Today’s Idol headlines after the jump…
Radio review
Ryan Seacrest was in ebullient mood on his recently launched radio show, The Entertainment Edge. And well he might be: the presenter of American Idol is now syndicated in this music-and-celebrity interview programme across the GCap regional network over the weekend, airing first on London’s Capital radio on Saturday. On a scale of one to 10 for listener happiness, he suggested at the top of the show, “we’re already up to an 11″……..
Idol’s soul overpowers bland lyrics, pop beats
Former “American Idol” contestant Elliott Yamin worked the crowd, soulfully singing a mixture of pop, rock and jazz Saturday night at the Majestic Theatre. A surprisingly older crowd attended the show, including many mother-daughter pairs excited to see their favorite American Idol in a concert atmosphere instead of from their couch. During an hour-long set, Yamin proved his strength as a vocalist and showed the audience that there is life beyond “Idol.”………
Packers give away their perfect start
….With singers Justin Timberlake and “American Idol’s” Taylor Hicks watching from the quarterback’s luxury suite, the Packers pulled a football falsetto, getting all squeaky and knock-kneed on the national stage….
Battle of the Minogue sisters
….X-Factor and American Idol judge Simon Cowell has just re-ignited one of the most long-running debates in Australia about which Minogue he prefers.
And while for most Kylie would be the obvious choice, Cowell seems to see it differently…
BayFest ends on high note
…On the other side of the barricades, local music enthusiast Terry Davis was among those feeling the same thrill. Asked what stood out about this year’s fest, he began counting off a long list of performers who’d impressed him: Daughtry’s backing band, the Vibration Configuration, the Electric Experiment, and a breakdancing display he’d happened to catch at the Electronica Stage…
Daughtry talks about life, tour
On Friday night, students and the general public alike nearly filled all available seats in Coleman Coliseum to hear triple-platinum band DAUGHTRY, headliner of the 2007 Homecoming concert.
But lead singer and “American Idol” alumnus Chris Daughtry, in a pre-concert interview with The Crimson White, reveals that none of the success has gone to his head….
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LOL at Justin and Taylor in the same room for a football game. Did Taylor bring a bucket?
If Taylor brought a bucket I didn’t see it. LOL! But I did see him twice, briefly, in the skybox, and it was mentioned that he and Ahhton Kutcher were both there. (Yeah, I’m a football fan, though my heart has always been with the Cowboys rather than my home state Packers.) It was worthy of mention on my local early morning news program, too. I guess Taylor had a fun birthday. Good for him!
I’m glad Taylor was back in Wisconsin again for some R&R.
Packers: Nobody’s perfect
…Lambeau Field had more celebrity sightings than the checkout lane magazine rack at the local Piggly Wiggly.
Justin Timberlake was there (and supposedly his main squeeze, Jessica Biel, was too). Faith Hill watched the game from Deanna Favre’s luxury box. American Idol winner Taylor Hicks made an appearance (sans his Soul Patrol). Actor Ashton Kutcher was on the sideline (and no, you’re not being Punk’d)…
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Morning everyone,
After today I’m going to have to take a break from the blog for a little while and just wanted to stop in for a minute to say “hi”. We’re undergoing a huge conversion at work so between that and keeping up with my girls’ schoolwork and activities, it’s extra busy. Plus, as some of you know, one of my little 6 year old’s best buddies is on life support right now with complications from pneumonia. It’s a very emotional time. So between working and trying to support that little girl’s family as much as possible, I don’t have much time left for blogging. That’s sad for me because I love to come here for a good laugh. Take care everyone…
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Lu, just read your post, so very sad to hear about your daughter’s friend, sending positive vibes that her health improves very soon!
Her parents must be overwhelmed right now, and your friendship and support will help so much.
I don’t have much time as well to blog, but read every day and enjoy my AI articles and news (especially those about Elliott)
take care, Lu-
Thanks for the kind words Daisy. I’ve cried so much over the past 5 days it’s unbelieveable. I just keep thinking about my own girls and I get very emotional. I’m a pretty sensitive - probably too much so - and this hit me hard. I’ll look forward to getting back here once things calm down. I’ll pop in here to read for sure - esp about Elliott.
Lu, What a great voice you have. You should be doing voice overs.
I lurked here for ages before I started posted and you were the #1 Elliott fan for me. You always stayed positive and that wasn’t always easy. During all those months of Clive “passing”, no signing news and then the dreaded signed as an indy, you kept the faith. I’ve enjoyed the E roller coast ride with you.
Good thoughts going your way.
From the review of Elliott’s concert:
“I’m the Man” is one of my favorite songs, so I’ve listened to the lyrics carefully, something the reviewer clearly has not. The song is so very much not cocky or overconfident. And later in the review, the writer says “Wait For You” is overly masculine? Hmmm, maybe E should be singing “The Good Ship Lollipop” in a tutu.
Oh, and my husband was at the Packers game too! But not sitting with Taylor or Justin or any of the other celebs!
We Elliott fans stick together right, jpfan? I’m hoping this little respite will be short-lived. Our go live date for conversion is probably going to be early November so things should have settled down by mid-November. Plus I remain hopeful that our little friend is going to make a full recovery. I’ll be sure to come and post that news! Take care jpfan. See you soon.
Lu, I will keep your daughter’s friend in my prayers. I hate hearing about little kids suffering. I hope things turn around for her soon.
On a much different note, does anyone know when “Whomp At The Warfield” is coming out on DVD? I don’t have HDNet.
Lu, so sorry to hear about your daughter’s friend. I will keep them both in my thoughts and prayers.
Lu — really hope everything turns out O.K. Will add your daughter’s friend to my prayer list.
LisaB — can’t believe I actually read that article to find out which Minogue sister Simon prefers. Ugh. I swear the keyboard clicked of it’s own accord.
Ken Barnes no likey Bo’s new album…
Add Bo fans to the list of peeps bombarding Ken’s inbox with hate mail…
ETA: One of my favorite things is when readers say “You are biased against X on this blog” when writing something negative about a favorite. WTF? It’s called having an opinion people! Sheesh. (yes, I’m going through the comments over there…)
Lu, I’m so sorry about your daughter’s friend. Sending positive thoughts and prayers to you and her family.
Lu, you will be missed! Hurry back! :) And I too will be sending positive vibes to your daughter’s little friend. (((HUGS))).
MJ, I just read his review. I heart Bo so I’m going to wait and judge for myself. I wish the fans realized they are doing him more harm than good. Sigh.
ETA: I do think Ken is a bit short sighted if he didn’t see that Bo was influenced by the Ides of March/Blood Sweat and Tears type of sound, though. Bo also did “Spinning Wheel” on the show.
Sweet Lu, your sly, gentle humor and E devotion will be missed. My thoughts and prayers are with you and daughter’s family. I hope you can make it back here for the “Great American Band” finale (if it doesn’t get cancelled between now and the end of November.)
The comments on Ken’s Revisionist Idol poll are sickeningly fascinating. It seems that Ken called out Clay fans for repeat voting and his fanbase is up and arms. It never ceases to amaze me the degree to which some people will identify with their fav idol and take any criticism as a personal attack on their own character. Thanks MJ for keeping this place relatively fantard free.
To be perfectly honest when I spent some time as a Bo fan I found some of his hardcore fans to be even worse than Claymates. Some can be pretty nasty. I use to belong to one board where their AI section was nothing but wall to wall bashing of every AI contestant who isn’t Bo, especially Carrie. I think Bo is amazingly talented as a singer but some of his fans really have him on this way too high pedestal and need to understand the rest of the world may not see this supreme musical talent they see.
one of my little 6 year old’s best buddies is on life support right now with complications from pneumonia.
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Kinda puts all the other bullshit we argue about in perspective.
From personal experience there are few fans worse than clayfans, the stories I could tell would sound like fiction if they hadn’t really happened.
I learned from that season not to sound like an unbalanced person when expressing your views, not everyone rolls in the same manner. It’s actually what keeps the world spinning, after all who could take Daughtry all day long, it’s gotta be balanced with a little Rihanna, and Timberlake, etc. Fans should get that as well. It’s called personal preference.
I love Bo, I purchased his first cd. Listened a couple of times but didn’t love it. I hope this one is more what I expected from him. I love his southern rock vibe. His In A Dream is still one of my favorite idol moments……..perfection!
Oh my lord, I went and read the review and comments, wtf, there is one person who blames Debra Byrd (vocal coach) for Bo chosing Vehicle (which I loved btw) on dance music night. She suggested it because people of her race (I see black people, OMG) considered it a dance song. Sometimes my heart just bleeds for this country…….DAMN! Note to self: stop reading the comments on other blogs.
You guys are so awesome. Thanks so much for all of the nice comments. You know what’s funny? I said I was going to stop blogging for a while and this morning I haven’t been able to drag myself away. Your kind comments mean a lot and I’m a little overwhelmed with how many kind and caring people there are here at MJ’s. I appreciate all the prayers for my daughter’s little friend. My little Morgan has a Brownie meeting tomorrow night and will really be missing her scout buddy. These kind of things really put it all in perspective. Anyway thanks again everyone. I’ll be back soon - gotta talk about all those AI6 cd releases right???? :)
Take care friends.
Lu, your girl’s little friend has my prayers, too.
Hugs to you, Lu. Hurry back. I’ll be thinking about and praying for the child as well. It’s terrible to think about a sick child, but it also makes me count my blessings. I was still smarting over my college football team getting beaten on Saturday and then I read your post. Definitely changed my outlook. Take good care.
While this is true, I personally find it hard to take Ken Barnes’ review 100% seriously when he prefaces it with several paragraphs about how he thought Bo was a big fakety fake faker on Idol. Because, really, what does that have to do with how good his album is? I’m not saying he’s biased, because I don’t pay enough attention to Ken Barnes to have really formed an opinion about him other than that he seems to hold himself in an awfully high regard. But to use a different Idol as an example, I am willing to put much more stock in a review that simply expresses the sentiments “Clay’s latest album is great/Clay’s latest album is terrible” rather than “Clay is the funniest guy ever, he should have won Idol, and his latest album is great/Clay is a diva, a closet homosexual, and his latest album is terrible.”
Happy Thanksgiving to all Canadians!
You can say this about all fan bases. The Chris/Taylor fan war on that guy’s blog, that was about the fair line up, was a prime example. I’m waiting for the day when this nonsense ends. All of them have nutbars and overzealous idiots, no exceptions.
This is from Ken Barnes’ column about Idol radio play today:
“Daughtry’s Over You hits the top 10, moving from No. 11 to No. 10. That makes him, or the band that bears his name, actually, according to R&R, the first group since Maroon 5 to hit the top 40 format’s top 10 with its first three releases.”
I’m not following Chris much but that’s pretty impressive for a guy off a reality TV show.
Katharine McPhee engaged since March, keeping secret for career
Katharine McPhee’s reported engagement to boyfriend Nick Cokas has apparently taken a backseat to the American Idol fifth-season runner-up’s career.
“They’ve actually been engaged since March but kept it a secret,” a source told Us Weekly in the magazine’s October 15 issue. “Her family wants Katharine to focus on her career and not get sidetracked.”
Cokas, a 42-year-old actor, reportedly proposed marriage to the 23-year-old McPhee with a pink and yellow engagement ring last spring.
“The ring is really beautiful,” the source told Us. “Only her closest friends have seen it.”
Despite the fact the couple has been dating for more than two years, the source told Us that Cokas has spent the last several months trying to win over McPhee’s family.
“Nick has worked really hard to build a relationship with her family,” the source told Us.
McPhee’s representative could neither confirm nor deny that the Idol 5 runner-up is engaged to Cokas.
“We don’t comment on our artists’ personal lives,” the representative told Us.
While there may be some uncertainty about her personal life — McPhee’s professional career has shifted from music to acting — as she’s currently involved with three films, the comedy I Know What Boys Like as well as independent films The Last Caller and Success.
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And oh the choices she has made….Stuff Magazine and playing a pregnant hippie in a bunny-type B-movie. That Peesher what a friggin’ genius.
Of course he has, he certainly doesn’t want to make her Dad cry now, does he?
I had the same reaction until I googled the parties. There are articles with Byrd out there to support this. Byrd also takes some credit for J-Hud getting Dreamgirls because “they” called her asking about Frenchie and Fantasia and she suggested Hudson.
Clive Davis recently spoke at his alma mater, the Harvard Law School
Students eagerly lined up at the microphones for the chance to ask Davis questions at the end of his talk. In response to a question about the future of the digital revolution and the Recording Industry Association of America’s tactic of suing individual music listeners, Davis said, “the toughest thing we’ve had to combat is the idea that music is free.” Davis supported enforcement of copyright laws and emphasized the need to maintain economic incentives for the creative community. While Davis seemed critical of Apple Inc. and its pricing strategy, he also said he thought that “music will be available more widely, freely, and easily than it’s ever been before.” Davis also dismissed arguments that record labels are unnecessary as “terribly misguided,” noting the Grateful Dead’s failed attempt to distribute its own records. The role of the label, Davis said, “seems deceptively easy,” and claimed that with the exception of David Geffen, most artists or managers who try to set up a record company ultimately fail.
Maybe they can figure out a way to get royalties when people sing their songs in the shower.
SHOCKED, I tell you!
Marco5ny my objection was not that Debra might have suggested it because it was dance music in her community, I seriously don’t think she worded it as the person in that comment section did. I mean might he might as well start calling her colored, or say she is a credit to her race. That was why I took offense.
Undecided, I won’t argue the obvious. Claymates reputations preceed them. It might be a generalization, but I bare the scars to prove it.
Speaking of rabid fans, how about this?
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posted 10/08/07 @ 9:56 AM EST
Davis is a joke. For him to insinuate that Kelly Clarkson can’t write properly is just insanely stupid. Especially when you take into consideration that her biggest hit to date is Because of You which she wrote at the age of 16 and that song not only hit #1 on Pop and AC it also went #1 in the WORLD and it recently peaked at #2 on the country charts as well as #1 on country canada radio. Davis is a dinosuar who can’t accept that any artist he didn’t find and cultivate could be talented as a writer. If Davis had discovered Kelly and not American Idol I think his attitude would be completely different. Davis has almost single handedly ruined several careers of artists from the Idol franchise, Clay Aiken, Bo Bice, Diana Degarmo, Kat McPhee to name only a few who under Davis’ watchful eye put out albums with songs from those “professional” song writers that Davis is so fond of and look what happened to their CDs. They tanked!
Step into the real world Mr. Davis.
From HDD’s Rumor Mill:
THE WISDOM OF ROLF: Rolf Schmidt-Holtz had some interesting things to say in an interview with the Financial Times, highlights of which were posted today on ft.com. The biggest issue on Schmidt-Holtz’s mind involved BMG’s desire to get into the stable and relatively lucrative realm of music publishing without directly competing with Sony/ATV Music, which is not part of the SBMG joint venture. “The shareholders [meaning Sony and Bertelsmann] are talking at the moment, and I’m confident we will find a solution,” he revealed. Calling for “creative understanding and accountability” among SBMG executives, who have a history of infighting throughout the four-year history of the joint venture, the CEO said, “Somebody needed to step up and say, ‘Guys, this isn’t good enough.’… We had a situation where the executives thought they were artists.” (10/8a)
Just to clarify for those who still think Elliott is aligned with Sony BMG after all…
And here’s the article on ft.com:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed2fc992-7538-11dc-892d-0000779fd2ac.html
A very interesting quote:
He can also claim success in persuading artists to allow Sony BMG a role in more lucrative areas such as marketing, merchandising and touring: the group signed 104 such contracts last year, up from 35 in 2005.
So it would seem pretty likely that Idols from AI4, AI5, and AI6 who signed with Sony BMG might well have signed away more of their future revenues than Idols from prior years.
Interesting.
And more on Radiohead’s new strategy, also courtesy of a link provided by HDD’s Rumor Mill:
http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/100707parting/view
So how is it going? Radiohead has yet to share results, and the group may never disclose real numbers. That makes the play a bit murky, though other bands could tinker with the concept and potentially popularize it. But is this a workable sales model?
For most, the answer is no.
OMG, I’m praying for a fan war in the comments section of the Harvard Law Record! They won’t know what hit them.
Well…you know…(looks around to see if anyone is listening)…just between you & me…they’re really ALL Claymates.
That Kelly fan at the Harvard Law Record? A Claymate.
Those Bo fans over at Ken’s? Claymates.
Those Katharine fans at Pulse? Claymates.
Those Taylor fans at the Boogie? Claymates.
Those Elliott fans in the old days at the Yaminions? Claymates.
It’s a devious plan to make other fanbases look as insane as those in the hive. What’s really clever is that we started our diabolical machinations before Clay ever appeared on American Idol 2, back during the Kelly-Justin-Tamyra wars.
Keep it on the downlow, eh?
Isn’t that the truth….LOLOL. Keep in mind, they have been exposed to pranks from their geeky (and creative) rivals before. Example of a recent prank: In honor of the release of Halo 3, pranksters from MIT dressed up the statue of John P. Harvard in Harvard Yard with an assault rifle and a Spartan Helmet!
They’d go down in flames if the Claymates, Yaminions, Soul Patrolers, OOO organizers, the 11 *** fans, or any of the other over invested members of an Idol fan group attacks.
There are still Katharine fans? Who knew!
Yeah abbysee I agree the wording was inane. But I was just giving the person who posted it some slack since a similar comment originally appeared in a 3/15 blog affiliated with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (which Byrd used to have linked from her own site). The article contained:
I have a feeling that the whole conversation sounded okay to a specific audience but I agree that in a wider context, it came off quite differently.
We all bear scars. Mine are from Kelbots and Rubarbs.