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Did you know that Jennifer Hudson lip-synched the National Anthem at the Super Bowl the
other night? She is an incredibly talented, dependable singer. But her passionate performance (she sure looked like she was belting it out) was pre-recorded. Faith Hill, too, was lip synching when she sang “America the Beautiful.” Both did so at the request of the Super Bowl’s producer. His reason: “There’s too many variables to go live. I would never recommend any artist go live, because the slightest glitch would devastate the performance.” (At least Bruce Springsteen was live. And up close and personal too, as he slid into the camera at the end of his walkway)/Beth Bollinger, Accidental Rabbit Trails. More here.
DFO: Put your hands together for the newest member of the HBO Blogosphere: Beth Bollinger of Accidental Rabbit Trails. You can read all about her here.
Question (from Beth): Have we reached a point of expecting perfection at all times?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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BethB on February 04 at 5:36 p.m.
Hey, Huckleberries! Thanks for the nod. I’m looking for community service stories too, everyone, so be sure to share. This is going to be a lot of fun…..
Sisyphus on February 04 at 7:35 p.m.
Welcome Beth. I love searching for perfection. Finding it, not so much. It comes with an ego.
BethB on February 04 at 8:51 p.m.
Well, I know it benefits me if the standards are a little lower. Hey, did you see where Obama said today not to let perfection stand in the way of essentials? He must have been reading my mind (or my blog!) :0