john cabrera

You know what I was wondering

ahahannah:

In the episodes of Gilmore Girls, where Hep Alien is auditioning for new guitarists and out of the blue Sebastian Bach comes in and they’re weirded out because he’s old, but they let him in the band because Laine feels bad for him, in that world…did Skid Row exist? I mean, every other band existed? And, I mean, he isn’t just some guy from some unknown band. I mean, someone line David Bazan (first name that popped in my head, dunno why) came on and was like a really good folk singer (should’ve picked a better name, but bear with me) no one would know any better. But Sebastian Bach isn’t unknown. People recognize him, my mom did.
I don’t know. That’s always funny to me, in TV shows, how pop culture exists even though they are inside of it.
I don’t know why I’m talking about this. It’s stupid.
Also though, on another episode, where the guys & Laine are talking about ”guilty pleasures” music, Laine says Simon and Garfunkel, most musically conscious people I know really LIKE Simon & Garfunkel in a totally unironic, guilty way.

I may just hang out with folkies though.

I’m stopping now, thinking too far into television. I’ll just go back to watching TV now.

I always thought of it like this (and I did ponder this a lot while working on the show)… yes, Skid Row did exist in the world of Gilmore Girls. And so Sebastian Bach also existed. Which means the character of Gil looks exactly like Sebastian Bach.

So why has no one in the band made that connection?

Well why has no one in the band made the connection that Sophie looks a hell of a lot like Carole King? Or the Troubador like Grant-Lee Phillips (well actually we weren’t in any scenes with him, but you know what I mean). Maybe it’s that sometimes we overlook the obvious. That we’re so focused on our Rock and Roll or the drama in our relationships that we just can’t see these special things staring us right in the face.

But I think the big question is… why does Gil look exactly like Sebastian Bach? Why does he talk about having had a band once that didn’t work out… how does he just happen to have an “in” at CBGBs for a little teenage garage band? And why is it that his name just happen to be the first three letters of the show itself?

I think the character of Gil is more of a mystery than it seems on the surface. In fact, I think all of these musical characters have a magic to them that lives outside of reality.

Which is kind of cool. I don’t know.