They were both excellent. This was a final show worthy of the name. What I have liked about Adam, and Kris to a lesser extent, is that they have made their living on the show by doing the tunes their way. Everybody else sounded like a knock-off of a better artist at least once. Neither of these guys ever did ( Read more... )

There was entirely too much preening for the cameras by the judges' panel. Entirely too much. Although Simon did hold the trump card in their petty little verbal skirmish. "Bono called me Saturday..." is all you need to say. Game, set, match ( Read more... )

Sorry about posting this late into the evening and hours after the show ended. I had to watch the DVR recording I'd made this afternoon of the righteous ass-pounding administered to Arsenal by Manchester United. Trumpetmommy, the whole fam, and I were up in Columbus doing some lobbying at the state capitol. So, I didn't get to see the joyous ( Read more... )

First off, I do apologize for no AI commentary last week. My mom just got into the 'Nati and we were getting ready to go on a family vaca to Atlanta. So while I did watch the show, I didn't commit any time to writing about it. Suffice to say, the two booted didn't surprise me ( Read more... )

I mean seriously. Seriously ( Read more... )

I guess I have to write something ( Read more... )

Erica says that this was one of the stupidest themes they've ever come up with. Cross-promotional marketing at its finest. Pimp that Ford! Pimp that Coca Cola! Pimp that iPod ( Read more... )

A couple of preliminary observations before I begin the singing critique ( Read more... )

Michael Sarver is clearly out of his league now. Tonight proved that this is the season for American Idol. THE season. The season the producers of this show have had wet dreams about for eight years. The season where everybody is killer and each cast member has their own niche. Except for Michael. He's pretty good and pretty likable when just ( Read more... )

Week One of the Adam Lambert show is in the books. I'm glad there are ten more weeks of AI so we can witness ten more free performances by Adam. I am really excited to see what he's going to do next ( Read more... )