Hello,
First of all my congratulations to Peter Wiscombe, my old boss, for doing so well on Jeopardy. He appeared on two episodes and won the first time. I could tell he was very disappointed when he didn't win the second time, but he ran into a contestant who was a buzzsaw of information. His opponent also took a big chance on the daily double in the first round. He answered the question correctly and went from $4000 to $8000. Peter I know you are disappointed but you did well for yourself. You showed a lot of knowledge on a vast array of subjects. I would say to brush up on your pop culture knowledge if you ever have a chance to go on again. As for me I'm not going to try to get on Jeopardy, I know if I did I would completely freeze up and make a fool of myself on national TV. I'd rather keep the people who know I'm a fool to a local level. Also Peter a few people accessed my blog because it contained info about you. Thanks!
Driving to work I've been listening to a completely random assortment of music. Last week I was listening to songs from the queen of the ballads, Whitney Houston. On her Greatest Hits double CD, these four ballads lead off Disc 1. Those songs are "You Give Good Love", "Saving All My Love For You", "The Greatest Love of All" and "All At Once". She also has several other classic songs including that one song from "The Bodyguard". Her other classic ballads include "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", "Run To You", "I Have Nothing" and "One Moment In Time". I'm hoping her new CD has a few more classic ballads and I hear that it does. There's suppose to be a pretty great ballad called, "I Didn't Know My Own Strength". I've read online reports that Whitney has lost her great voice though. I hope those rumors are wrong, because the music world needs you Whitney.
Paula "Loopy" Abdul may not come back to "American Idol". themusicaddict is all for that. Not having to listen to her rambling, nonsensical critiques ever again would be delightful. Please "AI" don't offer her a contract. The judges auditions start on August 6th so any contract would need to be signed by then. This show desperately needs an infusion of new judges. Getting good judges would be a bonus as well. No word on whether the Kara "The Torture" DioGuardia will be back. One season is enough for her. Already known is that Randy "Grasp of the Obvious" Jackson will be back, he's locked into his contract until 2011. WTH? Of course the only good judge, Simon Cowell, will be back. Or at least he's the best judge.
Book info: I should be getting that Michael Jackson book tomorrow and will probably start reading it tomorrow as well. Lately when I've had time I've been reading "The Time Traveler's Wife", this is a pretty good book. I just wish I had more time to devote to it. The movie adaptation is coming out on August 14th. It stars the lovely Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana.
Two upcoming books I'm looking forward to are: 1) Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" which is out September 15th. 2) "Where Men Win Glory: The Pat Tillman Odyssey" by Jon Krakauer. This book will also be released on September 15th. What a great day for people who love to read. If you are excitedly looking forward to these books as much as I am, here's a couple of books to check out. Both authors have previous great books you can read now. Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air" is a classic telling of a tragedy on Mt. Everest. Dan Brown's "The Davinci Code" also was a fantastic read. "Code" is a very hard book to put down.
Speaking of great books, the author of "Angela's Ashes", Frank McCourt, died Sunday from cancer at the age of 78. McCourts's memory of growing up in Ireland and all his childhood struggles he went through is a modern classic. On one hand it's very heartbreaking but also a very redemptive novel. This is one of those books that should not be missed.
One final note, the executors of Micheal Jackson's estate are working on making deals to release more Jackson related material. They've shown clips to major movie studios who may want to bring a movie of his concert rehearsals to the big screen. They are also looking to release some of his unreleased music. I'm hoping they don't pick songs that will tarnish his legacy. Usually unreleased music is unreleased for a reason. Be prepared for the Jackson blitz to continue. MTV is reporting that his "Thriller" may eclipse the Eagles "Greatest Hits 71-75" as the top selling CD of all-time. Apparently Janet Jackson has been filling in sort of a mother to Jackson's three kids.
Joe Jackson also recently went on Larry King to deny ever beating Michael. However that appears to be a very well known fact in the industry. Magic Johnson, at Jackson's memorial, took great pains NOT to mention Micheal's father. Johnson not mentioning Micheal's father speaks volumes.
That's it for now, I should be back tomorrow, themusicaddict
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