Rock 101: FGI Nation Language

by: Carlos Figueroa

As you may have noticed if you have read the FGI's posts (mostly my posts), we (which means I) like to use portmanteaus (in simple words, mixing different words together into a single word). And no, this is not by any means a real life vocab lesson, but, as I am taking charge of the FGI for a while (while David reappears on the Earth's surface), I would like to explain the meaning of the terms and portmanteaus I will use and have used in the past (also some of them will always be color coded in my posts, so the color will appear with the meaning).

(The) FGI (Nation): the Feel Good Inc. blog.
The Essentials: artists/bands that (in our opinion) you should have at all costs in your Pod.
Pod: iPod without the i (that's how I call mine).
Indiespensables: portmanteau of indie and indispensable; used to describe indie music/artists/bands full of awesomeness.                
Awesomeness: completely awesome.
*Pop Culture Invasion:*: tid-bits of pop music info on the FGI.
tid-bit: small pieces.
uncool: something boring; not cool.
YouTube Star: band/artist who rose to fame via YouTube or some other video-sharing community.
CoverLover: artist prone to cover (or sample) other artist songs (usually ruining the original).