Who wants to be a Rockstar (Supernova)?

“I could make a transformation as a rock & roll star”
– David Bowie, “Star”

There's no explanation for my fascination with Rockstar: Supernova:

• I don't like reality shows (yet my wife's got me into watching several with her now).
• I don't like any of the bands that Tommy Lee, Gilby Clarke or Jason Newsted have been associated with (okay, I did used to have a thing for Voivod pre-Jason).
• I don't think the band is going to be any good once they actually find a lead singer (because Tommy, Gilby and Jason have already written all the songs for the first album ahead of time).

See? Here I am rationalizing about it. The truth is:

• I watch every episode.
• I have a favorite “rocker” (Lukas Rossi).
• I log onto MSN and vote for him every week.
• I laugh at Dave Navarro.
• I shudder at Brooke Burke's fashion sense.
• I marvel at Tommy's celebrity (I'm convinced he's the Jack Nicholson of Rock).

Sick, sick, sick. It's a sickness.

What's your power move?

Tired of the news? God knows I am -- I've even burned out on the fake news (as seen on The Daily Show and The Cobert Report). What to do?

Fear not, sports racers! Ze Frank is here to do the thinking for us! Every weekday, Ze posts a new episode of The Show, his video podcast (or “vodcast” or “vlog” or “whatever”) wherein you might get a smattering of news or politics. For certain you're gonna get some one-of-a-kind funky weirdness that may well make your cereal milk shoot out your nose.

Ze's been doing his unique flavor of humor/performance art online for some time now via his website and elsewhere, but luckily he decided to start giving us this regularly scheduled dose. Heck, you can even subscribe to The Show now via the iTunes Music Store -- what could be easier!

Give him a week, and he'll give you a reason to live.

Long Live Thee Infinite Beat

Q. What is music?

A. Any sound.

Q. What is beat?

A. A measurement between two points in SPACE.

Q. What is Infinite Beat?

A. Absolutely any pattern ov sounds that takes plane between two points in SPACE.

Genesis P-Orridge on BUZZ for MTV, February 1990.