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Paul Potts, ?Opera Idol?
2008-03-25 03:46:00 Punching in early for the Los Angeles stop on the Paul Potts tour is staffer, Diane Laithman, from the L.A. Times. This one is all thumbs-up and wonderful, with nary a discouraging word. Diane delivers a creative review of the Paul Potts saga to date, throwing in some fresh observations as she goes. This one, ... More About: Opera , Idol
They Were There, Those Women
2008-03-24 23:35:00 It turns out that men are not the only human beings who have ever stood up and followed their dreams, spoke their minds, or fought for their beliefs. Poet Florence C. Wilson takes a stalwart approach to feminine ambition and acuity in her poem entitled “They Were There, Those Women .” The Long Beach (California) Press-Telegram ... More About: Poetry
Live and Learn
2008-03-23 22:03:00 Tomorrow is the first day of my last term as a humanities graduate student. If all goes well with the capstone project, my master’s degree will be awarded this June. It has been a long haul. My plan is to continue teaching and learning. I am continuously amazed at the quality and variety of programs ... More About: Live , Learn
Paul Potts with a long row to hoe?
2008-03-23 14:05:00 The Paul Potts media massage by the Canadian press ended today. Happy Easter. Grania Litwin, writing for the (Victoria, B.C.) Times Colonist , took a tack that many are reticent to mention–it’s not about the voice. The emperor’s new clothes really aren’t all that new. Grania’s lead went like this: More About: Long , Paul Potts , Nessun Dorma
Simply the Best
2008-03-23 03:04:00 There is no better time to reflect upon humanity, than on Easter weekend. We are a funny lot–selfish, prideful, and seldom in agreement. I join the apostle Paul in raising my hand and admitting my faults. Thank God for Easter Sunday. Reading the various sites and comments about our hero, Paul Potts, I am ... More About: Simply , Good Stuff
It?s For the Birds
2008-03-22 14:31:00 Kentucky poet, James Still, says that he “printed the fact and thought it within reason / For bird or man to sing in or out of season / As any might err, might sound a note quite new, / Deny the systems and set the graphs askew.” James Still was speaking of a bird, in ... More About: Birds
?An Everyman Delights Everyone.?
2008-03-22 11:42:00 Saying that Paul Potts is “As much a storyteller as he is a singer,” the Edmonton Journal continued the Canadian stream of favorable reviews for Paul in yesterday’s article, “An Everyman Delights Everyone.” This piece is a rather familiar rehash of an earlier article by Mari Sasano, but is still well worth the read. See ...
Don?t bug your phone salesman?
2008-03-21 12:00:00 You know, I hadn’t thought of it before, but I bet that mobile phone salesman around the world are getting fed up with customers asking them to sing! That could be the downside of the Paul Potts phenomenon…cell phone salesmen won’t get off the hook for years. Stuart Derdeyn, writing for the (Canada) Province, spurred ... More About: Phone , Salesman
The Blind Man
2008-03-21 02:24:00 The power of the internet came through once again, for my sister’s birthday. Being located so far in the woods that the mailman can’t find me, and the nearest mall two hours of driving away, didn’t stop me from finding the bamboo blinds she has been wanting. I found this site several months ago. It’s ... More About: Blind , Blind Man
Paul?s Canadian Fans Show Support
2008-03-20 23:04:00 Check out the “Review by You” section of the Edmonton Journal to see what the Canadian fans are thinking about Paul Potts. Here is that link. But the Journal didn’t stop there, they also ran a nice little review by Mari Sasano. And Mari touches on the roots of the Paul Potts phenomenon, saying that ... More About: Fans , Show , Support
It?s in the Cards?
2008-03-20 22:43:00 This is not only Easter weekend, but also my sister’s birthday weekend. We will be driving up to the headwaters of the Kentucky River to celebrate with her. Safe traveling wishes for all of us. From my family to yours, Happy Easter…and should it be your birthday, too, Happy Birthday! More About: Cards , Good Stuff
Paul Potts: From ?Thrill? to ?Ecstasy?
2008-03-20 11:37:00 The Ottawa (Canada) Citizen was so thrilled with the Paul Potts show there that they ran the review twice! If we were berating the press in the U.S.A. for a lack of follow-up, there is no complaint with Canada. For those of you who missed Patrick Langston’s chock-full of praise column in Tuesday’s paper, entitled ... More About: Paul Potts , Ecstasy
Hip Hopping the night away
2008-03-19 23:50:00 “Do you listen to Rap?” was the question of the day from my students. I allowed that I had heard Rap, but had not really listened it “Why not?” was the logical next question, “It’s Poetry, man.” And they had me there. Rap is about as close to poetry as you can get with maxed out speakers. ... More About: Night
The Premier and Poetry
2008-03-19 11:58:00 With World Poetry Day just two days away and National Poetry Month straight ahead, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has stepped out to lead off the celebrations. According to Zhao Xu, writing for the China Daily, the Premier “turned repeatedly to the country’s literary canon - prose and poetry penned by historic personages - to make ...
See you in Vegas!
2008-03-19 02:02:00 Some say that Paul Potts is a “made for Las Vegas act.” He has a great story, plenty of draw, and is just the sort of fancy, yet not stiff, sort of performer upon which Vegas thrives. Julz and Paul were in the sparkling city, not long ago, and Julie-Ann spoke well of the experience ... More About: Cher , Good Stuff
Fantasy to Reality: Thank you, Paul Potts
2008-03-18 20:35:00 The Ottawa (Canada) Citizen didn’t hold back on praise for the Paul Potts show, in today’s article by Patrick Langston. I loved the description of the transformation that occurs when Paul gets to singing. That’s something that just can’t be faked–he puts his into it. Patrick wraps it up well, when he says that Paul ... More About: Reality , Fantasy , Paul Potts
Paradox theory and Paul Potts
2008-03-18 11:59:00 Writing for the Machinist, Farhad Manjoo tells us why continued attempts to disprove the persistent rumor that Senator Barack Obama is Muslim may in fact have the opposite result. Manjoo cites a psychological paradox, whereby the constant repetition of something increases its perceived truthfulness–even when the opposite is being said. Confused yet? Check out the ... More About: Theory , Paul , Paul Potts , Paradox
Read a Poem on Saint Patrick?s Day!
2008-03-17 12:00:00 Heading towards World Poetry Day this week, on March 21st, and U.S. National Poetry Month, in April, I was thinking last night about something that has shown up in the (Florida) Sun-Sentinel today. Chauncey Mabe, writing in “Off the Page” says, “Edmund Skellings, Florida’s poet laureate and founding director of the Florida Center for Electronic ... More About: Read , Patrick , Saint Patrick , Poem , Saint
Hosanna!
2008-03-16 23:17:00 Happy Palm Sunday to you all. If you’ve yet to do so, this is a perfect day to take a look at Hosanna blog and learn about “The Shantung Revival Story.” We wish you and yours the best Easter, i.e. Resurrection Day, season ever. Hosanna!
A word from the press?
2008-03-16 15:22:00 I’m trying to read between the lines of Washington D.C. journalist, Charles T. Downey’s, remarks today in Ionarts: “I couldn’t bring myself to review Paul Potts when he sang at Lisner Auditorium (the Post skipped it, too), but Matthew Guerrieri took the bullet in Boston and puts it quite nicely.” Downey links to a previously ... More About: Word , Press , The Press
Learn and Earn
2008-03-16 02:07:00 Now, this is cool. Put it in the “where was that when I was young?” department. Have you heard of engineering co-op programs? I had not. What a concept–students are rotated from classroom to job site and earn as they learn! Kettering University, was ranked as as “the #1 University in the nation for Industrial ... More About: Earn , Learn , Good Stuff
Blog construction underway?
2008-03-14 23:09:00 So, it’s Friday night on Troublesome Creek and you’ve just completed your master’s degree capstone proposal. The pressure is off (for a bit) and spring break has officially begun. What’s next? Take the wife out for dinner? Relax? Nah…it’s time to play with the blog design. Brian Gardner, the site designer who has recently gone ... More About: Blog , Construction
Oyster Stew
2008-03-14 21:14:00 Someone said that Paul Potts is like a pearl in an oyster…so irritating that he just had to be found. To expand that comparison, I’ll add another: Paul Potts is like an oyster…some people are severely affected by him. Let’s go a step further–if Paul Potts is the pearl in the oyster, then the oyster ...
Paul Potts ticket sales climbing?
2008-03-14 15:51:00 On the Paul Potts news front, California kicks in with an article about the Paul Potts story, saying that he “is on his way to having universal appeal.” You can read that story, from the Contra Costa Times here. And “universal appeal” may be a good term for the Paul Potts phenomenon, with the tenor ... More About: Sales , Ticket , Climbing
Time
2008-03-14 15:26:00 The recent switch from Standard to Daylight Savings got us to thinking about time. And thinking about time got us to thinking about–you guessed it–clocks. Somehow, during the recent move, we either broke or left behind most of our clocks. We have a few of the standard little electronic alarming type devices scattered around, but ... More About: Time
Paul Potts pleased with the USA adventure?
2008-03-13 14:57:00 I picked this up from a rather non-descript article in the (Nottingham, U.K.) Evening Post. It’s a rather innocuous piece that is entitled “Paul ‘blown away’ by US reaction”…and really, that’s about all it says. Nothing wrong with that, it is a nice little filler that updates the reader on Paul’s current status–heading to Canada. ... More About: Adventure , Paul Potts
Do right to feel right?
2008-03-13 03:40:00 Looking at the schedule, there is one USA gig left on the Paul Potts tour, but first the show is headed to sold-out performances in Canada. All told, the American press has been fair to middlin’…a bit apathetic, perhaps, but us Yanks are used to being entertained in a big way. Dusk to dawn. Whatever ... More About: Feel
The One Chance Dance Rolls On?
2008-03-11 15:29:00 If the Boston style of press is too hard-hitting and factual, then the San Francisco Chronicle brings us back to rainbow stew with today’s article entitled “Potts’ Success Continues to Grow.” AP Music Writer, Nekesa Mumbi Moody, pumps out a piece of smiley-face journalism that focuses on the familiar fairy-tale story we love so well. Here’s ... More About: Dance , Chance
A Paul Potts ?Reality Check?
2008-03-11 00:30:00 Today’s Boston Herald offers a rather astute review of last night’s Paul Potts concert at the Berklee Performance Center. Writer, Christine Fernsebner, offers up what is arguably the most honest and insightful appraisal of the Paul Potts package that I have read to date. Here is a sample of her acuity: “The strutting of fictional ... More About: Reality , Check
April is Special!
More articles from this author:2008-03-10 13:20:00 I earlier mentioned that spring is right in front of us; a little bird told me so. One thing I failed to point out, though, is that this year will be the first that I have done something that we all could benefit from–that is to celebrate National Poetry Month. Thank you to Poets Who ... More About: April , Special 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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