Hint: The artist in question is as close to being a powerpop god as anyone currently wearing shoeleather.
[h/t A Certain Unidentified Reader]
CORRECTION: A friend forwarded this post to the great Marshall Crenshaw himself.
His response:
"That ain't me.. I have no idea who it is, where it came from, nada..
Sometimes I pretend not to know what things are if they embarrass me but this really has nothing to do with me, honest..."
I regret the error.