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Have a great time at the Viper room, squishy!
I like mohitos - I had one for the first time at a Cuban restaurant in NYC (first time there- loved it) on Mother’s Day. Actually I had two as I loved the mint leaves in it.
Love Craig Ferguson. BTW Daughtry is on his show tonight.
Ooooh, I LOVE mojitos. Naturally, the best ones I had were in Granada, Spain. Sadly I am not willing to travel to communist Cuba just to sample the mojitos there. ;-)
Dante, do you by any chance know the name of the restaurant?? I live in New York and LOVE cuban food
KTINTN……Craig is the man who keeps me up nights.
Sad, I know.
Ben E. King sang Stand By Me on Letterman last night and it was so beautiful with full orchestra behind it and four backups. Kind of like this…strings were awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNUcfmhdGak
Dante,
I didn’t know that you lived in/near NY! Was it Victor’s Cafe 52? Hi B (mutual fan of the chocolate souffle at Knickerbockers).
I did a little backsearching on the Idol winners’ album sales, and here’s how they stack up at their fourth week. Here are how many they sold during their fourth week, and total sales are in parenthesis (asterisks denote rounded numbers):
#1 Carrie/Some Hearts: 271,245 (946,665)
#2 Fantasia/Free Yourself: 106,613 (509,864)
#3 Kelly/Thankful: 93,000* (623,000*)
#4 Ruben/Soulful: 88,000* (960,500*)
#5 Taylor/Taylor Hicks: 18,900* (558,519**)
And unless Taylor surpasses 641,171 next week (Fantasia’s total sales to date during her 5th week) with roughly 82,652, he’ll be the lowest selling Idol….that is of course if his sales don’t pick up in the future or something.
I just visited AllAccess (affiliated with Mediabase and contains a lot of radio news).
They have a big add on the front page for Kat. It’s the picture of her that they had on the cover of “Shape” (red bathing suit/wrap) and states:
“Katharine McPhee “Over It” Impacting Top 40 NOW” sponsored by RCA.
The same add is on the Top 40 page.
Looks like RCA is going to try to do a good job of pushing “Over It” for radio. Congrats to Kat.
Squishy,
I’m so jealous that you’re going to see DAUGHTRY tomorrow night at the Viper Room. But, my anniversary has to come first. :) Tell Chris and the guys “hey” for me.
Here’s the info on Ace in Texas. It’s a black tie fundraiser, not anything most fans would want to be at.
http://www.tomballhospital.org/echoFoundation_events.html
The E.C.H.O. Foundation
Upcoming Events
If you would like more information on any of our upcoming events, please call (281) 401-7928.
Save the date for the following Events sponsored by the E.C.H.O. Foundation:
2007 Gala—February 24, 2007
The E.C.H.O. Foundation benefiting Tomball Regional Medical Center announces its 2007 Gala, Hollywood Lights. The black tie event will be held at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center.
Highlighting this year’s event will be American Idol’s Ace Young, Kimberly Caldwell and Lisa Tucker.
The Gala Committee is raffling an 18K white and yellow gold diamond pave bracelet and earrings donated by Gary Zoet and John Wren of Shannons Fine Jewelry & Watches. Tickets are limited and are available in the Hospital Gift Shop, from a Hospital Board Member or by contacting Marilyn Kinyo or Faye Drennan in the Foundation Office at 281-401-7928.
This evening promises to have all the glamour and excitement you can handle! Seating is available at individual ticket prices or table sponsorship levels. Donations are being solicited for live and silent auction items. The annual Gala is a great chance for a fun night out, while helping The Foundation Mission of assisting Tomball Regional Medical Center (TRMC) in providing quality healthcare in a compassionate, cost -efficient manner.
Hi CarieB!
I definitely will!
Did you check out the napster interviews and the acoustic versions of Breakdown, INO, Home, and Sunday Blood Sunday?
Nope. You’re so much more “dialed in” than I am. I have been having to travel and work WAY TOO MUCH lately. I have to miss the premiere next week for an east coast business trip. Thank God for Tivo (TGFT)!
B -
Lower East Side
***Cafe Habana World’s best corn on the cob, Cuban sandwiches (if the wait is too long you can get the same food for takeout next door)
17 Prince St., New York, NY 10012
at Elizabeth St.
This was where I had my first (and second) mohito!
Hope you can get there sometime - it was great food and not too expensive.
Dante, I’ll be sure to check it out sometime. Great food that isn’t too overpriced is hard to come by in New York.
Debs -
I live in suburb of Kansas City, but my son went to law school at NYU so I was in NYC for his graduation. I had never been there before and loved it! Sadly didn’t make it to a Broadway show.
Tony………I guess I will have to committ hari-kari if Taylor becomes the lowest selling Idol at the 5th week. Either that or I can finally just start appreciating him as an artist and forget about the sales. I think if it weren’t for the internet I would be doing that anyway.
B -
These are some other places we went
East Village
Veselka Ukranian food
144 2nd Ave
Midtown
***Blarney Stone Restaurant – Irish pub with mom’s favorite corned beef sandwiches
106 W 32nd St
Here’s a few more places we went that I really liked.
We went to an Indian place too that was really good but I don’t see it on my list now.
And even if he is, how does that fit into the big musical scheme of things for Taylor and his future?
does anyone know of a good hotel on long island near westbury? i would like to book the hotel now for the trip there to see taylor in april but have no idea where to stay.
thanks.
i haven’t been checking the blog like i used to. anyone know if rolling stone reviewed taylor’s cd and if yes, how was the review?
bruno - RS has not reviewed the CD to my knowledge - they’re a little behind sometimes, so it still might be coming.
Dante, thanks for the tips! I haven’t eaten at either of those places, I’ll definitely have to try them sometime!
Hi bruno -
It is better you have not been here as it has not been a happy time for us Taylor fans. Except for the day we had astrology readings - that was fun!
If you ever go to Gray’s, there is a good post about Taylor and comments from him. I feel pretty good now as he seems happy!
nd unless Taylor surpasses 641,171 next week (Fantasia’s total sales to date during her 5th week) with roughly 82,652, he’ll be the lowest selling Idol….that is of course if his sales don’t pick up in the future or something.
Really? Wow, I didn’t know this. That single can’t come soon enough. Just saying. I really don’ want that reputation for Taylor, especailly with a great album like the one he just released. So unfair.
Bruno - the very best hotel is the Garden City Hotel. Very very posh and expensive. Maybe Taylor will be staying there ;-)
There is a Marriott right next to the Nassau Coliseum. Trying to think of any other nice places near Westbury…Will let you know.
Check out this AI video - there’s a guy there who says 3 times that’s he’s ‘not as cool as Taylor Hicks’….. it’s funny!
http://www.americanidol.com/videos/view/?vid=460
DAUGHTRY stats BEFORE the video hits AOL tomorrow or Friday then VH-1 on Monday: Let’s see if it makes any difference.
Amazon # 8
Amazon Canada # 5
Barnes & Noble # 8
iTunes # 1 Overall
iTunes # 1 Pop
iTunes # 11 “It’s Not Over”
Walmart # 3
Target # 4
Billboard charts # 3 56,000 sold this week
“It’s Not Over” # 28 on Billboards Hot 100
Squishy - Thanks for the Daughtry numbers! I’m pumped that the video is FINALLY ready - it’s been a long, frustrating wait for all Chris fans!
I too am anxious to see how the video will effect sales. It’s true that VH1 and MTV don’t feature videos like they have in the past (although FUSE is gaining in popularity), but videos have a greater impact outside of television these days. Videos are played constantly at department stores and lately even in restaurants, bars, etc. Heck, I went bowling over the weekend and videos were playing non-stop on a big screen at the bowling alley! Also, music videos are now prominent on the internet and can even be downloaded from itunes, etc.
I really love the new U2 video. As much as I love Daughtry, the INO video is gonna have to really rock to knock U2 off as my current personal favorite video.
CarlaD,
Videos are definitely NOT played on MTV/VH-1 as they used to but I do agree there are many other avenues for videos now a days.
Also, a hot video can impact radio play. A hot video often increases spins of the song on the radio.
Youtube has also become very big in temrs of music videos…i can’t even remember what the internet was like before youtube anymore…
My daughter and I play the videos from Yahoo on a daily basis. We have our favorites saved and play them in the evening while I’m cooking dinner. My daughter has been looking for Daughtry’s video EVERY single day now for the past month just to see if it’s been released yet, even though I tell her it hasn’t been. I’m not telling her the good news - I want to see the total look of surprise followed by her scream of joy when it shows up. I’m certain it will be pretty similar to her over-the-top reaction when Carrie’s latest video showed up.
Daughtry ROCKED tonight on Craig Ferguson. A perfect ending to an almost perfect day for me. Good night all!
DAUGHTRY VIDEO IS UP ON AOL MUSIC
I can’t figure out how to put up a link, sorry! Just type Daughtry in search and it will show up at aolmusic.com
Yes , my last post ,ya guys seem nice….I hope Taylors cd comes out soon and I really will still listen to hima as an artist no matter what happens but people will always analize it to death.(of course cd of others will do better that are more pop generies,not his music,got screwed,journeyman, yada)…….How about compare two that fit inthe pop mainstreme instead of apples and oranges…Katherine mcphee (who is not my style) W/ her promation her cd I predict will pass chris cd in sales in be in the 350,000 range………I guess I think it is ok to like artists and be a fan but the idol to idol comaprison is like thier is this idol world they are trapped in even though the show is over?………Some are even opposite styles of singing ?(mainstreme pop or tottally out of the mainstreme) I just find it funny and it will continue for years w/ others………..Like .the contestant you can not break out of the idol world ……………….Sad really…….Except for Jennifer Hudson hers oscor nomineee……way to go girl