Oh no, say it isn't so. We just wrote about how Marty was one of our favorite "Survivor" contestants because he was such a "player", and we marveled at how he managed to barely escape elimination week after week. And then, last night, he up and got himself voted out. Thanks, Marty. What a shame; Marty's scheming, lying and arrogance was really fun to watch. But never fear, the show will really get good now as there is no one left but the original "young tribe" and their friends, and now they're going to have to start turning on each other. Oh yeah, we can't wait.
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If you listened to the ads for the show, you'd think that AMC's "Rubicon" was the most brilliant, most complicated, most intelligent show since the invention of t.v. itself. Yeah, it was so great that it's already been cancelled. Let's get real, we could have told you this show was a pile of horse hockey just from watching the commercials for the show. When even the commercials, which should be the best, most enticing moments from the show, don't interest anyone, there's a problem. Goodbye, "Rubicon", and good riddance. Don't let the door hit you on the way out!
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Last night's CMA, (Country Music Association), Awards Show was pretty entertaining, but it didn't escape without at least a couple of missed notes. Probably the worst was Kid Rock's scratchy, warbly rendition of his new song called "Free", but luckily there were more really nice moments. Brad Paisely's emotional acceptance speech for his Entertainer of the Year, (country music's equivalent of the Oscar "Best Picture"), was refreshing for its joy and humility, and the juiciest point of the show came right after actress Gwyneth Paltrow completed her much-hyped song, and a very unimpressed Miranda Lambert was caught on camera in the audience scowling at Miss Paltrow. Meow! Believe it or not, though, Paltrow is completely respectable as a singer, and being backed by Vince Gill didn't hurt any; overall it was an enjoyable performance.
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Our favorite moment in the show came when Sissy Spacek introduced a tribute to the legendary Loretta Lynn. Spacek, of course, won an Oscar for Best Actress for playing Loretty Lynn in the movie, "Coal Miner's Daughter". After the introduction, Miranda Lambert took the stage first, singing "Coal Miner's Daughter", and in the middle of the song she was joined by Sheryl Crow. Crow did a great job of mimicking Lynn's intonations and vocal accent heard in the original version of the song, but without making it a parody. That's when you know a singer has real skill, when she can imitate another artist enough to pay homage to that other artist, but still maintain the integrity of her own performance. And then, of course, came the moment: Loretta Lynn joined Lambert and Crow onstage and the three singers finished the final verse and chorus of the song together. It was country heaven and a real moment. Lynn's performance also helped to make the big elephant in the room even bigger: the fact that so much of modern country music is noticeably missing something: country. So much of current country music, and almost every song performed on the show last night was more "pop" than country. Nothing wrong with that, it's helping country music to sell more records and become more popular than ever, but a lot of country fans are really missing the "country" in country music.
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