August 26, 2008 · 1 Comment
Everyone from Fox News to The Other Blog to Your Mom is talking about Kara DioGuardi as the latest edition to American Idol. Paula Abdul is excited but “concerned” about new “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi, she told Phoenix’s 104.7 KISS FM Johnjay & Rich radio show on Monday. “I am concerned about the audience and acceptance. Time will tell. We’ll see,” she said. She also said producers hired the Grammy-nominated songwriter because they “wanted to try a change. If... [Read the full story]
July 24, 2008 · 1 Comment
Courtney Ann Galiano and William Wingfield start off with a Hot, Hot Hot Samba! which all the judges loved. The judges loved it. They all said there were some technical issues, but the chemistry made up for it by a high degree. Comfort Fedoke’s solo is hot! They way her hips and legs moved spoke to parts of me with no ears. Mia Michaels gets to choreograph Twitch and Katee. We get our first stage kiss in the boyfriend girlfriend number between them. Nigel is going WOW! The performance... [Read the full story]
August 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment
In between trying to finish a collection of short stories and novellas, editing another novel, and the general depression that has been hounding me like a bad hangover I have found myself falling back in step with my second musical awakening, a period between 1990 and 1994. Facing my own mortality of late, I have thought about all the greats who are no longer with us and it saddens me. Yes, yes, this is where I pine for the loss of Kurt Cobain, Andrew Wood, and Shannon Hoon. I may feel a sadness for... [Read the full story]
July 20, 2008 · 2 Comments
CNN.com LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood’s box-office superheroes. “The Dark Knight” took in a record $155.34 million in its first weekend, topping the previous best of $151.1 million for “Spider-Man 3″ in May 2007 and pacing Hollywood to its biggest weekend ever, according to studio estimates Sunday. With the success of the first modern Batman movie and the death of beloved actor Heath Ledger is there any wonder this movie did so well? ... [Read the full story]
August 26, 2008 · 1 Comment
Everyone from Fox News to The Other Blog to Your Mom is talking about Kara DioGuardi as the latest edition to American Idol. Paula Abdul is excited but “concerned” about new “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi, she told Phoenix’s 104.7 KISS FM Johnjay & Rich radio show on Monday. “I am concerned about the audience and acceptance. Time will tell. We’ll see,” she said. She also said producers hired the Grammy-nominated songwriter because they “wanted to try a change. If... [Read the full story]
August 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment
I don’t often get to recommend books on The Other Blog simply because I don’t get a chance to read nearly as much as I would like. This is true for many reasons, mostly because I spend so much time writing my own fiction and in free time I often only have time for quick reads of old favorites. Insomnia though has brought me two great reads from Greg Bear. As a master of Science fiction, I am loathe to say I hadn’t read much of his work before and what I had read were only anthology inclusions picked up... [Read the full story]
The first time I saw Kate Perry or Katy Perry if you like was on So you Think you Can Dance singing I Kissed a Girl. Much to my chagrin She did not kiss Courtney Ann Galiano... [Read more]
Everyone from Fox News to The Other Blog to Your Mom is talking about Kara DioGuardi as the latest edition to American Idol. Paula Abdul is excited but “concerned”... [Read more]