Decadence!
Super creamy brie (we had Qualicum Islands brie, which is incidentally served on a scrap of guitar wood from a nearby luthier) + Maple Butter (from Montreal's Jean-Talon market) + pine nuts served on a cracker with a sip of oaked Chardonnay (in this instance, Kettle Valley 2006 Chardonnay from Naramata) = mouthgasm!
The video of Paul Potts and Susan Boyle are very similar in the crowd reaction and judge comments. Person comes on stage, has a rather ordinary back story, enjoys singing, never had the chance to get noticed for it, looks unconventionally plain (bigger eyebrows, crooked teeth, both are somewhat overweight), crowd and judges roll their eyes. Then they sing. Both sing incredibly dramatic songs and everyone goes apeshit. And rightly so, because they're both really great singers. It's just funny that everyone is like OMG SUSAN BOYLE melted everyone's heart...when it happened last year too.
Whatever, there's a billion comments about Susan Boyle ranging from "wow don't judge a book by it's cover, it's a lesson for us all" to "how inspiring that a fat ugly person could ALSO be talented" (blech) to "she's a good singer for sure but she's only getting so much press because she's not considered to be attractive, you shallow fuckwits". I just want her to come to my house and sing me to sleep. Les Miserables is...well, I honestly do think it's the best musical out there...and anyone who sings the songs with such conviction gets a big thumbs up from me. Hooray!
(Also, Ed draws my attention to an MSNBC headline "The 47 year old we're all supposed to love!" lauding her for...what, being old? As if being 47 normally means that you shouldn't be heard from or shouldn't be doing anything worthwhile? Fuck that noise. What about "the singer we all love" or something? The "supposed to" just sounds sarcastic.)
The video of Paul Potts and Susan Boyle are very similar in the crowd reaction and judge comments. Person comes on stage, has a rather ordinary back story, enjoys singing, never had the chance to get noticed for it, looks unconventionally plain (bigger eyebrows, crooked teeth, both are somewhat overweight), crowd and judges roll their eyes. Then they sing. Both sing incredibly dramatic songs and everyone goes apeshit. And rightly so, because they're both really great singers. It's just funny that everyone is like OMG SUSAN BOYLE melted everyone's heart...when it happened last year too.
Whatever, there's a billion comments about Susan Boyle ranging from "wow don't judge a book by it's cover, it's a lesson for us all" to "how inspiring that a fat ugly person could ALSO be talented" (blech) to "she's a good singer for sure but she's only getting so much press because she's not considered to be attractive, you shallow fuckwits". I just want her to come to my house and sing me to sleep. Les Miserables is...well, I honestly do think it's the best musical out there...and anyone who sings the songs with such conviction gets a big thumbs up from me. Hooray!
(Also, Ed draws my attention to an MSNBC headline "The 47 year old we're all supposed to love!" lauding her for...what, being old? As if being 47 normally means that you shouldn't be heard from or shouldn't be doing anything worthwhile? Fuck that noise. What about "the singer we all love" or something? The "supposed to" just sounds sarcastic.)