DOES THIS MAKE ME A DOUCHEBAG??

Last night, on PBS, I watched the 90 min Vegas show of Celine Dion. The show "A New Day" ran for 5 years and was sold out almost every night at 4000 tickets per show. In 717 performances over those 5 years they grossed $400 million dollars. Anyway, I watched the show out of production curiosity. Of course, there were some amazing effects and designs that, given the financial windfall, I'll definitely rip off and use somewhere. However, I did realize two things while watching this special...A) Celine Dion is the greatest singer alive today and B) Celine Dion is the most awkward human being alive today. While listening to how beautiful her voice is, you can't help but notice how uncoordinated and contrived she is. Her attempts to connect with the crowd make me cringe...maybe there is some demographic that don't see thru it and find it amazingly entertaining (like, maybe my grandmother or someone who speaks only Swahili) but to me it's almost as entertaining to watch her awkwardness as it is to watch her talent. I think since she cut her last single, the song "Taking Chances" written by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, I'm finally comfortable enough in myself to admit that I watched this show. It might make me a douchebag, but I'm not scared.

On an unrelated note, it's Fan Fair week in Nashville. Now I believe the politically correct name is CMA Music Fest, but it's still Fan Fair. And being my first Fan Fair while living in Nashville, it's been the most unreal thing to watch. Complete idiots driving down the wrong way on Music Row. People walking across the interstate into oncoming traffic. All the hotel lobbies jammed with overweight folks in hawaiian shirts and New Balance shoes. Wow. I need to start traveling during Fan Fair.