Awkward Press » Big Mike http://awkwardpress.com Independent publishers of imaginative fiction and daily meditations on the ridiculousness of the universe. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:24:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Democracy In Action http://awkwardpress.com/democracy-in-action/ http://awkwardpress.com/democracy-in-action/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:24:09 +0000 jeffrey http://awkwardpress.com/?p=2176 American Idol is so successful is because it's the last remaining vestige of democracy. I'm not going to extrapolate on that. But what I am going to extrapolate on is how great Michael Lynche is. I've never watched a full season of American Idol, because no one ever sings songs I like and when they do they make them sound like songs I don't like. But this dude totally has me hooked. He has an awesome story: his wife gave birth while he was auditioning. He wasn't able to be with her, but he's going to be in the top 2 of the show, so that kid is going to have a pretty great story to tell her friends when she gets older. And video to back it up. But lots of people have good stories ... what makes Big Mike so great is that he has mad chops. This morning, I watched his performance from last night's show four times in a row.]]> I realized the other day that the reason why American Idol is so successful is because it's the last remaining vestige of democracy. I'm not going to extrapolate on that. But what I am going to extrapolate on is how great Michael Lynche is. I've never watched a full season of American Idol, because no one ever sings songs I like and when they do they make them sound like songs I don't like. But this dude totally has me hooked. He has an awesome story: his wife gave birth while he was auditioning. He wasn't able to be with her, but he's going to be in the top 2 of the show, so that kid is going to have a pretty great story to tell her friends when she gets older. And video to back it up.

But lots of people have good stories ... what makes Big Mike so great is that he has mad chops. This morning, I watched his performance from last night's show four times in a row.

Right? I wish I didn't know that this was based on Maxwell's version of the song, because he would be that much cooler if he was a Kate Bush fan. Brother makes me want to go to CHURCH!

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