Happy #@%&*n' new year already!!!

New years rockin' in the chair eve, or whatever it's called. That was a shout out to one Dick Clark , the worlds oldest teenager , who just had a stroke . Oh well , so much for the teenager thing . Sorry, just never cared for him that much . Sorry he had a stroke. But , anyway , I think "first night Evanston" is getting a little stale , as most of the music acts I saw were pretty bad, like they could have been playing at the airport marriot in Cleveland , they were that bad. But I saw one really good jazz group , consisting of a violin , bass , mandolin and rhythm guitar. very good stuff. So I was somewhat dissapointed when I went to the next venue , and saw some woman trying to sing like whitney houston , but not as good , as if whitney was something to aspire to. What is it with pop music today ? does everyone have to sound like a reject from "american idol" , that so called entertainment show , where semi - talented people try to become pop stars , and some of them do , but , I swear , they all sound like clones of each other. Is that what the recording industry wants these days , people that all sound alike , 'cause they don't have any real creativity? Just wondering. Pop culture these days . Take five ideas , put them all in a blender , and come out with a hundred acts that all sound almost alike . Creativity? We just want the bucks for a year or two out of that person , then we can throw them in the trash heap, and latch on to some other semi talented person . The teenaagers who buy this crap won't know thw difference. Well , that's what the record guys think. But , I don't know if it's working so much anymore. There is lots of talk of record companies losing lots of money 'cause of downloading , and people buying less product. Well , guess what ? People don't want to buy your product if it's crap. And if you go for the safe , overproduced product , it's not gonna sell as much . Same with movies. As long as the corporate bean counters are running the entertainment conglomerates , people with no creative bones in their bodies , then they're going to continue to produce crap. But hey , I'ts the new year . Time for new ideas , new energy . Out with the old , in with the same. Yeah, I know , I'm late in posting so happy $%^#% 'n new years!