Jacob Lusk, The First Extrasexual Soul Singer
A few quick notes on Jacob Lusk's "American Idol" performance last night: I think we can collectively agree that what happens at 1'22" needn't be discussed. He's air-humping the lady who wrote "Man in the Mirror." But 1'34"-1'44"! READ MORE
Four Takes On "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"
I’m thinking today about Hedwig and "The Origin of Love" and the time when the earth was still flat and clouds were made of fire and mountains stretched up to the sky, sometimes higher. When folks roamed the earth, like big rolling kegs, with two sets of arms and two sets of legs and two faces peering out of one giant head, who sang the songs? READ MORE
A Move-by-Move Divanalysis of Jacob Lusk's 'American Idol' Performance
This happened last night, on TV. Let's just get into it. READ MORE
Who is the Greatest Diva of the Last 25 Years? We Offer Scientific Proof!
By way of eulogy to the dying animal that is the Diva, my crack team of consultants, statisticians and graphic designers have assembled DIVA-OFF 2010, a highly scientific (we used computers!) evaluation of the greatest divas of the past twenty-five years. A list of divas was evaluated on eleven levels of diva-ness, and, because each diva characteristic is not created equal, we scaled the values in the hopes of creating an aggregate diva number that will serve as a reference point for future generations. READ MORE
