How do you solve a problem like trying to interest an audience raised on “American Idol” to like an old fashioned Broadway musical? Well, for one thing, if you are producing “The Sound of Music,” you cast an “American Idol” superstar like Carrie Underwood. After all, Carrie Underwood is one of country music’s “favorite things”;…
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell – Love Has Come For You *** ½ (out of 4 stars) Label: Rounder Records Steve Martin, the actor, comedian, producer, playwright and author, has added the hyphen of “banjo musician extraordinaire” to his seemingly endless list of talents for several years now. With Love Has Come For You, he…
If you stopped watching network television awhile ago because it had gotten so bad, you made the correct decision. It has continued to get worse. A few years ago, network television became dominated by cheaply made reality TV shows and talent contests, sitcoms with hyperactive manic characters, and socially liberal themes. Television has always pushed…
Talk about being in the hot seat! Blake Shelton has always seemed to me to be the Bill Clinton of country music; he never seems to know when to be quiet, poor guy. He did it again when he upset fans of traditional country music with a comment he made in GAC’s Backstory special on…
TV’s “Columbo,” Peter Falk, died in Los Angeles Thursday night. He was 83. Over the years, the star won four Emmy Awards for his portrayal of the cigar-chomping detective who always looked as if he’d just rolled out of bed. Peter Falk played one of the most famous and beloved fictional detectives on television on…
Somewhere in a parallel universe, where CNN is actually a respected news source, a journalist is crying. Ryan Anthony20-something Tennessee Journalism student and relentless sports fan.More Posts
It is important that I start by saying I don’t personally know Andrew Breitbart or Glenn Beck. I met Breitbart once, for about 60 seconds, at CPAC 2010. I also interviewed him by phone on May 21st, with my co-host Daria DiGiovanni, on Conservative Republican Forum. I have never met or spoken to Glenn…
The biggest effect that American Idol has had on the music scene was by naming Carrie Underwood one of its big winners. Country radio (and video, for that matter) immediately embraced her. Then the fans took over and eventually she became an official country music superstar. Heck, even the Grand Ole Opry inducted her into…
After a rough week and an even more demanding day, I’ve decided that the main events of this episode will be economized into an easy-to-read format. To run where things stand down, and also quickly, Junior’s team of homicidal carebears led 2-1 by way of Ryan McGillivray’s barn burner win last week. If there are…
I’m not sure who’s making the decisions in China these days. It feels like an episode of Celebrity Apprentice; one day things seem to be going well (as if John Rich or Marlee Matlin were calling the shots) and the next day it feels like things are off-track (and LaToya Jackson or Gary Busey are…
