Idol Headlines for 10/28/08

I’ve got a lot of Jennifer Hudson news, but I’ve decided to put it all in one post. I’ll add any updates to that post as it happens during the day. People who want to keep up with what’s happening or want to leave condolences can gather in that thread.

And in other news!

I have breakfast plans tomorrow!

*GIANT EVIL GRIN*

MJ! spill the beans, girl!

I wrote an email to Lander from Mix 98.5 asking to be included in tomorrows shenanigans and he said YES!!!

I’m tagging along to the fan breakfast for David Archuleta at Panera Bread tomorrow!!!!!

OMG!

I’ll be tweeting the whole deal. And hopefully management will let me take pictures and or videos….

LOL! Yay Mj! Have fun with the lil’ dude. :clap_tb: :clap_tb:

Please take lots of picture… and tell David that we love Angels… and we are dying to heard the album… please ask him about the if rumors at Rickeys are true…please… and have fun… eat pleanty…

WHOA MJ…That’s so not what I thought you meant…

But anyway, that’s great! Congratsà ¯ ½Ã… ¾

Yeah MJ!! So glad you found success in your weekend project Have a blast and let us know how it went! Don’t spend so much time ‘tweeting’ you don’t enjoy the morning

please ask him about the if rumors at Rickeys are true…please… and have fun… eat pleanty..

What rumors?

David Cook will have a Walmart Soundcheck performance up on November 1. It looks like Jennifer Hudson did four songs from her album and an interview when she was featured.

http://soundcheck.walmart.com/

Are there any peeps here from the Boston area planning on going to the Boston radio stations for the Archie appearances tomorrow? Frogcooke, don’t you live in the Boston area?

What rumors?

From Rickey:

And hereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“rumorà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  I learned the other day: one of these songs is 100% composed by David Archuleta. Lyrics and music all his. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m very excited.

Jason has put up his latest vlog at his myspace page. The video is also on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82hyoIyYDCc

ETA: Not so pretty in the mornings, eh? (But were those eyes, stuff in them notwithstanding, blue or what?) Heh.

Looks like David Cook and the band will be doing a soundcheck performance at Wal-Mart.com on November 1. I’ve never watched those, but I’m hearing that it’s usually 5 songs and an interview. Uh…yay?!

That’s fantastic news about the Soundcheck performance! The good thing about that is Walmart plays those performances on the TV’s in the music section.

MJ! I’m so excited! I want lots of details!

Oooh on the Cook thing! Surely he will do new songs?

Walmart soundcheck! LOVE! Nov 1 can’t come soon enough!

Yes he’ll definitely do new songs. Lots of others who have done Soundchecks before their albums came out did all new material.

MJ, enjoy! Can’t wait to hear the details.

Purps, thanks for the Jason vid. Those eyes are soooo blue! I can’t believe he wakes up, eats and goes to the airport. He might be late. LOL. I would like some real info from him other than “recording” however.

I’m so excited for the Soundcheck performance – it never even occurred to me that we might get something like that ahead of the album, much less 17 days early. I’ll probably just eat 2 pounds of Halloween candy and stay up until they post it on 11/1, lol. I really hope he sings Permanent even though I expect to be a mess when I hear it.

I’m looking forward to real info from Jason, too. Morning breath and baggage checking plans are also very interesting. Oh well, he looks pretty.

sma11ie, the Soundcheck performances are taped live, but I suspect that David and the band probably already taped it so that the Walmartians can get it prepped to go up on Saturday.

Whoa– are these Soundcheck performances live? Where do they take place? If so, that’s quite a busy day for DC and the band, what with SNL that night! I trust they’ll knock it out of the park for both but I’m especially anxious about SNL, so I just hope they’re in prime form and not tired from hustling between performances, etc.

I’d think they were pre-taped, although I can’t be sure.

Wanna know more about Permanent? From some girls who were at the pageant that Andrew was singing at.

both sets of Cook parents were at the pageant, and according to the people who got to speak with Stan Cook, the keeper version of “Permanent” was the only take, David cried, and we will need lots of Kleenex.

I CANNOT believe I forgot to watch DWTS last night again! Are you posting videos later MJ?

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m looking forward to real info from Jason, too. Morning breath and baggage checking plans are also very interesting. Oh well, he looks pretty.

LOL, cheese. It’s surely tough to be a Jason fan. Times like these, I wish I were a cooktard or an Archie instead. Heh.

Are you posting videos later MJ?

I posted them last night

Dancing with the Stars

Wow, a lot of news today. Thanks, MJ!

“The real story is that the producers didn’t like me,” said Leming, who lived out of his car during his “Idol” experience. ” ‘Cause I wanted to do my own songs, and I wanted to have complete control.”

And of the show that brought him to the world’s notice, he added: “The producers pretty much control everything. You know, it’s all kind of rigged, and hands are coming in from places you don’t see. You just see the hand. It’s a dirty hand. And you don’t want to eat the food that that hand touches.”

Re dear sweet Josiah: I really like the kid’s music, and I liked him on Idol, too, but I really wish he’d quit dissing the show. He may not like the way it ended or how he was handled there, but he never would have been signed so quickly (if ever) if it hadn’t been for his exposure on that show, and he really is (unintentionally, I hope) slighting the other contestants, who did work hard and play by the rules, lousy as they may have been. He’s not the only contestant who would have preferred to sing his own music and control his own image.

It’s okay to walk away from the game if you don’t want to play anymore, but Josiah didn’t until the producers gave him the boot. All this coming out now makes him look petty, IMHO.

Those kind of statements make me want to check out Josiah’s music less than I might otherwise. He might believe that he was one of the 24 most talented persons in that pool, and he may even be correct on that, but the meltdown with that last tryout was a valid reason to reject him. It was a meltdown that could have triggered concern as to his ability to withstand the bootcamp aspects of AI—which compensates for its springboard possibilities by grinding down the contestants with a harsh schedule and the risk of public dressdowns from the judges and, particularly, from Simon. Moreover, that last performance was not very good, IMO. It’s not like he had a meltdown and then performed the most amazing version of Stand By Me ever. It’s pretty clear that others had very good performances that round—so why could he not have lost out on Top 24 validly?

In addition to recognizing the benefits that AI have given him, as he almost certainly would not be releasing a CD in the near term without the show, he should check out some of the statements that DC has made about the show, which basically amount to You sign up for it, you sign up for all of it. Prefer to sing your own music? Well, you can’t on AI. Don’t want to do silly group numbers? That’s part of the AI experience. Don’t want to wear lime green matador pants? Um…. You get the idea.

Eh, I don’t care what Josiah says about Idol. I checked out and bought his music within 24 hours of his first audition and I’m a fan no matter what. He’s in a unique position in that he’s going to be marketed as an alternative artist and needs to distance himself from Idol. It’s not as if he has a huge fanbase that voted for him and will be alienated if he disses the show. No one ever voted for him and most Idol fans have probably forgotten about him. His position is very different from Cook’s or Archie’s.

The exposure he got from the show was certainly very good for him, but he didn’t get a career out of it just because he was on TV a lot. It’s because he showed something that interested major record labels – something that doesn’t usually happen with Idol rejects. Nigel & Simon Fuller probably just thought the crying boy made a good “character” the same way the Brittenum twins and William Hung were good “characters.” I’m sure it was never their intention to help Josiah score a major label deal.

FolkFan, I agree with you completely. That’s what I was getting at. Josiah is really still a young kid; he doesn’t have the benefit of strong parental involvement that Archie does (yes, I mean that sincerely) or the hindsight and maturity of a 25-year-old. I can’t imagine Cook or Archie ever having been so pissy after the fact, however. Josiah may be incredibly talented, but he could use a little lesson in deportment from the Davids.

More confirmed Cook appearances from David Cook Official

11/14/08 Tonight Show with Jay Leno
11/17/08 Good Morning America
11/19/08 Regis and Kelly
11/26/08 Ellen

Personally, I checked his music form the preview in Amazon, didn ´t like it, I like alternative music, like Coldplay and Travis, but his vocals aren ´t good and the melodies IMHO aren ´t that great… I believe that he really believe that he is a great artist better that the standard that AI produce, and that is not bad… but better prove it with sells before you start screaming that you are to everyone that is willing to listen…

“Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s in a unique position in that heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to be marketed as an alternative artist and needs to distance himself from Idol. ”

You can said the same for Castro and Cook, and neither of them is dissing Idol….

I believe that he really believe that he is a great artist better that the standard that AI produce, and that is not badà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ but better prove it with sells before you start screaming that you are to everyone that is willing to listenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

High sales doesn’t prove anything except that an artist can sell a lot of records. It has nothing to do with whether an artist has talent or not, imo.

Sad but true, MJ. If the people that I thought were the most talented in music filled up the airwaves and had the most sales, Billboard’s charts would look a lot different. Just one of the negatives of not being the arbiter of what is popular. [Dramatic sigh.]

High sales doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t prove anything except that an artist can sell a lot of records. It has nothing to do with whether an artist has talent or not, imo.

IÂ ´m not saying that he isn’t talented, just that now after being rejected from idol and he still hasn’t prove that how “talented” he is, is still early to start dissing the program that helped him to get a record deal…just my opinion…. specially when there is a lot of people talented that made it far ahead that he did, like Brooke, Castro, The Davids…

I ´m not saying that he isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t talented, just that now after being rejected from idol and he still hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t prove that how à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“talentedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  he is, is still early to start dissing the program that helped him to get a record deal

I don’t think Josiah owes anything to the show. Being “on the program” may have helped him, but the show rejected him. The producers did not want him on the show. I think they just showed him in the beginning because he had a good back story and he was “a character”. I think the producers thought it would be good ratings and took advantage of that. Not to help Josiah (as someone mentioned above). With the David’s and others, it is a little different. They got “picked”. Then the voters voted them off. So yeah, in that case, not good to diss the people that gave you your break. But for Josiah, it was not the producers that gave him his break. They did not want him. So why would Josiah owe them anything? They didn’t help him get his record deal. It is the label and his talent that is now paving his way. Not idol.

Josiah sounds whiny and bitter to me (especially after having seen him in tears when he didn’t make top 24). He sure wanted to eat that producers’ tainted food back then.

I find Josiah completely unlikeable. He is not a good singer, writes a few OK songs, and there are many more people who way are more talented than he is but who never got the break he had courtesy of AI. He just need to learn to shut up.

Oh Goody…some DC appearances. Can’t wait to see the video clips that MJ will put up! Yeps…I know she will :clap_tb:

Josiah is okay. I think he is talented but it remains to be seen if he will grow and evolve into the artist HE thinks he is.

The top 40 would definately look differentif I were to make the list. The most talented musicians/artists are not always the most commercial, but develop followings and can make a good living making good music.

…but people buy what they like and tastes really do differ.

“The real story is that the producers didn’t like me,” said Leming, who lived out of his car during his “Idol” experience. ” ‘Cause I wanted to do my own songs, and I wanted to have complete control.”

And of the show that brought him to the world’s notice, he added: “The producers pretty much control everything. You know, it’s all kind of rigged, and hands are coming in from places you don’t see. You just see the hand. It’s a dirty hand. And you don’t want to eat the food that that hand touches.”

I think Josiah’s reaction to his experience on the show was age-appropriate. He was an immature kid with lofty goals, and he feels that he was rejected when he probably had something better to offer than at least one of the Top 12. I won’t even mention Kristy Lee’s name.

That being said, I can’t say that I would even know who he was if it wasn’t for Idol. Really. He may not have advanced on the show, but it sure as heck put him on national TV before millions of viewers for a few days. At least when people see his name (well, diehard Idol fans), they’re likely to recognize him from a few months ago.

Now, he’s out there. Where he goes from here is up to him. He wants to “have complete control” and “sing his own songs” he should do that. And, if he really wants to distance himself from Idol, he can stop talking about it right about…now.

Anyway, the words he speaks are a little childish, but I can’t fault him for that now. I’ll give him a few years.

100 musicians signed a letter calling on the FCC, David is one of them

More Artists Join White Spaces Fray
Group of 100 musicians sign letter calling for FCC to put white spaces report out for comment.
By John Eggerton — Broadcasting & Cable, 10/28/2008 2:39:00 PM

Opponents of the effort to allow unlicensed mobile devices in the white spaces between TV channels have pulled out the big Guns Nà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Roses.

From The Bangles to Michael Bolton, Clay Aiken to Don Henleyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ and yes, Guns Nà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Rosesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ a group of 100 musicians have put their name to a letter calling on the FCC to put its white spaces report out for public comment.

Not since the heat of the “network neutrality” debate have both sides heated up journalist in-boxes with so many letters and filings on both sides of the issue.

FCC engineers have concluded that despite troubles in lab and field testing, the devices have proved that they can be made to work without interfering with TV signals and the wireless microphones that also share the same swatch of spectrum.

Computer companies welcome the news and are pushing the FCC to go ahead with a scheduled Nov. 4 vote approving the devices under certain conditions. To say that broadcasters, music and sports producers, religious broadcasters and others are unconvinced is putting it mildly.

In their letter to the five commissioners, the recording artists say that the Nov. 4 vote would “dramatically impair” their ability to deliver a quality concert performance, for which wireless microphones are crucial.

Pulling out the economics card, they point out that those concerts mean jobs and business for restaurants, hotels, caterers, local tax collectors and others.

Among the other well-known names on the list: Peter Frampton, Bonnie Raitt, Michael Feinstein, the Eagles, Neil Diamond, Dixie Chicks, Julianne Hough, David Archuleta, Brooks & Dunne, and a host of others.

Oh, oh, what have I wandered into? Josiah is talented. Whether he fulfills the promise of his talent remains to be seen. If not for the show I would not know who he is so I guess he should be thankful. That they featured him the way they did assured he would at least he would have a shot. Certainly he knows they would not have given him that much air time if they did not at least think he were interesting. He also shot himself in the foot with his Stand By Me performance, and blowing off good advice. That being said, I downloaded his EP today and am enjoying it very much. I do really think this is advice he should take:

Josiah may be incredibly talented, but he could use a little lesson in deportment from the Davids.

A little grace goes a long way. Just sayin’

More confirmed Cook appearances from David Cook Official

Wait, what’s he doing from 11/1 (SNL) to 11/14?? There’s the David Wright thing, but what else? I hope he’s doing some radio tours or otherwise getting himself out there. I’ve been hanging onto 11/1 as his promotional kick-off ever since he mentioned it way back when, and I fully expect a packed November! Haha, I’m greedy like that, cuz I miss seeing him on my TV! Also, I need to know when the video is premiering. Prior to his VH1 appearance, I hope. When was that supposed to be, btw?

About Josiah, I don’t think anything he said about the show was wrong or untrue, (duh, the producers’ dirty hands control the show) and he has every right to say those things, but it does come off a tad petty/disrespectful that he didn’t seem to at least acknowledge that A) the show was good exposure for him, and at least partially responsible for his record deal, and that B) just because the show was set up in a certain way where you have rules, can only do covers, etc. doesn’t mean the people who do succeed on the show are not true artists. I like Folkfan’s paraphrasing of what Cook has said: you sign up for the show, you sign up for all of it. For him to rag on AI so hard after he signed up for it and was rejected sounds a bit like bittercakes.

All that said, however, I don’t think this stuff he’s saying matters if his music is good. His AI “start” is a good story for journalists to use when writing about this newcomer, so he’s being asked about it frequently. If he proves to stand on his own talent in the future, this will all go away, and hopefully he won’t be forced to talk well or ill of AI again.

What is this Wal-Mart sound check thing that DC and the Band are supposedly doing on Saturday. Tried to read it on DCO but have trouble reading posts there because of all the “flag offensive” shit covering the word? Sound like a mini-concert that will be streamed on the internet!

Anyone? This sounds realy really exciting!

Layla, the Wal-Mart Soundcheck is a taped live performance that will go up on the Walmart Soundcheck site on 11/1. It’s not streaming. It looks like most of the acts tape their performances in a rehearsal studio type setting – very intimate. It also looks like the performances are available as mp3 downloads for many of the artists – yay! The performers I clicked on sang anywhere from 3 to 5 songs. Someone said these performances also play in Wal-Mart stores in the music department? I have not been in a Wal-Mart store so I can’t confirm….

It’s linked above, but here it is again: http://soundcheck.walmart.com

Cheese! Thanks so much for the info. Headed over there now. Only Cook could get me on a Wal-Mart site!

both sets of Cook parents were at the pageant, and according to the people who got to speak with Stan Cook, the keeper version of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Permanentà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  was the only take, David cried, and we will need lots of Kleenex.

Doesn’t really take a lot for him to cry, does it?
One take only, that’s interesting.

Reagrding Josiah, there had been 6 season before he tried it, If he thought the show was all rainbows and roses and there weren’t dirty hands than he’s not as smart as I thought he was.
He’s 19 anyway, and he was more talented than at least 10 people who made it to the top 24. I won’t blame him for making those statements.
I think his songs are ok. Nothing that makes me want to buy them for now

What is this Wal-Mart sound check thing that DC and the Band are supposedly doing on Saturday. Tried to read it on DCO but have trouble reading posts there because of all the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“flag offensiveà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  shit covering the word? Sound like a mini-concert that will be streamed on the internet!

I think this is a pre-recorded thing that will be on Walmart’s website. It includes an interview too.
I’ve seen people speculating that it could have been recorded at the Viper Room.

Wait, whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s he doing from 11/1 (SNL) to 11/14?? Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the David Wright thing, but what else? I hope heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s doing some radio tours or otherwise getting himself out there. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been hanging onto 11/1 as his promotional kick-off ever since he mentioned it way back when, and I fully expect a packed November! Haha, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m greedy like that, cuz I miss seeing him on my TV! Also, I need to know when the video is premiering. Prior to his VH1 appearance, I hope. When was that supposed to be, btw?

VH1 appearence is on Nov. 22. All those things listed had been announced by other sources already. I don’t think camp Cook shares much before the time. They’re always late in informing the fans.

Since Cook’s schedule is up there, here’s Archie’s. I think it’s partial because he’s there are rumors about Mike & Juliet as well.

11/6: The Tonight Show
11/11: The Today Show
11/11: MTV TRL
11/11: Mi TRL (spanish version on MTV Tres)
11/12: Regis & Kelly
11/14: Ellen
11/15: VH1 Top 20 Countdown
11/15: Talk Show with Spike Feresten
11/18: Bonnie Hunt
11/27: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (not completely confirmed)

This is so cool about DC and the Wal-mart sound check site! Woohoo!!!! Would be ultra uber COOL if it is from the Viper Room in LA! If he sings 3-5 songs, wonder if this means he will sing songs from the album. I have very mixed feelings about this! I don’t like all of this leaking of album songs( as has been the case with Archuleta)…kinda spoils the anticipation for the record…but I sure as hell won’t close my hears if he plays songs from the album! Permanent sounds incredible already!

Layla, I would love to hear live songs from DC. I know they will be different than how they sound on the album. He sing’s pretty much all songs differently each time. He did his own harmonies on the studio recording of LO. It will definitely sound different live.

Gingerly,
You are right….hearing the songs live will be awesome…I guess it’s just that I don’t want the live versions to colour my feelings when I hear the album.I am so excited about this damn record, that I have planned EXACTLY how I will listen t it the first time! LOL

Those songs will most probably be available to buy on walmart’s site.

Wait, whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s he doing from 11/1 (SNL) to 11/14?? Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the David Wright thing, but what else? I hope heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s doing some radio tours or otherwise getting himself out there. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been hanging onto 11/1 as his promotional kick-off ever since he mentioned it way back when, and I fully expect a packed November! Haha, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m greedy like that, cuz I miss seeing him on my TV! Also, I need to know when the video is premiering. Prior to his VH1 appearance, I hope. When was that supposed to be, btw?

When we first started hearing about his promo schedule it was said to start mi-November, per Hits Daily Double and then SNL came up later on which is pretty early anyway. Technically it is the album promo kick off but I didn’t take it to mean he would be doing a ton of stuff from the 1st and then another two weeks. I doubt that schedule is complete anyway since VH1 is missing and he said himself not long ago he would be doing radio Christmas concerts. The last that was said about the video was I think early November.

WOW! The Wal-mart sound check site has shown some really good artists…the Foo Fighters did this! Love the behind the scenes stuff, interviews and the performances. I’m glad that it’s not streamed-you can watch what and when you like 24/7.

Yeps…I am now officially thrilled to see DC on this site on Saturday! Woohoo and Yee-haw! :clap_tb:

The WalMart Soundcheck thing is so much more awesome than I imagined. I don’t see this as “leaking” songs, because it’s not the album version, it’s live versions which are always different. It won’t hurt my anticipition, I actually think it just might stoke it.
Considering he’d likely get TOML in the mix, 2-3 new songs feels like a very nice teaser to me.
Plus, we’ll probably get to hear one of the new ones on SNL anyway.

The fact that some of these will be available for download is just icing on the cake… I cannot wait!

PS – DC’s schedule isn’t complete. There’s at least one appearance that isn’t listed yet, and I’d be surprised if he didn’t get TRL somewhere in there while he’s in NY.

yeah…cannot believe that I never knew about this site. Wonder what time they will put up DC? This will be the first time we will see the boys in the band up close and personal!

Yeps..yuou all have convinced me that I won’t be spoiled for the record. I am almost as excited about this on 1 November, as I am about SNL!

Love. me. some. Cookie.

As far as Josiah’s remarks. I don’t really mind when former contestants bash the show. Sure, they may owe any good fortune that comes their way afterward to the show, but it’s a two way street. The show uses the kids as well. And for cheap. Josiah was good TV, and at that point, the contestants weren’t even getting paid. Idol makes millions off these kids’ backs. I don’t feel bad for them.

DCà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s schedule isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t complete. Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s at least one appearance that isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t listed yet, and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be surprised if he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get TRL somewhere in there while heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s in NY.

TRL’s last episode is 11/16 so CD release week that’s definitely out.

Soundcheck isn’t leaking songs at all. Songs being leaked you might want brace yourself for though because it happens all the time. Hell sometimes full albums leak as early as 2 weeks before the release date.

^^ P!nk’s album leaked a couple weeks early.

I’m actually surprised Archie’s hasn’t leaked yet (but happy). I really don’t consider those clips to be true leaks (not to mention they were legitimate releases by the label). You can’t get the effect of a song from those kinds of samples, and we’re not even sure if those were mastered versions.

More about David Cook’s “Permanent”, from the Word Nerd Home:

I went to Andrew Cooks show last weekend and we talked to his dad. He was talking about the cd and told us that it was amazing. He said the Permanent is a song David wrote about his grandpa.

Speaking of DC, here are the top 40 adds for LO from All Access:

WKZL-FM Greensboro (#45)
WXLK-FM Roanoke, VA (#115)
WSPK-FM Newburgh, NY (#139)
WXYK-FM Biloxi (#154)
WNKI-FM Elmira-Corning, NY (#226)
S001-FM >SiriusSatellite *

I guess this should be posted here, too…

Archieà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s myspace just sent out a bulletin announcing that his debut album is now available on iTunes for pre-order.

Now this:

He said the Permanent is a song David wrote about his grandpa.

Is just awesome, IMHO!!!!!!! Wow!!! I’m stocking up on the tissues now!

Wow Isn’t it great that Archie is promoting his album and his record company is advertising for him, I see he has an add on Itunes and I noticed a banner at DCO the other day, great, I hope he does well. He looks like he has a busy schedule promoting his album.

I cannot wait until Saturday because of the Walmart thing and SNL. I think it will help hold me over until Nov 18th when David’s record drops.

Josiah was my favorite until they dropped him but I haven’t heard his stuff yet, I did notice Michael Johns early on but Josiah’s story grabbed me and I thought he was talented but he did have a meltdown and probably was not right for the show. But After Hello it was David C for me all the way.

Permanent is getting more interesting with every tidbit dropped.

People like Josiah (and Amanda Overmeyer) just grate. Don’t try out for the show if you think it is beneath you.

Re: “Permanent”– it was described as vocals, strings, and a piano. I’m kind of hearing INXS’s “Never Tear Us Apart” in my head, for those that remember that underappreciated, excellent tune. Except, of course, NTUA had more instruments in parts and no piano….

I wasn’t finding anything much here about the SNL gig, or the Walmart Soundcheck Series, or the stealth appearance by David and The Boyz in the Band at the Viper Room, but maybe I was just not looking in the right places?

I’m not always sure I’m navigating properly, and I can’t always tell from the posts.

So I was absolutely anticipating the SNL appearance, like Christmas morning, and then I find out about the Soundcheck Series…and now I’m not at all sure I want to see that first.

I looked at some of them…they are indeed awesome. but what a different vibe! I may be crazy, but the involved audience feedback creates an energy loop with performers, especially in Rock…and I don’t see that happening in the Soundcheck Series.

I think I want that experience first…SoundCheck Series second…and how come I didn’t even know the SoundCheck thing existed before now? Duh.

I read somewhere from a site that somehow seems to know stuff before everyone else that DA’s album is going to leak at the end of the month. I don’t know if it is true. I kind of wish it wouldn’t.

Article about David Cook from Oklahoma Magazine, via MsCRC at DC42:

http://www.oklahomamagazine.com/online/November08.html

We’ve heard most of it before, but there are a few new quotes.

but the involved audience feedback creates an energy loop with performers, especially in Rockà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦and I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see that happening in the Soundcheck Series.

Exactly. I usually prefer this kind of performance(AOL, Yahoo, Clear Channel Stripped) with acoustic style. But, well, I’ll take it LOL.

Now that I have made my peace with it, I’m trying to decide, based soley on the song list, which of the songs from the record he will perform on souncheck.

Someone said you can usually buy the songs- does this mean the songs performed as singles, or a dvd with the whole performance?

Hmm. Maybe I better go and check that out.

^They sell the live recording(audio, online only) of the performance~

I agree with those who are considering waiting on the SoundCheck until after SNL. I’d like the live performance to be the first one I see. However, I’m not all that patient, so we’ll see what I really end up doing when the time comes. I can’t believe that after this long wait, we start to get some real goodies in just a few days!

BTW, congratulations to David Archuleta on his great album preorders and new single. I’m glad to see he’s getting plenty of promotion.

On another note, it’s funny, Josiah really appealed to me on the show initially, but he lost me over time. While I understand the truth of some of what he is saying here, my sympathy only goes so far. On the one hand, the rules of the show are pretty clear; he had a written contract that stated he could not do his own stuff. I’m sure most of the contestants don’t like that, but they abide by what they signed, however grudgingly. It took a great deal of humility, for instance, for David Cook, as a gifted songwriter, to go along with the rules, but he took the contract seriously. David found a way to work within the constraints and actually turn them to his advantage as he revamped his songs.

On the other hand, AI does subject everyone to a lot of indignities. I cringed at some of it. I can understand how this stuff would grate, but it is not as though the manipulations, the group numbers, the theme nights, and the pressure were unknown after this many seasons. That’s where the statement about signing up for all of it comes in.

I believe Josiah would not be known to anyone without the show, nor would he most likely have a contract, at least not until he paid his dues for a few years in clubs. Yes, they did use him, too, but he needed them more than they needed him. I think plenty of people will remember him, and his record company knows this.

Josiah really appealed to me on the show initially, but he lost me over time. While I understand the truth of some of what he is saying here, my sympathy only goes so far. On the one hand, the rules of the show are pretty clear; he had a written contract that stated he could not do his own stuff. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure most of the contestants donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t like that, but they abide by what they signed, however grudgingly.

Josiah’s music appeals to me. As long he doesn’t put up youtube videos of himself eating kittens, I’m buying what he’s selling. I don’t think he’s looking for sympathy. He has exciting things happening, and he got to make an album on his own terms.

I don’t have to like everything he says or does for me to enjoy his music and that goes for anyone who’s been on Idol (except for Constantine, lol). I don’t pretend to know the Idols, their experiences or their motivations no matter how many minutes they spent on my TV screen. I wonder if Josiah wanted to sing his own stuff in the Hollywood rounds and they wouldn’t allow it? I seem to recall reading or hearing that Jason did actually perform his own song on the last day in Hollywood (and kind of screwed it up). If Josiah ran into resistance on performing his own songs at that point when the rules allowed it, I don’t blame him for being pissed about it.

If Josiah had survived, I think he would have either had really great or really trainwrecky performances, probably both. He definitely would have made for good tv. I’m sure he wouldn’t have refused to sing cover songs if he had made the Top 24. To some extent, I think he was pushed aside for cannon fodder like Colton Berry and that Garrett kid.