In RockBandLounge.com's Rock Star: All Stars competition, Marty Casey of the Lovehammers won it all!
In the final week of competition, Toby Rand was eliminated, leaving Marty and JD Fortune to go head to head, much like they did on Rock Star: INXS. However, while JD won the first time around and got to become the new lead singer for INXS, this time Marty was crowned the Ultimate Rock Star.
He has been gracious enough to even visit RockBandLounge.com himself in order to give an acceptance speech. You can read it here.
Kudos go out to all the different fan groups who made this game successful and fun! There were many active fanbases already at RockBandLounge.com, but many others came out to support their favorites. The ladies at TeamMig set the tone for the whole game, and the Hammerheads came out in droves in the final weeks of the competition to bring it home for their boy. Storm's fans, Magni's fans, Toby's fans, JD's fans, Ryan's fans, and so many others were loyal to their favorites throughout, but in the end...Marty is the Ultimate Rock Star.
On a side note, Producer Dave from the Rock Star series followed the competition throughout, and he also dropped by to give a little hint about a new project he is working on for MTV. Let's just say, we will be seeing more of several of the members of the House Band, and they will be working with the kids of stars! Should be interesting. RockBandLounge.com will be following the show, so be sure to head over there for more information!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
The Final Week
So we are down to the final week of RockBandLounge.com's Rock Star: All Stars competition. The top three left for the finale week are Marty Casey, JD Fortune, and Toby Rand. This last week, we said goodbye to Mig Ayessa.
Toby has been in the Bottom 3 several times in the last several weeks, but just keeps on keeping on. JD was in the Bottom 3 for the first time this past Tuesday, and pulled through in a close vote. Marty has not had a trip to the Bottom 3 during the course of the All Stars competition.
If you want to see your favorite crowned the Ultimate Rock Star, be sure to head to RockBandLounge.com and cast your vote! Register early so there are no complications. Sunday, there will be a vote from midnight to midnight Pacific time. The bottom vote getter from that vote will be out of the competition, and the final two will duke it out again on Tuesday.
Toby has been in the Bottom 3 several times in the last several weeks, but just keeps on keeping on. JD was in the Bottom 3 for the first time this past Tuesday, and pulled through in a close vote. Marty has not had a trip to the Bottom 3 during the course of the All Stars competition.
If you want to see your favorite crowned the Ultimate Rock Star, be sure to head to RockBandLounge.com and cast your vote! Register early so there are no complications. Sunday, there will be a vote from midnight to midnight Pacific time. The bottom vote getter from that vote will be out of the competition, and the final two will duke it out again on Tuesday.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Waving to My Lovely Readers
It feels like forever since I've blogged! I'm sorry for that. It's been a rough start to the new year. To start with, my trusty (laugh) laptop decided to crash once again. Then I started a new part time job on campus, and school started back up. I haven't had a whole lot of free time, especially considering that (as an English major) I've had about 800 pages worth of reading to do in the last week. Oh well, c'est la vie!
So, I'll apologize in advance for my lack of blogging this semester. It likely will not happen with the frequency that I had been blogging at in prior months, and for that I am very sorry. I'm sure you will all get along just fine without me blathering on about a bunch of nothing.
I will go ahead and say though, that with my new eating habits I have already lost about 9.5 pounds! Not a bad way to start out the new year. Hopefully I can keep that going. It would be really nice to need to buy new clothes in a few months, because these are all falling off of me. REALLY nice.
I have not kept up with my Project Runway Rundown, but I'll say that I hated seeing Kevin leave, and I loved the combination of Chris and Christian in the Avante Garde challenge. FIERCE, FEROSH, and totally FABULOUS!
I also haven't kept everyone abreast of the happenings in RockBandLounge.com's Rock Star: All Stars competition. At this point, we are down to the final four: JD, Marty, Mig, and Toby. Who will win? We'll have to wait and see. Be sure to head over there and cast your vote though!
I will try not to force you all to wait so long for my next blog, but I can make no promises. Au revoir! (Can you tell that I'm trying to relearn French? That's one of my classes this semester...)
So, I'll apologize in advance for my lack of blogging this semester. It likely will not happen with the frequency that I had been blogging at in prior months, and for that I am very sorry. I'm sure you will all get along just fine without me blathering on about a bunch of nothing.
I will go ahead and say though, that with my new eating habits I have already lost about 9.5 pounds! Not a bad way to start out the new year. Hopefully I can keep that going. It would be really nice to need to buy new clothes in a few months, because these are all falling off of me. REALLY nice.
I have not kept up with my Project Runway Rundown, but I'll say that I hated seeing Kevin leave, and I loved the combination of Chris and Christian in the Avante Garde challenge. FIERCE, FEROSH, and totally FABULOUS!
I also haven't kept everyone abreast of the happenings in RockBandLounge.com's Rock Star: All Stars competition. At this point, we are down to the final four: JD, Marty, Mig, and Toby. Who will win? We'll have to wait and see. Be sure to head over there and cast your vote though!
I will try not to force you all to wait so long for my next blog, but I can make no promises. Au revoir! (Can you tell that I'm trying to relearn French? That's one of my classes this semester...)
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
New Year, New Me???
I am fat.
There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Calling myself "overweight" is really kind of sugar coating the issue, and does me no good in any way, shape, or form. So I'm just going to call a spade a spade and say that I'm fat.
I've struggled with my weight my whole life. I've tried diets and weight loss programs...and I've had some limited success with some of them. But it seems like whatever I manage to lose, I eventually gain back and then some. It doesn't help anything that I live a basically sedentary lifestyle. I'm a college student, so I sit in a classroom all day long. I might walk across campus to get to another class, but seriously, how far is that? Not too far. When I work part time on campus, it is almost always a desk job. I have weak ankles that sprain easily, and I have asthma, and I use those things as excuses to not get up off my fat ass and exercise. I eat too much. I don't eat a balanced diet of what I do eat.
A few months ago, I weighed over 310 pounds. I finally tried Splenda instead of using regular sugar in my coffee and tea. I've gotten to where I like Splenda as well as sugar...so I'm using it a lot. And I'm cutting WAY back on sodas (I only have one or two a week these days). And I have started to buy the sugar free flavored creamers for my coffee. Not really huge changes. I've still been being a couch potato and not exercising, and I've been eating the same (or worse over the holidays) as I typically do. But I weighed myself this morning, and I am down 20 pounds! TWENTY POUNDS!!! From cutting out sugar? Wow. Who knew?
I also recently discovered that they are making a version of Diet Coke with Splenda now...you have to look for it, but it is out there. So I'm trying to switch to where I am drinking those for my one to two sodas a week. As far as my eating habits are concerned, the first major change I am going to try to accomplish is to simply limit my portion sizes. I think if I do that, I will start to lose even more weight. And on top of all of that, this morning I visited the campus gym. I worked out for about an hour, with some brisk walking on the treadmill and weight training. I've discovered that it is free for students...and my Mom is thinking about joining as well to work out with me. We both need to seriously lose weight.
I'm not calling all of this a New Year's Resolution...if I do, I am sure to fail. I'm just going to try to make simple changes to the way I live my life, and hopefully they will have big results in the long term. I'm done with dieting. Diets don't work. I want to change how I perceive myself, and how the world perceives me.
I don't always watch The Biggest Loser on TV, though I've watched bits and pieces of it for years. But I just watched quite a bit of a marathon on TV over the weekend, and I watched the premiere episode of The Biggest Loser: Couples last night. I may not manage to lose weight as quickly and effectively as they do...but I am going to use them as inspiration.
If only I had Trainer Bob here to push me...
There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Calling myself "overweight" is really kind of sugar coating the issue, and does me no good in any way, shape, or form. So I'm just going to call a spade a spade and say that I'm fat.
I've struggled with my weight my whole life. I've tried diets and weight loss programs...and I've had some limited success with some of them. But it seems like whatever I manage to lose, I eventually gain back and then some. It doesn't help anything that I live a basically sedentary lifestyle. I'm a college student, so I sit in a classroom all day long. I might walk across campus to get to another class, but seriously, how far is that? Not too far. When I work part time on campus, it is almost always a desk job. I have weak ankles that sprain easily, and I have asthma, and I use those things as excuses to not get up off my fat ass and exercise. I eat too much. I don't eat a balanced diet of what I do eat.
A few months ago, I weighed over 310 pounds. I finally tried Splenda instead of using regular sugar in my coffee and tea. I've gotten to where I like Splenda as well as sugar...so I'm using it a lot. And I'm cutting WAY back on sodas (I only have one or two a week these days). And I have started to buy the sugar free flavored creamers for my coffee. Not really huge changes. I've still been being a couch potato and not exercising, and I've been eating the same (or worse over the holidays) as I typically do. But I weighed myself this morning, and I am down 20 pounds! TWENTY POUNDS!!! From cutting out sugar? Wow. Who knew?
I also recently discovered that they are making a version of Diet Coke with Splenda now...you have to look for it, but it is out there. So I'm trying to switch to where I am drinking those for my one to two sodas a week. As far as my eating habits are concerned, the first major change I am going to try to accomplish is to simply limit my portion sizes. I think if I do that, I will start to lose even more weight. And on top of all of that, this morning I visited the campus gym. I worked out for about an hour, with some brisk walking on the treadmill and weight training. I've discovered that it is free for students...and my Mom is thinking about joining as well to work out with me. We both need to seriously lose weight.
I'm not calling all of this a New Year's Resolution...if I do, I am sure to fail. I'm just going to try to make simple changes to the way I live my life, and hopefully they will have big results in the long term. I'm done with dieting. Diets don't work. I want to change how I perceive myself, and how the world perceives me.
I don't always watch The Biggest Loser on TV, though I've watched bits and pieces of it for years. But I just watched quite a bit of a marathon on TV over the weekend, and I watched the premiere episode of The Biggest Loser: Couples last night. I may not manage to lose weight as quickly and effectively as they do...but I am going to use them as inspiration.
If only I had Trainer Bob here to push me...
So Long Ryan...For Real This Time
This week at RockBandLounge.com's Rock Star: All Stars competition, Ryan Star got the boot again. It was a close race between Ryan and his fellow Vote Back winner Zayra Alvarez, but Ryan is the one to leave this time.
If you want to see Zayra and Storm Large (the other member of this week's Bottom 3) remain in the competition, be sure to head over to RBL and vote for them on Sunday.
Also, don't forget that this coming week will have another Double Elimination, so it is imperative to vote for your favorite on Sunday!
If you want to see Zayra and Storm Large (the other member of this week's Bottom 3) remain in the competition, be sure to head over to RBL and vote for them on Sunday.
Also, don't forget that this coming week will have another Double Elimination, so it is imperative to vote for your favorite on Sunday!
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Twisty Week at Rock Star: All Stars
Last week, RockBandLounge.com announced The Big Twist, where one of the eliminated rockers would be voted back into the competition. After several days of campaigning and voting, TWO singers actually made it back into the contest. Zayra Alvarez and Ryan Star wound up with a tie for the most votes, and both of them made their way back into the contest, complete with a free pass for Christmas week.
When the voting for the week's performances came to an end, the Bottom Three was made up of Toby Rand, Magni, and Josh Logan. And yet another Twist was introduced in this twisty week...it would be another Double Elimination and the two highest vote-getters would be leaving the competition.
This time, we are seeing the end of Josh and Magni's runs in Rock Star: All Stars. But if you want to hear more from them, be sure to check out their MySpace pages. You can find Josh's here, and be sure to keep an eye out for news about his album release. And for news on Magni, check him out here and look for his album on iTunes!
If Toby is your favorite, or any of the other remaining eight singers in RockBandLounge.com's Rock Star: All Stars contest, be sure to head over there and VOTE!
And don't forget that the whole purpose of this is to get Rock Star back on our TV's! The networks are starting to solidify their lineups of reality TV, and so far, there is no Rock Star for us. If you want to do something about that, take a look at RockBandLounge.com's Big Letter Writing Campaign Thread.
When the voting for the week's performances came to an end, the Bottom Three was made up of Toby Rand, Magni, and Josh Logan. And yet another Twist was introduced in this twisty week...it would be another Double Elimination and the two highest vote-getters would be leaving the competition.
This time, we are seeing the end of Josh and Magni's runs in Rock Star: All Stars. But if you want to hear more from them, be sure to check out their MySpace pages. You can find Josh's here, and be sure to keep an eye out for news about his album release. And for news on Magni, check him out here and look for his album on iTunes!
If Toby is your favorite, or any of the other remaining eight singers in RockBandLounge.com's Rock Star: All Stars contest, be sure to head over there and VOTE!
And don't forget that the whole purpose of this is to get Rock Star back on our TV's! The networks are starting to solidify their lineups of reality TV, and so far, there is no Rock Star for us. If you want to do something about that, take a look at RockBandLounge.com's Big Letter Writing Campaign Thread.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
See You Later Ryan? Maybe...
This week on RockBandLounge.com's Rock Star: All Stars, the superbly talented Ryan Star got the boot. BUT...don't forget about the Big Twist! From today through Saturday, fans can vote to bring any of the ousted rockers back into the competition, complete with a free pass through next week's elimination. If you want to see Ryan back in the competition, head over to RockBandLounge.com and cast your vote!
Other singers in this week's Bottom Four (yes, Four, not Three) were Josh Logan, Magni, and Storm Large. If you want to see them have a chance at winning this thing, you have to vote!
Other rockers eligible to be brought back into the competition include Zayra Alvarez, Neal Carlson, Dilana, Brandon Calhoon, Ty Taylor, Patrice Pike, Deanna Johnston, Suzie McNeil, Jordis Unga, and dirtyPhil Ritchie.
In case you want to hear more from Ryan, check him out at MySpace or at his Official Website.
Other singers in this week's Bottom Four (yes, Four, not Three) were Josh Logan, Magni, and Storm Large. If you want to see them have a chance at winning this thing, you have to vote!
Other rockers eligible to be brought back into the competition include Zayra Alvarez, Neal Carlson, Dilana, Brandon Calhoon, Ty Taylor, Patrice Pike, Deanna Johnston, Suzie McNeil, Jordis Unga, and dirtyPhil Ritchie.
In case you want to hear more from Ryan, check him out at MySpace or at his Official Website.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Send a Pretty Baby eCard!
Yeah, that's right. Zayra Alvarez and Co., otherwise known as Pretty Baby, have created some ecards that you can send to friends. Each one comes complete with a free download of their new tunes too! Not a bad deal.
Check it out here.
Not only do you get the download, but the photos used for these ecards are from their recent photo shoot.
Check it out here.
Not only do you get the download, but the photos used for these ecards are from their recent photo shoot.
Monday, December 17, 2007
The Big Twist Revealed
So they've been hinting about a Big Twist for a little bit over at RockBandLounge.com's Rock Star: All Stars competition, and the twist has now been revealed.
After tomorrow's elimination vote, each of the eliminated rockers will be up for reentry into the competition. One of the eleven eliminated singers will be allowed to come back, and they will be given a free pass for their first week. So, if you are one of those who was outraged by Zayra's early elimination or dumbfounded by Suzie's removal, head over to RockBandLounge.com to vote on who should be able to come back!
Singers eligible for this are Zayra, Neal, Brandon, Ty, dirtyPhil, Deanna, Jordis, Suzie, Dilana, Patrice, and whoever is eliminated in tomorrow's vote.
This week there is a bottom four, as there was a tie for the final spot in the bottom three. So Josh, Magni, Storm, and Ryan are all up for elimination tomorrow. If one of them is your favorite and you want them to stay in the competition, be sure to vote tomorrow between midnight and 11:59 pm Pacific time for someone else to be the one leaving.
After tomorrow's elimination vote, each of the eliminated rockers will be up for reentry into the competition. One of the eleven eliminated singers will be allowed to come back, and they will be given a free pass for their first week. So, if you are one of those who was outraged by Zayra's early elimination or dumbfounded by Suzie's removal, head over to RockBandLounge.com to vote on who should be able to come back!
Singers eligible for this are Zayra, Neal, Brandon, Ty, dirtyPhil, Deanna, Jordis, Suzie, Dilana, Patrice, and whoever is eliminated in tomorrow's vote.
This week there is a bottom four, as there was a tie for the final spot in the bottom three. So Josh, Magni, Storm, and Ryan are all up for elimination tomorrow. If one of them is your favorite and you want them to stay in the competition, be sure to vote tomorrow between midnight and 11:59 pm Pacific time for someone else to be the one leaving.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Pretty Baby Photo Shoot
So apparently Zayra Alvarez's new band Pretty Baby had a photo shoot. Check out what came out of it...
Also, here is a video on YouTube with some behind the scenes footage from that photo shoot. Looks like there are good things to come from Pretty Baby in 2008. I can't wait!
Also, here is a video on YouTube with some behind the scenes footage from that photo shoot. Looks like there are good things to come from Pretty Baby in 2008. I can't wait!
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