"I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think that there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger - a lot of social energy in it."
- John Kerry, 3/30/05
Posted on 04/29/2005 7:19:21 AM PDT by dead
SCOTT Savol, who seems to be the most unlikely finalist on "American Idol" this season, just keeps hanging on.
And viewers are beginning to wonder exactly how Savol, the pudgy kid from Shaker Heights, Ohio, is managing to pull it off, while fan favorites like Constantine Maroulis get the boot, as he did Wednesday night.
Some point to the efforts of a Web site called votefortheworst.com, which considers "Idol" a joke and encourages viewers to cast their votes for Savol because, it says, "he is the worst."
"I think our site definitely has some effect on the results for 'Idol,' " says Dave DellaTerza, the site's creator.
"I always used to say it's just like any 12-year-old girl power-voting for [Idol wannabe] Carrie [Underwood]," he says.
That girl "thinks her results affect the show, too, when they just help to contribute. But I've changed my tune a bit since our Web site got over 100,000 hits in the last two days. Now I'm hearing from people who throw 'vote for the worst' parties, who get office pools together to vote for Scott . . . This has definitely turned into something huge, which I hope will continue."
It was a shock Wednesday when Maroulis, who had never before come even thisclose to getting tossed from the show, was voted out. But the native New Yorker took it in stride.
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"I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think that there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger - a lot of social energy in it."
- John Kerry, 3/30/05
I'm not sure -- I haven't had my first cup of coffee yet -- but I'm pretty sure he was joking.
But then, you may be joking too.
I have no idea. I'm going to get my coffee.
Are you a music engineer, an electrical engineer, or a train engineer?
I am glad you are so tuned into pop culture. Do you wear your pants around your knees and still live in your parents home? That quite popular now!
"The interesting thing about pop culture is that if you are "plugged in" and can "give advice on what is hip", you are yesterday's news."
How wrong you are. Me and the rest of my gangsta engineer brothers and sisters are the arbiters of ALL that is hip.
You would be wise to follow our lead, maybe you'd get some residual hipness from me and my ilk
You all are cracking me up this morning. Much needed since we are getting blasted with winter weather in Denver this week and beyond.
AHHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
Priceless.
"Do you wear your pants around your knees and still live in your parents home?"
Low is OUT man. We hike them UP. And we keep the peanut butter sandwich that mom made in our front pocket.
Get with it!
I must have been joking since I haven't moved from my chair yet. I could have sworn I was being serious.
Although Vonzell has sounded a lot better the last few weeks. She is more your prototypical pop star, so it would be good to have a rocker or a country singer win. All three are much better than Rubin or Fantasia. La Toya London was last years best, although she lacked the charisma to be a star.
"Are you a music engineer, an electrical engineer, or a train engineer?"
Well, I did play with trains when I was a kid.
" Do you wear your pants around your knees and still live in your parents home? That quite popular now!"
LOL!
I guess my frazzizal is in the manizel. Sorry.
I was just going to move my weight bench out onto the stoop and crack a 40. Boooooyyyyyyyyy
"Pop culture is shaped by guys who look like this..."
You don't know what you are talking about. None of those guys have an oversized gold sliderule around their neck. How can they be hip?
Stop being so skeptical. Watch, listen and learn. You CAN be hip, it may take some effort, but it can be done
The eye makeup Connie had on was nauseating. You'd never see that on Scott. Not that Scott isn't anything more than a self-centered punk.
I liked Nadia.
Constantine was one of my picks for bottom three, but I expected Scott would go, not because he's ugly (which he is) but because he hasn't sung in key for the last 3 weeks. But when it comes down to brass tacks, I preferred Scott to Constantine.
Anthony is gone next week. I think Scott has some kind of Gothic following and may survive the next two weeks.
Ok!
I guess I've been had.
Give me a break. After all it IS friday and my brain is drained!
:0)
"I guess my frazzizal is in the manizel. Sorry."
stop talking like a DORK
;^)
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