Between Katie’s “no consent” story to Michael’s tragic story of losing his wife and young son’s mother to cancer, tonight was really heavy. Our reality shows aren’t supposed to be this real. I’m not sure how I feel about this in what used to be a reliable couple of hours of mindless and predictably campy... Continue Reading →
About 20 seconds in we heard “trust the journey”. Throwing “trust” in there rates an extra sip. And then about another minute later we heard the first of 2,482,095,345 uses of the phrase “right reasons”. I think My Daughter Diandra (MDD) and I killed a bottle of wine tonight. There are still too many guys... Continue Reading →
Gather ‘round, boys and girls. It’s time for your friendly neighborhood Muser to drop some Bachelorette knowledge on ya. On The Bachelorette, it’s not first impressions but rather first first impressions that count. According to @Bachelordata, in the four seasons prior to Clare’s “season[1]”, one or two of the Final Four were among the first... Continue Reading →
“This will be a night that will go down in pop culture history”, says a breathless Ryan Seacrest. Actually, no. After 19 blog posts and an unnecessarily long and dull three-hour Finale, this night went down exactly as we all knew it would right from the very first audition: with a White Guy With Guitar... Continue Reading →
Having the Idolists record and release original music seems to be a good idea. As of this writing, here is where they are on the iTunes Top Songs Chart: All Categories (with other charts noted, if applicable) #1 Chayce (also #1 Country)[1]#13 Casey#14 Grace (also #5 Pop)#31 Willie (also #3 R&B)[2]#121 Hunter Metts 20,000 Kisses... Continue Reading →
Like the cicadas coming soon to my habitat, I have been anxiously waiting for Idol Pain and Outrage. It arrived tonight. I’m sorry. I just cannot make sense out of this. I was emotionally preparing myself for Willie to be sent home. Chayce, of course, was a lock with his White Guy With Guitar Status.... Continue Reading →
In an exciting Idol development, the remaining Idolists went into the recording studio to work with big-name producers on original songs and make recordings for release to the streaming services. They’ll perform those songs on Sunday and of course, I will be reviewing the Idolists’ live performances of them. But I’ve already listened to the recordings and... Continue Reading →
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