Help! Amanda Overmeyer is possessed by the soul of late 80's Starship era Grace Slick!! Nothing's gonna stop her now-except bad performances, scary skyscraper high hair and drunk driving. Nurse, this patient's career is dying stat!!!
Time for another round of Midnight Madness. There's a lot of stuff floating out there to take a look at, so here we go!
American Idol recap as we prep for this weeks round: My fave Amanda Overmeyer surprised everyone by surviving last week despite a ridiculous rendition of Kansas "Carry On Wayward Son". It wasn't just bad, but EPIC which has made me a bigger fan because she refuses to ballad-out of her troubles. And the Grace Slick style wall of hair? Priceless. Now she's had a DUI from her past come up which should seal her fate this week.
Another favorite, Ramiele Mulaby, has had some "scandalous" pics come up from her past but they're nothing truly harmful to her reputation despite the hype. A stunned Alaina Whitaker was given the boot along with some guy who did a bad version of Foreigner's "Hot Blooded". Though David Hernandez got fans pumped up with "Papa was a Rolling Stone" but it was David Archuleta's week with a great version of John Lennon's "Imagine". Now if he can survive decapitation and voodoo as described by Paula Abdul's praise of him (she wanted to squeeze him until his head popped off and hang him from her rearview mirror) is another story. Straight Up!
I watched Kickin' It Old School (2007) starring Jamie Kennedy and as far as no brainer comedies go it wasn't bad. The humor was obvious when you have a story about a break dancer who goes into a coma in the 80's and comes out in the modern day, yet it was a pleasant diversion. And the best use of a DeBarge song in a movie ever! (Yes, that includes "Rhythm Of The Night" in The Last Dragon. Whatever happened to the guy who played the lead in that movie anyway?).
Unhitched premiered after a lot of hype on Fox last Sunday and was OK, not fantastic but not bad either. Having a likeable cast that includes Craig Bierko and Rashida Jones helps and a cameo by Johnny Knoxville went a long way. It's like the Farelly Brothers version of Seinfeld with some lowbrow humor mixed with a 3 guys and 1 girl dynamic. So instead of the Soup Nazi or Yada Yada Yada there will be a lot of ass and nut jokes.
Eddie Van Halen has some medical issues which have forced the Van Halen tour to postpone some dates. Am I glad I saw them when I could!
Carl Palmer of Asia has had heart surgery as well, I just got tickets to see them so get well soon Carl! His drum solo in the Asia in Asia concert was one of the greatest I've ever seen. I couldn't find it out there in internet land but if you can view it, I recommend it.
Janet Jackson is all over MTV with amusing snippets taking shots at popular programming like Making the Band. While these brief ads bring Ms. Jackson back into the spotlight in a positive way, her age is showing and she really should be chasing VH1 at this point. C'mon Janet, what have you done for us lately? Oh yeah, flashed the Superbowl...nevermind.
To close, Jeff Healey passed away due to cancer. He's probably known to most people as the band leader from the movie Road House (He says "That, ladies and gentlemen, is Dalton" referring to Patrick Swayze). I didn't get into his music much but liked his guitar playing, I thought he had real talent. The one song of his I do know is great, that's "Angel Eyes", a fantastic blues rock ballad. So in tribute, here it is.
2 comments:
I love Jeff Healey's music, for the most part. His style was never "make it big" "arena rock". His was always just a good ol bar band. A damn good bar band. Either way, his struggles were heroic and you have to admire him for that.
Definitely, Jeff Healey pushed through a lot of adversity in his life and made more of it than some people with fewer issues.
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