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I'm watching Olympics - bitchy figure skating commentary FTW.

Truthfully, I like Cale, and I think he does have a good voice - but I almost want to hear Chris or Andrew sing with Kris just to see how it sounds. Andrew is really impressing me lately, he's an amazing guitar player.

I also want Meet Ball video.. is there none out there? I need to hear BWCU. I sounded really good on the live stream (just underwater-ish)

and I liked the picture of the four Idol bloggers from that post. :)
 
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I like Cale and like his voice, I just don't see any need for Kris to have backup on this song, when the two voices just don't mesh very well. He's sung it by himself and sounded great. I was also kind of surprised...haven't they done this song with the full band? In the Philippines? I don't know why, but I thought so. Maybe not. Could you let me know?

I agree, I'd like to hear Chris more -- he can sing. Andrew, I have no idea.

I just read all three of the other bloggers' posts -- hadn't read them before. They're all three really positive people. Makes them a pleasure to read. I didn't really understand why Cantiello called The Truth ( a song that's grown on me totally) a "sore thumb". But, overall, nice stuff. Jim (by way of praising Kris) also said that previously he was awkward when he performed without a guitar (not sure when he meant). He seemed to indicate Kris did Can't Stay Away without a guitar. Did you happen to notice? Are there videos?

ETA: Never mind. :) This is an awesome video by the way.

YouTube - "Can't Stay Away" Kris Allen (NYC 2/12/10)

I guess the Meet Ball stuff hasn't been posted yet -- or it doesn't exist. Because if you can't find it, SleepinIn, no one can!

Seems like new video has been posted from the Philippines. Nothing different, but I enjoy the crowd reactions. They're really prominent in this new set of videos.

YouTube - Heartless-kris allen

God, Kris is great in this Heartless video.
 
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MJ writes:

OK, this is it for awhile. I’m off to New York for Adam’s secret show tonight. I’ll catch you in the afternoon.

So I guess I should prepare myself for that to dominate her blog for a while. Steel myself, as it were. Especially if she gets video. I don't have any idea what this "secret show" is. I guess it must be something worth MJ traveling to NYC for. Actually, the phrase "Adam's secret show" puts a lot of pictures in my mind I wish I could get rid of. Maybe if I could take out my brain and throw it in the washing machine for half an hour. Unfortunately the gentle cycle isn't working right now.

Something I've been kind of wondering. Oh, never mind, I just rememebered.
I was going to ask why 'Top Idol' got to go to that show, since she doesn't represent any media (like Slezak, Cantiello, and Parker). But then I remembered she was given a ticket by a fan. MJ doesn't seem to have access to these types of shows, either and neither does Rickey.*

*If we must mention him, let us always do it in the most unreadable print possible.

Meanwhile, I hope Kris is back in LA and getting some sleep; that would be nice. He must be jet lagged. (I wonder what Ryland is doing, also, and if he's going to re-join the band? Or if they will retain his hotter brother.)

"Adam Lambert Lets the Sparkle Cows Grab His Crotch During A Concert (Seriously)"
was a recent post on VFTW.

Adam Lambert Lets the Sparkle Cows Grab His Crotch During A Concert (Seriously) | Vote for the Worst

AL certainly gives them a lot of fodder. I'm linking, here, just for the pics. I can see now that Adam performing with KISS on the AI finale was not all that big a stretch, as his makeup seemes to be heading more and more in that direction. I don't really get how someone this freaky has a song on the radio that sounds so basically unlike that image. I still don't know who he is as an artist. Maybe I need to take a course in marketing. Or branding. Hey, I could always consult that representative of a Fortune 500 company that posts on TWoP. Maybe he/she/it/other could explain to me why I can't figure out what Adam's image is supposed to be from one minute to the next.

According to what I read there (or somewhere) when one of the gals grabbed for his hand, or something, she was lanced by one of his glove spikes. BTW, has it been determined who the two women were who fainted or why they fainted? [awesomeness overload, or just sh*tfaced?] Kris was hilarious about that. He wanted three to faint for him. I would have braved a sea of Lambskanks for that joke alone.

My favorite post from there:

Get a ****ing clue for once. Everything that has been happening to you and around you is systematic. The pollution of your drinking water and the genetic modification of your foods are designed to put you into a confused and weakened state. The garbage that now passes for music and the pandering of the entertainment business to the lowest impulses in the human psyche are all intentional and your "leaders," as well as the industry titans and banking concerns are all neck deep in it. Adam Lambert is just another one of their useful idiot pawns.

Is it sick that I find myself agreeing with this?
 
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You gotta liiiiiiive like you're dyin', the song, got two top 40 adds north of the 49th Parallel today. YAY, Canada. :canada:
 
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Tim McGraw! LOL!

I have AOL for my homepage and they're advertising Kris's sessions. They link to LLWD and say "it's hard not to smile" when you watch it.

ETA: Exact quote (and link):

If you can't remember how he won
over even Simon Cowell, just watch
him sing 'Live Like We're Dying.'
Hard to not smile at performance

Some of the Top 24 will be revealed Tuesday night, after singing for the judges. Instruments will be allowed.

FOX FLASH - FOX PRIMETIME
 
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Meanwhile, I hope Kris is back in LA and getting some sleep; that would be nice. He must be jet lagged. (I wonder what Ryland is doing, also, and if he's going to re-join the band? Or if they will retain his hotter brother.)
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Wasn't Ryland on tour with Reel Big Fish in Europe? I read that on DCO, but I'm not sure where the person who posted that took it from. Their tour in Europe is now over, but they're going to be in Autralia soon, until the beginning of March. I don't know if Ryland will be with them as well. Then they have a date in Hawaii on March 5th, but no more dates afterward.

Reel Big Fish on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

That acoustic version of BWCU was awesome! Those girls were singing so badly though, lol.
 
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I have a suggestion for MJ's blog. Every day she should just have an Adam thread. Instead of the headlines thread (which I used to enjoy) that's totally taken over by Adam fans. All I have to do is scan the list of posters and I don't even enter, these days.

Yeah, BWCU was great! When is the next time Kris is performing, now? A guy I talk to online is going to the Witchita, Kansas, Spring Fling on March 18 (I think) -- Kris, Kevin Rudolph, 3-Oh-3, Allison, and others TBA.

I don't see how Ryland can be in two bands at once. Drew is not in a band, so I think they should let Ryland go with RBF and take on Drew, if he wants the gig. I really like Ryland, though.
 
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Funny post on Top Idol:

"As I said before, 99 percent of the glamberts are making the other one percent look bad."

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I don't really get the attitude of the Malaysian and other Asian jounalists I've read, re Kris. The tone I would choose to describe this stuff is "snide" or maybe "bitchy." Kind of surprised at the tone, since anyone who meets Kris usually likes him.

It's interesting how the Asian journalists seem not to want to find things out for themselves, but seem to think they're being very "insider", very clever or sophisticated, in just parroting what they've heard from the west. Not all of them, of course, but some of them have such a similar smart-ass tone that it's almost hard to tell the writers apart.

http://www.mmail.com.my/content/27697-kriscrossing-allen

(Even in the -- mostly positive -- sidebar, they manage to call the Heartless/GP mashup "weird." I wonder what they find weird about two hip-hop songs being done together.)

I actually like that Kris doesn't say much. I consider it an asset. Since he often says more by what he doesn't say than what he says. You don't have to be very a genius to figure out his meaning. I am actually crazy about his ability to do this and wish I could do it myself.

BTW, I was sarcastic in my remarks about Adam Lambert, above, but I was legit in my point. I don't get how he can seriously have any credibility if he changes his image to suit the crowd all the time.

For instance, the way his make-up was in that Kradison concert. I doubt he's going to make up his face like that when he plays those casinos (I could be wrong), or when he appears on a TV talk show, or the VH1 sessions. This is something I just find phony about him. Changing to suit his audience, while at the same time having the whole "I won't apologize for my style" attitude that's supposed to be so brave. Just doesn't ring true, to me.

It's like,"I'm going to be one way on Idol and another way in the real world." Something I've always had a bit of a problem with.

Kris doesn't do this, Matt, whomever. I just don't find it credible, I guess.
 
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I think that snide tone is prevalent in a lot of articles regarding the people from AI, and not just articles about Kris or even articles from Asia. I actually didn't mind that article at all. It was snide and yes I didn't agree with a lot of their opinions, but I felt that they tried a little bit harder to show the whole picture. And I think the guy geniuinely came out impressed with Kris.

For a lot of those reporters that went to that press thing they were given very little time with Kris. And we know that Kris isn't going to open up in that time, if the questions are dumb. The reporter acknowledges that at least. If you ask Kris how do you feel about Ellen, Simon, Paula and you could look the answers up in about 1 minute on the web then you clearly haven't done your homework in regards to his music or Kris himself. Anyway they did ask Kris about his music which I liked.

and this quote was particularly nice.

Allen may come off misunderstood to some, appearing bored at mundane queries but the folksy rocker is a serious artiste who appears to be coming into his own.
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In regards to Adam and his make-up, dress etc. He just likes to dress-up I don't think it's any more complicated than that.

Meetball photos

http://tampabay.metromix.com/events/photogallery/meetball-with-kris-allen/1769327/content

Kris and Allison really like making faces for pictures, lol - They get bored I think.
 
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New ridiculous David Cook vlog!

David Cook Video Blog - 2/15/10 | DavidCookOfficial.com

He's working with Kevin Griffin (from Better Than Ezra). They co-wrote Avalanche for DCTR, I'm totally down with David working with him again!

Did Rickey do something again? Jim was telling people to stop bullying him on twitter?

Talking about Jim: did you watch the Kradison interview? I'll have to watch that after Idol.
 
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Wo! Things are going fast tonight!

First I hated what Jermaine Sellers did to MITM and what Toddrick Hall did to I'm Yours. I dislike them both already. Too many runs and unnecessary melisma. No thanks.

Alex Lambert won't ever be confused with Adam even with the similarity of the names. Dude is fodder. I don't see him making it out of the semis.

Siobhan Magnus was kinda good, I guess we'll see. Her outfit was horrible though. Casey James was also kinda good, but I'm still not over the fact that he took off his shirt during his audition.

I still love Crystal Bowersox!
 
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