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i just posted this over at amorica.org, a community board dedicated to the black crowes, and i thought i'd just use it as my post for this evening.
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ok...i know that posting ANY type of thread talking about watching rockstar is a prime target for a, "you know how i know you're gay?" reply...but here i go.

me and my fiance were watching tonight to see who got the boot. it isn't great television...i'm not sure it is even good television...but there are just so many of those "train wreck" moments, where you want to turn away, but you can't...so we watch, and tonight was no exception.

everybody that sang tuesday night was pretty rough. there were a few exceptions. the girl from africa, dilana, is just interesting to watch and sort of captivates the crowd. i also liked the little dude with the makeup...lukas. he sounds sort of rough, but in a good way. the fella from down under, toby, was also pretty good, and got the encore tonight.

but enough about the "good"...it is the bad that keeps me coming back, and with this show, you get it from both the contestants AND the judges.

there's some chick on there from puerto rico, zayra, who did some strange-assed, seizure-and-synthesizer filled rendition of the kinks "you really got me". my fiance referred to her as "penelope cruz on crack."

last night, the judges gave her a hard time, asking if she'd ever even heard any of their music, to which she replied that she'd been in diapers when they played.

they gave her a chance tonight to comment about what she'd said, and she told them that she respected their music, blah blah blah...all of them caved when they get their chance to stand up for themselves...but anyways...she said she grew up listening to their records, playing their 45's.

dave navarro decided that he would make a joke about 45's and records, explaining how they were round and flat and people played them and they don't make them anymore...to which tommy lee, god love him, jumped in and said, "they turn at 45 revolutions per second."

dave navarro then replied, "exactly! score one for tommy lee."

yes. score one for tommy lee.