Idolator

I didn't mind seeing Veronica Mars dressed as Meg White. The style of the White Stripes is iconic and readily recognized. Other bands and musicians aren't as easily recognizable. How do you tell one dirty hipster from the next?

And frankly, I'd rather see a nod to Jack and Meg than My Chemical Romance.

So, this doesn't answer the main question -- on any of these shows, did any of these dress-up Stripes play the drums competently, unlike, say, Meg?

Plus, what were they supposed to dress up as, Quintron and Miss Pussycat? The costume you don't have to explain is usually the best.

Pardon me, but most of us out here in the real world aren't fickle children obsessed with chasing the latest band du jour.

Are you really suggesting that the White Stripes' not having a new record out this very second means one should not pay tribute to them in costume form?

I guess I'll just throw out my Beatles records, since they're "soooo 40 years ago".

Gag me.

PS: Veronica Mars is the second-best show on TV.

"The style of the White Stripes is iconic and readily recognized."

Indeed. I'm glad they didn't dress up like Panic! at the Disco. Tempted as I am to make a correlation between White Stripes references and the declining quality of a show, last night's Veronica Mars was a return to form.

And the people behind the scenes at Veronica Mars are hipper than you think. Besides the great soundtrack (Old 97s, Regina Spektor, Space Needle) there's also a framed Shepard Fairey Obey drawing in Keith Mar's office.

S60 thinks Sting is still hip.

"The costume you don't have to explain is usually the best."

Agreed. I spent all of last night explaining to people that I was "Troy," the asshole from every single 80s teen movie. They all stared at me blankly and said, "Oh. I thought you were a preppy." Next year it's back to slutty nurse for me.

Can't go wrong with slutty nurse. Have you considered the popular alternative, slutty cat?

You probably haven't noticed that the newly ESPNified Monday Night Football has been leaning heavily on the Stripes for ad segues.

Because nothing says All-American testosterone quite like "The Nurse."

Well, if Studio 60 models itself after SNL, it would make sense for them to have a band that's not the most cutting edge thing out there. The bigger sin of that show was featuring Sting with a frigging lute.

Heck they could have gone with WOLFMOTHER and gotten the same sound but a more recent CD release date...

I wanna smoke whatever Mick Kraut is smoking. Same sound?!

"Heck they could have gone with WOLFMOTHER and gotten the same sound but a more recent CD release date..."

I don't think anyone really wants to spend an evening in a brown afro wig, pirate shirt and dodgy blue cape, explaining to everyone that they're Andrew Stockdale, TV show or no TV show.

Based on the way he entered the room and that awful wig, I seriously thought Logan was Bobby Lee in some Mad TV sketch. I had no idea who Veronica was...

Then I saw this picture:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/spadada/Screencaps/W...

And yeah, they're the White Stripes. And yeah, they have been off the map for awhile, but that doesn't mean Veronica couldn't be a fan of the band...

VM's producers are known for their outstanding music choices so I don't think this reflects on their "hipness." This week's use of Space Needle and last week's use of Regina Spektor says more about them than V/L's Halloween costume does.

I grant you that "Woman" sounds more like Deep Purple than anything else...but as you head to the later half of that record, particularly after JOKER & THE THIEF, it does sound White Stripes-ish to me...

Maybe I am nuts, who knows...