The Notorious MSG
by Chad Van Wagner
I don’t really watch TV, but I keep it on for visual noise while I’m doing housework-type stuff. I usually end up on the International Channel because, let’s face it, foreigners are usually more interesting than Americans.
This habit of mine yielded some pretty damned odd fruit one day, when I happened to glance at the screen and saw a Chinese woman in her early 20s. Just below her face was possibly the oddest subtitle I’ve ever seen: “Some people think I can’t rap, just because I’m Chinese.”
Um… yeah. Nothing personal, but I don’t think suburban white kids can rap, and they’re at least from the relevant hemisphere. Fortunately, I didn’t have to reply to this person, because I would have no idea exactly how to deal with her statement. Not until I saw the end of the program, the theme song by the Notorious MSG.
OK, maybe the joke band thing hit its zenith with Spinal Tap (or Tenacious D, or even Chunky A.), but damn if this isn’t one entertaining stroll through the patently absurd. Word to Confucius.
(www.notoriousmsg.com)