- Small steps America, small steps. Driving the musical menace that is “American Karaoke” from the air and from our lives is not a one-step, quick-fix project. It will take prolonged, concerted efforts from each and every one of us to make it happen. Some are already doing their part, like those who tuned in to CBS’ dork-centric sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” Thursday night and in the process made it the first series in five years to defeat “AK” outright in the Nielsen ratings. For those five long years, “AK” has capitalized on the horrid musical tastes of the American public and gone about systematically ruining the music world in the process. On Thursday night, “Big Bang Theory” overtook “AK” by a large, inspiring margin. “Big Bang” brought in 16.1 million viewers and a 5.2 rating in the adult demographic, while “AK” managed 15.4 million and a 4.4 rating. Those numbers represented a 14-percent decline for the reality karaoke show and a new low in one-night ratings for the franchise. This week’s numbers make official what those looking to engage in some creative math have been teasing for several weeks now: “Big Bang” finally running down its Thursday night nemesis. The last show to accomplish the feat was “Grey’s Anatomy” and its good-looking doctors fake-healing fake sick people in 2007, although it is easily more “real” than anything “AK” has ever done. Not only did “AK” lose its nightly ratings battle, but isn't even the highest-rated karaoke show any longer. That dishonor will go to NBC’s “The Voice,” which topped Wednesday’s edition of “AK” by a ratings margin of 6.0 to 5.1. Fox’s alternative president Mike Darnell is on the record as saying “AK” would still hold great value for the network even if it were no longer No. 1 “it accounts for so many more hours.” Ah yes, the old quantity over quality argument. Spin it any way you want, Fox, but CBS moving its top-rated show from Monday to Thursday night to compete with “AK” worked out well and swung the night in favor of the Eye instead of the Peacock…………
- The sh*t stops here, residents of The Lakes at West Chester Village in West Chester, Ohio. Literally, it’s going to stop or else you all are going to pay. The complex has had enough of its residents walking their dogs so Fido can take a dump and then not clean up the mess. In fact, the problem has become so big that the complex’s management sent letters to all of its residents informing them that residents who own dogs would need to submit a mouth swab of their pet so that the apartment complex can collect DNA. Property manager Jill Moorman stated in the letter that any future feces found on the property would be sent to a lab so that management can match the feces to the DNA samples provided. Once the owner of the offending canine is identified, he or she will be charged $200 per violation. But as Moorman’s letter points out, this doesn’t need to become a major, expensive issue. "There is a simple solution in order to avert the expense," the letter read. "PICK UP AFTER YOUR PET AS YOU AGREED TO DO UPON SIGNING YOUR PET ADDENDUM." As a goodwill gesture to current residents, they will be grandfathered into the program and will not have to pay for the initial process. Future residents or residents who decided to get a dog would have to pay an extra $50 fee per dog to cover the cost of the program. "While we frankly feel this is more work for us as a staff, the ultimate goal is to have a cleaner, safer and more attractive environment for all," the letter explained. All of this because lazy d-bags want to walk their pets, let them relieve themselves wherever and can’t be bothered to carry a plastic bag and scoop to pick up the poop…………
- No offense to the hundreds of Palestinians who clashed with Israeli police after Muslim prayers at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Friday, but these folks really need to step their game up. Rising up against The Man in any of his forms is fine, but throwing rocks as your means of rebellion? That’s so Mesozoic era, y’all. Join the rest of us in the 21st century, or at least update your riot game to 1950. No one was quite sure what sparked the confrontation at the shrine sacred to both Jews and Muslims, but tensions in the city have been running high for days amidst rumors that far right Israelis are trying to gain entry to Muslim-controlled areas at the site. Israeli police denied those rumors, but something had to spark the clash and that seems to be the most likely explanation. The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound has been the site of major violence in the past and will continue to be for as long as both groups exist based on its location atop the remains of the two biblical Jewish temples and status as the most sacred site in Judaism and Islam’s third-holiest site. Both groups claim it as a key spot in their rival narratives and even a discussion of altering the delicate division of control there brings out protestors in droves. Friday’s police v. protestors skirmish broke out after Muslim noon prayers when hundreds of worshippers emerging from the two mosques in the walled compound and staged a demonstration protesting rumored plans by far right activists to enter the shrine. A mob of hundreds threw rocks at police, who responded with stun guns to disperse the crowd, according to police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. Najeh Bkeirat, a Muslim official at the scene, claimed demonstrators began throwing stones after police tried to stop their march. Eleven officers suffered minor injuries in the showdown, while Bkeirat said about 30 Palestinians were treated at the scene for light injuries from tear gas inhalation and general hayhem. No tear gas was fired and just four Palestinians were arrested, so the day was relatively uneventful. Next time, Muslim protestors, bring a Molotov cocktail or two and make the day more interesting…………
- Google Music has been an epic failure so far. Both the search giant and its label partners have been disappointed by the public’s tepid response to the music service in its first three months. The service has only been operational for around three months and while it’s not time to hit the panic button with a sledgehammer, Google is reportedly looking to increase demand by debuting an “array of consumer devices.” In other words, provide the hardware and hope it lures people into using the software because almost everyone loves shiny new gadgets. While no major leaks about the new devices have gotten out, they are believed to be linked with Google’s Android@Home system. In its ongoing quest for world domination, Google showed off a range of media streaming hardware at Google I/O 2011 and is reportedly planning to make these devices the cornerstone of a hub of cloud kit that beam Google Music into your living room, bedroom and anywhere else. Sources claim Google managers have informed executives with their label partners that the service will roar to life once it implements its hardware strategy. A large base of Android users provides a massive target audience, but that hasn’t allayed the concerns of many labels about the Google Music’s chances of success. Google has to hope that the multiple wireless device testing requests it submitted in the U.S. earlier this year for field-trials of WiFi- and Bluetooth-based streaming hardware are approved and produce good results. Otherwise, world domination is going to have to adapt without a musical component to serve as its soundtrack…………
- It would be easy to say that a man who owns and occasionally wears an eye-scorchingly bright white suit should never complain about anything else in the world on account of the retinal damage his attire does to others. Telling Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino to pipe down and take his team’s loss at Cincinnati Thursday night like a man would be convenient, but why not hear him out when he accuses the three men tasked with officiating the game as supremely arrogant? “I have a problem with the officials. They thought they were the three guys going into the Referee Hall of Fame the way they talked to me,” he said. “I don’t know what they’re looking at sometimes, but they’re so positive, they should really go into the Referee Hall of Fame.” For those scoring at home, that’s two “Referee Hall of Fame” blasts in one response. The targets of Pitino’s rage were Jamie Luckie, Bryan Kersey and Sean Corbin. The three officials called 32 fouls in the game, not an extreme number. However, Pitino seemed to believe they were unfairly harsh toward Louisville center Gorgui Dieng, who had a double-double and was a solid presence inside, but picked up his fourth foul with 10:54 left in the game. With Dieng on the bench, the Bearcats made a 14-point run and seized control of the game. While the loss won't affect Louisville’s NCAA Tournament chances – at 21-7 the Cardinals will be in – it did hurt their shot at a double-bye in the upcoming Big East tournament. From the sound of Pitino’s remarks, though, he would have wanted to fight Luckie, Kersey and Corbin regardless of the game’s overall importance. “[The officials] are really starting to get under my nerves. I don’t know who the hell they think they are,” he said. “The level of arrogance, I just cannot believe it.” The comments are likely to draw him a reprimand and/or fine from the Big East, not to mention a less-than-favorable reaction from officiating crews the remainder of the season………….
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