My Recent Random Thoughts on Pop Culture
Howard Stern
The first time I listened to the Howard Stern show on the radio, it was because I thought he was Alan Alda. I stopped on whatever station was playing it at the time because I liked the sound of Alan Alda’s voice. I listened for about an hour, thinking, “Wow, Alan Alda is way more saucy and opinionated that I would have guessed.” Then, the next day, when I found Alan Alda talking on the radio again and listened for another hour, I finally realized that it was Howard Stern. So I listened on and off for a while. He was interesting.
The most memorable thing he ever did was pretend not to know what a minor chord was. They asked some guy to play a Van Halen song, and the guy said, “I don’t like to play the minor ones – those bring me down.” And I knew he meant minor chords, and I knew Howard knew, too, but he said, “What do you mean, minor? That’s a big hit.” And I could tell he pretended to be ignorant so his listeners who were ignorant didn’t have to feel stupid.
But then, one day, he talked about something stupid that was done by a politician who happened to be Latino. And he played the Mexican Hat Dance in the background. That was too gratuitous and lame for me, so I quit listening that day. I have to say, though, that his satellite radio programming sounds very interesting. I wish I had my own radio show(s), even though my voice, some people say, is annoying. My boyfriend has a beautiful speaking voice. I wish he had his own show, too. Or that he could cohost with me.
Eva Longoria
Everywhere I look, I see this woman’s face. I’m a little bit tired of it. I have nothing against her personally, but it doesn’t cease to amaze me how, lately, the “majority” culture in America is spellbound by average-looking Latinas. Eva Longoria is pretty – as pretty as my cousins and half the Latinas working at the grocery store. She’s not the most beautiful woman in the world, though. If we had more Latinas on TV, people would know that. Hell, look at Univision. Beautiful Latinas are rather common. So… can we have one who isn’t Eva Longoria share the magazine ads with her now and then?
“Brangelina” and whatever they’re calling Nick and Jessica now
It amuses me when people call into the radio stations and foam at the mouth over whatever is going on with these celebrity couples. First of all, I don’t think we can really know, no matter how many gossip columns we read, what’s really going on with celebrities’ relationships. Second, I think people who feel so strongly about them must be projecting their own experiences and traumas. Third, what’s up with people blaming Angelina and not Brad? What is this, 1952? Fourth, I think Angelina is pretty. But Jennifer Anniston was really good in Good Girl. But Jessica Simpson annoys my kids. That’s all.
Project Runway
Santino is rude and poorly groomed. Nick is okay, but not as sweet as people want to believe, considering the way Santino so easily peer-pressures him into being bitchy. Many of the models look like men. Marla should’ve been kicked off before Guadalupe. Diana’s voice is not annoying – I wish people would stop saying that.
Here in Houston, Chloe Dao’s boutique has a big sign on it advertising her participation on the show, but she won’t tell anyone whether or not she won. But I suspect she didn’t. But I wonder if she went to Fashion Week.
I liked Daniel Franco (not having seen Season One, though). He is the love child of David Arquette and Keanu Reeves, and his hairstyle is very similar to my boyfriend’s. Heidi is very pretty to me since I started watching this show. Even though Santino is a hater, I can admit that his designs are pretty. However, he doesn’t design to flatter women’s bodies, so I’m not sure he deserves to win.
New people, think before you speak.
I rarely mention celebrities on this blog, but when I do, someone who’s never read my blog before will log on to the comments just to argue with me about my own opinion. (Examples: the John Mayer episode and the Nickelback debacle.)
People, if your only mission in life is to go around hating on John Mayer, defending Nickelback, slandering Christina Aguilera, or whatever… I’m not saying that’s a bad mission. I’m just saying it would probably be better served on a forum where celebrities are the main topic. You know? I mean, share your opinion, by all means, but don’t get all worked up about it. I am a mother of preteens. It’s not worth trying to convince me that my pop culture opinions should be the same as yours.
