Overdue Idol Catch-up
The mens performance showIf Randy thought this would be the mens’ competition to lose, then he must have felt foolish. Of the 12 performances, I can count only 3 that were really great. A few were downright awful. When Bobby performed Copacabana I thought Jackie Gleason had come back from the dead [...]
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The first 12 Idols Sang
I was surprised by the judges on American Idol tonight: it took Simon more than 50 minutes to act nasty!
The ladies mostly either gave strong performances or at least earned another week. I really don’t like the girl from New York (Brenna? I don’t remember any of the names yet) but [...]
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The Twins are out
Tonight was the final cuts for this year’s American Idol… and neither Terell or Derell Britnam were chosen. The fact that one was already arrested and the other soon would as well (for forgery, in fact) definitely contributed… but just their full-of-themselves attitudes did it for me. Saying to the camera that [...]
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Today’s American Idol show is done, and my first thought: as much as I like the Britnam twins voices, their drama queen petulance is really grating on my nerves.
The ‘Brokenote Mountain’ bit was a chuckler. The trio were all cut, but the way they sounded hurt my ears, so I won’t lie and say it [...]
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I posted stuff for another blog here, so it’s the least I can do to honor the ping here to make some new content here as well!
Year 5 has begun, meaning American Idol is back.
In very quick fashion, Simon Cowell has earned my ire: he always makes fun at the expense of the plus-size contestants.
I [...]
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I’m taking the advice from George in the comments in my last post… I’m currently using Napster 2.0 to listen to the latest album by Polar Bear, Dim Lit.
The tunes are good, but I have one small criticism: the songs on the album don’t seem to have a unifying theme to me. Maybe I’m missing [...]
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