LA VIDA NO LOCA

(From The New Yorker -- By Sasha Frere-Jones)

In a 2005 piece in the TIMES, JON PARELES called the British rock group COLDPLAY "the most insufferable band of the decade," and he placed the blame on the band's front man and singer, CHRIS MARTIN, whom he called a "passive-aggressive blowhard."

Earlier this year, in a study sponsored by the hotel chain TRAVELODGE of the bedtime habits of 2,248 people in the U.K., Coldplay topped a poll of music choices that would help people fall asleep.

Coldplay apparently relieves what Travelodge called the "pressures of modern living."

La Vida No Loca