ROCK STAR: INXS

i try to avoid the reality tv craze like the plague, but i'll be damned if i miss one second of this show. ROCK STAR: INXS is about 15 youngins fighting for the ultimate title, to be the new lead singer for INXS. this show rocks for at least these two reasons:

1 - INXS was ahead of their time. their album "Kick" is still in my top ten favorite albums of all time, and it excites me greatly that they are considering getting back together.

b - unlike american idol et. al., every contestant on the show is required to have talent and credentials. This means that they must have had stage experience being the lead singer for other local bands etc.

the first episode was last night and it rocked!! there's no obnoxious anouncers like ryan seacrest reminding you to vote every two minutes. the M.C. is brooke burke, and she anounces a name and the song they are doing, that person comes on and does a truncated version of that song and the next is announced. every song is rockin, and every song is well done. songs included:

The Who - Baba O'Reilly
Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
Blondie - One Way Or Another
Living Colour - Cult Of Personality
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Black Crowes - Remedy (one of my favorite songs)

it's on CBS tonight (tues 7/12) at 10-9 central and tomorrow night (wed, 7/13) at 9:30-8:30 central. watch it and rock out with the horns in the air!!.... at the very least you get to see brooke burke!!