Another year, another upset. Yawn. I’m done with 24, Lost, and American Idol. Thank goodness the former two had the common courtesy to quit while they were behind. I’m so bored with it that I can’t even manage tracking down a public domain image on Wikipedia, or typing out hyperlinks for the whole “by Fred, [...]
Just a thought
by Fred American Idol: Season 9 contestant Andrew Garcia seems to be self-destructing the way Rock Star: INXS contestant Jordis Unga did five years ago. In both seasons, early brilliance tapered off quickly. In Unga’s case, she probably just didn’t want to sing for INXS — would you? — and likewise Garcia clearly doesn’t want [...]
Bleg: Magnus does Palmer doing Jagger?
by Fred I could have sworn this was a Dresden Dolls arrangement, but I can’t find it anywhere. Sports fans? Use the comments section to tell me where I’m going wrong? Great stuff either way.
(The interesting part of) American Idol returns, and (interestingly enough) Ann Althouse returns to American Idol.
by Fred To wit, read her thoughts on why Tyler Grady failed to pass muster, here. Rarely does AA out-think a problem, and the dispatches she files from American Idol are usually no exception, but this one is simple: the poor kid is a theme park of one. He likes 70′s music, e voila! He [...]
Suck It Simon Cowell!
Everyone that knows me knows that I hate reality T.V. simply because there is nothing reality about it. Producers put regular people in situations that would otherwise never happen. That’s as far from reality as you can get. You want reality? Follow me around as I work my 8 hour day and try to find [...]
“Freddie Mercury meets Shirley Bassey”
In what promises to be a lively interview, Adam Lambert discusses the unreleased Muse track “Soaked,” which he covers on his (ironically titled?) debut For Your Entertainment. Listen to the Muse version below. I simply can’t post anything from Adam Lambert’s album. It is so overproduced and overmixed and overhydrated that it begins to sound [...]
Would Adam Lambert have won American Idol if he had come out some time before the final vote?
Who knows? Recall that I originally wanted him to win, but now I’m glad he didn’t. Toss it around in the comments section or bring it up to the missus tonight at dinner. I’m riding the fence actually. And I won’t insult your intelligence with a Here’s All the Evidence For/Here’s All the Evidence Against [...]
“Adam wins!”
How many times was that phrase — or one of its infinite permutations — nearly loaded onto Blogger or WordPress simply out of diligent but rushed preparedness? By point of fact Adam Lambert did not win AI v8.0. About an hour ago American Idol crowned a new beltholder. And it wasn’t the electric gay heavyweight [...]
Good point
I wasn’t going anywhere near the whole Susan Boyle thing, but Ann Althouse tips her hat to Adam Markovitz, who raises an excellent question: What’s the big deal? The facts of the case are these: a Scottish church volunteer and amateur singer … came to public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the [...]
