This week, your Friendly Neighborhood Muser is coming to you from Petaluma, California. [cue The Village People San Francisco (You’ve Got Me) and Dionne Warwick Do You Know the Way to San Jose because I don’t know any songs about Sacramento] Once again, with so many guys still here, it’s hard to find a thread... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the 2022 Edition of THE MOST SHOCKING SEASON IN BACHELORETTE HISTORY!!! Said season comes at an auspicious time for me. While I continue to bask in the glow of my beloved Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors winning the chip, that glow also comes with no meaningful basketball to watch since June... Continue Reading →
Sunday is the Idol Finale, and I will be watching the Golden State Warriors playoff game. If you think I’m obsessed with music, you haven’t seen what I’m like when watching a Warriors game, especially in the playoffs. In any case, my only real interest in the Finale is finding out who wins, although there... Continue Reading →
WHAT?????? ^&(^$#*$#$^*)&^ BRAIN EXPLODE Huntergirl, Noah, Leah. [allows the shock to subside and normal blood flow to return] It should have been Fritz, Noah, and Leah. And Fritz wins. I’ll editorialize further at some point. I’m just too stunned at the moment. For now, here are my rankings for this episode in order of their... Continue Reading →
In 2010, I wrote a blog about what I look for when evaluating Idolists. Rereading it today, I can see my approach hasn’t changed much. But in the introduction to music critic and author Steve Hyden’s recent list of the Top 100 lead signers of all time, he used four criteria that overlap mine but... Continue Reading →
Ryan: “There are some saying this is the best Top 7 in American Idol history.” People saying this are idiots, and Ryan is getting paid enough to reject spouting such nonsense. We learned that Noah and Fritz were isolating due to COVID. I took into account that their experience as performers – Fritz through recorded... Continue Reading →
The countdown is on. It’s approximately 67 hours (4,020 minutes) until Eurovision 2022. Eurovision is my favorite annual musical event. It’s part World Cup Finals, Olympics, and Super Bowl, with a healthy dose of self-knowing cheesiness and a 40-nation soundtrack. Quoting from the movie Patton, “God help me, I do love it so.” Last year... Continue Reading →
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