CASA - The Contemporary A Capella Society

Greatest episode ever? Arguably. Most heartbreaking elimination ever? Oh yeah. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I love a good mashup. My first two experiences with mash-ups, back in the heady heyday of Napster, happens to have involved Emine ...

Blog entries - Warren B. - 11/27/2011 - 09:57 - 7 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

As this episode is as close to a free-for-all as the show gets, I'm not going to go nuts with analyzing arranging and performance choices this time around. Not very nuts, anyway.  Unfortunately, I watched the live broadcast in a bar in Manh ...

Blog entries - Warren B. - 12/05/2011 - 12:00 - 1 comment - 0 attachments - 0 groups

If you've ever watched a talent competition on TV and thought "I really wish they'd all just go for broke and leave everything they have on the stage," this is the half-episode for you. This is the most in-your-face hour of the show ever. Please put y ...

Blog entries - Warren B. - 11/30/2011 - 17:08 - 2 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

In retrospect, the second hour is so much more entertaining than the first hour, and so much less stressful to watch (though more stressful to judge, I'm sure). (btw, the irony of the "guilty" aspect of this episode is explained all too well in the f ...

Blog entries - Warren B. - 10/19/2011 - 10:14 - 6 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

Almost like a miracle, The Sing-Off (the American version, anyway) has returned for an upsized third season. Once again, cue the cats and dogs living together . This isn't a recap blog, per se; if you haven't seen the episode in question, t ...

Blog entries - Warren B. - 09/30/2011 - 15:17 - 5 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups