The UPS man made me very happy yesterday (minds out of the gutter, please!): he brought me a box from Amazon.com that contained several items--but I dug to the bottom to get the Glee: The Music, Volume 1 CD that I'd been waiting for. I put it in my car this morning and listened to it on my way to volunteer and then around town doing errands and back home. Wow! This CD is positively Glee-ful! While there is a mix of up-tempo … more
Back in May of 2009, FOX made one of the biggest gambles in recent television history. The network decided to air the pilot of one of the new fall shows just before summer. The thinking was that doing so would build an audience and build the hype for the fall. However, there was a huge danger in that people would forget about the show and no matter how good it was it would die an early death. That show was GLEE and the gamble paid off tremendously because GLEE is by far the best new show on television … more
In case you've been living under a rock for the past few months, 'Glee' is probably among the best in terms of new television shows to arrive this season. 'Glee' is your typical high school drama mixed with heavy doses of atypical popular music packed into each episode. In a way, 'Glee' is Fox's version of Disney's 'High School Music' franchise except better acted and with a far better soundtrack. This first volume of music comes from the show's first nine episodes and features a variety of music … more