http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-03-20-idol-coaches_x.htm
'American Idol' coaches sound off
The limited patter of the judges — "You brought it, dawg!", "You're a star!", "Appalling!" — stirred us to seek broader and more constructive assessments of American Idol's contestants. Four opinionated veterans of the entertainment industry agreed to keep tabs on the show (8 p.m. ET/PT Tuesday on Fox) and provide weekly analysis and tips. Meet the coaches:
'American Idol' coach bios
Rona Elliot
On hand for most of the rock era's pivotal moments, Elliot handled local public relations at Woodstock and watched Bob Dylan plug in at the Newport Folk Festival. She hosted and produced shows at one of the first underground radio stations in San Francisco and later joined the NBC Radio Network in New York in management and on the air to present live rock broadcasts. She traveled around the globe with musicians in her post as music correspondent for NBC's Today Show. Today she is a contributing editor for U.K.-based Genesis Publications, known for its rock art books on rock legends, and teaches UCLA classes on the music industry. She also plays bass and sings back-up in a band of parents from her kids' school. (Related item: What do you think of the coaches' advice?)
Rich Martini
Martini, a pianist and a former music critic for Variety, has spent the bulk of his career in film. He made his directorial debut with 1988 comedy You Can't Hurry Love, featuring the debut of Bridget Fonda (Daryl Hannah made her debut in his USC student short film). He wrote the Charlie Sheen comedy Three for the Road and co-wrote and directed Limit Up (starring Nancy Allen) and Point of Betrayal (Rod Taylor and Dina Merrill), which he also scored. Johnny Depp and John Malkovich appeared in his wry Cannes Man, a send-up of the film fest's frantic networking. He recently wrote and co-produced My Bollywood Bride, starring Jason Lewis of HBO's Sex and the City, and shot a documentary featuring Buddhism scholar Robert Thurman, Journey Into Tibet. Martini has written a miniseries for HBO about the Medici family and is developing a film about Amelia Earhart.
Gene Sculatti
A music critic and author, Sculatti is the former special issues director at Billboard and editorial director for Warner Bros. Records. He was most recently managing editor of the music monthly Ice and has written about pop music for Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times and defunct and revered rock magazines Creem and Crawdaddy. Sculatti held positions at A&M Records and CBS Television and is the author of San Francisco Nights, The 100 Best-Selling Albums of the '60s, The Catalog of Cool and Too Cool. The latter pair are the subject of his website, www.catalog-of-cool.com, a compendium of hipster entertainment options with "subzero stylishness."
Don Waller
Waller is the author of The Motown Story, an unauthorized history of the legendary record label, and has contributed chapters to L.A. punk-rock history Make the Music Go Bang and The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats. He's written for USA TODAY, the Los Angeles Times, Mojo, Billboard, Radio & Records, Spin, Guitar World and Variety as well as the Playboy, Amazon, eMusic, Napster and iTunes websites. A former musician (the Imperial Dogs), Waller co-founded the Back Door Man fanzine and indie record label and co-wrote the Blue Oyster Cult's This Ain't the Summer of Love. He's a spoken-word artist, a club DJ (known as Agent 00 Soul) and probably the only U.S. music critic sporting a royal blue tailor-made Chinese silk suit. He's a voting member of The Recording Academy and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cooking is his hobby; music is his life.
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These cracked me up! lol
About Ace:
Waller: He has yet to prove he can do uptempo material, hold a note or sing with power. His diction was poor and his overall performance was desperate. That eyeball-loving-the-camera act gets old real quick. Interview sequences led us to believe that if someone threw a stick, he'd fetch it. He has a Keanu-like quality of perpetually looking like he just walked into a plate glass window.
Kellie Picker
Sculatti: She might get back on the horse after last week if she can personalize the material.Elliot: Lose the stylist immediately, and slap her around for those ugly on-sale shoes.
Waller: Either grow up or shut up. That dumb blonde joke isn't funny anymore.