Bitesize pops

Tickets for a Steve Martin -event in Miami were refunded . Audience criticized him of being too boring. Or more diplomatically :"the event did not meet the standard of excellence people have come to expect".

Evolutionary psychologist claims that there is scientific data to back up claims on why beautiful people tend to produce more daughters

"I really don´t think it´s about getting laid for him". Vincent Cassel talks about the director of his new hyped-up movie "The Black Swan"

Writer Anne Rice thinks the romance-aspect of "Twilight" is genius, yet placing the vampires on high school is less so...!

PJ Harvey has announced a new album coming up. Hopefully it is better than her last one. Some people argue  that she has not produced anything as brilliant as "Rid of Me" in 1993

Director and all-around artist/auteur David Lynch has ventured into modern blues . Hmm, something tells me this is either way out there or something marvellous.

Apparently mercury turns wetland birds into homosexuals . This will lead to interesting questions about the safety of residue chemicals/metals  in our drinking water...

Jack White is not happy about his limited-edition recording releases  being sold for hundreds of dollars above their original selling price

Bitesize pops

Sarah Palin and Crack for the general mind

Have you looked at the general program offering on TV these days? It is all reality this and reality that. A show on the mundane everyday life in cake-making or flower hacking must have signified the low point for me -who watches this stuff? Sometimes I just hate people. Not really. But sometimes.

This reality-genre is widely known as crack for the production companies: cheap, fast, fills the schedule and gathers the necessary audience to suck in those endless commercials. The amount of commercials in television has grown steadily over the years- if you don't believe that, just pick up those old Dynasty tapes and measure the minutes. Programs used to last longer, because they could. Nowadays they just take up room from the most important thing, which is ad space. That brings in the cash for the companies.
But they would not be making crack, if there was not a willing, participating consumer for that.

And this brings us to Sarah Palin and her latest PR-stunt. She knows how important it is to stay relevant, especially with the next presidential elections coming. After all, one daughter imitating dancing in skimpy outfits on Monday night prime time just doesn´t quite cut it. We need more exposure.

Sarah Palin and Crack for the general mind

Armless pianist wins China´s got talent

Playing the piano does not come easy for most of us, but imagine doing it with your hands--and well?

Liu Wei just took the grand prize in China´s version of the "(country´s name) Got Talent" reality-tv competition.
Susan Boyle has got nothing in comparison to this skill.


 

Armless pianist wins China´s got talent

We need more Blood on the Baby Bottle

The fifth season of Showtime: s  wonderful series Dexter has started for our Sunday-pleasure, and from the looks of it, the usual mix of blood, splatter and family life is back on spin cycle. TV Guide  went behind the scenes of the macabre hit show, and the pictures are awesome. Did you know that approximately 7-10 gallons of fake blood is used per season?

We need more Blood on the Baby Bottle

dating in a fishbowl

By now everyone and their grandmother has heard of "The Bachelorette" (ABC), Ali Fedotowsky.
Well, not really, but kind of. We live in a strange, strange world, when the once so private act of finding one´s love has turned into a full-on media spectacle, processed and cleaned for our voyeuristic pleasures. The competing bachelors are pre-selected, probably with an eye for visual candy and cleaver sound bites. This is what the TV needs (and our short-spanned attention). But is that the kind of man Ali needs?

Little birdie told me, that Ali´s boss at Facebook had to sign all kinds of confidentiality agreements regarding the show a long time ago. As in before she was in Bachelor, competing for the heart of Jake Pavelka. Maybe she did not leave the Bachelor because she _had_ to return to work, but because she knew greener pastures are awaiting. Remembering Pavelka, that is not a surprise. That permagrin is still haunting me in sleep.

dating in a fishbowl