Guest Book

I should point out that I do not watch the show, either. Not on purpose, anyway. 😉 I was in a restaurant the other night and the show was on. Mr. Hicks was singing, so I stopped to listen. I had to know what the hoopla was all about. Certainly there are worse singers, Taylor just didn't strike any chords with me. My beef has more to do with the concept of "instant star" and with fans stuffing the ballot box being the determining factor. Millions of votes RickT, or the same thousands voting hundreds (if not thousands) of times? The whole concept of "reality television" (which often turns out to not be very real at all) bothers me. In an age where we have HDTV, TIVO, and hundreds of chanels available via cable and dish - it's become painfully obvious that no matter what advancements we make with the signal - the quality of the programming will never catch up to what it was in the golden years of the medium. Why pay scriptwriters, actors, set designers and other professionals when all you have to do is turn the microphones and cameras over to a bunch of ameteurs. Sadly, the old addage is true. If you build it, they will indeed come.