Spam of the day!

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Prescription drug spam. What they don't offer is an explanation of how they could possibly think that this subject line would be taken seriously by anyone.

They're back!

$25/hr PIANIST NEEDED FOR BLACK SAN JOSE CHURCH ASAP!!

For as long as craigslist.org has been around, and before that in local newspapers, this ad has been appearing on a regular basis. Always the same, pianist needed now, you don't have to be black, just be able to play "black church music."

I always wonder about this ad.. is there a terrible drought of piano players who know black church music? Is there some formidable woman who rules the church who finds fault with every new keyboardist? Are they actually part of some weird cult that demands human sacrifice, but for some odd reason the only acceptable victims are piano players who can play black church music (but aren't necessarily black themselves)?

Then there's the contact information.. Contact the "PASTOR" at the given number. No name, just an all-caps title. Very suspicious. Maybe this place is actually a dead drop for the Illuminati! It's a CIA front! They're corrupting our precious bodily fluids!

Speaking of fluids, I find the line about "no drug or alcohol problems" very telling. Perhaps there are piano players, of any race, who can play "black church music" but they're all drunks. Or take up drinking after dealing with this church.

It makes me wish I could play the keyboards just so I could apply and see what the reaction to little ol' Celtic me gets.

Does knowing The Blues Brothers soundtrack by heart count as knowing "black church music"?