The best concerts are yet again the paid ones, but what a mix of artists!
Woody Allen brings his dixieland jazz band to Montreal this year. Al Green also performs, and there’s much tribute to Oliver Jones.
On the non-jazz side, Bram Van 2000 performs – but the most important thing is that after 17 years, Leonard [...]
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Tonight the top competitors for the next stage were picked.
Some cuts weren’t a surprise. The African guy Vincent seemed nice but ultimately he couldn’t sing well.
What really surprised me was that many of the people who forgot their words still made it through! A few of the people who didn’t sound good to me the [...]
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As many early pundits predicted, it ultimately came down to the two Davids – Archuleta and Cook.
Archuleta sang rings around his opponent. Many people thought he had a win in the bag.
I wasn’t one of them. The win by David Cook came as no surprise to me. For several reasons, in fact:
Youth: Not physical, mental. [...]
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American Idol 2008 has been over for several weeks now and everything I have to say now is stale-dated, but I still have to say it:
Top 5
Brooke White was eliminated here. That comes as no huge surprise… she just wasn’t talented enough here. She was good, and she became a sweetheart to many (me included), [...]
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