Susan Boyle
June 2, 2009
- I did not expect her to win. The underdog has to remain one for a bit longer. That is what makes it charming and believable. We are in the business of 'make-believe', right? Let me draw your attention to a similar Bollywood story. The angelic voice, a burnt face. We are talking about the protagonist in Raj Kapoor's Satyam Shivam Sundaram. It is supposed to mean "Truth is God and God is ...
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May 11, 2009
- My novel, THE SWORD SWALLOWER'S DAUGHTER, yes, the one I'm still revising, draws much from my childhood. My father really was a sword swallower and my mother was a closet chanteuse who played piano and sang with a voice that rivaled the divas of her day. In fact, when I hear Susan Boyle, I think of my mother. She had that kind of voice, but zero confidence.The photo below is my mother playing and ...
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April 21, 2009
- I like to think that I'm immune to feel-goodery, particularly of the Internet variety, but I was weeping along with everyone else when I watched Susan Boyle break into song on one of the many Youtube clips from Britain's Got Talent.Everyone from Letty Cotton Pogrebin to Perez Hilton has weighed in on the Boyle phenomenon. Much has been made of her plainness, of her rather solitary life in a ...
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April 17, 2009
- A few days ago I was pulling out my hair (what's left of it anyway) trying to figure out what to blog about. But this past week has given me plenty to think about. This week we've seen a wide range of topics, from pirates to politics, to hidden gems of singers to irate politicians wanting to secede from the Union.So there's a pretty good stomping ground here. But today, after hearing the most ...
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April 16, 2009
- Susan Boyle's Britain's Got Talent Audition A surprising contestant on a talent show like “American Idol” in England.Simon Cowell was one of the judges . . . . Turn on your audio . . . . . Click on the site above . . . . . and be totally surprised and amazed!!
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April 15, 2009
- And yet I still do.So I was going to do a funny post about not being able to make Google Analytics work properly(It said I only got three visits over a month.) But this is much more full of awesome!Please click here.I could say a lot of things about believing in yourself and never giving up and not caring what people think. But all I really have to say is "Way to go, Susan Boyle. And thanks ...
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