Blackmoor Vituperative

I have been suffering through various TV talent show contests such as The Voice and The X Factor and so on. Here is a list of things that I would be happy to never see or hear again:

• Excessive head-swinging and upper body swaying (almost always female singers)
• Waving hands around: punching the sky, making wave motions, reaching out, and so on — especially the wave motions
• Hunching up shoulders and holding elbows in close to the body (almost always male singers)
• Repeating “uh-huh, yeah” between each verse (almost always male singers)
• Warbling vibrato-ee-ooo-eee-ooo-eee-ooo
• Bizarre spasms of the head and/or lower jaw while holding notes (often accompanied with warbling vibrato-ee-ooo-ee-ooo-ee-ooo)
• Weird twitchy arm movements like the singer is going through drug withdrawal (often accompanied by hunching up shoulders and holding elbows in close to the body)

If you do any of these things, please do the world a favor and stay away from cameras and microphones.