Idol Headlines for 09/22/07

When *** has kids, these will be the type of hand-drawn pictures that will adorn the refrigerator:

http://thumbsnap.com/v/XGmawj19.jpg

I can’t stop listening to “All I Ever I Wanted” by Canadian Idol Brian Melo. Hard to believe such a dismal season resulted in such a winner.

Is it me or does the boozehound annoying girlfriend trainwreck in Chris Daughtry’s new Over You video look a lot like Kat McPhee?

Jordin’s photo pic in that mag cover is gorgeous! If she doesn’t succeed as a singer, she can definitely be a plus size model. Didn’t she model before Idol? She looks absolutely fantastic!

Last day of the tour, right? We should be hearing about deals (or no deals) soon.

Jordin can’t lose. She’s got the imprimatur of industry insiders.

Constantine is quoted in the US article about Jordin. That dude is everywhere. The Blender interview with Chris is quite funny for both fans and people who think he’s a douche.

The craziest thing is when people ask me to sign a body part, and then they show up at another show and theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve had it tattooed on to them. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m like, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹This is permanent! What are you gonna do when I suck in two years?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢

That’s why that ugly a$$ tattoo on his back was such a BAD idea…

(Sorry, I couldn’t resist…he threw me a curve ball I just had to swing at)

The Blender interview with Daughtry was cool – from the man-purse admission to the firing of the WW II gun. Now there’s a well rounded man, lol. Very candid.

Oh, and for those interested, GC has a new post up.

Hi, y’all.

Kat wants her next album to be John Mayer meets Celine Dion? Can’t wait for that one.

Toodles!

Trying to recall whose interview I read recently regarding strange places to sign.

A penis, it was a gift to the girlfriend.

Needless to say it couldn’t be done quickly.

I enjoyed that Daughtry interview – funny stuff!

Brought this quote over from yesterday’s thread….

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“People shouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be allowed to go around with the back of their heads looking like other people.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

I couldn’t agree more.

Why are all these S5 guys talking about fighting? Chris is very funny:

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The crowd was crazy last night. Somebody launched a Red Bull can at me, but it missed. I saw it fly past my head and slide under the drum kit. I wanted to say, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Missed me!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  but then all the other dickheads would start winging stuff. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve learned to control myself. Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get me wrong, though, if a situation arises, I can handle myself. I just hope dudes donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t read this and make a run at me now. If so, I promise Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll call you from the hospital.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Sex Pistols to make live comeback

The Sex Pistols first reformed for their Filthy Lucre tour in 1996
Punk legends The Sex Pistols have announced a concert to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of their seminal album Never Mind the Bollocks…

It was originally banned by the BBC and ended up reaching number two at the time of the Queen’s silver jubilee – although some theories say the chart was manipulated to avoid embarrassment.

BBC

Sex Pistols Add Two More London Dates
And double the prices…

The Sex Pistols have added two more comeback shows in London – and doubled the ticket prices.

Singer Johnny ‘Rotten’ Lydon whipped up interest in the comeback on Thursday by laying into a number of musical stars including Sting for, er, reforming The Police for a money-spinning series of dates.

Gigwise

Someone help me out… where did the whole Elliott/Taylor thing come from in yesterday’s thread? I saw Elliott’s quote. Was it from a recent interview? I’d love to see the question that got that response!

It was from an interview in the Philippines. I’m sure Elliott was kidding. A dj probably asked him if he could take Taylor in a fistfight or something silly. E getting a lot of love in the Philippines.

Jordan never thought shewas as good as Melinda or Laquisha but how she does with the cd I do not know..Like someone said she can get the preteen and teenage audiance .

Taylor has his dvd out yet or it seems it is being played on some cable network I have not heard of?

Thier is a moto for USA network”Characters Welcome” it seems Ai last year it was “Characters Unwelcome” it the tried to keep it that way . The compitition element of the show seemed lax and it had noting to do with the contestants.

I saw Elliott’s second show earlier tonight. Now that’s what I was talking about!

One word – AMAZING!

Sparks named à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Peopleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Choiceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ by Us Weekly

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Industry insiders say the young singer is set for a meteoric rise on the same level as previous Idol winners Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.

Ah, Us Weekly, that paragon of journalistic integrity. So, are these the same “industry insiders” who predicted that Taylor would sell 5 million?

Kirsten and Boulder…

:lol_tb:

“Now thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s what I’m talking about!” Heh. :tongue1_tb:

Congrats on seeing your second Elliott concert in 2 days, Purplesmile. Are you going to write a recap of the Saturday night show? Please do. Are you going to all 5 concerts he’s having in the Philippines?

Purple, so glad you had the chance to see Elliott live and meet him. I am so happy for you.

Now as far as fanwars go..forget everyone up til now….
The latest fanwar is Little C vs DCD, we’re both in Hollywood trying to make it to the semifinals

Purps, so excited for you- seeing Elliott live is simply awesome.
Sounds like the crowds are great, lots of love for Elliott, he must be stoked
Cannot wait til Novemeber, when I have tx to three shows!

Purplesmile, Sounds like you’re having a great time. Please do a recap. How many more of these concerts are you going to?

From the Arizona Republic article on Jordin:

The showà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s youngest winner has a Jive Records deal and a yet-to-be-titled pop/rock album due to drop Nov. 20, She wraps up her summer Idols tour Saturday in Manchester, NH.

We all know the press is fanatical about accuracy in reporting, so this would appear to mean that either the tour ends on Saturday, or Jordin won’t be singing with the other finalists during the Sunday night show…

Has anyone told mj?

The craziest thing is when people ask me to sign a body part, and then they show up at another show and theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve had it tattooed on to them. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m like, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹This is permanent! What are you gonna do when I suck in two years?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢

Someone needs to tell little dà ¢’ž ¢ he sucks now.

Hmmm. Does this photo symbolize anything? :innocent1_tb:

http://thumbsnap.com/v/0svW7jIr.jpg

Never seen Mr.R hold his weapon quite like that. Of course he doesn’t own a man purse either.

Sweet Finn MaryR. That may very well the best example of overcompensation I’ve ever seen in my entire life.

Yep hezzer. It definitely is!

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure my family and friends think Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m the biggest jerk. My wife and I have been married seven years. I call home every day à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  I gotta make sure the kids still recognize my voice. My sonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been going to a science camp this summer. Or something. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the kind of thing I get wrong. Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a Toys à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Rà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Us in the same parking lot as our hotel, so Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m gonna go get some presents for the kids later on.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t make it to Toys à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Rà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Us, but I did head over to the mall. I was shopping for clothes at Buckle,

What a dad!

For you Elliott fans, here’s a video from his second show. Great performance, great crowd. and a new shirt!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORUw0pJ5NkE

Hmmm. Does this photo symbolize anything? :innocent1_tb:

http://thumbsnap.com/v/0svW7jIr.jpg

At least he is wearing protection.

ETA:
**waves to MaryR**

For you Elliott fans, hereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a video from his second show. Great performance, great crowd. and a new shirt!!

Wow. He sounded great. I LOVE that voice – just like buttah!

LOL at that Blender pic of little d!

LOL Boulder!

Waving back.

Is it cocktail time yet?

Is anyone going to be in chat tonight or am I the only one with no hot date on Saturday night? I’ve been babbling to myself on the blog all day – lol.

Hmmm. Does this photo symbolize anything? :innocent1_tb:

http://thumbsnap.com/v/0svW7jIr.jpg

Good gawd….that’s not photochopped, is it? :blink_tb: :lol_tb:

Nope, direct from the Blender article.

average dbà ¢’ž ¢
Sep 22nd, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Good gawdà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not photochopped, is it?

It does appear that little dà ¢’ž ¢ might be trying to make up for — as David Niven would say — his “shortcomings.”

When will men learn that it’s not the size of the gun but the bullets that matter?

‘The craziest thing is when people ask me to sign a body part, and then they show up at another show and theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve had it tattooed on to them. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m like, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹This is permanent! What are you gonna do when I suck in two years?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢

“Someone needs to tell little dà ¢’ž ¢ he sucks now.”

Over 3 million others may disagree.

Oh sweet Finn. Everyone knows Clive bought over 2 million of those CDs.

What a dad!”

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t make it to Toys à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Rà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Us, but I did head over to the mall. I was shopping for clothes at Buckle, and next thing I knew there were hundreds of people asking me for pictures. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s weird when strangers come up, looking at you like theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve known you forever. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m grateful, but when they know your daughterà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s birthday and say they wanna get her a present, it gets creepy”.

Sounds to me like he was ambushed by fans at the mall and never made it to Toys-R-Us. Buckle sells clothes for everyone from kids to adults. Most pre-teen girls, like Chris’ daughter, wants clothes. His son is younger. Perhaps he went shopping for her first? Who really knows.

Check out this past week’s US Weekly magazine. There is an article there with quotes from Deanna Daughtry, talking about what a great husband Chris is. When you don’t personally like someone, it is very easy to find fault and take things out of context. :neutral_wp:

And when you like someone so much that you have to defend every negative comment about them…

it gets creepy

Over 3 million others may disagree.

The U.S. population is roughly 300,000,000, so assuming that there were no instances in which a little dà ¢’ž ¢ fan bought more than one CD — something we know is not true, given the many “campaigns” waged to bolster his sales numbers — a whopping 1% may disagree.

Or to put it another way, 99% of the U.S. population either agrees that little dà ¢’ž ¢ sucks or has never heard of him or has heard of him but is entirely indifferent.

ETA: According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the United States, projected to 09/23/07 at 02:26 GMT (EST 5) is 302,944,919.

Nevada will you marry me?

Or in the alternative will you come to chat?

From the next day’s entry:

So, yeah, yesterday we stocked up on entertainment. Went to FYE, got a bunch of Chappelle DVDs and a PlayStation 3 for the bus. Finally! Just trying to get away from the monotony

And he still didn’t get to ToysRUs!

And, I don’t care either way about Daughtry. What caught my eye was the quote that his son was going to science camp “or something”. Science camp, baseball camp, music camp… they’re all the same, except to your kid, who likes you to take an interest in what he is doing.

World POPClock Projection

According to the International Programs Center, U.S. Census Bureau, the total population of the World, projected to 09/23/07 at 02:27 GMT (EST 5) is 6,620,027,669.

6,620,027,669 minus 3,105,617 U.S. sales = 6,616,922,052 minus 10,040 U.K. sales = 6,616,912,012 humans on the planet who have not yet bought little d’s CD.

Or to put it another way, if worldwide domination occurs at just one CD over the the halfway mark, only three billion, three hundred and six million, eight hundred ninety-eight thousand, one hundred and seventy-seven CDs to go…

“Or to put it another way, 99% of the U.S. population either agrees that little dà ¢’ž ¢ sucks or has never heard of him or has heard of him but is entirely indifferent.

ETA: According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the United States, projected to 09/23/07 at 02:26 GMT (EST 5) is 302,944,919.”

This kind of numbers game could be played with any artist and for those selling less, the ‘suck factor’ would be even higher.

I know of one Daughtry “campaign”, where some fans sent a cd to Operation Home. Not a bad cause. Further, most of the idol camps waged cd buying campaigns. The bottom line is still the bottom line. Three million cds did not go to Iraq and all of the soldiers that received them are not the ones currently filling large arenas at the concerts either.

There really is no need to argue. Others just disagree on your view of what ‘sucks’ and what doesn’t.

Exactly Izzy. Others disagree on your view of what’s amazing and what isn’t. You’re not helping Chris by defending him. No idol fan helps their idol by defending them. If anything they make it worse.

Anyone who’s read this blog for very long at all would know that I have frequently commented on the power-buying schemes, which started with Kelly Clarkson and “Operation: Thankful,” and continue to this day, so please keep your lectures to yourself, thanks.

“Exactly Izzy. Others disagree on your view of whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s amazing and what isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t. Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re not helping Chris by defending him. No idol fan helps their idol by defending them. If anything they make it worse”.

Thanks Hezzer. Nowhere did I say Chris was “amazing”. I just saw multiple entries that were taking pot shots and decided to provide an alternative way of looking at it. So am I to understand, that the pot shots are allowed but the replies with a respectful but different point of view are not?

Of course they are Izzy. Every opinion is allowed here. As are pot shots on idols. Defensiveness about pot shots however, is not allowed.

I do find it facinating that you picked tonight, when MJ is happily attending the concert, to provide an alternative way of looking at things.

Have you guys seen this video with Paris and Dean Martin? I stumbled onto it and thought I would post for others to see. The first 20 sec the sound is really low but it kicks in after that.

http://www.blender.com/ParisBennettandDeanMartinBabyO/video/5079.aspx

Or to put it another way, if worldwide domination occurs at just one CD over the the halfway mark, only three billion, three hundred and six million, eight hundred ninety-eight thousand, one hundred and seventy-seven CDs to goà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

So, it looks like we have a little ways to go ….. Operation One Chance commences now.

PPWD!!!!!!

Boulder get your ass to chat.

Just catching up with tonight’s thread……Sometimes it is a bit of a Sisyphean challenge, but I’ll try.

speaking of potshots ~

http://thumbsnap.com/v/zjCc4WGL.jpg

Paul Potts has spent most of his life feeling insignificant and bullied, but says that his voice was always his one true friend, a voice that Simon Cowell calls simply magical

Leave Paul Potts alone!!! He’s a human!!1!!

whoops, not even close to the right thread. Sorry.