Chart Stopping

Cnn on Taylor Hicks and his plummet on the album charts. The usual PR fluff from RIAA cronies, who remain confident in their made up star. It drives me nuts to see articles of this sort. It isn't difficult at all to see why Hicks isn't succeeding; he's a glorified karaoke singer with a silly schtick to his act. He's really not that good at what he does, certainly not to be called "American Idol", and like so many Idols before him he's faded faster than he started. Its quite telling to see that the after Kelly Clarkson, the most consistent and successful Idol singers are some of the losers, people with some real talent that simply didn't cut it in the eyes of a fickle television audience. Idol the show might be great at pulling in the ratings with its failures and its later drama, but damn the title, it is not effective at creating real talent. So let's stop worrying about it when it doesn't.