Attention Pierce County Jail Roster: Lakisha Jones Got Married

It really could be a notification to any obscure collection of individuals you can think of. Another reality star has wed. Lakisha Jones married somebody. It doesn't even matter what lucky guy gets to carry her across the threshold. It is only something that matters to the most isolated groups of people on the planet. What did she do again? Right, she was a contestant on one of the past episodes of American Idol. So, what did she do again?

Perhaps I would be more inclined to care if Lakisha had figured out how to design your own car online or maybe if her research resulted in a unique liquid found on Saturn. Just give me something, anything! What did she do again? Why does anybody care about what she is doing? I can't even begin to answer. She sang on American Idol with a bunch of other people. Her singing was OK. So, what else does she do? There isn't a moment that goes by each and every day that I chose not to think about her or any number of pseudo artificially hyped up nobodies that the entertainment conglomerates are desperately trying to shove down our throats.

About fifteen to twenty years ago, Ms. Jones was a great song, but definitely not a singer. Her and hundreds like her would never have had a chance. The answer is simple. Entertainment used to mean something. It used to involve talented people and the "developing" acts would have to wait until they got really good or disappear all together. If you were to ask Ms. Jones, or any of the many wannabes like her to draw a map of 52 states in USA and then ask her where her fan bases are, they might draw and point but never make that critical point about the last two states. They'll perform for your kid's birthday party or give you their favourite rendition of "My Girl" but not be able to name any of the singers or even list of famous duos who have blazed a trail so that they may do what they are doing today.

What exactly are they doing today? They are filling tiny voids and that is all. There is no longer any kind of appreciation of the arts. One thing is for certain, the viewing audience's attention span has vanished. Everyone needs a quick fix. That means it doesn't have to be that good it only need be good for now. If I was to draw up a famous people list today I have to be perfectly honest, I probably wouldn't know most of the names on it. The reason for that is because I honestly believe most of them wouldn't be on the list tomorrow. The greats all continue to live on for years. Even after they die, their work is continued to be appreciated. It stands up to the test of time. Celebrities today are junk food. Their bad for you and there's more than you can imagine on the shelf.

Put a Ms. Jones up against any great vocalist of the past twenty-five years and her record company will cower in embarrassment. However, that will never happen today. The industry is working differently. They are pushing "talent" by the dozens and they're doing it cheap. Where you used to have to go to a great venue like Radio City Music Hall to catch one of the greats, now you can check into a variety of web net conferences to catch the latest podcast of some pseudo celebrity discussing his plans to make a crossbow over the weekend because it's good training for a role in an upcoming reality series. They have aspirations of guest spots and Nadia American Pie scene moments. Truth be told, instead of scripts they should be studying Applebee's Restaurant menu. They should be apologizing. We should be ashamed of ourselves. We've become fat on the guilty pleasures of empty calorie programming and the network president facts list. Time to turn off the TV and computer and go outside for walk. It's time to start thinking for ourselves again.