[cue Kacey Musgraves Late to the Party] Sorry that I am late in getting to this final blog of Charity’s season. Ironically, that theme of lateness started when I began the episode. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the local ABC channel that services the Washington D.C. area pre-empted Charity’s final step in her... Continue Reading →
As entertaining as Charity’s journey to find love has been, this season’s The Men Yell All was pretty lackluster, so I will be brief. No surprise to me, it was not only announced that Braydon is heading to Paradise, but the Evil Genius Producers (EGPs) also had previews of him prepared to stoke our interest.... Continue Reading →
I came to this week’s Fantasy Suites episode with one burning question: why did Joey get far and away the most screentime during last week’s hometowns, including nearly twice as much as Dotun? The Evil Genius Producers (EGPs) are very intentional about the stories they are creating and screentime plays a large part in their... Continue Reading →
I am following up on a recent post If I Were Starting a Record Label because a couple of friends experienced schadenfreude over how agonizingly difficult the last category was for me, i.e. Sacred Cow – A band or artist you sign purely out of personal love. In that part of the piece, I focused... Continue Reading →
[cue Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Our House[1]] After canceling a record-high percentage of cocktail parties (approx. 80% - thanks Brayden and Aaron!), Charity heads to the Hometowns of our Final Four: Aaron, Joey, Xavier, and Dotun. First, some foreshadowing from My Girl at @bachelordata IG. Since 2011, The Bachelorette has had only two winners... Continue Reading →
[cue Johnny Horton The Battle of New Orleans] If it feels like we got to Hometown Decisions quite quickly this year, it’s because we got to Hometown Decisions quite quickly this year. As explained in great detail by my girl over at @bachelordata IG, after 11 consecutive years of having seven weeks before Hometowns, the... Continue Reading →
In his weekly Indie Mixtape email, music critic and author Steven Hyden introduced the idea of a Record Label Draft. This is how it works: You are starting a record label. You get five picks. You can pick them in any order, but you must have one of each category, as listed below. Also: This... Continue Reading →
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