Jessica Sanchez had me when she channelled Whitney Houston in ”I will always love you”. If you look at the uneven album records of the 17 American Idol winners and runner-ups only eight first place winners have released an album – though Carrie underwood and Kelly Clarkson have done well- there is one Oscar winner [...]
The Voice 2012 – who will win? Jermaine Paul gets my vote!
What I love about “The Voice” – the blind auditions. What I don’t like about “The Voice” - The judges, especially Christina, turned snarky this season. The first season was so kind and nurturing to the singers. It takes such courage for them to perform as they do. I loved Katrina but she didn’t make [...]
American Idol’s Jessica Sanchez: when the whole world held its breath
If you ever doubt the power of music to transcend daily life, listen to Jessica Sanchez’s rendition of ”And I Will Always Love You”. Jessica channels Whitney and when she pauses just before she belts out “And I-I-I will always love you” I think the whole world held its breath. I did. I don’t think [...]
American Idol: Go Crystal!
Crystal Bowersox has my vote to win American Idol 2010. She’s got a wonderful, unique talent, and lots of heart and I could listen to her all day long. Lee Dewyze is very good, too, though he’s not as consistent or at Crystal’s level – yet. Their duet singing the Oscar-winning “Falling Slowly” from the [...]
What’s wrong with American Idol
First, what’s right with American Idol this season: they discovered Crystal Bowersox. The ONCE duet last night was marvelous. What’s wrong? There is supposed to be a way to answer this question on the American Idol website; I tried to register so I could post but it’s really complicated so here is my answer: What’s [...]
Stations of the Cross: praying with today’s pop music
Every year Cornerstone Media releases a CD of the traditional Stations of the Cross complimented by a brief selection from a pop song that reflects the themes of prayer and life. Actually, it comes with a whole kit of resources. I listened to this year’s CD on the way home from the Religious Education Congress [...]
United Breaks Guitars or How to find justice through non-violence and art
This YouTube video is the hottest since Susan Boyle. I used it in my media literacy education class to show how people can achieve justice through non-violence and art. Dave Carroll, whose guitar United broke, made this statement after United Air Lines reached out to him to rectify the situation (after 2 days and over [...]
Michael Jackson R I P Heal the World
Remembering Michael Jackson. May he rest in peace. Today’s “revivial, ceremony, concert” at the Staples Center in his memory Los Angeles is beautiful. I have never seen a funeral like it, and it seems totally consistent with Michael’s image and life. Here it is HEAL THE WORLD! This is it. Now I am crying. This [...]
Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, Thrilled Us
CNN Headline News just announced that Michael Jackson has just died at UCLA Hospital at the age of 50. He suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Beverly Hills about 12:20pm this afternoon and went into a coma. HLN is reporting that other news sources are announcing the death but that they are still trying to [...]
What should Susan Boyle sing next?
Check out my posting today to the National Catholic Reporter’s Blog
