The Reality Shock 2.0:
Issue #3: ..Like A God
Fire Phoenix I Rise..
Welcome back once again my
dear friends to the show that never truly ends, mostly because
whenever I feel I've had enough, somehow, someway, sometimes through
funky ass shit that happens every single day, and sometimes by means
of afew loyal followers (by which I mean mostly my friend Ashley)
reminding me that its been so very long sense I've sat down and wrote
out one of my much beloved sermons of truth and blunt honesty. I have
to admit, I had a feeling I might not be so good at this after about
a year or so break, but I'm surprised to discover that not only am I
feeling the energy flowing like I used too, but I'm feeling like
everything is old times all over again, which is really pretty good,
cuz they were good times, atleast I thought they were, but hey I
could be wrong. I do know one thing though, after a year off, and the
6 prior years of writing this soliloquy of serendipity, I still have
no real clue how to write a proper opening paragraph. Amazing how
somethings never change no matter how long of a gap you have to
bridge isn't it?
Alright, with that out of
the way, lets get down to it, shall we? And away we go...
A'room'a'zoom'zoom!!
So the first things first, I
wanna address a movie that a lot of people have been asking me my
opinion on, now, I do get asked about many things still all this time
after letting my pulpit of truth fade into obscurity, and sense I've
brought this out of retirement, I figure I'll answer one of the most
recent and most persistent questions I've been getting, and that is,
being the big Shakespeare fan that I am, what is it I think of the
upcoming movie “Anonymous”,
where in we are expected to believe that the great bard himself,
William Shakespeare, was infact a fraud, a sort of Milli Vanili of
his time, with the real writer of his work being The Earl Of Oxford,
who believes that his writing deserves to be shared, but feels if he
were to present it himself, it would only be heralded because of his
status, instead of the actual talent. Now, though I understand the
logic of that sort of theory, there has never been anything
supporting this theory other then the theory itself, which though
often debated over the last 30 or so years sense it was first put
forward, there has never really, to my knowledge, never really been
anything to support it, other then the original idea itself, which
though a fun debate among classic literature lovers of the world, has
never really been much more then that, a fun debate, until now. Now,
as for my ideas and beliefs on this, though I will more then likely
find the film to be a well acted, well written, beautiful bit of
briefly controversial film, I believe it will be nothing more then
just that, a film of fictional record, I've always been of the belief
that Shakespeare is, as he always will be, one of the greatest
writers of all time, maybe I'm too stuck in my ways, but I just can't
believe one of the greatest dreamers that never quit dreaming, was
basically Cyrano De Bergerac with out the giant penis nose, and
played for the whole world to love, not just one woman. Its just not
possible. But I am sure the film will be great though, and I look
forward to seeing it.
Speaking of period based
films, Ukrainian goddess Milla Jovovich, who normally is one of the
most easy going and friendly people in the acting world, taken it
upon herself to call out the film studio releasing her recent
action/adventure steampunk like revision of The Three Musketeers, for
their lack of proper advertizing of the film. Saying its ment to be
more of a family friendly action adventure instead of a balls to the
wall action film thats not for all ages. She has been taking to every
media she can to state this. Some might find it in bad taste that an
actor is speaking badly of the studio in the promotion for the film,
but infact, going by what many critics are saying, she has a point,
and this isn't a case of a star trying to incite bad blood between
them and the studio, much like Richard Dreyfus did when he called out
both Oliver Stone and Lionsgate films for not “hitting hard enough
and making the world feel bad for George W. Bush” in the film “W”
the George W. Bush biopic where Dreyfus played Vice President Dick
Chaney, Milla simply wishes to show that her film is being mistreated
by the studio, and she's just trying to save the film from ruin. What
makes this case sad is, the film did bomb here in the states, though
it did well everywhere else, and the studio is trying to make it out
like Milla's questioning of their way of promoting the film is why it
bombed, because they felt letting her promote the film with such an
attitude, would be bad for them, which really is a shame, because the
film is actually really good. It also looks bad on Milla Jovovich,
who, in all honesty is possibly one of the nicest, respectful,
friendliest of all the famous person I've ever come across, seriously
she answers every single twitter, facebook comment, direct message,
facebook PM, sent by every single fan, as long as its not lude or
insulting or disrespectful ofcourse, she even goes out of her way to
bring us all into her daily life, posting pictures of her kids and
husband and her doing the silliest and cutest things, or video or
pictures from the set of whatever film she's working on, and talking
about how she loves sharing it all with the world as she does. Making
someone that nice and caring to her fans look bad really just makes
the studio look like shit, specially sense she was right.
Speaking
of Milla's level of interaction with her fans, in my year off, I've
discovered Twitter with alittle trail and error, learned that its not
the waistland of endless self whoring like I figured it would be,
infact I've discovered that many a famous person who's on twitter is
a lot like Milla, taking the time to interact with their fans as much
as possible, it kind of amazes me really, sure most of them are from
outside of the United States, but still, the point remains, fame is
fame, and here in America, its unheard of for a star to personally
interact with their fans via social media, sure you get ones like
Ashton Kutcher who doesn't so much interact with the fans so much as
preach to them and preside over them, or Courtney Love who doesn't so
much interact, so much as post drunken pictures of herself mostly
naked or wearing something skimpy, but there is really no attempt to
interact with the fans like they're people. I was amazed at the idea
of this, and I figured sense as I writing this, I was having a
conversation about this very thing with my charity case homeboy Mojo,
I would share it all with you as well. And after a small amount of
twitter and facebook stalkery as well as fumbling through my half
wrong attempts at other languages, i've gathered that other then each
country's super huge high end megastars, most famous people the world
over, are very nice and respectful and friendly, as long as you are
the same to them. When I talk about this, I always mention Lauren
Socha, BAFTA winner for best supporting actress for her role as Kelly
Bailey on the amazingly good sci fi dramedy Misfits, who literally
lets her fans into every single part of her daily life, often sending
pictures of herself and her family and friends, or her dog out to the
masses, as well as often putting on her webcam via twitter and
talking with the fans for hours, often with her friends, cast mates,
her family, at random times during her day, sometimes even while
sitting in bed when she can't sleep, she's covered up respectfully
before you pervs get the wrong idea, she always answers questions
about the show, what she's doing, what her brother who is going to be
a semi regular on the next series of Being Human is doing, afew times
even asked for fans to sell her a car, and offering to send a weekend
afternoon having lunch and watching football (soccer to us americans)
with anyone in Derbyshire who could get a good friend of hers who had
been fired a job, even giving out her mobile number afew times for
the fans, even promoting her show by stating if she can, she'll be
live tweeting and using her cam to interact with fans during each
episode of the upcoming series of misfits. That kind of full access
is completely unheard of here.
There
are a lot of others who are just as interactive with the fanbase the
world over, I just use Lauren as an example because I find myself
laughing at how far into her life she tries to integrate her fans to
make everyone feel like they truly know her. Steve Pizzati of the now
canceled Top Gear Australia is the same way, though his mostly
involves him posting videos of him driving high end supercars around
exotic racetracks stuff, which is great, but just rubs salt in the
wound of people like me, who actually liked the aussie version of Top
Gear and wish they'd keep making it, oddly, the loss of the russian
version of Top Gear, which I also enjoyed, doesn't sting as much. Ah
well, thats how it goes in life I guess.
By
the way, if anyone who hasn't yet, and would like to follow me on
twitter, you can at @ThisBrokenMind
which some of you might take as me poking some fun at the fact most
people think I'm crazy, but its actually shortened from the line “I
am trapped here in this broken mind, and all I can ask is just be
kind, to me.” a line some of you might know from the Molly Venter
song “Good Mother” about watching her other slowly lose her
sanity and memories as she got old. Speaking of Twitter accounts to
follow, you all should give my friend Rose a follow as well at
@EloquentParrot
she mostly drops stone cold bits of truth about UK current affairs
shows and provides hilariously truthful and blunt commentary on the
UK version of The X-Factor, but its still rather entertaining, plus
she can totally use the followers. Anyone else I know with a twitter
account, don't get upset I'm not ignoring your accounts, I just
haven't gotten your permission to plug yours, out of respect I won't
do that kind of thing without y'alls permission or knowledge.
Now
that I've mentioned it, all of you who are wondering what I think of
the American version of The X-Factor, don't worry I plan on getting
to it in length in abit, I just have afew other other things I'd like
to mention before hand, so stay tuned faithful readers... or you
know, skip down if you wish, it'll be there either way if you wait
and read the rest of just jump then read back.. or if you go and make
a sammich then come back and read the rest. Damn its 3:45am why am I
craving a sammich?
Anyway,
on to other things...
I'd
like to give you all a heads up on an upcoming little known and
little talked about film called “Chronicle”,
which I'm betting could be the next District 9 type of sleeper. By
which I mean people will dismiss as looking brilliant and having a
brilliant concept, but they'll wait till it comes to dvd/blu ray/on
demand to watch it, then they'll kick themselves for not shelling out
the cash for theaters because of how amazing and wonderful the film
is. Chronicle, is the story of three Portland Oregon based teenagers,
who while recording themselves goofing about in the woods outside of
town, are all exposed to a mysterious chemical they happen across,
and as they go around their days videoing themselves as teenagers
tend to do incase something is oddly youtube worthy, they start to
develop superpowers given to them by the chemicals in the woods, the
film goes from lazy loser teenagers mucking about with a handicam, to
the story of three teenagers working together to train themselves in
how to use their new found powers, and how they slowly start to turn
on each other as well. The film is shot like Cloverfield, meaning
first person view, so you feel you're right there in the middle of
everything, a style that most seem to dislike for some reason, but I
personally love to death, because of the surreality of how it puts
you in the scene, while breaking the 4th
wall, with out really breaking the 4th
wall. Look for it February 3rd
of 2012.
Why
are people making such a big deal out of the suit for Catwoman in the
upcoming Batman: The Dark Knight Rises? Yes it looks like a generic
sneaking suit with knee boots, but do you people not realize, that
Catwoman never started out to be a master thief? The character of
Selena Kyle was originally a hooker who wanted a certain necklace so
bad she decided to steal it from a high end jewelery store, and she
discovered in the process, she had a nack for theft, and thats how
Catwoman was born, she didn't start out in the more commonly known
and perfectly named leather catsuit, infact if you look into the
comics, she didn't wear the trademark catsuit until AFTER the 1960s
Batman tv show that starred Adam West decided to make the character
into the definition of female supervillain sexy, infact Catwoman
wasn't even that major of a villain until that show made her as such,
and also, female villains weren't really written as sexy and flirty
toward others until that show put the idea forward as well. So
everyone bitching that the Catwoman suit that we've all seen on set
pictures of so far looks cheap and unimaginative, remember, not every
character starts out in the suit we all know of them in, but by the
end, they end up in them, so shut up and wait to see what happens,
you'll get to see Anne Hathoway in skin tight leather and Emma Peel
sized knee boots soon enough.... perverts.
So
before we continue, I have to eat abit of humble pie, which for those
interested, tastes abit like Shepard's Pie, but the kind with carrots
in it, not the awesome kind with corn, peas and bacon. Also, if I
offended you by not referencing the type of shepard's pie you're used
too, oh well, it literally changes from town to town and region to
region all over america and the united kingdom, even if its a
traditional united kingdom dish. Anyway... I have to eat some humble
pie, because as many of you are aware, I've many times stated I
refused to go anywhere near the scripted original programing produced
by MTV, no I don't just mean the “reality” shows that are totally
scripted, or their “documentaries” I mean the actual scripted
programing, after they ruined their chance to make a daring ambitious
take on UK cult series Skins, and that horrible horrible attempt at
making 1980s cult crapfest Teen Wolf, which according to Kayla
Patterson ripped off Twilight 20 years before Twilight was published,
because everyone knows Stephanie Meyer created werewolves and
vampires, into girlwank fodder for Team Jacob, and after their much
hyped The Hard Times Of R.J Burger fell flat of the target, and
countless other attempts I'm probably forgetting thanks to expensive
therapy, I must admit, after all of that, MTV has actually put out
afew quality programs, three infact, which I feel are in need of
mention; Death Valley, which is basically Cops, but set in a town
over run with zombies, oh sure you'd think the idea would get tired
rather quickly, but amazingly it doesn't, but then again, honestly,
who doesn't love killing zombies? Another actual hit they have is the
show Awkward, which is basically the tv version of the amazing but
overlooked movie Easy A, both of which seemed overlooked by most, but
truly are enjoyable. And ofcourse, the biggest highlight I have to
mention, infact if I don't my friend Ashley will hang me from a tree
and toss rocks at me, is ofcourse the relauch of Beavis and Butthead,
which thankfully, didn't show its age, nor did it cross the line to
straight up pandering to bring back fans, their relaunch had no frog
baseball, nor did it have Cornholeo roaming about, it just
established them back where they belonged, mocking music videos (and
now reality shows too) and pop culture in general. I can't believe
I'm about to say this but, good job MTV, you're officially now ahead
of NBC and CBS in my “get out of the television shithouse”
program.
“You
know, when I did my skit with the cast of Jersey Shore when I was
hosing the prime time emmy awards, we had to constantly change the
script, not to make if funnier, but because those wacky macaroni
rascals couldn't pronounce certain words. Serious, I'm not kidding,
if you saw my skit with them, I played a mafia liaison, but because
none of them could say the word “liaison”, we changed it to they
would simply refer to me as The Godmother... I know it made it abit
trite to some, but god bless those guidos, they tried as hard as they
could, they just couldn't say that word to save their lives.... not
even that little orange one that looks like a cabbage patch kid...”
- Jane Lynch of the hit series Glee on her dealings with the cast of
Jersey Shore.
Lindsey
Lohan working in a morgue is the most hilarious thing I've ever had
the privilege of picturing in my head, whichever judge in LA made
that happen, I thank you. I thank you hardcore. I thank him almost as
much as I thank the person who thought the idea of the show H8R,
where Z-List famous people spend a day trying to convince someone
that called them names on the internet they're good people... shame
it got canceled three episodes in.
Some
movies you all should check out if you haven't yet; Rubber; the story
of a tire that lives in the outer area of Lancaster California, is
named Robert and one day, not only becomes self aware and alive, but
also discovers that it has an unyielding need to kill as it rolls
across the California sands heading toward LA, and somewhere along
the way stops to watch a lot of classic car tv shows, movies and
classic nascar. Attack The Block; a British attempt at a ghetto vs.
aliens film, which starts off abit silly and kind of dumb, but after
the first 15 minutes picks up and becomes one of the most delightful
films I've seen in the whole humans vs. aliens genre in a long time,
plus it helped me get the bad taste of the film Skyline out of my
memory, which was a much needed scrubbing, plus there is talks of
making a tv series based on it, which I could honestly see working,
not for long, but maybe a 6 episode run with as much of the original
cast as I can.
Some
Television you all should check out; The Fades; a story of humans
with angelic powers who fight to prevent the end of the world brought
about the undead, its perfect Halloween time watching. Bedlem; a UK
series about a mental hospital being turned into an apartment
complex, its losely based on the former Danvers Mental Institution,
one of the most horrific places in america, that was turned into a
high end apartment complex. Once Upon A Time; a rather interesting
and dark twist on fairy tales set in smalltown Maine. A little side
note about The Fades, if you saw the rather well made and
delightfully trashy Stanley Park pilot from BBC last year, and you're
as clever as me, you'll notice the neighborhood where they do the
exterior shots of one of the character's homes, is the exact same
neighborhood where that pilot was shot.
You
know, I will admit, after much shock and teasing by every woman I
know for the fact I didn't know Zachary Quinto, one of my favorite
actors of the modern era is totally gay till he came out of the
closet last week, I will say this, after seeing his Halloween costume
he posted on his twitter, I would have known. Seriously, if you've
not seen him dressed as “new york city's fireworks on july 4th”
go hit up his twitter (giggity), seriously its the most hilariously
gay thing ever, Check it out once you stop laughing at the fact I
said “hit up his twitter” in a serious tone and with a straight
face.
Everyone
keeps telling me I should love Terra Nova, its got everything one
could want; dinosaurs, adventure, that guy from Avatar everyone
thinks is a good actor for some reason.. but I just can't fully get
into it, I just keep looking at it and thinking of things they did
wrong, like not bringing back proper building materials and
equipment, or proper scientists who have actual knowledge of
dinosaurs and what would be found in a world like that, or how they
seem to have no issue at all destroying an entire other timeline that
they know nothing at all of, because, you know, fuck those guys and
their reality, no one cares about them, they can go to the shitty
deny's on the other side of town from now on. All of it just adds up
to me having a giant question mark and the word “Hmm..” over my
head about the show. Also, I'm not that impressed with what will
probably be the final season of House so far either.
I
don't really care what anyone says, I'm super excited about the
upcoming new movie starring The Muppets, plus I seriously love the
spoof trailers, Epic. Now if I could only get someone to look at my
Fraggle Rock movie script....
I
know a lot of you are wondering about this, so I'll put all your
wondering to rest, YES I am super excited about The Avengers the more
set photos and clips I see, I love that they aren't really putting
much info out there other then that they're united to fight against
Loki and his trickery. I'm also rather excited that word has come
down that all the ties that bind these recent marvel movies together
leading up to The Avengers, will continue to bind them all together
after they come together, plus word that Avengers 2 will have a
different cast but cameos by the current ones, I seriously can't
wait. Seriously though, Marvel Studios, buy back the rights to
Spiderman, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Ghost Rider, Daredevil, and all the
stray little kittens that are out there split among other studios,
you need a full shared film universe, not just half of it. Plus, the
marvel universe isn't the same without Peter Parker swinging around
NYC, or mentions of Reed Richards inventing things, or the mention of
mutants and the x-men in general, or even The Punisher and DareDevil
running about the city working overtime, fighting crime, fighting
crime. Plus with marvel putting out statements they feel their movies
are chapters in movie sized comic books, and plan on using them as
such, and that they wish to tell key storylines on the big screen,
the awesome sauce is just amazing right now. So excited.
I
might get flack for this, but, I would watch an entire episode of The
Cleveland Show where you follow Cleveland Brown Jr. around all day
just seeing what his day is like.
Alrighty,
so as promised, once I finished everything else I had to say this
week, I would spread forth my thoughts on the American take on the UK
megahit series The X-Factor. And though I had thought of maybe just
ignoring it and maybe writing about something else, like, how I hate
there are 8 tv shows on tv about cake making at the moment, or 4
about midgets, or how I think its stupid the Hillsborough County
Prison, where we keep pedophiles and child porn cases in my section
of New Hampshire, is right on the highway, but also right across the
street from a mini-golf/ice cream and burger stand, or something like
that instead. But because I'm a people pleaser, I have to give the
people what they want, me commenting on the rookie year of the
American version of The X-Factor, and thus, because its what the
people want, its what the people shall get, so lets get into it,
before I start rambling about how awesome local television
personality Fritz Weatherby is, which will mean nothing to all of you
cuz you don't have a clue who he is... so.. lets get down into
this...
Ok
so, some of you might be amazed to discover, that I do not actually
have any prior experience with The X-Factor, I always figured it was
the same thing as American Idol, seeing as they have the same roots,
assuming that, I figured there no reason to really pay attention to
anything but the winner each year, after all one can only really put
up with so much Simon Cowell in their life before you realize you
wanna stab every douchebag in a tight dark teeshirt a haircut they
stole from Richard Dean Anderson after his awesome kentucky
waterfalls mullet phase, who thinks because they discovered 5ive and
S Club 7 they're somehow entitled to be jerks to everyone.
I
was amazed though, that though both concepts are alike, they are
different in many key ways, and on theory alone, I'd actually give
X-Factor an edge over the idol machine, I never liked the idea of
Idol having an age limit, thats just moronic, because a music dream
doesn't end at 30, and if you think it does, you're an idiot and no
one cares what you think anyway you stupid Justin Bieber fan. I like
that in X-Factor you have someone working with the contestants,
molding them, instead of just tossing them out there on their own and
expecting them to wing it, then tossing a winner out there expecting
them to fly or fall on their faces, you have someone thats a go too
thats in the business and can help you along if needs be, that
should, assuming the mentor knows what they're doing, make for a
better act by the time its over and done. I also like the sudden
death aspect of X-Factor better, it allows for us to cut through all
the dragging out of quarter and semi finals, though I do feel the
build up rounds are abit much, you've gotta literally sing like 8
times before you make it to live tv tapings, and even at that point
you can get cut one final time before it gets to the voting. That
seems abit high pressure, but I guess that fits the idea of the show.
I also rather like that they include groups and hip hop, I felt this
gives you an all in one show vs. the many failed spin offs of the
genre where they'd try to find group or rapper on their own and just
failed miserably do to the lopsided ratio of shit talent picked to
fill slots in a show of this nature vs. actual talent.
I
only have three major issues with The X-Factor, and really two of
them are more personal nitpickery instead of actual issues. My first
issue, though it might sound abit narrow minded, is the lower end of
the age spectrum, now I'm not saying there aren't talented young kids
who could be out there putting the game on its head and making that
big figga skrilla, but a lot of them at like 12 to 14 or so, aren't
mentally or emotionally ready for what they'll have to deal with,
plus, I just don't see how giving a not raving review of the work of
someone that young could make the judges look like anything but an
asshole, seriously who isn't gonna boo someone for telling a 12 year
old kid they tanked a performance and then tell them the critical
feedback they need to make it better? Most kids that age group, those
watching live, and the viewers aren't gonna hear the important
feedback to make it better that they'll be given, they'll just see a
judge telling a little kid they fail at singing a certain song. No
one wants to be THAT
asshole, even if its important to their growth as an artist, it just
looks mean. Unless that kid is Justin Bieber, then hate him all you
like, specially now that its legal in most cities in the UK to hunt
Bieber with a crossbow from Midnight to 6am. My other issues, as I
stated are more nitpickery, I do not feel just because the judges
felt the need to make two groups, to round out the groups category,
that those two groups, which really aren't that good, should be
pushed along to live shows simply because it seems the judges refuse
to admit they might have been wrong, seriously, if you've not seen
the show check on the website, they're “Lakoda Rayne” and
“inTENcity”; one is a country pop girl group thats name sounds
like a porn star and they all dress like slores, and the other is a
random mash up of 10 not exactly talented kids that sound like a
theme park show, its painful to watch. My last bit of nitpickery is
in the choice of former Pussycat Doll and lover of wearing dresses so
short and tight one most carefully sit down in them or they split in
self destructive zones, Nicole Shrerzinger, as a judge. Ok I get it,
she's hot, and not everyone is gonna wanna perv at cougartastic and
completely insane Paula Abdul, but the problem is, even though she
looks good in a tight slore suit, and apparently can sing moderately
well, she doesn't really have the knowledge base of various genres of
music or artists to properly work with the group she was given to
work with, the over 30 group. It seems like a mistake to me, and that
sucks because some of the over 30s could win the whole thing, infact
I think the three that are left as of the top 12, have strong chances
to win it all, with very few that I can see giving them a run.
Which
leads me to my next point of interest, the actual talent of the show.
Now, I have to admit, I see what the other critics have been saying
about the show being a case of how many talented sob stories can you
cram into one show, but Idol falls into that trope too, so I can let
it go, but, also, unlike Idol, the talent that makes it through,
thanks to the crowd, is infact very talented, not so/so with hopes of
them growing in the Hollywood rounds, if you don't bring the very
best, you don't have a chance in hell. As for the actual talent in
general, they've got some great voices, and some I feel are just
there because they're more of a package or a stage show, then a
voice. Recent elimination and possibly the saddest of the sob stories
and James Brown sound-alike, Dexter Haygood, for example, was more of
a stage show then a singer, that doesn't make him any less talented
then the others, but it makes it harder to showcase him, his unique
but talented voice, and the stage show that a man who sounds like him
would need, in a show of this nature, he's more of a go see them live
singer then a listen to them on the radio singer, where in contrast,
you have someone like LeRoy Bell, a man who was part of the short
lived late 1970s soul group Bell and James, has written songs for
Elton John, as well as played with Sir Elton as well as B.B King and
many others, who when you listen to his voice, you just sit in wonder
of how a man with such an amazing voice and such an ear for music,
could have been overlooked for as long as he has been. But LeRoy is
all voice and no real show, as a contrast to Dexter. Seriously, its
mind-boggling, look him up.
There
are other amazing talents as well that I feel have a chance at the
crown, south Florida's contender for new latin diva Melanie Amaro,
and lifetime original movie Stacy Francis, who will show down for the
most powerful of the female voices, both have a chance at taking the
whole thing if they keep with themselves on track. Other stand outs
with a chance to actually make it to the winner's circle include;
Rachel Crow, the youngest, and by far the most entertaining of the
finalists, she might be more suited to be the likes of being an
acting/singer double punch for a company like Disney that makes its
own child stars then sets them loose in the wild after they grow up,
but its ok, she's awesome. Other possible winners are Josh Krajcik, a
guy who, when not trying to look like me, but sing astoundingly
better then I wish I ever could, is normally making burritos at a
shopping mall eatery. Josh's voice is amazing and has such a soulful
sound to it, it just amazes me that this guy never went past the
singing in bars stage of music. Another is rapper Chris Rene, who,
not only is one of the most uplifting and positive stories in the
competition, also set the internet on fire with his audition song, an
original rap called “Young Homie”, which even had my mother, who
is by no means a hip hop lover singing along and standing up and
cheering by its end. As well as posibly the dark horse in this race,
young soul singer Marcus Canty, who sounds like a soul singer
straight out of the early 1990s, before R&B became bald idiots
like Usher taking their shirts off and showing their abs more then
about singing, plus, Marcus has the right to claim he sang right to a
visibly turned on by his actions Rihanna, who was assisting judge LA
Reid with selecting his final four, gotta put a guy who can use his
voice to visibly get one of the world's most sought after women hot
in the pants for him, in contention for the crown.
Fun
Fact I found out this week; You might not know the name Shuki Levi,
but if you were a child, or had a child between 1983 and now, you
have heard his voice, or music he's composed, Shuki started out in
the early 1980s as a failed pop singer, who was asked by Kenner toys
to write and preform the theme songs as well as product the in show
music for cartoons based on their biggest toy properties at the time;
M.A.S.K and Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors, Levi wrote and recorded
all the music for both series, even the themes, both of which most
1980s pop culture historians claim to be among the best themes of the
era, from there Levi became in demand, creating themes and music for
everything from Disney's Gummi Bears, to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
(or if you're in the UK Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles) to every single
adaption of The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Levi still puts out
albums of his own music from time to time, though most critics find
it odd that a guy that made an artform out of writing a theme to a
cartoon or a show where people in spandex and motorcycle helmets do
parkour to defeat people in foam rubber suits while pyrotechnics go
off wildly behind them, can suck at making actual music for the
masses. … And thats a fun fact, that I learned this week, and felt
the need to share with you, because after all, knowledge is power,
and knowing is half the battle, and knowing makes you, a superstar.
Songs
I'm feeling this week: “Lucky” Katie Kole, “A Change Is A
Coming” LeRoy Bell, “Dominion Road” The Mutton
Birds,
“Love The Way You Lie” Meghan Tonjes, “Empire State Of Mind”
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, “Shipping Up To Boston” The Dropkick
Murphys, “White Trash Beautiful” Everlast, “The Transformers”
Lion, “Creepshow” Kerli,“Tessie” The Dropkick Murphys,
“Joline” Queen Adreena, “Feel This” Porsah Laine, “Companion
To A King” Mieka Pauley, “Into The Mystic” Jason Isbell, “Self
Destructive Zones” Drive By Truckers, “Sticks That Make Thunder”
Steeldrivers, “Kabuki” by Aloan, “Window pain” Opeth, “Over
The Hills And Far Away” Nightwish, “Akhasmak Ah” Nancy Ajram,
“The
Longest Road” Morgan Page and Lizze (various remixes), “From The
Delta To The Golden Gates” Barbra Blue.
And
thats where I'm gonna finish ride thats so wild that Mr. Toad wishes
his name was involved in it, even though I've no idea why I made a
Wind In the Willows reference in this day and age, with so little
giving a crap about it because it doesn't involve vampires or
werewolves, but for now, as I always do, I shall end it with some
random thoughts, to dazzle, amaze, annoying, and bewilder you all...
so.. here we go...
I
seriously do not care for 98% of reality tv. At what point did the
world decide Nickleback still deserves radio play? And on Canadian
rock bands, why haven't Big Sugar or The Tragically Hip get the love
they deserve instead? I'm thinking about giving afew followers of
mine alittle segment where they give me a list of music they're
listening to whenever I get around to writing this each time, kind of
an interactive thing. I really feel glad I sat down and wrote this
out, I forgot how much I missed it. The reason I was away so long is
because nothing really interesting happened in entertainment, it was
all just reality tv show “star” bullshit, and well I just don't
give a fuck who Kim Kardashian's giant ass is married too now, people
who are famous because they sucked the neverwas brother of a has been
pop singer from the 90s off on video, really shouldn't be “famous”,
thats just how I see it I guess. I'm so happy Haven's getting a third
season, my life needs more Emily Rose in it. I'm getting really tired
of all these Paranormal shows out there on tv, seriously, I don't
care if Donny Most from Happy Days had an encounter with a ghost,
because more then likely, that ghost was the ghost of his career, its
been dead sense 1984 after all. American Horror Story is a lot like
Marchlands, but instead of Alex Kingston hotting things up when it
gets boring, you have Dylan McDermitt with out pants on, somehow that
doesn't really seem like a great trade off to me. Speaking of Alex
Kingston, if you haven't seen her short “River Song: My Story”
from the final episode of Doctor Who Confidential, you have too, its
a wonderful and beautiful thing. I'm so excited Misfits comes back
tonight!!! Also, seriously I'm getting tired of waiting for the new
Being Human series to start. Speaking of Being Human, I'd love a
shirt that says “Team Annie” mostly because, well, Annie's
awesome. And finally, one last thing I wish you all to remember, and
take with you always, “Akhasmak, aah. Aseebak, la. Wi gowah ilroah
hatifdhal habeebi illi ana bah-waah. Bahibbak, aah. Wa afarkak, la.”
Remember it always, for its how I feel for all of my fans who love
what I write, thank you all so very much.
And
that is where I shall end it for this installment my fellow Indigo
Children, so until next whenst we meet, I wish you all good times and
blessid be your souls.
BC
