(It’s a wagon wheel)

I think NBC deserves credit for trying so many new scripted shows and not just filling the schedule with reality trash. That said, there’s nothing here that looks really compelling.

So what’s going on with Paul Reiser’s hair? It looks kind of Shatnerific.

This post about Ke$ha prompted me to finally sign up for videogum after many weeks of lurking (mostly to read Gabe’s “Lost” recaps).

I’ve not paid much attention to Ke$ha until now, besides the songs she sang (lip-synced?) on SNL and besides the fact that in high school I had a mad crush on a girl named Kesha. The object of my desires, however, did not spell her name with a dollar sign (and ignored me completely in favor of an enlistee in the US Marine Corps who was 4 years our senior and who treated her terribly. But that’s another story).

So are the Beatles rolling in their graves/ hydraulic chambers? I wouldn’t be too sure. Maybe John is, but the rest of the lads have shown no compunction about trading in artistic integrity for cold hard cash when it suits them, which is pretty much every few months, when they deliver a new repackaging of the same material we’ve heard before. And all of them except for George were guilty of making some treacly, maudlin music after the break-up.

I have to admit I don’t hate this song. It’s catchy, it’s got a soaring chorus, and if I were 14 I’d probably love it (I am 38 as well, glassj so you’re in good company). Sure it’s bubble-gummy, but so were Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Wham! Debarge, and a bunch of other artists that I liked back then. True, she’s not all that pretty, but again, neither were Madonna, Lauper, et al, and neither were Britney, Chistina, and the aforementioned Miley. And if we’re talking about male pop stars, well, some of them were downright *fugly.* (Ric Ocasek anyone?) Yes, she probably doesn’t do much of her writing, but then neither did Elvis.

Glassjawls point about mega-douchery is well made, but then again, when was the last time any pop. rock, or rap star was feted for their humility? Pop-stars have been proclaiming their own greatness since a certain someone said his band was “more popular than Jesus” (although in his case he was probably right).