Paul Potts (yes, again)

I was reading the New York Times Magazine on Sunday, which had a big article about Rick Rubin. Of course I knew who he was-musical genius who created Def Jam records, producer for everyone from the Beastie Boys to Dixie Chicks to Neil Diamond-he's his generation's Clive Davis. Can he save the music industry? He was absolutely right when he said that for too long the industry has focused on selling and marketing the music and not the music itself-if you make good music, the people WILL buy it-that part won't be a problem. (I don't we'll get rid of ipods, as he predicts, though. At least, not anytime soon). But the best part was when he talked about Paul Potts and showed the writer the youtube video of Paul's first performance on Britain's Got Talent. Of course, he cried. Everyone I know cried watching it-and Rick Rubin said he was going to be Paul's promoter in the US-you can't do better than that.
It was very cool-I had a big grin on my face while reading that part of the article.