Four words. The novelty wore off. We humans do enjoy our novelties. After all, the Beatles themselves were novelties. And so was Elvis. But in order for a novelty to last it must be genuine. It took a while, but as soon as America started to realize that Amanda’s act was more contrived than genuine, more Janis than Amanda, more hairstyle than her own style — she was gone. And it’s not that she wasn’t good. Her singing was fine. But when you live by the sword, you die by the sword. As Simon might say, “Sorry Amanda. The jig is up.” T-bone