Rand Rambles

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Found on the interwebz.

I love Ellen and I love this video…

Click here if you can’t see the video. It’s hilarious!

I’ve been wondering for a weeks now what the hell happened to American Idol. The show is pretty much a mess and I don’t think Paula was that important as to make such an impact in the show by leaving. So, there, Paula has nothing to do with it. Ellen? I don’t think so, even though she doesn’t bring THAT much, she is funny and I wouldn’t consider her responsible for the show being crap. Simon leaving after this season? Meh. I don’t think that would be good enough reason for this season to be trash. It will be reason for next season to be garbage but not this one.

So, what happened? Adam Lambert broke American Idol. He ruined it. From the moment he came as a runner-up last season, Idol was doomed. Why? Because Adam Lambert, love him or hate him, brought the show to new heights of entertainment. One week he would be a badass rocker singing a dirty song like Whole Lotta Love and then the following he would be a mellow, Elvis-like, smooth singer melting old hags’ hearts with Track of my Tears. Every week he would top Twitter trending topics because he just made people talk, he intrigued some who were blind to the fact that he is gay(seriously) and everyone had an opinion, he was everywhere. Still pretty much is.

Now, this season, everything seems bland, everything seems boring. Even performances that in other seasons may have been great, in this season seem like trying to hard and falling short. Idol producers know all this and even though they say that they brought Adam back to help him in sales, they know they needed him to give a spark to a show that is slowly dying. It worked. His performance tonight brought memories of what made last season great, theatrical, manic, out of boundaries, crazy, Adam Lambert. The guy just knows how to entertain and by what he did tonight he can give a run for their money to other actual mentors and performers that have come to Idol.

So, Season 9, stop trying. Let Crystal win, since she is the only one that at the moment has proved that she got what it takes, or give Adam the prize and have him record another album, with a less campy cover art.

(by the way, his album has some great songs and a remix ep was just released. good stuff) – iTunes links

I am writing this mainly just to vent, maybe some idea will come at the end of it. As many of you know I am doing my Master’s Degree on Entertainment Business, started it 2 months ago. I am seriously loving it. But there is a problem, even though I know that I want to work on the entertainment industry I really don’t know exactly what area I want to work in. I have some idea of what I like and dislike but don’t know yet what I want to do.

Most of my projects are based on my company, a company that doesn’t exist yet, not even in my own imagination. I know I could make one up, but wouldn’t it be better to come up with a great idea so I am not just doing school work but actually investing this time working for my future company? And that right there is my struggle, what’s keeping me a little bit behind. I guess, for the sake of my grades I should just choose whatever and make it pretty and awesome. I can take care of my company in the future. Right?

What areas would I like to work with? Talent, mainly. And not just in a specific area, I would like to discover people and make them great. Take someone talented who has not been discovered and provide them with a way of exposing that talent to the world. This, not only in music, but also on television and film. Not only visible talent, like singing or acting, but also other talents like scriptwriting, songwriting, etc.

Any ideas of what could be a company that I could have based on that?