We’re back in business!

by Terry on January 17, 2012

Thanks to Dana Holland and the always-helpful support staff at our new web hosting company, IXWebhosting.com, for getting Blogilow back up in its new home.

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Preferred Music Style and Personality

by Terry on October 10, 2011

It’s a few years old but I ran across this article about research in preferred music style and personality.

The results showed:

Blues fans have high self-esteem, are creative, outgoing, gentle and at ease
Jazz fans have high self-esteem, are creative, outgoing and at ease
Classical music fans have high self-esteem, are creative, introvert and at ease
Rap fans have high self-esteem and are outgoing
Opera fans have high self-esteem, are creative and gentle
Country and western fans are hardworking and outgoing
Reggae fans have high self-esteem, are creative, not hardworking, outgoing, gentle and at ease
Dance fans are creative and outgoing but not gentle
Indie fans have low self-esteem, are creative, not hard working, and not gentle
Bollywood fans are creative and outgoing
Rock/heavy metal fans have low self-esteem, are creative, not hard-working, not outgoing, gentle, and at ease
Chart pop fans have high self-esteem, are hardworking, outgoing and gentle, but are not creative and not at ease
Soul fans have high self-esteem, are creative, outgoing, gentle, and at ease

Interesting that only Rock fans seem to have low self-esteem and that almost all other fans have high self-esteem. Could be part of the inflated self-esteem movement of the last couple decades I suppose.

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“The Empty Self”

September 28, 2011

Was just perusing an incredibly long doctoral dissertation entitled “Understanding Fans: A Review of the Psychological Literature” by Kitty B. Haspel, written in May 2006. Something in the epilogue caught my eye. It’s a summary of a concept called “The Empty Self” and how it might apply to fan psychology by tying it in with [...]

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Celebrity Studies journal

September 21, 2011

New one on me. New journal started in 2010 about…the study of celebrities. The first issue is available free online here. I’ll be checking this one out.

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“Exploring the History of Fandom” blog

September 20, 2011

Just ran across this blog: The Ardent Audience: Exploring the History of Fandom. The blogger is Daniel Cavicchi, Associate Professor of American Studies and Head of the Department of History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences at Rhode Island School of Design.

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Music fans

September 19, 2011

I just finished reading—okay, skimming–a master’s thesis with the daunting title, “FAN COMMITMENT AND ITS TRANSFORMATION INTO COMMUNITAS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PROXEMIC EXCHANGE.” I have no idea what that means. This seems to be what the author is interested in: However, what is crucial to understand is what factors are at work during a [...]

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Letter from a Fan/So Heavy, So High (Part 2)

June 27, 2011

Part 1 of Letter from a Fan was the fan’s perspective. Part 2 is the star’s perspective. The star’s lyrics begin after the fan expresses her anguish and anxiety over the fact that the star hasn’t paid much attention to her undying support and devotion and failed to notice how much she loves and needs [...]

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Letter from a Fan / So Heavy, So High (Part 1)

June 17, 2011

Barry Manilow’s new original concept cd was released this week with an unusually eerie song in the center of the story album, “Letter from a Fan-So Heavy, So High”. When I first heard about this song my first thought was, “boy does he have some material to work with.” To be quite honest, there was [...]

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A snapshot of how celebrities view fans

June 13, 2011

If you ever wondered what celebrities think of those starstruck, nutcase, psycho fans, who are obsessed beyond all reason, have a listen to Mr. Manilow’s new CD, 15 Minutes. Before the album was released, the lyricist, Enoch Anderson, took it upon himself to explain to the fans that this song was not about any particular [...]

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“The Secret Way Celebrities Buy Homes Without Anyone Finding Out”

June 2, 2011

Interesting article about what lengths celebrities go to to keep ordinary folk from being able to find out they’ve bought real estate. But if you’re a celebrity, forget signing your name on any real estate document. Home purchases are public and as a very public person, you’re going to do your best to keep where [...]

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