I didn’t buy the other idol records either
The obsession with the results of American Idol is absolutely fascinating to me. If I were a sociologist I could write a damn thesis on the ways in which a completely meaningless election's impact on shared emotional response is an indicator of societal mores. Wow, people really care about this.
It's amusing that in practice, it's meaningless. Sure, one person gets a trophy and a record deal, but the others are probably already negotiating their deals. The exposure alone is enough to launch careers, and if that's the point of the show, then it succeeds brilliantly. The record companies essentially get free talent they can sign to deals to make more money. Genius.
And I can't believe that anyone is in the dark about this: no one hides that the show is a promotion vehicle. They proclaim it. Even the worst auditions get their 5 minutes - not only do we get the most popular singer, we get the most popular train wreck. Also brilliant.
So, folks, take a deep breath. Adam Lambert performed with KISS last night, and gave ol' Gene Simmons a run for his money. This kid will not fade into the night. How can you be all that shocked that the same country that RE-elected Dubya voted for the other kid?
Anyhow, enough of that. Do what you must, but don't cry for Adam, Argentina. The truth is he'll not be leaving you.
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New York, New York
The last time I went to NYC, it was for a conference. I brought along
Becky and Ben, and they went off to visit friends while I went to listen
to people talk about some Compliance thing or another. I don’t remember
much of the conference, to be honest, but I DO remember ditching it one
afternoon to walk around Central Park, Ben happily chasing his “Pumball”
(a wadded up piece of paper — yeah, he’s always been this way). It feels like a lifetime ago. Now, we have too many kids to bring them along, so it’s just me. I’m
going to work, and it’s cold outside. Probably will be so busy that I
won’t even make it over to Central Park, much less to wander around it.
Will be wearing dress clothes, and sitting in meetings, and maybe
getting some of the locals to show me something interesting after work. I’m thrilled to be going again, though. There’s something about NYC that
feels really good to me; maybe it’s that it is unabashedly City, that
it’s such a hodgepodge of buildings and nooks and crannies and people.
Or maybe it’s the streets and bridges whose names are famous nationwide, thanks to
Sex and the City and countless other movies and shows: FDR Drive, Park
Avenue, the Jersey Turnpike, Brooklyn Bridge — as a visitor, there’s
great novelty in seeing that you’re riding on these streets that have
been mentioned a million times. I imagine it’s the same feeling Chicago
visitors get about Michigan Ave or Lake Shore Drive. So, this time I intend to breathe in as much as I can while rushing from
airport to office to hotel and back to office again, embedding another
fond memory into my cortex to tide me over until the next time I get to
visit, because while Chicago is my home, I will always love New York.Posted via email from dwink | Comment »
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May 21st, 2009 - 17:59
I’m crying while I carve “ADAM” on my arm. With a pencil.
Get it?? Because I’m ANGSTY.
Also? VAGINA.
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May 21st, 2009 - 19:54
I am proud to be the one american WITH a TV who has never ever ever ever caught as much as 5 minutes of american idol. It takes serious active avoidance techniques, but I manage.
The very concept of the show makes my skin crawl.
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