February 11, 2010
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The Daily News
1 Is it my imagination or did I see rumors of Howard Stern becoming the possible replacement for Simon Cowell on American Idol?
2 Puh-leeze. Stern is one of the most successful talk-radio guys ever, single-handedly creating the "shock jock" genre of the art of radio, taking much of it to hilarious, outrageous, yet courageous levels. I give him tremendous props for pointing out hypocrisy in America, and in fact, in the world.3 But as a judge of singing talent? Sadly, he is tremendously unqualified. Simon WAS qualified, because he was literally witness to thousands of auditions, and was responsible for finding acts that would work. That was his job.4 Stern knows little about singing, pitch, breathing, etc. What Stern WOULD bring to the show would be brutal honesty coming from HIS perspective and musical interests.5 To Stern's credit, he probably wouldn't be much more damaging to potential stars than Simon has been, but my guess is that with Ellen Degeneres on board as well, the show would take a swift nose five.6 I love Ellen as well, but I have to guess that while she would add some much-needed humor, she would also be more sensitive to the lives and hopes of the contestants.7 Certainly Stern would be a powerhouse, and Degeneres the new Paula, but neither of those two stars could understand the musical side of all of it. Randy would, but he has lost much credibility by referring to everyone as "dawg".8 Personally?9 I don't really care what happens to American Idol. After this season, the show is on the chopping block. It'll be interesting to watch, I imagine, but it will also lose much of its glam.10 Haha, don't we all...!11 Ah, who really cares anyway? The Bachelor is evidently the king of mainstream teevee these days.12 I haven't really been watching 'cuz it seems like such a shallow show, but it would seem that "Jake" the bachelor fell for some spoiled ditzy girl who was clueless.13 Whatevuh.14 Moving on, Part 1: I sent out notifications to DN readers about Coach Bean's funeral on Friday. I would like to thank Jennifer Izzarelli for keeping most of us informed, so here is the info, directly from an email from Jennifer to me:Coach Bean's Funeral
In case you haven't heard yet, Coach Bean's funeral will be held at Saint Francis of Assisi (5111 San Felipe Rd, San Jose, CA 95135) this Friday, February 12 at 1pm followed by his reception at the SCHS Gym from 3-6 p.m. I'll be there.Thanks for helping to spread the word.
15 So there you go. Not happy stuff, but certainly important stuff to those who knew and loved Coach Bean.
16 Thanks Jennifer, for all the info. It was busy, what with people coming and going, and interrupting our daily lives. Somehow you managed to make that happen. I tried getting this info out to the Facebook community yesterday, but alas, the connections didn't connect. Happens.
17 Moving on, Part the Second: For those of you sports fans who aren't into hockey or basketball, this time of the year can be endlessly tedious. Thank goodness we have the Winter Olympics coming to us as soon as they cart six-thousand truckloads of snow to Vancouver.
18 Moving on, Part the Second: Also, in a semi-ironic fashion, pitchers and catchers report to work on February 17 for all those who love watching the Boys of Summer. Yep. We're having the Winter Olympics happening almost concurrently with the earliest beginnings of baseball season.
19 So sports' fans, LOTS to enjoy. Get into the Sharks, because the Warriors are a bit too painful, and you'll have your year handled.
20 That's about it for today. Nothing huge, but as always, no news is ALWAYS good news, as cliche' as it sounds.
21 Have a great day, and make somebody smile huge today.
22 That's always a nice thing.
23 Make yourself smile today too. ; ) <---------sideways winky dude
24 Peace.
~H~
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