A band I always wanted to hate forces me to like them, and Obama should listen to it too

Driving home late tonight after a playoff hockey game (WE WON 5-4 - GO COBALT) and flipping through radio stations I heard a band I rarely hear on the radio, and actually rarely like - THRICE.

In my experiences with music, as I'm sure all of you can relate to, it can strike a chord (no pun intended) at any given moment and tonight my chord was struck. Apparently Dustin Kensrue, lead singer of Thrice indulges him self in a folk music alter-ego formerly called Ursus Veritas, which translated from Latin means Bear Truth. It appears recently that Dustin decided to drop the Latin, for whatever reason and just goes with the name his parents have picked out of a hat for him. Solid choice dude, Ursus Veritas is slightly pretentious and really hard to pronounce - but solid effort all around.

Thrice, the band that Dustin has been singing in for forever has decided to cover some of his folk songs - it's so post-modern, post-emo, post-hardcore reflective it takes too much effort for a casual listener to figure it out - and I love it. When a band is able to get beyond their egos, to get beyond the spotlight of the stage and the grind of road they are able to be a better creative unit. It's happened countless times in music, and will happen countless more.

I want to congratulate Thrice and Justin. You have evolved, matured and focused your message and adapted it as you've grown and adapted to the changing world around you. Come All You Weary is a song that might be more reflective of the times you exist in than anything else you've ever written before.

In another context this song may carry more weight for listeners. In a time of war, a time of cultural change and economic power shift this song may reflect the social divide being created and the compassion needed to bridge those divides. Oh wait that is this time. Well then it might just make a good campaign song for someone who wants to stand for that.

Get that Barack?

It's okay to let Alicia Keys or Bruce Springsteen cover it, but please don't let Will.i.Am remix it for a more "up beat" moment.