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Danny Gokey single "It's Only" debuts on radio
Date: 11/06/2009
American Idol favorite Danny Gokey debuted his first single "It's Only" this morning on FM 106.1 in his hometown of Milwaukee. You can hear Danny Gokey's song, "It's Only" on the radio station website. So what do you think? Was country a good genre for him to pursue? And how do you think his song compares to his co-finalists' Adam Lambert and Kris Allen's new music? RELATED POSTS : L ...
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LA's Dream Center Youth Outreach Center named for Danny Gokey's wife, Sophia
Date: 10/29/2009
In celebration of the 15th Anniversary of the L.A. Dream Center, an outreach to the homeless and needy in L.A. & across the U.S., American Idol's Danny Gokey recently performed at a special media event hosted by Jason Kennedy of "E! News Daily," Suzanne Marques of "Good Day L.A." At the event, Gokey, along with Dream Center founder, Matthew Barnett, announced that the Dream Center's Youth Ou ...
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We Are All Vampires, Especially Don Draper
Date: 10/30/2009
In case you haven't noticed, vampires have invaded. Given, it's October, so this month generally does see a rise in the prevalence of vamps, zombies, witches and axe murderers on TV, but what I'm talking about is something beyond that. Besides our fascination that hearkens back to Nosferatu (or "Thriller," or Buffy, depending on your generation), when I started thinking about it more expansiv ...
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Elvira Aletta: 10 Ways to Lower Anxiety and Find Empowerment
Date: 10/26/2009
I found the following post by Elvira Aletta, Ph.D. to be an excellent summary of techniques we can employ in our quest for sanity. To visit her original post on Psych Central, click here. I have reprinted it below. 1. Knowledge is power. The more you know about how your brain works the better. So here's a little neuro-psychology lesson. What you need to know is tha ...
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The 10 Commandments in 'Star Trek'
Date: 10/19/2009
By Paul Asay When Gene Roddenberry created "Star Trek," he pictured a future dominated by science and human ingenuity--without a lot of religion to muddy things up. Oh, sure, Federation crew members met scads of religious sentient beings around the galaxy, but it turns out most were worshipping computers, power generators, or toga-wearing aliens. Roddenberry didn't place a lot of faith in faith ...
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Two Great Posts on Idol Chatter
Date: 10/08/2009
I am honored to share coverage of popular culture with the thoughtful posters over at Idol Chatter. Two posts I have especially liked this week are Ellen Leventry's commentary on the new homeless American Girl doll and the Mont Blanc $25,000 pen commemorating Mohandas Gandhi, a concept so stunning that at first I assumed it was a parody. She says: Sure, American Girl has been working with Ho ...
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Melinda Doolittle, Natalie Grant join The Katinas for benefit concert to aid Samoa tsunami victims
Date: 10/02/2009
Natalie Grant and American Idol's Melinda Doolittle are just two of the artists joining The Katinas for a benefit concert to help the tsunami ravaged islands of Samoa and American Samoa. The Katinas, who were born and raised on American Samoa, said in a letter to family and friends: "Our Dad, 4 sisters, brother and 2 nephews that live there are okay. However, some of our friends and close f ...
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American Idol Chris Sligh offers Season 8 Idols (and other aspiring artists) excellent advice; are you listening?
Date: 09/23/2009
When he appeared on season 6 of American Idol, the chubby, bespectecled worship leader Chris Sligh offered viewers a decidedly fresh perspective: he didn't really give a rip about the show. Well, he did, but he also knew that American Idol was just one step on his musical career ladder. So he used the experience to his advantage, learned what he could, and went on to work his behind off in the po ...
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