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   From: JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net   
      
   On 26 Jul 2006 02:24:20 -0700, seapig@altavista.com wrote:   
   >The Sentinel wrote:   
   >> We got to hear some tracks by Supernova at the beginning... sounds very   
   >> classic rock, like the stuff Alice Cooper is aiming for now.   
   >>   
   >> 1. Lukas Rossi   
   >> "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve   
   >> Boring.  He's showing of a lot of style, but little or no substance.  Poser.   
   >   
   >He annoyed me less than usual, maybe because it was at least an   
   >interesting song choice.  I still don't like him.   
      
   Ditto.   
      
      
   >> 2. Zayra Alvarez   
   >> "Call Me" by Blondie   
   >> Right... don't call us, we'll call you.  She's starting to remind me of Bai   
   >> Ling from But Can They Sing.  A waste, especially since we know from last   
   >> week she can do better than this.   
   >   
   >Back to train wreck mode.  The only way she survives tomorrow is if   
   >Josh gives a lousy performance, or if the guys are curious about what   
   >she'll wear next.   
      
   Looked good.  They all looked good, progress for some.   
      
      
   >> 3. Dana Andrews   
   >> "About A Girl" by Nirvana   
   >> Wow.  That was impressive.  This one might get the encore.   
   >   
   >I don't think she has a chance, but she's my personal favorite, and she   
   >should be safe for another week on that performance.   
      
   Most improved (re appropriateness) appearance.  Excellent voice, but   
   she still has wandered into the wrong competition.  Perfect song   
   choice - if she can hit that again, she can stick around a week or   
   three, maybe.   
      
      
   >> 4. Patrice Pike   
   >> "Remedy" by The Black Crowes   
   >> Didn't seem like she got "into" the song.  Too much smiling, like she was   
   >> trying to imitate Suzy.  She looks a bit like Alanis Morrissette, and is   
   >> creeping me out just much.   
   >   
   >I agree with the band; boring, boring, boring.  I've forgotten what I   
   >like about her in the beginning - her voice, I guess.   
      
   Good song, unconvincing vocals.   
      
      
   >> 5. Toby Rand   
   >> "White Wedding" by Billy Idol   
   >> Definitely not his best performance, despite what Jason said.  Very forced.   
   >   
   >After declaring him the favorite, I expected more from him.  The band   
   >still seems to be impressed, so he should have plenty of time to raise   
   >his game a notch before he's in any danger.   
      
   I thought it was outstanding.  Didn't Lukas sing this a week or two   
   ago?  I really doubted when I saw the title, but dawg, he made it his   
   own!  Oops.   
      
      
   >> 6. Magni   
   >> "Heroes" by David Bowie   
   >> Seemed like his vocals were getting drowned out early on in the song, but it   
   >> was good.  The band probably had a point about him just standing there   
   >> strapped to the guitar, but at least he was actually playing it (unlike   
   >> Lukas, I suspect).   
   >   
   >The performance, or lack thereof, didn't bother me - I thought the song   
   >and the vocals were strong enough that he didn't need to sell it.  If   
   >he can establish a stage presence that works for the band, he might be   
   >a contender.   
      
   Missed it, cuz House was saving the life of a supermodel who is really   
   a boy, but the Supernova criticism is always wildly wacky, and I think   
   this was a poor song choice anyway.   
      
      
   >> 7. Ryan Star   
   >> "I Alone" by Live   
   >> Okay, at first I thought he just went from trying to imitate JD to imitating   
   >> Marty Casey, but he actually pulled this off.  Like Gilby said, "good job".   
   >   
   >It was a good job, but I still think he's a square peg trying to fit   
   >into a round band.  He's at least trying to be what the band wants him   
   >to be, but I don't think it's really him.   
      
   Yeah, I guess, Ryan's just taking up space until his number is called.   
      
      
   >> 8. Jill Gioia (with Gilby Clarke on guitar)   
   >> "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones   
   >> Vocals were okay.  Performace was good, except when she started sodomizing   
   >> Gilby.  Bit over the top, yeah.   
   >   
   >Excellent energy.  I'm not sure how much credit for that goes to her,   
   >and how much goes to Gilby.  I'm also not sure if I should pity him or   
   >envy him for reaching a point in his life where he's bored by having a   
   >hot chick grind on him.   
      
   Dubious song choice, Jill is quite a solid performer, but is she   
   bigtime?  Dunno.   
      
   (yeah OK is "Supernova" bigtime?  whatever! :))   
      
      
   >> 9. Phil Ritchie   
   >> "One Headlight" by the Wallflowers   
   >> Right back to where he was before the breakthrough performance of last week.   
   >> He's in real danger this week.   
   >   
   >A big step backward.  He was trying to maintain his newly found   
   >rock-and-roll badass persona, but there was no room for it in that   
   >song.   
      
   Arrangement was not bad, but Supernova keeps thinking head-banger, and   
   this wasn't that.   
      
      
   >> 10. Dilana   
   >> "Time after Time" by Cyndi Lauper   
   >> Er... whatever.  Even the band was desperately trying to find great things   
   >> to say about this.  The acoustic arrangement wasn't bad at all, just seemed   
   >> like pointless filler.   
   >   
   >Very nice performance.  If there's any room left on the bandwagon, I   
   >may be ready to jump on.  I'm still not 100% sold on her - she has a   
   >distinctive voice, but I'm not sure I'd want to listen to it for an   
   >hour.  She would be the bravest choice for the band - a sign that they   
   >want to do more than just release a generic hard rock album to fulfill   
   >their contractual obligation.   
      
   Anyone else singing this would have been heavily criticized, but   
   they're completely under her spell.  Girl is gonna have a big-selling   
   album when this is over, with or without Supernova.   
      
   I think I already saw her on House momentarily, as she was sucked into   
   the MRI machine from a mile away.   
      
      
   >> 11. Josh Logan   
   >> "No Rain" by Blind Melon   
   >> I swear to god, every time I see this guy he looks like he's STONED.  That   
   >> was just a lazy performance.  Enough already.  Supernova already has at   
   >> least one person with a serious drug problem.   
   >   
   >Not bad, but he all but admitted that he has no intention of changing   
   >his style to fit the band.  I think some, if not all, of the   
   >contestants were chosen before the producers knew who the band was   
   >going to be.  I'm not sure if the likes of Josh and Zayra would have   
   >even tried out if they knew what kind of band they were trying out for.   
      
   Another guy wasting network pixels on this show.   
      
   >   
   >> 12. Storm Large   
   >> "Anything Anything" by Dramarama   
   >> Fuck yeah!  She's so far above and beyond the others right now it's not even   
   >> funny.  You go Storm.  Show them how it's done.   
   >   
   >I can't really put my finger on it, but she seems to me more like   
   >somebody playing a rock star in a made-for-TV movie, than an actual   
   >rock star.  Like, if there was a band playing at spring break, before   
   >the sharks started attacking, she would have been in that band.  If   
   >they want to go with a sexpot, I'd prefer Jill; I guess I'm in the   
   >minority there.   
      
   Naw, I'm right with you on this.  She seems like a fun girl, I gather   
   she and Dilana are kind of the axis of hard-ass chicks, only it's   
   slightly more obviously synthetic with Storm Large.  Can't wait for   
      
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