It’s also more than 2,000 greater than last year’s attendance. The number surpassed the previous record by more than 1,300 people. This year 33,861 people flooded to the Greene County Fairground and Expo Center for the world’s biggest amateur radio show, according to a spokesperson for Hamvention. XENIA - A new attendance record was set at Hamvention this year. Hamvention 2023 breaks attendance record (WHIO) Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Dennis Dura, Ron Chester, and Ulis Fleming for the following tips: Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio KELLY: NPR TV critic Eric Deggans telling us about "The Idol." Thank you, Eric. I'm just hoping as the story progresses, they find a way to tell us something that's a little more insightful - a little more fresh. Yes, pop stars can be exhausted and feel exploited, which makes them vulnerable to smooth-talking charlatans. I think the show's biggest problem is that it's not really telling us anything we don't already know. Depp has a compelling scene, though, where a photographer asks her to channel all these different emotions, and she does it in a way that fully communicates how exploited she's feeling. How do he and Depp do? They're playing the star-crossed couple.ĭEGGANS: Well, so far, The Weeknd seems to have the same challenge that a lot of video-friendly pop stars have when they try to act, which is - they look great, but they don't quite know how to believably inhabit a character who walks and talks. KELLY: We mentioned this high-profile role for The Weeknd, who I did not actually realize was an actor. And a lot of it seemed deliberately, almost cartoonishly provocative, kind of aimed at generating controversy but without a lot of substance to the style. And there were a lot of scenes in Sunday's episode that seemed to fit that bill, including one where Depp's character chokes herself while pleasuring herself. "The Idol" was co-created by Sam Levinson, who's the creator of Emmy-winning "Euphoria," and earlier this year, though, Rolling Stone published this expose about the show saying that a female director had left the project and that the sex and the nudity had been ramped up and turning it into a male-centered fantasy. I'm getting the feeling you don't like this show, Eric, which - I mean, the team who made it - as I said, this was the people who made "Euphoria." That's a big deal, no?ĭEGGANS: Exactly. You should be having way more fun.ĭEGGANS: Yeah, and so that Trojan horse bit is the kind of line that sounds profound until you think about it a little bit, and then you realize it's really not. THE WEEKND: (As Tedros) You got the best job in the world. You get people to sing along to say whatever you want. THE WEEKND: (As Tedros) Pop music is like the ultimate Trojan horse. And here's a scene - we've got a scene from Sunday's episode where they're talking at Tedros' club about the power of pop music. So this series stars Lily-Rose Depp - and yep, she's Johnny Depp's 24-year-old daughter - as a young pop star trying to get her career back on track after she had a nervous breakdown, but she's struggling for inspiration until she meets this nightclub owner/self-help guru who's this, like, creepy Lothario with a rattail braid - who's played by The Weekend - named Tedros. Tell me what this series is all about.ĭEGGANS: Sure. Hey Eric.ĮRIC DEGGANS, BYLINE: (Laughter) Yes, I'm feeling very critical today. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans wrote a review of the show for NPR.org and joins us to do what critics do and tell us all about it. It's from the creator of "Euphoria." It's called "The Idol," and it has already made headlines from a major character played by pop star The Weeknd to a splashy debut at the Cannes Film Festival. Fans of "Succession" may have discovered a new show on HBO in that series' old time slot on Sunday.
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