I'm Back
Nothing to make you appreciate an Internet connection like having to go without one for a while.Click here to read the rest...
View ArticleOn The Radio
Can it be? A radio station that's actually tolerable?Click here to read the rest...
View ArticleNew-ish Music
I'm really woefully out of the music scene these days. Thank God for Target commercials.Click here to read the rest...
View ArticleLiteral Version of "Take On Me"
Via kottke: a-ha's "Take On Me", if the lyrics matched what's happening in the video:
View ArticleCanonical Christmas Songs
One way for sure to know it's after Thanksgiving is that you can find radio stations on non-stop Christmas music mode. Around Raleigh, it's Mix 101.5.I think I need to make a playlist of canonical...
View ArticleSing Off
So, is anyone else watching "Sing Off" on NBC? It's like "Glee" meets "American Idol". In fact, it's so obviously a mash-up of those two shows, it almost makes you pity poor NBC for not having the...
View ArticleIt's That Time Again
Well. You know the drill. American Idol is back, and I have to blog about it. I think this year I'll skip trying to give them scores and keep running averages and all that... that got to be too much of...
View ArticleAmerican Idol Week 2: Top 11
The theme is Billboard #1 Hits. Miley Cyrus is the mentor tonight. Huh. It's hard to imagine an adult taking advice from a 17-year-old kid who uses AutoTune when she performs, but whatever. Click here...
View ArticleAmerican Idol Week 3: Top 10
As predicted, Paige went out last week. No surprise. This week: Usher, mentoring for soul and R&B week. Click here to read the rest...
View ArticleAmerican Idol Week 4: Top 9
Didi went out last week. This week: Lennon and McCartney. Click here to read the rest...
View ArticleAmerican Idol Week 5: Top 9 Again
Michael was the bottom vote-getter last week, but was saved by the judges. This week: Elvis. Adam Lambert is the mentor. The cast of "Glee" is in the audience.Click here to read the rest...
View ArticleAmerican Idol Week 6: Top 7
Andrew and Katie went out last week. This week is "inspirational songs" week, ugh. Alicia Keys is the mentor. Tomorrow Bill Gates is supposed to make some kind of surprise appearance for Idol Gives...
View ArticleAmerican Idol Week 7: Top 6
It's Shania Twain week. Woo, uh, hoo. Tim finally went out last week. As it turns out, Tim had been the longest-running "VoteForTheWorst.com" contestant in history. Click here to read the rest...
View ArticleAmerican Idol Week 8: Top 5
Siobhan went out last week; a small upset but not a shocker given her performance. This week's theme is Frank Sinatra, also known as "an invitation to butcher classics once again". Harry Connick Jr. is...
View ArticleAmerican Idol Week 9: Top 4
Aaron finally went home last week. Tonight: Jamie Foxx mentors the singers through movie songs. Also: duets. Click here to read the rest...
View ArticleAmerican Idol Week 10: Top 3
Michael went home last week, as expected. Tonight: two songs from each contestant, one of their own choosing and one judges' choice. Click here to read the rest...
View ArticleAmerican Idol Week 11: Finale
It's the final competition, between Lee and Crystal. They each sing their favorite song from the season, then one chosen by the producer, then the always-bad pre-written single that the winner will...
View ArticleRip, Mix, Burn
Back in 2001, I bought the original iPod, with 5GB of storage and the monochrome display and the mechanical wheel. It was a marvel of engineering at the time. I even took it running with me, though it...
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How to Audition for American Idol
This is my beautiful, smart, funny, and talented cousin Kaitlyn. We're actually first cousins, though separated by two marriages and twenty years in age. Kaitlyn went to school with last year's...
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