Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
October 27, 2007

The Next Great American Band

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

The latest offering from the American Idol brain trust — The Next Great American Band — ain’t all that bad.
Compared to its siblings, it’s different in certain ways & similar in others. Overall, however, I’d say that it bears a closer resemblance to AI than to SYTYCD. That’s not bad & it’s not good; rather, [...]


August 20, 2007

Just because…

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

Because I need something to write about (as I hate the thought of having less than one post per week…), here’s some news about Survivor:  Survivor China’s Cast Revealed
Yay… The fall TV season is just about here. At least I’ve got that going for me…
And Sabra winning SYTYCD was a good thing…
I’ve been trying to [...]


August 13, 2007

Nothing much to say

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

Not much to say lately. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing…
I’ve got work-angst & I’ve got church-angst. I feel like I’ve been fighting a two-front war, with the main casualties being my own internal compass/well-being and (more importantly) the folks that I’ve been trying to protect from the two-front [...]


July 25, 2007

SYTYCD > AI

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

I’ve been saying for over a year now that So You Think You Can Dance is better than American Idol. It’s just obvious to me, as well as to those in my realitytv inner-circle.
Well, now it seems as though even AI & SYTYCD producer Nigel Lythgoe is on board with that assessment, given his quotes [...]