'Free Bird!’: How Bands Should Respond When They Hear the Inevitable

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Apparently indie audiences have quite the affinity for shouting "Free bird!" at their pale, waify idols. But Bright Eyes singer Conor Oberst was prepared when one fan shouted it at the male equivalent of alterna-goddess Zooey Deschanel.

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