On Sanjaya and other pressing world matters

Anyone who thinks Sanjaya Malakar can't sing should listen to Paula Abdul's old songs. I remember Paula's pop music career. She couldn't carry a tune in a bucket with wheels. Without all those elaborately choreographed videos of hers, she would've had no career. In fact, there are plenty of people with no vocal ability who somehow managed to get record contracts. Britney Spears. Jessica and Ashlee Simpson. Nick Lachey. What makes Sanjaya any different? Easy: he's not relying on prerecorded tracks and he's not lip syncing. Really, Paula, Simon, and Randy are part of that very music industry juggernaut that has been passing over worthy artists in favor of the above-named no-talents. It's hilarious that they're so puzzled about this guy. Jill at Brilliant at Breakfast is rooting for Sanjaya. After reading her post, hopefully you will root for him, too.

On an unrelated note, there's only one thing more shocking about Keith Richards' "joke" about snorting his dad's remains: namely, that anyone could understand what was coming out of his mouth. ("My farragarrrr ar snooohrrwar arrshes." "Huh? Whuh? What's he saying now?")

Courtesy of Blue Gal, it seems I'm not the only one suffering scandal fatigue. Someone should've created a sign saying, "January 2009, hurry up and come!"

Via Pete Blackwell, we find the American news media continuing to insult readers' intelligence. And I agree, putting Annie Leibowitz on the cover of Newsweek makes no sense. Sanjaya Malakar is a more newsworthy cover subject. (JOKE, people! That was a joke!)

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