I am so happy Maks is back! The show wasn’t half as good without him. I still think he and Mel was robbed!

My point was St Pete is NOT Tampaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s paper. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a Pinellas county paper.

That’s all good. But my point was that in the Tampa Bay Area, more people read it. And, when attending a concert at the Forum, you’ll find people representing each of the six counties in the greater Tampa metro area.

Actually, my bottom line point is a fan-base warning. Don’t attack Sean Daly in his comments section. There is no doubt you will be made fun of by a) his loyal readers who comment on there every day – I swear the guy has a fan club; b)TBO will write an online article about your fanatacism; c) you may end up being made fun of in a print article in the second largest newspaper in FL. The fans cannot win in these situations.

http://www.jasoncastromusic.com/

The comment section in the Fantasia article reminds me again to never call out any one fanbase for ‘enthusiasm/fanaticism’.

Here is the circulation by county:
Hillsborough (this is Tampa) – St Pete Times 32,500 (coverage = 7%)
– Tampa Tribune 144,000 (coverage = 31%)
St Pete has most of it’s distribution in Pinellas County – 190,000 for a 44% coverage and yes has a greater circulation than the Tribune. My point was St Pete is NOT Tampa’s paper. It’s a Pinellas county paper.

These stats are as of July 2008
http://www.usspi.com/markets/Tamp.pdf

I see Warren Sapp is also on Dancing with the stars. Sapp is such a loud mouth.

I once rode in an elevator with him – he’s huge. And, for a very long time, he was a big football hero here in Buccaneer country. But, what we should all remember about Warren, is that he is the mother effin asshole who sent a body double to go take a paternity test for him. Each of the women he has had children with has had to routinely take him back to court for back child support, health benefits for the children, etc. And, at the top of his game, the guy was earning like six million dollars a year.

Warren’s talent on the field was pretty amazing. But, he’s a low grade human being. It disappoints me to see him on a show I like. And, I usually love the football guys. Bummer.

Just wanted to state that Sean Daly writes for the St Pete Times. St Pete Times owns the domain tampabay.com but they have very little distribution in Tampa itself.

Actually, while Sean is indeed the music critic for the St. Pete Times, it’s distribution in Tampa is quite healthy. The St. Pete times is the largest newspaper in the Tampa Bay Area and it has the second largest distribution in the State of Florida (Miami is first). Traveling North, you’d get all the way to DC before you found a newspaper with a bigger circulation.

It far eclipses the Tampa Tribune in both circulation and industry awards. Anyplace in Tampa where the Tribune is for sale, you’ll also find the St. Pete Times. And, they sell a whole lot more of them throughout the area. That’s why when you see the Idols in downtown Tampa, you see them at the St. Pete Times Forum, because they actually had the money to buy the naming rights.

That’s not to say that Sean isn’t obnoxious often, because he is. He has liked some Idols in the past though. And, if you really want to see him get his hate on, you should read his old Taylor Hicks archives (or anyone who wasn’t Mandisa during Season 5 for that matter – Sean was bitter that year). He did however come around to Daughtry, ’cause Sean can sometimes be a bandwagon jumber LOL. His non-idol related music recommendations and concert reviews are usually quite good though.

So much to comment on today, and so little time. Maks is back? YAY. He’s the main reason to watch DWTS – hotness!! And, I worship Rocco. He’s got mad cooking skills, and his cookbook “Flavor” is about the best cookboock I’ve ever read. I could watch Rocco do cooking demonstrations all day long – he’s mesmerizing.

Here’s my fave dance that my hot tv boyfriend Maks has done on the show. It was the first Rumba he did with Mel B (of the Spice Girls) in season 5.

No, I think they usually do a fall and a spring season. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve only watched the full seasons of 4 & 5, though, so Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not sure.

Eep. Don’t think I can handle the spring season, except in the most rudimentary way, especially if it programs against Idol.

Wow, 2 a year? Isn’t that oversaturating the market a bit?

Why was this show on in the winter last year? Did it have to do with the writers strike?

No, I think they usually do a fall and a spring season. I’ve only watched the full seasons of 4 & 5, though, so I’m not sure.

It’s a pretty fun show – the REAL host, Tom Bergeron, is one of the best live hosts there is. He’s cheesy at times, but can say some pretty hilarious things. Samantha Harris, the “other” host, is useless. LOL. And the judges can be pretty funny sometimes too. Talk about not making sense, meet Bruno Tonioli and his crazy analogies!

The only real “WTF” thing for me this season is Kim Kardashian being on the roster of stars. What, exactly, has she done to become a star? Make a sex tape?

LOL. And Paula wants to be on it. So ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s on topic!”

And didn’t we read that Kellie Pickler wanted to be on DWTS!

I didn’t watch much last year as Kristi Yamaguchi was so much better than any other contestant and was getting 10′s about the second week……but I did watch the other seasons and plan on watching this year.

It would be kind of fun to follow it here and maybe even do the pool. So I vote yes for mj to cover it.

ETA: I suck at blockquote but I was trying to quote from earlier posts – sorry!

Hey, DWTS is *kinda* on topic. Look! DWTS – Lacey Schwimmer – SYTYCD – Nigel/19 – AI. It all goes back to the stages of separation. LOL.

LOL. And Paula wants to be on it. So it’s on topic!

Why was this show on in the winter last year? Did it have to do with the writers strike?

Nah, I’d love it if you covered it!! I didn’t watch much last season because Tuesdays had AI, DWTS, and Big Brother all at the same time, but since my hottie Maks is back this season (and he is my tv boyfriend, I claim him NOW! ), my eyes will be glued to my tv this season.