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[image] line graph of profits for r&b act, The Emotions, showing a
steady decline since 1996, juxtaposed against the rise of emo kids.

"It's like this," says the VP of Marketineering for The Emotions's
parent company, Emotio-corp., "when the target consumer gets to the
sales clerk at the megastore, and he asks for 'Emotions,' he's
immediately taken to the latest Fallout Boy release. The Emotions are
literally losing millions of dollars a year to the Kinsella brothers
alone! It's just like Led Zeppelin and the blues except it's a
complete accident and the resulting hard rock is just terrible."