their music is just very catchy, and their lyrics shows a fair amount of wit and self-deprecation. It’s readily evident they don’t take themselves seriously. If they did they’d be as boring as an hour of C-SPAN, since otherwise they sound just like any other wannabe pop-punk band. One of the more interesting things about them is their lead guitarist, who is one of the most frightening looking persons I’ve ever laid eyes upon.

Too bad their name sucks a fat one. I mean, really — Bowling for Soup? Ugh. At least it’s better than “Clay Aiken.” What kind of a stupid name is that?

Well, I’m going to try to listen to some other songs and get “1985″ out of my brain, because the alternative is impaling myself on one of my several swords.

JAB