Click here for my latest article. Tonight's show featured first country songs, and then songs written by the songwriting team of Gamble and Huff. I like the G&H songs; but since I didn't recognize any of the country songs (except the Faith Hill song), I wasn't all that much into those. As I was watching, I realized that this year (more than others), the top four finalists are the four best-looking contestants from the to
I wrote an earlier article about the Corey Clark interview. The crux of my article was that although the interview was entertaining, the claims really didn't amount to much. Just now I was reading some critical analysis of the interview. In the article, " Idol special offered a lot of nothing" (from MSNBC.com), I found the following quote: <FONT co
Here are a few pictures that I have been keeping in my camera, as well as some I took today. The other day (May 5th) was Children's Day. (A Japanese holiday.) When I came home from work, my wife had perpared a nice dinner for us. We were supposed to eat it outside, but unfortunately it was raining. It was fun in spite of the weather. <IMG style="WIDTH: 524px; HEIGHT: 227px" height=1055 alt="" hspace=0 src="http://www.geocities.com/eslswim/kidsdayspread"
Brilliant Kelly! Gene was fantastic as a guest judge! You should tell his agent to send out feelers.
Actually the meat at Billy's comes from Australia. That is one reason why the prices are resonably low there. I can't recall whether I have ever had Kobe beef, but my wife and I have enjoyed Hida-gyu (from Gifu prefecture) which is raised like Kobe beef. Good marbling, easy to eat. Yummy stuff.
Paula will end up getting dumped ( just like Corry ) over this lapse in judgement..... I don't think so. Simon Cowell however, seems to be "going through the motions" this season. I'd like to give him a year off and replace him with the guy from WB Superstar next year.
Vonzell and Bo - these two are my pick for the top two! That would be nice. I have the feeling that Carrie will join Bo in the finals however. BTW, I watched the ABC "expose" On the "Fallen Idol", kinda st
Last night as I was driving home from work, I was thinking about dinner. I thought about a restaurant that I used to visit in Japan named "Bronco Billy's". Bronco Billy's is a chain of reasonably low-priced steak restaurants in Japan. At Billy's, one can order a steak with potatoes and a salad bar. (Just like a Sizzler, a Ponderosa, or a Bonanza in the USA.) The biggest difference between the steak house there and here is that the quality of the meat and salad
For May Sweeps ABC News "Primetime Live" aired an interview with former "American Idol" top-twelve contestant, Corey Clark. Clark (who is shopping a book), claims in the interview that he was approached by competition judge Paula Abdul with an offer to help him succeed in the competition. Clark claims that Abdul gave him advice with song choice and wardrobe, as well as supplying money for clothing and haircuts. Amidst the advice sessions, a sexual relationship developed.</
Click here for my latest article. Tonight's episode saw the final shuffling off to greener pastures of Scott Savol . It had been a long time coming, and it is kind of a relief to see him go. At this stage of the competition, he was in a bit over his head. Joining Scott in tonight's bottom-two was the gradually-improving Anthony Federov . (I think that he'll be the next to go b
Let's see: I love "Coupling" and "Men Behaving Badly". "Cheers" was fantastic, as was "Seinfeld". "WKRP" was great back in the day, but it didn't age well. "MASH" was good for the first three seasons, then it got too preachy. My favorite oldie is "Leave It To Beaver". "Fawlty Towers": excellent, but not enough episodes. I watch "The Simpsons" every day. Always good for a laugh. I
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Nancy: far be it from me to dish out the dirt. I do recall reading about Corey's special relations with both Trenyce and Kimberly Caldwell in Simon's book. This Paula Abdul stuff is new. I'll have to watch Primetime Live like everyone else to see about what Corey is claiming.
Click here for my latest article. Tonight's American Idol featured the first two-song performances by the contestants. The first song was supposed to be one written by a certain famous song writing duo, and the second song was supposed to come from the current Billboard charts. What bugged me about the second set of songs on tonight's show was that they weren't introduced by title. I wish that they would do that
Today as I was driving home from work, I heard the news on the radio: Minnesota Twins' setup man Juan Rincon has been suspended for ten days for violating baseball's substance-abuse policy. I was disappointed to hear that one of my favorite ball players failed a drug test. Losing this guy for ten days will hurt the Twins' chances of holding on to late-inning leads. Now it wasn't reported which drug he had been caught using. (He will hold a press conference tomorrow.)
I usually do my IMing via MSN Messenger. I like it because it is popular among people I know, and it has lots of features. My wife has access to a different computer now, and she downloaded the new MSN Messenger 7.0. (I didn't even know that it was upgraded.) Once I saw what she could do, I rushed to download it on my own computer. The new MSN Messenger allows for: handwritten text, personalized emoticons, moving graphics (called "winks"), a buzzer (called
I bust a gut watching Brian Regan. Fred Stollar and Tim Allen are funny. As is Drew Carey. I also really like Bob Newhart and Carrot Top.
I like the theme songs to "Welcome Back Kotter" and "The A-Team"
As many of you know, I have been watching American Idol faithfully (and writing about it) since the second season. It is a fun escape in the middle of the work week. It really starts to heat-up during May Sweeps. Yay! Last week as I was flipping through the channels on my television at work, I found a program called "Idol Chat" on the TV Guide Channel. (I didn't have the TVG Channel on my "favorites" list on my satellite tuner. I do now.) "
My wife was pregnant when we moved too. She got out of moving all of the hard stuff. As a matter of fact, I packed everything too. I was on summer vacation, and she was working full time. Oh well, packing and moving things is almost something that is easier to do alone. I am glad that you seem to enjoy your new house.
Love Stinks is by the J.Geils Band. (I am not sure whether I spelled "Geils" correctly.)
I was a little surprised at that, but Ryan Seacrest (the 21st century Howard Cosell) has to be Ryan! I have seen an episode of that "Stacked" show. The characters seem to be pretty strong. I doubt that it has a chance, but it could potentially be a "Cheers" type show. I think that there is a problem with how that show is marketed as the "Pamela Anderson and everyone else" show.
This year we have Scott, last year we had John. My wife and I were discussing about whether there were any "stinkers" like these guys in the first two seasons. Season Two: Carmen? (I was voting for her however.) Season One: I dodn't watch it, but I heard that someone stayed on for waaaaay to long. (Even made it into the top-three.)
There is a reason why I begin every Idol article with "Click here to read my latest article." I doubt anyone will read a comment on such an old post.
Click here for my latest article. Tonight's show was an interesting one. Vonzell and Anthony , two of the best singers last night found themselves in the bottom-three. Scott Savol , who should have been eliminated, made it into the top-three. Ultimately, last night's poorest performer: Constantine Maroulis was sent home. Seems like America finally
For me, Clay Aiken really made the show in season 2. Like you, I missed season one. I caught Clay on the auditions, and I watched to see how he would do. From that moment I was hooked. Ever since the second season, it has been Clay who has been missing. None of the contestants since him have "caught my imagination" like he had.