swollen head

after fleeing work late in the afternoon yesterday, actually, it wasn't fleeing so much as lurching, i ended up staying at home today. i can't afford to take all these days off - but really, am i going to drag myself to work with a bad flu/cold/whatever in the pouring rain?

then i find that chum ltd (home to citytv and the much music family) is being bought out by Bell Globemedia (CTV, MTV Canada, TSN and others). wow. this is a giant move in broadcasting. on on a personal note - all of a sudden not getting an interview for the job at MTV that i would of been perfect for doesn't matter anymore. who needs another merger mess right now? not me.

can you imagine it? a world without much music? they may have been swarmy and missed the point more than three-quarters of the time, but at least they weren't from the land of dorks (CTV, in case you're wondering). i hope that we don't lose city tv here in toronto though - i'd miss my cp24 for quick local news. chum hasn't commented yet - so this might still be speculation - then again, no one to be the one taken over.

last night was the 2nd installment of the live show for rockstar : supernova. and even though i could barely raise my head off of the back of the sofa, here are my thoughs - for what it's worth.

magni - my generation
interacted with the house band, less ego-driven gimmicks and better audience relations. he looked and sounded better than he did last week. but i don't think the band digs him.

jenny galt - tainted love
i actually *heart* this song and was really curious to see what she was going to do with it. she sang well her voice was not nearly as timid as it was last week. i think the performance was still a little dull, she needs to find a way to deliver a performance for this show. and what a strange comment by tommy lee at the end - telling her to go eat because she looked hungry.

jill gioia - violet
holy fuck. are you kidding me? are you going to apply for an impersonator job when you get booted. her performance was way too faithful to courtney love. and the band called her out on it. poor jill. this may just spell her doom.

zayra alvarez - you really got me
i can not say enough about this girl. she is an amazing performer who so far has delivered two very different and phenomenal performances, but i just don't know WHY she's on this show. she needs to find a producer to work with on her strange and quirky neo-gothic debut.

chris - take me out
he seemed to yell in the same tone constantly. i don't know if there's enough depth there. i found this performance boring and unfortunately, so did the supernova-ites.

dilanah - ring of fire
this woman is still the obvious winner, in my opinion. she took this powerful song and switched it up completely and made something all together new. looking like the high priestess of the hellfire club she delivered her song in a way that left no room for criticism. it was like a gothic wet dream meeting a snake charmer.

josh - arms wide open
stop smiling! just stop it! i have been known to hate-on creed and scott stapp before, but this performance made me wish i was listening to creed's version. for those that know me - that says all i need to say.

phil ritchie - eyes wide open
the band is all over this guy. they lurve him. and i don't know why. i think he's a generic radio singer - but then again, if he's a generic singer guy, he should garner some play for supernova, especially in the states. me - i just don't get it.

storm large - surrender
great energy and a very strong voice. i think dave navarro gave her some great advice when he told her she needed to have character, not be a character. hopefully she takes this to heart.

patrice pike - heart shaped box
seeing her sit in the stands, i honestly didn't know who she was. did her look change from last week? or was she that forgettable? i seem to recall that last week gilby clarke told her that she seemed to be the only one who really wanted the job. regardless, her performance this week did not connect for me.

lukas rossi - don't panic
not being a coldplay person, i had no idea what this song was going to be, but was sure i'd recognize it when it started. not only did i not recognize it, but i actually think i'd buy lukas' version of this song. i think the band put another coldplay song in the list this week just to see who'd be dumb enough to take it after their lesson of "song choice is king". in someone else's hands this could of been certain doom. for lukas, it was like icing on the cake left over from last week.

ryan star - jumpin' jack flash
seeing him standing in the wings and hearing brooke burke say he was going to sing 'jumpin jack flash' i said aloud, "it's gonna be like a wedding." and it was. urgh. and he was dull and awkward on stage to boot.

dana - born to be wild
this girl has a fucking amazing voice, so incredible. but, watching her this week was painful. it was hard to watch her mince about like a sex-kitten. she needs to figure it out - but i think with some guidance - she will.

toby - somebody told me
someone did this song last season and just sucked. this guy did not suck and actually was able to pull it off. but i kept wishing that he'd done more of an industrial feel to his arrangement. it would of been killer with his voice.

the result show runs tonight. from their comments - i think supernova is leading the audience to put chris in the bottom three again and i think he'll be heading home - unless someone does some bone-head move like duran duran again, or wears another wedding dress.

[music | pink floyd, "wish you were here"]