http://relativelyignorant.net/blog/2006/08/idol-time/ Michael Strasser’s occasional non-absolute thoughts on a range of topics Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:15:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://relativelyignorant.net/blog/2006/08/idol-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 Michael Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:31:36 +0000 http://relativelyignorant.net/blog/2006/08/13/idol-time/#comment-1086 Hmmm, but was it original? Or doesn’t that matter? Hmmm, but was it original? Or doesn’t that matter?

]]> http://relativelyignorant.net/blog/2006/08/idol-time/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Jules Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:22:23 +0000 http://relativelyignorant.net/blog/2006/08/13/idol-time/#comment-977 A few years ago my sister took me to this nightclub in the Valley. After a few minutes in there, my sister met up with a few people she knew. This young geeky looking lad in his very wearly twenties took a liking to my sister, so he befriended me as a way of getting closer to his prize. He just hung around us for ages. This isn't the main story. The main gist of this story is that on this particular night, it was called "Open Mike Night". Anyway, this same very white, skinny lad grabbed the mike and delivered this brilliant rap rendition, as if he had come straight out of South Central LA. His voice was so precisely black american that you had to look twice to see if it was really him. Words came out at a hundred miles an hour - all deep, bassy and American accented and oozing attitude. A few years ago my sister took me to this nightclub in the Valley. After a few minutes in there, my sister met up with a few people she knew. This young geeky looking lad in his very wearly twenties took a liking to my sister, so he befriended me as a way of getting closer to his prize. He just hung around us for ages. This isn’t the main story. The main gist of this story is that on this particular night, it was called “Open Mike Night”. Anyway, this same very white, skinny lad grabbed the mike and delivered this brilliant rap rendition, as if he had come straight out of South Central LA. His voice was so precisely black american that you had to look twice to see if it was really him. Words came out at a hundred miles an hour – all deep, bassy and American accented and oozing attitude.

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