This is the BBC, America...

This post has nothing to do with the BBC, but rather British-inspired news. I have never set foot on the ‘Spamalot’-inspired country, (btw…I just saw the play in Vegas, uh, awesome) but I have a profound respect and odd curiosity for anything that comes from across the pond:

I know this is a stretch, but the American version of ‘The Office’ comes to us directly from the British version. Anyway, ‘The Office’ definitely, in my mind at least, hasn’t jumped the shark, but, again, listening to reactions from people this season as well as reading on-line articles and blogs, I’m convinced that something is amiss. Read this article form Slate magazine that seems to think it knows how to remedy ‘The Office’ funk. Also, here’s the top 25 moments from ‘The Office’ with clips - it invokes fond memories.

Also, with all the Radiohead hysteria lately, I just needed to say that it looks like their little experiment has worked, financially speaking. While there have been many freeloaders who haven’t shelled out a penny for the new album, it looks as though the downloading averaged about $8 per CD. This article indicates that most A-list artists make about $1 for every CD sold, while, in contrast, Radiohead is reaping all the download profit from their own strategy. Not bad considering that estimates are around 1.2 million downloaded albums thus far. That would equate to like a billion pounds or something (I’m hazy on my pound to dollar conversion).

One more thing…Oasis is following suit and offering their latest single as a download only. The only difference is that you actually have to pay for it. P.S. I love Oasis.

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Slinging For

I've always been a fan of classic musicals like Fiddler on the Roof, Sound of Music, Les Miserables. I'm also a huge fan of superhero movies. It seems like currently movies are getting turned into broadways musicals such as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Spamalot. If I were to make a musical today then I would take an extremely popular movie franchise, say Spider-man, have some of my favorite rock artists, like U2, come up with the music, and wham-o, an awesome popular culture phenomenon. It'd be a sure fire hit, right? "Remember, with great superpower, comes great melody."

Or maybe Snow Patrol....