Ziering!!!

I'm going through all my music and listening to all the stuff that I never listen to and have discovered some bands I didn't even know I had. Including the Flaming Lips. Turns out the Flaming Lips made a memorable appearance on Beverly Hills 90210 where Ian Ziering's character said "You know, I've never been a big fan of alternative music, but these guys rocked the house!" What a tool.

To see this amazing lip synched performance - with some awesome head bobbing to the beat by Ian Ziering - check out this Youtube link.

Also, I thought I would put in a plug for allmusic.com, which gave me the information to track down this rare sellout performance. Allmusic is a comprehensive database of musicians, their discographies, and bios of the bands. Nothing says love like comprehensive geekiness.

Invaluable Information for Saving TV

And I have a bone to pick with you America - who the hell is watching Dancing With The Stars? You are ruining television for the rest of us. I have recently found out from the futoncritic.com that tv shows get canceled for 1 of 3 reasons (check out the link for the full analysis).

Futon's analysis gives a run down of all the time slots ratings numbers and reveals that 20.5 MILLION people are watching Dancing With B-List Stars That Nobody Cares About And Doesn't Ever Want To See Again (I'm talking about you Ian Ziering). So when my beloved Pushing Daisies doesn't come up with even 1/3 of the audience, the network decides to cancel the more expensive (and infinitely better show) to run more nights and or re-runs of the inexpensive Dancing With The Has Beens (because talentless hacks come cheap).

By the way, kudos to futoncritic.com for providing lists of stats, tables, and exhaustive analyses for the inner tv geek in all of us. Seriously, check out their "10 things you need to know about the new season" for a full rundown.

NBC or ABC (CBS isn't even in the running)

The fall television season is upon us and I think there has been enough time to evaluate the new fall shows and make a plea to watch some of my favorites so they don't get cancelled.

To Watch in no particular order:

1) Pushing Daisies (if only to hear the narrator say "muuuurder" over and over against a technicolor background).

2) Ugly Betty (if only to watch Mark and Amanda out razzle dazzle each other).

3) 30 Rock (because I can't get enough of that Liz Lemon - Jack Donaghy magic).

4) Chuck (super-spy geeks. What can I say... I'm in love).

5) Friday Night Lights (and I don't even like high school football or Texas (just kidding Texas, but your ego can take it, I'm sure)).

Please don't let them die ("I believe in fairies" *clap clap* "I believe in faries).

Funny how none of CBS's shows make the list. Funny how CBS has put all their eggs into the Reality Show Basket in lieu of an original idea.