You Alone Have the Power

   Just like B5, but better coiffed

While not busy challenging Phil Spector for most disgustingly re-inventive hair styles, Sanjaya Malakar likes destroying classic 1960s British Invasion tunes and bringing young girls to tears. Like my otra defeatist brothers, I am quick to malign the pseudo-democratic saccharine factory that is American Idol. But then I read this article which brought me renewed hope for the future...

The question tantalizes and terrorizes American Idol viewers: What if Sanjaya wins?... In the short run, his presence makes for spirited debate, but if Sanjaya Malakar, 17, is standing in the winner's circle, "it would destroy credibility the show's built up in the past five seasons," music consultant Tom Vickers says. "Instead of 30 million viewers a week, it might draw 20 million." A Sanjaya victory "will ruin the show," says fan Catherine Schloss of Folsom, Calif. "If he wins, I really don't think American Idol will be back."

That's it - a vote for Sanjaya is the only way to jam the system. Then again, a vote for Sanjaya could backfire and actually bring more attention and popularity to an already overhyped teevee show. Oh well, the five seconds of glee I gathered from the article was enough to get me through the rest of the day.

In other news, Pope BennieTheDick asserted that hell "really exists and is eternal, even if nobody talks about it much any more". Yeah, I was wondering about that hell thing - glad he cleared that up for us. I hope they serve beer there.

Comments

[Crusader AXE]

I was having dinner with a bunch of people from the office trying to get to know some new subcontractors whom I'm not that impressed with. I was at the end of the table with the Deputy and the Supply Division Chief. These guys both grew up in the same small hillbilly city and they were getting so "folksy" I was beginning to vomit. "We got to chase that pig..." " She lived in a trailer and her momma was divorced, her big sister was divorced, she was the only one that wasn't divorced..." My comment, "Because she was 12?" Anyway, somebody brought this guy up and the whole table started to talk about American idol except the contracts lady and me. We left. Nothing is sillier than hearing retired Army officers debate the talents of the twits on American idol.

As for hell, Benny Rat really needs to get out more. If you buy Catholicism or Christianity, hell seems sort of odd. Jesus died for our sins, and he fucked up because a lot of us are going to go to hell. If you're Jewish, well, as Lewis Black says, God is kind of a psycho madman killer type. You're not safe even if you suck up -- he'll fuck you over in a heartbeat.

I remain convinced that the absurdity of all religion is best shown by the inane responses to death. You come back, or maybe you don't. You burn forever or not. You hang out in the Elysian Fields with Russell Crowe and Hank Williams. You become compost. Whatever...

[bethey28]

America is pretty much ridiculous at this point...c'mon, people - ridiculous...

[Crusader AXE]

Hey, did they take a vote on Ryan Seacrest? Is he gay? Is Simon? Why would anyone want to do "You really got me going" on American idol a la Justin Timberlake? It's kind of like doing "The Great Speckled Bird" on Nashville Star, or a blackface number on BET.