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I have been singing the praises of Scott Miller and the Commonwealth for some time. I reviewed Upside Downside in January: I totally dig the alt-country rock of Scott Miller. Upside Downside, his new one with his band the Commonwealth (Shawn McWilliams – drums, Eric Fritsch – keyboards, Park Chisolm …
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Tattoo Reality Show in the Offing
“Ms. Tek, you’re on in five minutes.” Tattoo artist Paul Booth to star in a new reality show: A new art form is about to hit reality television. World renowned tattoo artist Paul Booth will open his New York-based studio to a global viewing audience with his new one-hour reality …
Read More »Ryan Seacrest Is a …. (Metrosexual) Shhh
Ryan Seacrest did an interview with the Straits Times (funny name, ha) of Singapore in conjunction with a Sinaporean version of Idol: Now that American Idol is over, how are you feeling? (Audible sigh of relief) Well, I’m getting a little more sleep, you know. It’s balancing two TV shows …
Read More »MTV Movie Awards Air Tonight
The zany MTV Movie Awards – which demonstrate their level of seriousness by handing out gilded buckets of popcorn to the winners – air tonight at 9 pm on (duh) MTV. The show was taped on Saturday and the nominees and winners (talk about spoilers) are listed here. Keeping with …
Read More »Smash the Pepsi
This seems like a pretty exciting show for the youth of today, a live music show Thursdays at 8pm on the WB, Pepsi Smash. Tomorrow’s (6/10) show features Alanis Morisette, Maroon 5, Joss Stone, and Phantom Planet live in the studio – the Smash Stage in Los Angeles – and …
Read More »Willie Under the Knife
Willie Nelson has successful surgery to relieve carpal tunnel syndrome: Attempts at rest, splinting and medication to relieve symptoms of carpal tunnel earlier this month were not as effective as hoped, and last week Willie Nelson had an endoscopic carpal tunnel release operation to his left wrist. Norman P. Zemel, …
Read More »Wardrobe Malfunction Not Worth 5-Large
On the one hand this is ridiculous, on the other if the guy had won then I would have been happy to start charging $5K every time I suffer offense at the hands (or whatever body part) of the media: A judge didn’t buy a Farmington lawyer’s claim that CBS …
Read More »It’s “Fan-tas-ia”
As Simon and the other Brits pronounce it. From a career standpoint it didn’t much matter who won Idol last night – Clay has fared much better by NOT winning last year, he was permanently cast in the underdog role, his fanbase was energized – but from an aesthetic standpoint, …
Read More »Post-Idol Success Hardly Shocking
It strikes me as odd that the writer of this AP story about the show biz success of American Idol contestants seems somewhat surprised by the show biz success of American Idol contestants: As the third season of Fox’s hugely successful reality contest gears up for the May 26 finale, …
Read More »Friends Finale
Friends goes out as the top-rated comedy on television – love it, hate it, don’t give a fig, it’s a TV event. Thoughts, opinion, news: Friends – Culture and Heritage Yes I watched the Friends Final Episode. Why the heck not. By now you’ve heard or read a thousand opinions …
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