America, Carrie is YOUR American Idol!

So, there you have it. I tried to vote for Bo, but the line was busy at first and then it was finally answered, not by Idol’s service, but by James Earl Jones welcoming me to Verizon.

I am definitely happy for Carrie. I mean, it seems like a true rags to riches deal. Like an old Hollywood picture where the young starlet is discovered while having lunch at the automat.

It may have been too much too ask for America to vote a roots rocker in, but Bo shouldn’t have too much to worry about, since he is President of (Randy’s) Dog Pound and has Clive Davis making grand pronouncements about their working together in the near future.

Plus, when you think about it, all else being equal, the hillbilly with the missing tooth has little chance against the pretty blond.

And now, on to DANCING WITH THE STARS!

Public Service Announcement

WARNING!
According to the New England Journal of Medicine, prolonged listening to the music of Maroon 5 can cause sterility in males. No scientific correlation was extrapolated but according to one researcher, who prefers Metallica and Rush, "its appropriate for music without balls!"
Lead researcher, Dr. Sven Malmsteen remarked, "we haven't seen such a horrible outbreak of this kind since the hey-day of Matchbox Twenty."
Consider yourself warned.

I want my daveBTV!

So I made it on to cable news and I didn't even have to commit a heinous crime, unless making art is a crime to you and then you'd be a nazi! But anyway, never one to shy away from a camera I rambled on about my paintings and being an artist on Staten Island, blah, blah, blah. Thankfully they edited me down to about 5 seconds.

I'm working on my largest painting ever on plywood (4 by 8 FEET!) which will become part of a patchwork floor at a local artist group's headquarters which will then be polyurethaned and will hopefully look way cool!

I'll keep you posted. But next time you watch the TEE-VEE try not to blink - daveB might be saying or doing something real important!

down to 2!

Last night baby V got the boot on American Idol. She is a sweetheart and possibly the cutest former mail carrier ever! So now its down to rocker Bo Bice and Country Carrie Underwood. I'm a Bo man, myself and will vote for him next week! Stay tuned for a future post if he loses where I blame myself for forgetting to vote for him or for not caring enough!

Jen Scaturro & MaryAnne Marino

I’ve had the great pleasure of making friends with two incredibly talented musicians, Jen Scaturro and MaryAnne Marino. I met them both while profiling MaryAnne for the Staten Island Advance newspaper. I interviewed her before a performance at (where else?) the Living Room. It turns out she is as nice as she is talented. Jen was backing MaryAnne that night along with guitarist Thad DeBrock. Jen apparently plays every instrument ever made and that night played about three or four. MaryAnne has written some incredible songs and recorded a full-length album with producer Peter Zizzo that unfortunately is yet to be released, but you can hear full tracks on-line at her site and on her Myspace page. Jen performs and records as “I Am Jen” and her incredibly catchy electronic ditties have taken up permanent residence inside my brain. Her site also has a bunch of tracks to listen to.

The thing I like about these two talented women is that they appear to be great friends and collaborators. M will likely influence J to bring some more organic qualities to her already great electronic production and J’s pop sense can only help M.

These ladies are a force to be reckoned with, so watch out world!