Dirty Jokes in Fairy Grottos

ok, it's official. I am completely and utterly fucked.

While, yes, I do have a week before this Music And Media assignment is due, I have no idea what to do for it. It's one of those "choose your own question, because we can't be bothered" assignments, and I detest them so.

We have three options. 1 - watch the current Idol for 2-3 weeks and write about the relationships formed between producers and audience (or something similar). 2 - read at least a month's worth of a regular music-devoted publication and write about the styles and attitudes within. Or 3 - examine a CD/Event/Phenomenon's marketing campaign, and write about the mediums used, techniques, target audience, images, etc.

So, either I read a month's worth of magazines in the next couple of days, or I do number 3. Sounds like I'm doing number 3. However, it isn't as easy as that. Not only do I have to choose the phenomenon/event/cd, but I still have to come up with some kind of angle, because there's always some sort of lucrative motive behind it all that we have to prove.

Is the CD a relaunch of a fading band (Red Hot Chilli Peppers)? Is the event attempting to come across as alternative when it's really just mainstream (um... BDO or Homebake I forget which)? That sort of thing. And I'm so very crap at that - I didn't even have the final topic for my Studies of Religion ISP until the week it was due. And no, I can't use the ideas I listed because they're already taken, and they weren't mine to begin with.

Oh, I am so very fucked. We're supposed to come prepared for the tutorial today and ask for help and CRAP!! I'm just gonna go fail now.