Where have all the white people gone?

I do not know who Erlend Oye thinks he is, but I am by far the whitest boy alive.

This does not mean that I do not pretend otherwise. I wear bright red shoes to fit in with the urban subculture and listen to Dr. Dre and Eminem - though I don't know if the latter helps my cause. But I listen to rap in my car with the windows up and doors locked, often turning down the bass so I can understand the lyrics. My black friends would be ashamed.

Every now and then, I switch out my gangster rap for Radiohead, The Dismemberment Plan, Coldplay or Bright Eyes - four of the whitest bands ever to walk on stage. And that could be the reason many people have not heard them. To counteract their invisibility, white musicians are imitating black musicians to reach the charts.

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