Being Seth Cohen = Priceless

Seth, originally uploaded by lotifoazurri.

Death Cab appeared on The OC this Thursday to anticipation by indie fans and the show's target audience of 14-year olds everywhere. Alas, despite getting segments of three songs in, the boys barely had 30 seconds of face time, were at a rediculously low volume setting, and had to play to a lame staged audience - and the sound guys for the show used album tracks over the visuals instead of live music.

Furthermore, the Bait Shop performance was nothing more than scenery for a drug deal plotline, hardly the kind of thing you want associated with your band. It was odd to see Ben wearing his glasses on stage, but weirder still to see a short-haired Walla playing a butterscotch Strat. New guitar? Only time will tell, although the newly revamped DCFC site has new gear listed for the fellers, undobtedly culled from the recording sessions for Plans and obligatory gear-fiddling that accompanies the band's major label debut on Atlantic.

In all, it just gives me another reason to hate the OC, with its shoddy production, scripting, and lead actors. But hey, if it sells lots of copies of Trans and lets Harmer bling out his grill in platinum, I guess it's worth it, right? Right.