I'm starting to get a little tired, so I was thinking I'd skip the next couple of people and just watch the show a bit, without having to type. But this Samantha Musa chick shows up with her sister all obsessed with Simon and I'm intrigued. She actually thinks he's hot and is very excited to meet him. Her sister actually gets to sit in on the audition, in Simon's chair wih him, and I'm half expecting her to be awful, since the whole bit has been kind of ridiculous so far, but she's really, really great, and so the audition takes a turn for me. I can put aside her weird taste in men for a minute, because I want to hear more. She sings Aretha Franklin, but she has this very cool kind of country sound. Very interesting take on the song - not at all what I expected. And as she goes on, it's not just the country thing that I like - her voice is very clear, and you can tell that if she wants to, she can put some real power behind it. I like her - probably one of my favorites so far. And she makes it through. The obsession with Simon is really weird though. I hope she gets over that before the finals.
Just another reason I hate Long Beach. No, not Long Beach, Calif., which would make sense, since the audition is in California. I mean Long Beach, NY. Besides the fact that there's only like two ways to get there, that there's never any parking, that the cops there are ticket-happy and that it's really, really far from my house, it turns out that Blake Boshnack is from Long Beach.
I'm not going to be terribly mean to him, mostly because he's a fellow Long Islander, but also because it's actually kind of sweet that he and his mom share this dream to be on the show, and it's actually really touching to see a mom so willing to take her son across the country to pursue it. But, I have to say... you've tried out 10 times - they've said no 10 times - the time you showed up in a Statue of Liberty costume, they barely even let you sing. At what point do you start to get the message that this is not going to happen for you?
It turns out even 11 rejections won't do it. Even though they say no, he leaves saying he plans to continue trying out. Oh boy.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
I hate to be disloyal, but...
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There are three ways to get to Long Beach...
That is true....I grew up in Long Beach and there are 3 ways to get there!! I hate to have "Blake" represent us...please know we are not all that pathetic!!! It's a great town...actually Long Beach is considered a city, probably the only city without a mayor!! It's a quaint, unique place!
... and if you park legally you won't get a ticket! The poor Long Beach residents have 10,000 cars and another 10,000 people on foot from the train station, arrive each weekend day during the summer. If you park illegally, being part of the gridlock, you deserve a ticket, or to be impounded.
Yes, the kid should give it up.
Blake is actually from Hewlett. Born and raised. A product of hewlett high school.
4 ways
You wont hate Long Beach when the put the hotel in only less parking..There are 4 ways to get to Long Beach... The Long Beach RD. Bridge, The Meadowbrook/loop
& the Atlantic Beach Bridge. If you should have a boat there is your 4th. That kid is a mook. You can't let him rep the town.
Yup. 3 ways. It's a great, close-knit, cool community. Everyone knows you. It's okay that we're far...it keeps people out that are up to "no good". Great restaurants, beach, boardwalk, athletic stuff to do. The police keep things in line...works for me!
...he wasn't that bad. Maybe he'll figure it out and get in one day!
You could take the N15 in and not have to park at all. That way you won't have to DWI home after hanging around all the other drunks in the West End! Will someone get another drink for all these 16 yr.olds?
Word is that Steve Polcer & Steve Kohut figure if he can be rejected so many times for Amercian Idol, he would be the perfect LB Democrat City Council candidate to take back City hall from the Coalition.
Blake and his Mom need to get a real job and a life!
I'm sure Daddy is an exec or lawyer and is funding his little Gen Y freak and helicopter Mom's "dream".
Is it that you can't afford to live in LB? Think before speaking, DUDE!!
That's true. A 25% increase in property taxes last year in exchange for brawls in the high school and blight along the boardwalk. It is an exclusive city. Too rich for my blood.
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