First Blog of August 2010
This week we look at what political back bone is, new judges on American Idol and Shark Week!
Welcome to another week in Bogworld.com. I am pretty happy with the slow but steady improvements I have been trying to make here. Hope you are enjoying them too.
Take a moment to click on over to thepranknovel.com and let me know what you think. I am trying very hard to make good use of all the social networking avenues I have to promote the novel. Please let all your friends know about the book! It looks like were being considered for an article with Twin Cities Metro Magazine soon. Keep your fingers crossed.
Its Shark Week!
Its Shark Week! What did you get me? Discovery Channel’s weeklong festival of shark documentaries always turns into a rating bonanza for them. For me its a little like a high school reunion. When I worked for a big museum years ago I was lucky enough to work with a lot of nature documentary people. If you look my name up on the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB.com) you will see my one and only listing is Search For The Great Sharks. I actually worked on a few movies back then. But thats the only one that shows up on IMDB.
As you might imagine, there aren’t that many people in the world making shark documentaries. So some of the folks I met while working on that project tend to show up during Discovery Channel’s Shark Week.
Keep an eye out for Rodney Fox and Rocky Strong. They are still out there poking cameras at sharks. I am sure they will show up on cable this week.
American Idol Gets New Judges!
Speaking of sharks, we all knew that painfully honest Idol judge Simon retired from the show at the end of last season. It would surprise no one to hear that there were allegedly clashes of personalities constantly going on behind the scenes and sometimes in front of the cameras between the judges last year. In fact, the problem with the show in recent years has been the sheer number of judges.
The show began with three. Then they expanded to four. Then they would sometimes bring in guest judges to make the long pauses between singers even longer. The show was becoming more about the stupid judges than the talent show they were judging.
I guess the producers saw the exit of Simon as the opportunity to clean house. Ellen is gone. Kara is gone. But somehow Randy kept his job. I guess Journey will have to go without their bass player one more tour.
Who was hired to fill those three empty chairs? Two people. That’s right. Idol is going back to a three judge panel. Thank god. They are bringing in acting and singing diva Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith frontman Stevie Tyler.
Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Stevie Tyler. Its such a strange combination I really don’t even know what to say about it. It reminds me a little of that very strange Super Bowl half time show years back that featured Run DMC, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Aerosmith. I dont think that was necessarily a good idea either.
But personality train wrecks might make for entertaining television. Its the sea of terribly untalented singers for the first few weeks of the show that makes Idol entertaining and then its the final two super talented people they usually narrow the pack down to that make the show the phenomenon that it is.
I still think Crystal Bowersox should have won last season. I still think she is going to be the next stand out star to come out of that show who will join Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson who went on to become true music superstars.
An Interesting Bit of Political Backbone.
CHECK THIS OUT
Quote of the Moment.
“Its hard to know what he’s seeing but judging from the look on his face it must be Jesus high-fiving a unicorn!” - Ellen Fox, Rotten Tomatoes TV Show.
Take a moment to click on over to thepranknovel.com and let me know what you think. I am trying very hard to make good use of all the social networking avenues I have to promote the novel. Please let all your friends know about the book! It looks like were being considered for an article with Twin Cities Metro Magazine soon. Keep your fingers crossed.
Its Shark Week!
Its Shark Week! What did you get me? Discovery Channel’s weeklong festival of shark documentaries always turns into a rating bonanza for them. For me its a little like a high school reunion. When I worked for a big museum years ago I was lucky enough to work with a lot of nature documentary people. If you look my name up on the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB.com) you will see my one and only listing is Search For The Great Sharks. I actually worked on a few movies back then. But thats the only one that shows up on IMDB.
As you might imagine, there aren’t that many people in the world making shark documentaries. So some of the folks I met while working on that project tend to show up during Discovery Channel’s Shark Week.
Keep an eye out for Rodney Fox and Rocky Strong. They are still out there poking cameras at sharks. I am sure they will show up on cable this week.
American Idol Gets New Judges!
Speaking of sharks, we all knew that painfully honest Idol judge Simon retired from the show at the end of last season. It would surprise no one to hear that there were allegedly clashes of personalities constantly going on behind the scenes and sometimes in front of the cameras between the judges last year. In fact, the problem with the show in recent years has been the sheer number of judges.
The show began with three. Then they expanded to four. Then they would sometimes bring in guest judges to make the long pauses between singers even longer. The show was becoming more about the stupid judges than the talent show they were judging.
I guess the producers saw the exit of Simon as the opportunity to clean house. Ellen is gone. Kara is gone. But somehow Randy kept his job. I guess Journey will have to go without their bass player one more tour.
Who was hired to fill those three empty chairs? Two people. That’s right. Idol is going back to a three judge panel. Thank god. They are bringing in acting and singing diva Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith frontman Stevie Tyler.
Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Stevie Tyler. Its such a strange combination I really don’t even know what to say about it. It reminds me a little of that very strange Super Bowl half time show years back that featured Run DMC, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Aerosmith. I dont think that was necessarily a good idea either.
But personality train wrecks might make for entertaining television. Its the sea of terribly untalented singers for the first few weeks of the show that makes Idol entertaining and then its the final two super talented people they usually narrow the pack down to that make the show the phenomenon that it is.
I still think Crystal Bowersox should have won last season. I still think she is going to be the next stand out star to come out of that show who will join Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson who went on to become true music superstars.
An Interesting Bit of Political Backbone.
CHECK THIS OUT
Quote of the Moment.
“Its hard to know what he’s seeing but judging from the look on his face it must be Jesus high-fiving a unicorn!” - Ellen Fox, Rotten Tomatoes TV Show.