So the Writers Guild Of America’s strike has led to mucho hand-wringing over bands getting shafted on their all-important television appearances, like Grizzly Bear losing its slot on Late Night With Conan O’Brien because the show’s gone into emergency reruns. But don’t worry indie bands and indie fans, because even if the “cancellations truly hurt up-and-comers looking for wide exposure,” the networks are here to fill the void with… even more music-related reality shows.
“Clash of the Choirs” takes celebrity artists back to their hometowns to assemble an amateur singing group made up of everyday people. Once the best have been selected and the choirs assembled, they will compete live.
Actually since marketers and execs have determined that humanity is no longer distracted by popular music in any significant way, the only other new music-related replacement show is Pussycat Dolls 2: Girlicious, which Maura suggests should be used to force the prospective Dolls to turn Nicole Scherzinger’s solo album into a hit by any means necessary, if only to at least make those bottle-tanned hopefuls work for a living.
The Writer’s Strike Is Affecting Musicians, Too: Amy Winehouse, Backstreet Boys Lose Bookings [Rolling Stone]
With Writers On Strike, Networks Ready A Dose Of Reality With Plenty Of Games [LA Times]
@SuperUnison: Awww, squares in your clubhouse, what an ordeal.
In related news, even in retirement, Michael Eisner is a dick.
@GovernmentNames: Yep, it’s MY kind of nam’
Here’s hoping you revive “Cat Scratch Fever” for episode reviews of PCD2. I can’t friggin’ wait!!!
So does this mean that the next show I go to will have fewer dudes in white baseball hats who found out about the band from fucking Letterman? What a loss. (We all know how those casual fans love to support bands by actually buying records.)