I was in the lunch room at work recently gossiping with a coworker. Were supposed to use the lunch room for gossiping because invariably when we begin to cackle and wave our arms wildly, it disrupts other reporters ability to concentrate.
I was talking to Annie and sort of sheepishly admitted that I was totally hooked on one of those stupid reality shows, Rock Star, Supernova.?
The first time we watched it at home Tommy was in a crabby mood and complained do you have to have it turned on so loud.?
Its rock music,? I yelled over the blaring television.
My best friend Bonnie and I call each other on the phone during the commercials and critique the performances. We yammer on about what the singers are wearing and how nobody should ever try to perform Billy Idols Rebel Yell? because no one could possibly sing it as well as the blond belter.
After the second time we watched Rock Star? even Tommy had to admit the show is pretty good. All five of the finalists still in the running this week are solid performers.
We think that even the people who dont go on to be the lead singer of Supernova will at least have careers playing places like Feather Falls Casino. We might even pay money to see them.
As Annie and I were chatting about all these terribly important things, three other women who were in the lunchroom joined the conversation and began chatting with us excitedly. The fun thing about this is that the age ranges in the room spanned from early 30s to 60s.
The one thing that does make me wonder about Rock Star? however, is how they managed to assemble such a diverse mix of really bad hair.
That shouldnt surprise anyone when you remember that bandmember Tommy Lee is a former member of Motley Crew, one of the most notorious of bad hair bands from the 80s.
Then there is the shows host Dave Navarro. His doo looks like he s trying to be Gomez from the 1991 remake of The Addams Family.?
Then theres Dilana, with her multi-colored dreadlocks.
Gilby Clarke has that shaggy-dog kind of hair that looks like you somehow just forgot to get a hair cut for a few years.
He reminds me a lot of my cousins ex-boyfriend Brian. Brian still comes to holidays and wears that sort of ultra cool urban style with hip-hugging burgundy bellbottoms, shiny gold button up shirt and black vest.
Then theres Lukas Rossi, who apparently was told recently that if he combed his Flock of Sea Gulls hair in front of his forehead and eyes, teenage girls around the nation would swoon.
