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Author: George Bounacos

  • American Idol Top 12 picks – Pick and Win!

    Of course it’s too early to make picks when you’re still at 20 contestants. That’s the fun. And GG and I will surely take to the airwaves again and handicap the actual American Idol top 12 when they’re announced.

    For now, here is who I’m going with (remember that I had Joe Munoz in there at the beginning of the season)

    1. John Park
    2. Lee Dewyze
    3. Lilly Scott
    4. Crystal Bowersox
    5. Siobhan Magnus
    6. Andrew Garcia
    7. Katie Stevens
    8. Katelyn Epperly
    9. Casey James
    10. Jermaine Sellers
    11. Haley Vaughn
    12. Alex Lambert beats Todrick Hall for the last slot

    Add your top 12 picks as a response here.  I buy the person who gets the most correct a $25 Amazon gift certificate.  If it’s a tie, we pick a name from the people who tied with the most correct.  Contest ends March 2, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. eastern time.

  • My Sharona Singer Dead At 57

    Doug Fieger, lead vocalist of The Knack, whose voice became a radio staple in the late 1970s singing My Sharona and Good Girls Don’t, has died at the age of 57 after battling cancer for years.

    The number one single and multi-platinum LP, Get The Knack, was a worldwide smash driven by a repetitive bass hook that became synonymous with the group.  Drummer Bruce Gary, who could play with tight control or New Wave abandon, died of cancer five years ago.

    The band never recaptured the popularity of their first two albums, but continued making music into 2001.

    RIP, Doug Fieger

  • Lil Wayne’s Long Goodbye

    You don’t have to watch the hour long live stream. God knows I kept fast-forwarding. But as he gets ready for sentencing on last year’s gun charges, Wayne took an hour of his dwindling freedom to light up, talk to his fans and rotate in whoever was wandering by.

    There’s no denying Wayne’s appeal or credibility. President Obama name checks him, Billboard is suggesting that Rebirth might sell more than 100,000 units in its debut week and he’s already sitting on 4 Grammys. But last year’s multiple arrests on weapons and drug charges means Wayne is likely going to prison for a time.  Even multimillionaire musicians can’t like prison.  Maybe they like it less.

    But a little dental surgery bought him an extra month on the outside.   Apparently prison dentists aren’t as good as the ones in Miami so the dude who smoked a Grammy stage earlier this month has until March before being sentenced.  Which gives President Obama one more time to namecheck him.  Maybe about dental hygiene.

    Here is the full hour on Ustream for completists.