Turns out I'm in a mixed episode. A bipolar nightmare: the worst features of mania and depression mixed together. I describe it like having the worst flu - aching, pains, lethargy, malaise, tiredness, sleepiness - and then taking 30 NoDoz. Insomnia and jitters (mainly in my tapping/shaking feet) plus all of those others is a real treat. Plus the ( Read more... )

So, first off - Heath Ledger was found dead this morning in his SoHo apartment. Thus the rule of three is complete. First, Brad Renfro. Then, Suzanne Pleshette. Now him. God, what a tragedy has befallen Hollywood to lose such great stars in such a cluster ( Read more... )

Why do I feel like the only 20-something who knows not only all of the words to Herman's Hermits "There's a Kind of Hush," but all of the harmonies as well, by memory? Or, for that matter, even know who Herman's Hermits are? Or ANY music from the 60s (other than, it seems, Chris S ( Read more... )

Well, you really can't get closer than that, now can you?

If you saw Idol, you know what I mean. ( Cut for spoilerage )

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As previously stated, I'm now going to start watching American Inventor. The people are just too good, and it'll be great making fun of the fact that Mary Lou (the only woman on the panel) cries at the ones that have even the vaguest of sob stories, yet calls Doug (the nerdy inventor guy) an asshole when he is supportive of a crazy therapist who ( Read more... )

What is up with Stevie Wonder songs and American Idol? If you haven't seen it yet, Joe R. on TWoP has leaked that next week's them for the new Top 12 is Stevie Wonder songs. And as he put it, "As if there are even any Stevie Wonder songs left at this point." I mean, seriously. There has to be some kind of super-secret deal between 19 Entertainment ( Read more... )

Okay. I had to mention it. Sorry. ( My first animated icon! )

Why is it that Prince can sing entire songs in falsetto and they sound great, will stick in your head for days, and Julia Roberts will be adorable singing them... but when Sway did it on American Idol it just grated ( Read more... )