Yes, the title of this recap is a Meatloaf song. An artist that likely could have been part of this past week’s theme but wasn’t for a variety of reasons, one of which is Nigel’s reluctance to clear songs that haven’t been sung to death on the show for anyone but his Chosen Few. Alas, let’s […]
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Idol Top 7 Performances: We Will, We Will Rock… Someone?
I have to give Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe credit for trying. He’s realized, by now, that the fuel for the Idol Machine, so to speak, is audience participation. We connected with these performers, we vote for them, we tune in week in and week out and, ultimately, we’re the reason they succeed or fail in […]
Idol – Top 8 Results: Boys At The Bottom…
I apologize for the late results show recap this week. I went home for the holidays and didn’t really have a spare second to breath, let alone write a comprehensive article on what went down on Thursday night, but I’m here now to give you my insight on the constant grinding of the gears in […]
Kickstarter: The Bake Sale Of The 21st Century
Back before the massive power of social media was realized, raising money on a large scale used to be a pretty difficult thing to do. And to some degree, getting thousands or even millions of dollars to fund a creative venture or some other kind of project still is hard. But, through the phenomenon of […]
CNN Announces New Morning Show with Chris Cuomo, Kate Bolduan and Michaela Pereira
As if there wasn’t enough talk this week about morning show shuffles with Anderson Cooper possibly replacing Matt Lauer on The Today Show, CNN has officially announced in a press release from earlier this morning that Chris Cuomo and Kate Bolduan will co-host the network’s new morning show set to premiere this spring. In addition, […]
Idol – Top 8 Performances: Motown… And More?
Well, once again Idol kind of dropped the ball on the theme week. The theme was “Motor City Music” or artists who recorded in Detroit, yet only one of the songs was not from the show’s recycled Motown Catalogue. I’m not sure if it was the contestants and the producers decision, but either way, I […]
Idol Top 9 Results – I Never Really Cared Until You Left Us
After a promising Top 10 results show featuring statistics and a detailed breakdown of the votes, that promise was revoked this week and Nigel withheld the details of which contestants landed in the Top 3. I’m guessing because it wasn’t the three he was hoping for, so he led us to believe that everything was […]
Idol Top 9 Performances – Beatle Juice, Beatle Juice, Beatle Juice
I’m going to open with this disclaimer: I don’t have any strong feelings about the Beatles. What I mean is, I don’t worship them as God’s gift to music, like some people, but I don’t hate them either. I recognize that they knew how to write a good song with solid lyrics and a great […]
Prequels And Sequels And Remakes, Oh My!
When we’re shelling out ten or more dollars for a movie ticket, even before adding in our salty and sugary goodies, we want to be pretty sure that we’re going to like the movie we’re about to see. Movies are, of course, subjective, and there is no guarantee that we’ll love that new action-packed thriller […]
Idol Top 10 Results – Please Stop Believing
Last night’s results show was an interesting one for a lot of reasons. First, in the weeks prior to Season 12’s debut, Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe made several comments about wanting to do what X Factor did in it’s second season and reveal the actualities about how the votes played out. No one knew if […]
Idol Top 10 Performances – The Winner Takes It All
Well, producer Nigel Lythgoe heard our cry. “We want new themes! More music!” We’ve cried after hearing the same songs over and over again on the show. This week’s theme had the potential to open the doors to new, creative song choices. But in reality we got 1… count them: ONE song that had never […]
Idol Top 10 Announced – May The Odds Be Ever In Your… Range?
For the first time since Season 1, American Idol has restrained itself. “Wildcards be damn’d!” Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe said this season, we’re having a round Top 10 with the most talented 5 guys and 5 girls we can get and, for once, I’m basically in agreement with the ten they chose. That being said, […]
Come Dance with Me at “Downton Abbey”
The PBS television production Downton Abbey has become my new obsession. Each Sunday evening I am glued to my TV set. The beauty of the show is that it portrays the drama of the people of that era so accurately, you feel as if you truly are within the halls of Downton Abbey in the […]
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