Word: musication
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...feel like music has turned into a lot of very small niche groups. I agree. I think it's healthy, actually. I think the most interesting art is inevitably created on the fringes - on an underground level. I don't say that to be snobbish. I just think art thrives best when it's created without regard to making any kind of compromise to get in front of a bigger audience. When a band gets to a certain level, they've made some compromises in order to make their music more mainstream, more palatable to a broader audience...
What about the really big acts, like the Beatles or Elvis? Do you think another major act like that will ever happen, or are people's music tastes too fractured? My initial inclination is that we're not going to see that level of success anytime soon. From that standpoint, U2 might be the last of the breed...
Where does American Idol fit into all this? I think American Idol is as big as it gets when it comes to music. It's kind of like the last vestige of the old music industry. Clive Davis has a role in it - he puts out a lot of the records those artists make after their Idol experience. What you were talking about earlier regarding the next big mainstream phenomenon - right now, American Idol is the phenomenon. But it remains to be seen whether any of these artists will truly have a 10-year career...
...mother of a certain generation, whisk her away for a matinee. She will sigh and speak of Cole Porter - his music punctuates many scenes, and indeed, there are moments when you fear Barnes is going to deliver a full number - and she will immediately forgive you for that unfortunate scarf you bought her for Mother...
...change her career, but they are outweighed by the number of times she's in command. She also has the most memorable scene involving a household pet since the time Christopher sat on Adriana's dog in the The Sopranos - this one's funnier. (From the newest movies to music, see TIME's summer arts preview...