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One night, I was hanging out with some friends and somehow (I’m sure there was plenty of drink involved) we got to talking about the actor Jonathan Winters. At one point in our lives this guy was everywhere but where was he now? Was he still working in show business? What was the last thing he had done? Was he dead or alive? That conversation led to a recurring blog post titled, Dead Or Alive, in which I ask if you remember people, occasions, events, etc from our past and do you know where they are today?

This week, 90s-rock musician, Matthew Sweet.

Sweet had a huge hit with the song and album, “Girlfriend” in the early 1990′s but what is he up to now?

Welcome to Dead Or Alive? Don’t take that question too literally. Think of this as my version of “where are they now”, except sometimes they might be six feet under and other times they are judging chili eating contests at State Fairs.

This week, Adam Lambert’s Career. Did you see his performance on the American Music Awards last night? WTF? Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for a crotch-in-the-face musical number with plenty of guy-on-guy action. But Lambert’s performance was just bizarre, uninteresting and left me feeling icky afterwards like the first (last and only) time I went to a live Rocky Horror Picture performance.

So what do you think? Is Adam Lambert’s Career Dead Or Alive?