Subscribe$11.59 (39% OFF) from Amazon • From Elvis and a hound dog wearing matching tuxedos and the comic adventures of artificially produced bands to elaborate music videos and contrived reality-show contests, television—as this critical look brilliantly shows—has done a superb job of presenting the energy of rock in a fabulously entertaining but patently "fake" manner. The dichotomy of "fake" and "real" music as it is portrayed on television is presented in detail through many generations of rock music: the Monkees shared the charts with the Beatles, Tupac and Slayer fans voted for corny American Idols, and shows like Shindig! and Soul Train somehow captured the unhinged energy of rock far more effectively than most long-haired guitar-smashing acts. Also shown is...
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Syesha Mercado 
Sun, Jul 6
Sun, Jul 6
may have come in third place in the "American Idol" competition, but she is definitely living her life as a winner. She is currently touring sports arenas with nine of her fellow contestants (including the winner David Cook) in "American Idols Live! Syesha explains that the format showca...
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