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Post by mszue on Jul 13, 2012 15:07:46 GMT -5
I think XFactor bringing in Britney and, to a lesser extent, Demi, has forced Idol to clean house. The best thing would be if Adam had a cool, current, radio-friendly judge to interact with weekly. The one thing we all need to remember is that you don't want to 'throw away' all the 'old' fans, to entice new ones! Perhaps it is no coincidence that Idol has both the highest ratings and the 'oldest' fans!! When we keep advocating 'younger, hipper' judges to encourage 'younger, hipper' fans, I would suggest we are exhibiting the same ageism [with an unspoken dose of sexism] that we are frustrated with regarding Brian and Roger, and our own 'sparkle cow' moniker. Why are we doing this!!?? seriously....shake our heads....why the hell do you think Idol does so well in the first place.... DO NOT THINK THIS MEANS I DON'T WANT ADAM THERE.....I do want him there very much....just not because he brings in a younger demographic. I want him there because I believe he would make a very good judge!! and I want to see him every week  |
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Post by pi on Jul 13, 2012 15:09:20 GMT -5
Hello all - I am back from London, all ready to do some gifting with the Lambrits money, anyone interested? Sent you PM. |
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Post by pi on Jul 13, 2012 15:10:54 GMT -5
Guize, I'm going nuts trying to find that moment when Adam is singing in Brian's face all melodramatic and Brian cracks up. Was it TSMGO somewhere? Is there a gif anywhere? One of my FAVORITE of many moments this week. That one and also the one where Adam is riffing up on the drum set with Roger and Roger keeps pointing to him back and forth. UGH my bookmarking is so FAIL. I think I found a photo of that situation.  It was in Moscow but I don't remember the song! ???  Yes! This is the one where Adam is being so melodramatic and Brian cracks up. |
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Post by sage on Jul 13, 2012 15:20:14 GMT -5
I think XFactor bringing in Britney and, to a lesser extent, Demi, has forced Idol to clean house. The best thing would be if Adam had a cool, current, radio-friendly judge to interact with weekly. The one thing we all need to remember is that you don't want to 'throw away' all the 'old' fans, to entice new ones! Perhaps it is no coincidence that Idol has both the highest ratings and the 'oldest' fans!! When we keep advocating 'younger, hipper' judges to encourage 'younger, hipper' fans, I would suggest we are exhibiting the same ageism [with an unspoken dose of sexism] that we are frustrated with regarding Brian and Roger, and our own 'sparkle cow' moniker. Why are we doing this!!?? seriously....shake our heads....why the hell do you think Idol does so well in the first place.... DO NOT THINK THIS MEANS I DON'T WANT ADAM THERE.....I do want him there very much....just not because he brings in a younger demographic. I want him there because I believe he would make a very good judge!! and I want to see him every week I won't bring it over here cause it's too long, but check out the Kidd Kraddick blog I posted in the Numbers thread. He's a huge syndicated Top 40 guy. The age of the Idol audience is exactly what Top 40 radio is looking at and what he points out. Is it ageism, yes. Is it realistic, yes. And unfortunately a reality that Adam fans don't want to accept. |
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Post by lifetraveler on Jul 13, 2012 15:23:02 GMT -5
Adam just tweeted this:@adamlambert HMV Digital is selling Trespassing in the UK for 4.99! oooh British Bargains! www.hmvdigital.com/artist/adam-lambert/trespassing-deluxe-versionDoes anyone know: Can I buy from the HMV website from the U.S.? And can I use a U.S. credit card? Will it count toward UK sales? Sorry for all of the questions. , I will send you a PM with the buying information in a second. I am about to get on a long int'l flight and won't be around for a while. If anyone else from outside the UK would like to buy the UK Trespassing album from HMV for 4.99 pounds (it counts towards UK sales, and Adam needs all the help he can get right now with album sales), please ask @ladybrinehart on twitter or PM iridium or some of the others I have sent the info to. |
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Post by lifetraveler on Jul 13, 2012 15:30:46 GMT -5
All right peeps, final push for this week!! This is from LadyBRinehart on twitter, one of the organizers of the drive:
Peeps are def tired of these little reminders, but only 2 days left for the single and album in the uk. a little birdie kind of implied it's going to be close for the top 10 this week esp with frank ocean's late entry. so, here's all the things peeps can do if they want to help.
1) donate cause funds are low: requestadamlambert.com/2012/07/06/uk-ncoe-sales-push-donate-beginning-now/
2) buy the album yourself by getting a UK gift card voucher: tinyurl.com/6wj4zuk £15 is the perfect amount to buy all 3 ~copies of ncoe, like 2 extra songs (I got Cuckoo as one since I think it might be a future single and map cause I wanted a copy), and the album.
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Post by pi on Jul 13, 2012 15:34:52 GMT -5
I could use a little sort of OT help. Yesterday I tried to gift a iTunes song to a friend. I went through the whole process 2x and it's never arrived in his email and my cc hasn't been charged. Any insights? I don't even know how to check my account on iTunes to see if it worked or not. You can check your iTunes account by: - logging in to your account - go to the top bar on your computer once you're in iTunes -- click on Store - go to View My Account on pulldown menu -- Purchase History is there |
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Post by mszue on Jul 13, 2012 15:38:48 GMT -5
The one thing we all need to remember is that you don't want to 'throw away' all the 'old' fans, to entice new ones! Perhaps it is no coincidence that Idol has both the highest ratings and the 'oldest' fans!! When we keep advocating 'younger, hipper' judges to encourage 'younger, hipper' fans, I would suggest we are exhibiting the same ageism [with an unspoken dose of sexism] that we are frustrated with regarding Brian and Roger, and our own 'sparkle cow' moniker. Why are we doing this!!?? seriously....shake our heads....why the hell do you think Idol does so well in the first place.... DO NOT THINK THIS MEANS I DON'T WANT ADAM THERE.....I do want him there very much....just not because he brings in a younger demographic. I want him there because I believe he would make a very good judge!! and I want to see him every week I won't bring it over here cause it's too long, but check out the Kidd Kraddick blog I posted in the Numbers thread. He's a huge syndicated Top 40 guy. The age of the Idol audience is exactly what Top 40 radio is looking at and what he points out. Is it ageism, yes. Is it realistic, yes. And unfortunately a reality that Adam fans don't want to accept. And I am not arguing about top 40 radio...I am talking about TV ratings. The demographic that watches most broadcast television is not 18 - 35 ....that demo is out in the clubs, cruising in their cars, gaming on the internet or having babies.....we, and the tweens, are the tv watching demo. Idol is a tv show...not a top 40 radio station. Ask any bunch of college kids how much regular tv they watch...you may be surprised. Course, they aren't listening to as much radio as the radio stations would like to believe either but that is another whole story. Someone just claimed that the average age of Idol viewers was 49 and the youngest of these talent show viewers average age was the voice at 43. So for every viewer younger than that, there is another one that is older....that was my point and I stand by it. |
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Post by swarm on Jul 13, 2012 15:40:20 GMT -5
I think XFactor bringing in Britney and, to a lesser extent, Demi, has forced Idol to clean house. The best thing would be if Adam had a cool, current, radio-friendly judge to interact with weekly. The one thing we all need to remember is that you don't want to 'throw away' all the 'old' fans, to entice new ones! Perhaps it is no coincidence that Idol has both the highest ratings and the 'oldest' fans!! When we keep advocating 'younger, hipper' judges to encourage 'younger, hipper' fans, I would suggest we are exhibiting the same ageism [with an unspoken dose of sexism] that we are frustrated with regarding Brian and Roger, and our own 'sparkle cow' moniker. Why are we doing this!!?? seriously....shake our heads....why the hell do you think Idol does so well in the first place.... DO NOT THINK THIS MEANS I DON'T WANT ADAM THERE.....I do want him there very much....just not because he brings in a younger demographic. I want him there because I believe he would make a very good judge!! and I want to see him every week The ~problem though is now, the ONLY remaining big names selling and charting on radio off of Idol in ten years are Kelly and Carrie. If we remove Adam's wierd situation from the mix. Carrie doesn't really count because she's country with genre loyalists. We'll see how well the country guy, Scottie does. Fantasia? Meh. Nothing going on with her small base anymore. It depends on how you're defining "doing so well". Getting ratings and a single and EP to sell alot the week the season is over? OK. But what about their original mission to create stars? Done and over. So if Idol is going to produce anything relevant they MUST change to keep up with the competing shows. The UK invasion from reality shows isn't helping. Nothing to compete with a boy band from Idol. I don't really care if they do well or not and I didn't think they cared if they cranked out stars it's all about the short term for them. But at a certain point it's embarrassing for them to have NO "stars" left on radio or selling big for several years. Either way, Adam will make big money doing it which at this point is great and also for his exposure IMO. He needs all the coin he can get to keep writing and recording so his expenses are low and his Idol indenture is paid off! I can see a sort of SYTYCD judging panel or like Drag Race with rotating different judges, something like that. |
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