A little bit of ranting never hurt nobody!

 
AN UPDATE FROM ONE OF YESTERDAY'S STORIES...

So....remember the American Idol story from yesterday. Um...if not, just look below this one.

Anyway...Corey Clark, the contestant the article referred to yesterday, was booted from the show by producers yesterday. Now...supposedly this show is good at picking the future stars of the American Pop Machine. As I stated yesterday, aren't the show's producers missing the current trend in popular music today? Let's look at the facts:

Sean "P-Ditty" "Puff Daddy" Combs--- Arrested and tried for brandishing a gun and shooting up a club in December of 1999...eventually acquitted
Snoop Dogg--- Tried for a 1993 murder...eventually acquitted; arrested like a million times for marijuana possession
Eminem--- Pistol-whipped a guy who was talking to his then-wife in 2000...given probation
Tommy Lee--- Um...the list is too long to mention here
Dionne Warwick--- Found going through airport security with 11 joints in her make-up case...claims they weren't hers (um...Dionne, sorry sister, but we saw you in those Psychic Friends Network commercials)
Diana Ross--- Arrested for drunken driving in 2002
...and there are so many others, I just stopped counting!

Sadly, many times this kind of controversy does nothing but make the public want them even more. Snoop, Eminem and Puffy all had multi-platinum selling albums post-arrest. In fact, ALL of these performers have enjoyed a great amount of success throughout the years (except Tommy Lee...but he's a bit of a strange one). I guess what upsets me is the double-standard that American Idol seems to be putting on its competition. And seriously, don't even get me started on ranting about "reality" shows.

Also from yesterday...Ian has posted some pics from the Apex mission trip online...go check them out!

I'll have more later...but for now...peace out, yo!


posted by Stacie @ 11:03 AM