All That I Needed Was Zoo: Idolator Shares Breathing Space With New Kids On The Block (And A Few Lesser Pop Lights) - Idolator Comments

All That I Needed Was Zoo: Idolator Shares Breathing Space With New Kids On The Block (And A Few Lesser Pop Lights)

bqfan — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:03:11 EDT

i agree, no dancing girls on the nkotb set. they're too young, they don't fit the set, and as a current soccer mom w/ a bleeding nkotb heart, we don't want them there(!)

bqfan

All That I Needed Was Zoo: Idolator Shares Breathing Space With New Kids On The Block (And A Few Lesser Pop Lights)

ObtuseIntolerant — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:16:03 EDT

@Maura Johnston: :)

ObtuseIntolerant

All That I Needed Was Zoo: Idolator Shares Breathing Space With New Kids On The Block (And A Few Lesser Pop Lights)

Maura Johnston — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:58:16 EDT

@ObtuseIntolerant: I knew I should have asked someone instead of relying on AP's photo captions.

Maura Johnston

All That I Needed Was Zoo: Idolator Shares Breathing Space With New Kids On The Block (And A Few Lesser Pop Lights)

ObtuseIntolerant — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:41:29 EDT

That was JOE Jonas in the purple sweater and white pants.

ObtuseIntolerant

All That I Needed Was Zoo: Idolator Shares Breathing Space With New Kids On The Block (And A Few Lesser Pop Lights)

Chris Molanphy — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:51:15 EDT

I wonder if the Z-folks have done demographic studies that show a particularly high quotient of white girls going to these things. I mean, Z100, the radio station, has a solid listenership of mixed-race and especially Latina teens, and past Zootopias/Jingle Balls have had a better mix of genres.

The whiteness of this lineup just puzzles me. Unless they're actively trying to reposition themselves toward a whiter-bread demo a la their short-lived alt-pop swing in the mid-'90s.

Chris Molanphy