[cue The Weather Girls It's Raining Men] It's raining men! Every specimen! Tall, blonde, dark and lean Rough and tough and strong and mean God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman too She took off to heaven and she did what she had to do She bought every angel She rearranged the sky So... Continue Reading →
Obsession • an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person’s mind: he was in the grip of an obsession he was powerless to resist. My body shakes. I get goosebumps from my arms down through my legs. I don’t want to breathe lest my senses be directed somewhere other than my... Continue Reading →
Surprise! So, you’re telling me the WGWGs did NOT win American Idol? Not surprised was Idol’s WGWG judge, Luke Bryan, who predicted Abi would win during her audition. https://youtu.be/Cc9f37G619c?si=E_4ZXDiyq06avz3A&t=305 I can’t speak for the voters - and, oh, how badly I want to speak to them! - but I saw Abi and Will as having... Continue Reading →
I will be honest and say how difficult it was to evaluate the Idolists after a week of watching the Eurovision Song Contest’s world-class productions. Shoutout to Nutsa, an Idolist last season, for making the Eurovision Grand Final. On behalf of her country, Georgia, she finished 21st of 25 finalists, and I thought she deserved... Continue Reading →
[Scroll to the bottom if you want to ignore my blather. It's fine. But come back to the blather. It's good stuff.] There are many reasons why I look forward to each year’s Eurovision Song Contest more than the year before, but the simplest one is that it gets better every year. Recently referred to... Continue Reading →
This week saw the remaining seven Idolists competing for five spots by performing in two rounds, with themes of Songs That Make You Want to Dance and Songs from the Adele Songbook, the latter in defiance of my nationwide ban against Idolists singing songs by Adele. Ciara provided coaching for the first round. I didn’t... Continue Reading →
As the calendar page turns to May, people’s thoughts move to May flowers, Star Wars Day, Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, graduations, and Justin Timberlake singing “It’s gonna be May.” Mine turn to the Eurovision Song Contest, my favorite annual musical event. It’s an extravaganza that is part World Cup Finals, Olympics, and Super Bowl,... Continue Reading →
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