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Miscellaneous Thoughts (a.k.a. The Ranting Corner)

Thursday, 6 May 2004

Idol Update?
As I drove in to work this morning I was impatiently flipping radio stations trying to find some music. More than anything else I hate talk in the morning. Funny talk, serious talk, morning-show talk, traffic talk ? I hate it all. Give me music and leave me alone with your banal hilarity.

Anyway, as I was driving, one song ended and the dj came on with far too much enthusiasm and began to give the ?Idol Update?. As I hastily changed the channel I started to get angry. If I wanted to know what was going on on ?Idol?, I?d watch the damn show. Is there really that big of a need to recap it the morning after?? If you were watching you already know what happened. If you weren?t, it?s probably because you feel, as I feel, that reality television is one of the tangible signs that our American Empire is slowly slipping towards the abyss.

American Idol, you make me weep.

Posted by freak2/katertot0208 at 8:07 AM EDT
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Thursday, 6 May 2004 - 11:29 AM EDT

Name: Lindsay

I don't like to listen to people talk to the radio either!! Its very annoying!!
I like American Idol but I agree that they don't need to recap it the next day!!!!!! Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy people!!! Hee!!!

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Thursday, 6 May 2004 - 12:19 PM EDT

Name: Mike Opiola

I was totally w/ you on the reality TV thing. I saw a reality TV MAGAZINE yesterday at the gas station. BUT....have you seen Family Plots on A&E? Monday nights...8pm CST? I LOVE that show. Maybe 'cause I'm morbid and miss picking up corpses. But this is the ONLY reality TV show I'll ever be following!!

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Thursday, 6 May 2004 - 10:32 PM EDT

Name: Vicki

AHH! reality tv! I hate it! The entire concept of it and they way it's done. American Idol *shudder*, I can proudly say that I have never seen an episode of it. I totally agree with you on the recap thing on the radio, if we'd want to know what happened on the show we'd watch it.
Talking Radio IS annoying, music on the other hand is good.

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