Idol Headlines for 11/13/09

Here is an article about David Cook: http://nwitimes.com/entertainment/music/article_776154f1-d7e0-533c-8ed5-11527e523024.html

LLWD was included in the Rate the Music survey for HAC last week and the numbers are in.

LWWD was ranked number 2 (Already Gone is first) over all people taking the survey and number 1 amongst females (and amongst all people between the ages of 25 and 44). The popularity of the song is rated at 4.00 for all people (Already Gone is 4.02) and 4.11 amongst people 25-44.

RTM gathers callout statistics and is one of the tools that program managers use when deciding who to add and how much to spin them. Each week, RTM tests the top 30 current songs in each format (top 20 songs for AC).

RTM HAC Panel

elliottyamin:
Playin the birchmere theatre jan 2nd!….here’s a pic of the write up in hometown paper…. http://pic.gd/569d52

I might have to go to that… I’ve never seen Elliott in concert, and that venue will be a much better fit for him than for David Cook’s rock show (that was so awkward – do I stand? do I sit? they said sit! he said stand!)

LLWD was included in the Rate the Music survey for HAC last week and the numbers are in.

LWWD was ranked number 2 (Already Gone is first) over all people taking the survey and number 1 amongst females (and amongst all people between the ages of 25 and 44)

RTM gathers callout statistics and is one of the tools that program managers use when deciding who to add and how much to spin them. Each week, RTM tests the top 30 current songs in each format (top 20 songs for AC).

Yeah Kris!!! But OMG the picture they use of him – why??!!!!

LLWD was included in the Rate the Music survey for HAC last week and the numbers are in.

I got a kick out of the song popping up when I did my survey this week – made me smile :) . Also loved hearing Green River Ordinance, I really liked them when they opened for David Cook at one of my shows.

LINDA: Oh, I know where. But I’ll spare you. But, seriously, yes. Of course. And to me, that’s a perfectly valid conversation. Kris Allen wants to be The Fray. Adam Lambert wants to be David Bowie crossed with KISS. Is one of those choices inherently better than the other, and is it okay that I think Adam Lambert has more talent but Kris Allen is more listenable? You can tell me if it’s not.

Um…really?! (This is from the NPR article.)

Ok, that NPR article is a riot. I feel completely called out. And I soooooo deserve it. ha!!!!!!! Hysterical.

LINDA: That’s why David Archuleta had that partnership with the Build-A-Bear Workshop.

STEPHEN: Ha! God, he did, didn’t he? Adam Lambert should team up with Build-A-Bear to make the shiniest dolls in the world.

I gotta admit, that cracked me up. Can you imagine Adam’s shiny bears?

That NPR article was great! LOL!

I want a shiny, glittery Adam bear. How do I get one? ;)

*off to read the NPR article*

The NPR piece made me laugh out loud several times while drinking my coffee. Good stuff.

I liked the NPR article because both of the people in the article were avowed Idol watchers yet still were able to make lighthearted fun of all the craziness that surrounds the show and made some good points.

Love coming here & seeing articles about David Cook yesterday and esp the one today. Love him, loved seeing him & his band in concert Weds. Still on a high from that.

http://headlineplanet.com/home/2009/11/13/carrie-underwood-daughtry-outdraw-taylor-swift-at-cmas/

‘Carrie Underwood, Daughtry Outdraw Taylor Swift at CMAs‘ 

Rather, as a half-hour breakdown reveals, it was a collection of acts that included Carrie Underwood and Daughtry who brought the show to a peak for their live performances.

The 9-9:30PM half hour, which featured Underwood’s performance, as well as the Daughtry-Vince Gill collaboration and performances from Tim McGraw and Keith Urban, averaged 18.1 million viewers and a 5.6 adults 18-49 rating, which was above the 16.9 million viewer, 5.2 rating average for the 8-11PM broadcast.

I know this probably isn’t a popular opinion, and I’m truly not an NPR nerd, although many of my colleagues are, but I think that first article, “And Now for a Long Discussion of ‘American Idol’” is just so spot on. They don’t trash the show, but they do point out what I think are some truths. It’s a long read and doesn’t gush about (or trash for that matter) Adam or Kris, so many here will likely not care to read it (no offense intended; I’m often the same way, I just really got involved in it and found myself intrigued with what they had to say), but they really do get to the heart of the matter, IMO, and, yes, it snarks a bit about the show, but not nearly in an “I’m much too good to watch this cheesy show” sort of way as I thought they might (cause NPR can get that I’m sooo smart thing going on).

The thing is, all of us here are a juust a leetle bit “overly” in our involvement; we do vote too much on stupid polls; we do spend too much time crunching numbers; we do type long responses to articles about this person or that who was on a reality show (or about articles about that reality show); we do twitter-stalk and angst our little hearts out (yes, I know not all of us. I’m generalizing. I read this board way to much not to know that YMMV).

Did I agree with everything they had to say? No, of course not. Did I find it an intelligent and interesting conversation. Yes, in fact, I did. Point is, I’m recommending it for those who skipped it because it was long or NPR or whatever.

From NPR
Somewhere on the Internet right now, many people are squabbling about who’s better.

WHAT!!!!!! WHERE!!?!?!?!

The NPR article was pretty interesting. Linda Holmes is the former TWoP recapper, Ms. Alli. She should certainly know about fandom as I remember her being involved in a few kerfuffles herself over the years. She offers an unique perspective.

I think Stephen Thompson makes a good point about the national conversation that AI generates, but I think that’s fading somewhat. I no longer know anyone in real life that watches AI, aside from myself.

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From NPR
Somewhere on the Internet right now, many people are squabbling about who’s better.
WHAT!!!!!! WHERE!!?!?!?!
No one I know. *snicker*

Great NPR Article. I loved it.

Adam Lambert Coming to a Talk Show Near You
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2009/11/adam-lambert-coming-to-a-talk-show-near-you/

Somewhere on the Internet right now, many people are squabbling about who’s better.

WHAT!!!!!! WHERE!!?!?!?!

Ha!! Nobody squabbles about Idols. Puh-leeease.

“LLWD was included in the Rate the Music survey for HAC last week and the numbers are in.

LWWD was ranked number 2 (Already Gone is first) over all people taking the survey and number 1 amongst females (and amongst all people between the ages of 25 and 44)

RTM gathers callout statistics and is one of the tools that program managers use when deciding who to add and how much to spin them. Each week, RTM tests the top 30 current songs in each format (top 20 songs for AC). ”

Yay, Kris!

Adam Lambert Coming to a Talk Show Near You
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2009/11/adam-lambert-coming-to-a-talk-show-near-you/

it’s blocked :(

Kirsten:

Goodie, goodie! New numbers to look at. That’s incredibly impressive for LLWD. I think it’s going to end up doing pretty damn well at HAC – not sure about Top 40 – it might just end up being a moderate hit in that format.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m noticing in watching the two formats that HAC songs tend to grow more slowly and stay a lot longer on the charts – is this typical?

And finally, since LLWD has officially made the published Top 40 chart – does this mean it will be on AT40?

1) That NPR article was excellent in capturing the craziness and why we’re into it anyway

2) The comments are bananas. LOL at the fans of every idol name checked in the piece hastening in with their searing informational updates.

RockStar Weekly: Adam Lambert’s Top Fans Revealed
http://www.rockstarweekly.com/content/view/1166/149/

Hey – Steven Fudd and Renee Snyder made the list! I must go tweet them congrats!

I just saw Kris Allen’s video on MTV HITS Playlist (around 10:30 or so EST) and did it look oh so pretty and he did as well. If I didn’t know who this guy was, the song and the video would pull me right in and I’d want to know more about him. There is one shot of Kris where he looks as old as Justin Beiber who is 15, pulling in the pre-teens as well as the older demographic.

The Video stands out, looks expensively made and Kris looks damn good. As I said, no 2nd hand embarrassement from this video. No one would even think American Idol watching this.

One of the comments from the article about Simon (guardian.co.uk). Brilliant!:

My family watch this show regularly, while I read a book whilst making snide remarks about it. When the moment came to kick off the loser, because of my age and cynical view of the ‘panel’, I prophesied that Simon would allow Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum to stay. ( Good for ratings , keeps people watching ect. ) My family were horrified at me. ‘Simon hates the brothers! ‘ they protested. ‘Why would he let them stay? ‘ I explained my dark beliefs and was given the turned shoulder ,’ what does he know treatment’. Minutes later the shock and horror was palpable. They now hate Simon and will not watch it ever again ( fat chance!) However , as I waited for the amazement accuracy of my prophecy to bring me praise, I sensed dark thoughts heading towards me. Their innocence was shattered, but I realised that they saw me in the same light as Simon, world weary and cunning. In my defence I muttered something about ‘ what kind of grown up people would make a living by making teenagers cry’? ‘, but the damage was done. I will be making no comments about ‘ I’m a Celebrity , Get Me In There’( Ooops more cynisism.

The NPR article was great, pretty interesting.

Who and what is npr.org?

Listening to My December – still think this is Kelly’s best album.

LINDA: That’s why David Archuleta had that partnership with the Build-A-Bear Workshop.

STEPHEN: Ha! God, he did, didn’t he? Adam Lambert should team up with Build-A-Bear to make the shiniest dolls in the world.

Do they know Natalie Cole sang the same Build A Bear promotion song as David? Certainly they don’t know DA has many adult fans. lol.

npr = national public radio, home of some pretty great radio shows, and a wonderful source for news

Quote from the NPR piece:

STEPHEN: Ha! God, he did, didn’t he? Adam Lambert should team up with Build-A-Bear to make the shiniest dolls in the world.

Ho ho, I would get in line to build that bear for sure!

‘LLWD was included in the Rate the Music survey for HAC last week and the numbers are in.

LWWD was ranked number 2 (Already Gone is first) over all people taking the survey and number 1 amongst females (and amongst all people between the ages of 25 and 44)

RTM gathers callout statistics and is one of the tools that program managers use when deciding who to add and how much to spin them. Each week, RTM tests the top 30 current songs in each format (top 20 songs for AC). ‘ 

THIS… wow that’s quite good news.. yoo hoo Kris

Squirrely
11/13/2009 at 10:59 am
Adam Lambert Coming to a Talk Show Near You
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2009/11/adam-lambert-coming-to-a-talk-show-near-you/

it’s blocked

Squirrely, it’s basically a rehash of the tv guide article yesterday. They quote the tv guide article directly.

http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/news/adam-lambert-hot-entertainer-3197.html

I’m a little amazed at the viewship for the CMA. Someone posted that the AMA drew 12 million last year. Maybe the AMA has spikes that hit the 18 million the CMA drew. Anyone know what the viewership for the CMAs was last year?

Squirrely, it’s basically a rehash of the tv guide article yesterday. They quote the tv guide article directly.

http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/news/adam-lambert-hot-entertainer-3197.html

Thanks CyndyM!

The NPR story is hilarious!

STEPHEN: Is there anything we’re forgetting?
LINDA: Only the greatness of Jasmine Trias.

Too funny!!

Is Adam going to perform FYE for the first time at the AMA? I’m very thrilled to see it :)
I would have like though to see him perform it earlier

http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/news/adam-lambert-hot-entertainer-3197.html

If Adam ever gets to meet David Bowie – I hope to be a fly on the wall.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m noticing in watching the two formats that HAC songs tend to grow more slowly and stay a lot longer on the charts ‘“ is this typical?

Yes.

And finally, since LLWD has officially made the published Top 40 chart ‘“ does this mean it will be on AT40

Ryan’s show? It uses Mediabase and has different recurrency rules. Songs that have gone recurrent on Mediabase are still part of his Top 40.

The NPR segment was great. I should start listening once again. They have great commentaries. I have a friend that downloads their shows and listens on her iPod.

Whereas this past season ended six months ago, and people are going to spend the next few weeks going ballistic about how Kris Allen and Adam Lambert’s records compare. A few months ago, 30 seconds of a Kris Allen song “leaked” online, and it was actually considered newsworthy. Somewhere on the Internet right now, many people are squabbling about who’s better.

I’m sure they’re not talking about us, lol.

I’m sure they’re not talking about us, lol.

haha sidewalkstory

I might have to go to that’ ¦ I’ve never seen Elliott in concert, and that venue will be a much better fit for him than for David Cook’s rock show (that was so awkward ‘“ do I stand? do I sit? they said sit! he said stand!)

Go. He’s fabulous in concert, his band is amazing also. …. A similar sit-stand dilemma exists, however!

Cute tweets from Kris last night…

krisallen

#Guess who’s on conan tomorrow…………………………………………………………………………………………….Reese
about 9 hours ago from Echofon

#Oh and me
about 9 hours ago from Echofon

(I bet Kris likes Reese Witherspoon — IMO, Katy looks a lot like her)

But don’t forget to watch Kris on Conan tonight!!!

Last year, the CMA’s had 15.87 million viewers. See Neilson Rating 2008.

That’s a nice jump in ratings/viewership for the CMAs in 4 years. I think Carrie and Brad Paisley did a very nice job as hosts. The show itself was well produced and had a nice mix. Great perfomances, too. I think having Daughtry, Dave Matthews and Kid Rock helped, too.

Just read NPR article about AI.
Do they have psychiatrists that specialize in treating overly invested fans?
(I’ll just make a little note of that number.)
Kirsten-In case you’re still hanging around, I was just lying to get extra Adam fan points so I could keep my Kris Allen cd. I don’t really have a tatoo of Adam’s face on my shoulder. I saw a pictures of the tatoo somewhere on the internets. I think it belongs to Glambert#92876450284676846730287465302281683657361561837465.
At least that’s what she said her name was, when she called to claim it back.

A similar sit-stand dilemma exists, however!

Uh oh! That is the most awkward thing, lol. I’m such a rule-follower but David Cook made me stand up anyway, I couldn’t help it :)

“I think every discussion about being the future of music, of course, has to start with the fact that the kind of people who REALLY become the future of music would never go on American Idol in the first place. They have very specific aspirations involving popularity, not involving changing the game. Carrie Underwood didn’t go on American Idol to reinvent country. She went on American Idol to exploit what was already working. The kinds of people who push boundaries are not really interested in doing “Conga” on Gloria Estefan Night.” — Linda Holmes NPR

Excellent analysis. Perhaps that’s why Carrie is so successful. Carrie wanted to sing country. She knew where she fit and she continued to grow. She didn’t change the genre, she merely honed her craft, vocally, visually, becoming more confident, more professional.

“You were crying? Well I was crying and shaking.” These discussions happen every single week. Not among the bulk of the viewers, but among a small subset of people who are so devoted to that show that, while it’s on, fandom related to that show is their job.” — NPR article

ICU MJs blog. lol The key words here are: “not the bulk of the viewers, but a SMALL SUBSET of people…”

I do agree that Adam IS more talented vocally than Kris. But Kris is more talented as a musician than Adam. Apples and oranges.

This is one of the most clear-sighted articles I have read concerning American Idol. It made me laugh out loudly several times. Thanks for posting this MJ.

Anyone interested in what the songs on Take One might sound like? It would be interesting to get snippets of those.
sorry if OT.

We are talking about albums so hope this isn’t OT. I am flipping over Adam Graham’s twitter review. I really was expecting bad reviews from mainstream music critics on Adam’s album so these great reactions are a big relief to me. I am not worried about single sales at all, it is just way too early but good reviews from respected critics mean a lot. You have to scroll a bit to get all of his review. Most noteworthy is his comment ” Not even worth comparing to other Idol albums, especially debut albums” Wow!

http://twitter.com/grahamorama

does anyone know whether the kris and adam gma appearances are outside and open to the public, or in the gma studios?

and Cook doesn’t exactly burn up the radio charts with his songs

I’m still waiting for his label to release one of his songs!

I might have to go to that’ ¦ I’ve never seen Elliott in concert, and that venue will be a much better fit for him than for David Cook’s rock show (that was so awkward ‘“ do I stand? do I sit? they said sit! he said stand!)

F**k ‘em. Stand. I had no problem blocking Steve Case’s view.

We’re not always on American Idol’s side — for many, the sport lies in exposing the fakery; in untangling what often appears to be a web of greedy and underhanded conspiracies for or against certain contestants — and that, too, is part of the fun.

That’s partially what VFTW likes to do, but it’s really TWoP’s Grassy Knoll thread that I love to read in order to get my daily full of conspiracy theories during the AI season.

LINDA: Oh, I know where. But I’ll spare you.

We know you know, Miss Alli of TWoP … or some such former TWoP moderator/recapper.

It involves David Archuleta fans collapsing in tears when David Cook wins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNEwyEAy0oU

This never gets old, and the Kimmel video response was even funnier.

LINDA: Quick: Who’s the president?
STEPHEN: Hold on. [Scrambles to access Wikipedia.]
LINDA: Right. I knew you had to get those brain cells from somewhere.
STEPHEN: Seriously, just imagine all the things I don’t know. Like, I think I could name all the continents in the time it took me to type all that… Antasia!
No, wait, I think I’m mixing two continents up with the winner of season three.
LINDA: Katharine McPhee was in House Bunny! If I could forget that, I could learn French.

Funny.

Who and what is npr.org?

It’s radio’s version of public television, including the neverending fundraising.

Yeah, Adam on another red carpet event!!

http://blogs.usatoday.com/entertainment/2009/11/jenna-fischer-adam-lambert-glee-are-hot-for-us.html?csp=34

does anyone know whether the kris and adam gma appearances are outside and open to the public, or in the gma studios?

They are usually outside – I remember catching Alicia Keyes and thinking boy does she look cold.

GMA was in Central Park, I think. For sure, outside.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/entertainment/2009/11/jenna-fischer-adam-lambert-glee-are-hot-for-us.html?csp=34

Since Glee is being honored Maybe Lea Michelle will finally meet Adam.

LOVE! that npr article. wonderful fun. I’d be at build-a-bear in a minute if they paired with Adam and did a glittery bear line. The wonderful seasonal costumes for the bear would be awesome. Oh! and maybe they could have a bear where you could squeeze the ear and let out a rock screech. :)

But on a music note, they did touch on something that I think is extremely culturally important. And that is that we don’t have common music references anymore. There will never be another Sinatra, Elvis or Michael Jackson. We all get our music from too many varied sources. I find that kind of sad.

Haven’t they been doing the concerts in the studio lately?

But don’t forget to watch Kris on Conan tonight!!!

I won’t! Actually I watched Jason Mraz perform last night and it was really good. He had a small women’s gospel choir singing with him. What I really noticed was the great lighting on him…..so, Kristopher, I think you better break out the black henley! Just sayin’….. :-)

GMA was in Central Park, I think. For sure, outside

They are not in Central Park in the fall….only the summer concert series is there….I would love to go see both of them if I can figure out where they are, but there is no info on the GMA site

But on a music note, they did touch on something that I think is extremely culturally important. And that is that we don’t have common music references anymore. There will never be another Sinatra, Elvis or Michael Jackson. We all get our music from too many varied sources. I find that kind of sad.

That was a good point they made, but I think they missed another positive point regarding American Idol. No matter what you think of it, it does manage to bring attention and launch the careers of good singers — not necessarily revolutionary artists — but good singers, which is something the industry doesn’t always do with their emphasis on spectacle, packaging, and “edginess.”

There will never be another Sinatra, Elvis or Michael Jackson. We all get our music from too many varied sources. I find that kind of sad.

No there won’t but there will be a Kelly Clarkson, Adam Lambert and David Cook etc… Some of these people launched from Idol will leave a mark on the world the same as Sinatra, Elvis, Micheal, Bowie, Prince and Aretha…etc.

Yeah, Adam on another red carpet event!!

http://blogs.usatoday.com/entertainment/2009/11/jenna-fischer-adam-lambert-glee-are-hot-for-us.html?csp=34

Too bad Adam is twiddling his thumbs these days. Slacker. 8)

I would never say never on the “never be another” argument. I think there could be, but I’m not sure I’d welcome that for the person who achieved it or for society. The flip side of the world’s pleasure in those cultural icons is that for so many of them–MJ, the Beatles, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, etc.–it turns out tragically. Maybe they and we are better off with smaller doses of fame? I don’t know. Just thinking out loud here. Don’t really mean to be Debbie Downer.

And on a happier note, that NPR conversation is wonderfully funny.

New Aimee tweet:
AimeeMayo

@suebrody1 I’m just ready 4 it to come out. I had a dream last night I went to see an Adam show and could not get it. Sleep Walker… lol

lol

Love me some Aimee. 8)

No there won’t but there will be a Kelly Clarkson, Adam Lambert and David Cook etc’ ¦ Some of these people launched from Idol will leave a mark on the world the same as Sinatra, Elvis, Micheal, Bowie, Prince and Aretha’ ¦etc.

No. They won’t leave that kind of mark. Unless you listen to popular music, you have no idea who Kelly Clarkson is. When Micheal Jackson came out with his Thriller album and launched an MTV video which became a huge sensation, everyone knew who he was and recognized his music. My little cousins, my parents and my grandparents all knew who he was. Elvis was on the Ed Sullivan show which all gernerations watched, love him or hate him they all knew who Elvis was. Kelly and co. are musical successes in their niches, not icons which everyone recognizes.

Excellent analysis. Perhaps that’s why Carrie is so successful. Carrie wanted to sing country. She knew where she fit and she continued to grow. She didn’t change the genre, she merely honed her craft, vocally, visually, becoming more confident, more professional.

I’ve been saying this about Carrie for years. More former AI contestants need to follow her lead. The most important thing about Carrie is that she’s always known who she is as an artist. When she was first signed, the label wanted her to do country/pop, but she refused. She knows that that just isn’t where her strengths are.

80 68 ADAM LAMBERT For Your Entertainment 175 96 79 0.615
+5 Spins
-19 Bullet
+0.013 AI

40 38 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We’re Dying 1040 1005 35 5.722
+0 Spins
-47 Bullet
-0.115 AI

both stalling. not good

Kelly and co. are musical successes in their niches, not icons which everyone recognizes.

I’m not saying they are icons now – but you never know if they have the potential to be one in the future.

More:

@aimeemayo

I think the electric guitar & solo on Sleep Walker is that beautiful blonde from MJ movie “This Is It” – I need to ask Ryan and make sure. about 1 hour ago from web

@nolaglitter thank you so much- this whole thing is freaking me out! about 1 hour ago from web

@jivinjavajo I think it is that beautiful blonde girl from the MJ “This is It” movie- I am gonna find out. about 1 hour ago from web

That’s interesting, b/c I thought she would know. Guess added after her part of track laid down. Actually, she did say that she didn’t hear the final version…

LLWD is slowing down/stalling at the moment on Top 40 (although this happened before and then he jumped again); he is still among the spincrease leaders on HAC. It looks like that format will be very good for him.

ETA: BTW – those are Top 40 spins only; HAC spins are very strong for Kris, especially compared to those around him on the chart.

Loved the NPR article – very, very funny.

I loved that they kept it real but still celebrated the fun.

suebrody,

and another magazine to buy-USWeekly, in addition to the Elle mag(old one still on our newsstands) OUT, TV Guide Hot list issue– need magazine fund set up FAST….

http://twitter.com/grahamorama

The last response was in answer to my question. Just sayin’…

Signed,
The Twitter stan

AOL Radio is playing FYE right now. I’ve already heard LLWD on there this morning, as well as Cowboy Casanova and Already Gone

Here are the Mediabase spin numbers for LLWD on HAC format:

# 22 with bullet 958(TW) 773(LW) 185 (+) 56(# of stations) 16.8 13.6 +3.2 AI numbers.

LLWD is #5 on the spincrease chart in HAC.

girlygirl: I’m hearing it now in Seattle, too. The HAC station has pre-recorded an intro for the song, so when they play it, it’s introduced as the Kris Allen song. (YAY OMG).

We will never have another Beatles or Elvis or Micheal Jackson…not because we won’t have great singers and entertainers, but because American television is too fractured and it no longer is the vehicle that controls the interests of the American public.

At one point TV “made” every well-known entertainer (along with some radio). There were 3 networks and the big variety shows (Ed Sullivan) made the icons of yesterday. And radio was a “few” AM stations that played to their home town fans. If an Artist made it to the play list then they became an “over night” sensation.

There were only a small handful of “legitimate” record producers and American Bandstand was the “only” way many artists gained any kind of recognition.

We are no longer “forced” to buy only the top 40 songs (they were basically the only ones offered as singles in your local music store), we aren’t force fed artists on nationally televised variety show, we aren’t limited to a handful of radio stations.

Now most of us have access to 50 or more TV stations or the same amount of FM and AM station, we have CD players in our automobiles, hand held individual devices, phones that play recorded music. We can buy our music online or in huge discount stores that are an easy commute for almost everyone. Our world has become fractured…and it becomes more so every day. Put together 20 people and no 2 will have the same taste in music or like the same performers. How is anyone supposed to be a National Icon….we don’t see it in movies or sports either. Now there are just too many different choices!!

I’m not a Kris Stan… yet.. but I wanted to let you guys know that I heard LLWD 2 days in a row on my XM radio, a HAC station. He sounded good. Keep the faith. :)

It seems that Time for Miracles got its first add today.

I just hope those increase on radio plays or being in the Top 40 will increase those darn needed sales. It’s useless to celebrate if it doesn’t.

I have heard FYE exactly ONE TIME in the past two weeks. Happily for Kris fans, WPRO in Providence is playing it on a regular basis, so I hear it at least twice a day. FYE? Nothing.

*grumble*

ETA: Well, 2012 comes out today (seeing it Sunday), so maybe it will give TfM a bump. One add today? YAY! (lol)

“It seems that Time for Miracles got its first add today.”

I see that now! On an AC station.

http://www.hollyscoop.com/music/kris-allen/kris-allen-dishes-on-his-new-album-and-adaption-to-life-in-la_1918.aspx

For the Kris fans. To those that were saying that the People’s Choice Nomination are bogus and mean nothing, it means something to Kris. I like that.

Suebrody: I’m sure you’ll start hearing it – I’m just now hearing LLWD in Seattle. Waiting is hard, though.

RE this comment

But on a music note, they did touch on something that I think is extremely culturally important. And that is that we don’t have common music references anymore. There will never be another Sinatra, Elvis or Michael Jackson. We all get our music from too many varied sources. I find that kind of sad.

That’s one reason AI is popular — It’s a shared experience!
But even in the heydey of the ‘common musical references’ there were those odd birds like me who were out of the cultural mainstream. Never particularly liked llistening to Sinatra, Elvis or Michael Jackson. I was pretty much solely into folk music for years. then grateful dead. and others. So I’m an odd bird contrarian and I’m glad it’s easy to find niche music now.

also – I hate comparing Idol albums. I’ll always like “my” guy’s best (of course) no matter what any reviewer says. They’re all very different, anyway. Except for the fact, noted earlier here in comments, that Idol does find Good Singers.

I have NEVER heard either David Cook or David Archuleta on my top 40 station in Phoenix…never ever. But I do hear DC once in a while on the AC station. So it’s probably pretty iffy if I will ever hear Adam or Kris. Just sayin’.

LLWD is slowing down/stalling at the moment on Top 40 (although this happened before and then he jumped again)

Then Kris’ appearance tonight is perfectly timed to give him another bump. Let’s hope so.

I still haven’t heard it locally (or FYE or FIBOU). :-(

Keep forgetting about Out Magazine. Didn’t know Adam was in UsWeekly. Still searching for Elle. Will get TV Guide today. I sub to RS, partly b/c Adam is in nearly every issue (wait till FYE comes out, if they like it, and they probably will), and EW has Adam in most of them, too. I subbed to it b/c I knew who S8 Idols, tho (remember the cover with the S6 Idols? t’s still on Slezak’s cubicle wall).

BTW, PRO FM is doing Disco in the 12 o’clock hour, and they are playing Get Down Tonight, KC and the Sunshine Band. Remember Harry Casey being on Idol this year, on Disco Week. He looked so old and fat…but hey, disco never dies! We’ll see how the Idols do in 30 years. ;)

Get this… For your sparkly Adam LamBear… Rock-R-Bears makes collectible bears that look all “glitzed out” with costumes and props just like the real thing. I must say, their “H.B.I.C Cover Bear” takes on quite a resemblance to Adam’s Rolling Stone cover… Pricey, but I think worth it…

From Kris’s interview:

HS: Do you have a favorite track?
KA ‘I do have a favorite track, it’s this song I wrote a couple years ago, its called Red Guitar.’ 

HS: And what is that about? What is the low down on that?
KA : “It is about a guitar.’ 

HA HA HA HA HA

I sub to RS, partly b/c Adam is in nearly every issue

Jann Wenner is gonna make Adam a star no matter what!!!…..I can’t remember a new artist ever getting so much support from RS

http://www.buildabear.com/shop/browsecategory.aspx?CallingPage=BrowseCategory&Category=Bears&SiteCode=BABW_US

Where is R&R Bear?

LLWD is slowing down/stalling at the moment on Top 40 (although this happened before and then he jumped again)

Oh really? for how long has he been stalling? I admit I have not been paying on whit of attention to either song’s airplay for like a week and change. LOL

Seriously though, I always thought this would do better on HAC than pop, and rightfully so, but it does need to go a little deeper than this. I hope it picks up again with the album promo.

This was asked on another thread, but what does this mediabase chart mean??

http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p150/sf_ebay/a1/?action=view&current=r2vwhy.png

The GMA Fall concert series performances are in the GMA studio. They had a special outdoor setup for Carrie in Lincoln Center and even Carrie couldn’t draw a really huge crowd (compared to what the summer shows draw) out there due to the very cold weather so I would imagine Kris/Adam/Allison will all be in the GMA studio.

right now the TV guide out is the Sesame Street issue, not the Hot List issue–I checked this morning

This kind of creeps me out – anyone else? Most of us go out of our way to maintain our Internet anonymity, and these people are so out there that they have somehow made it a part of their personal identity to be fan-atics who publicly dedicate their lives to someone they don’t even know. At what point does being a fan of someone cross the line into obsession and loss of self?

http://www.rockstarweekly.com/content/view/1166/149/

I’m sure tons of psychological and sociological research has been done on this subject, but I don’t actually care enough about it to go look (if I did, I’d be one of “them”… hmmm….). I dunno, what do you guys think?

So when is the MV of FYE being shot? Tomorrow or sunday?

http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p150/sf_ebay/a1/?action=view&current=r2vwhy.png

Is this 75 spins for FYE in total? Cause if so that’s pretty awful. Is that in the past day? GAH ON NUMBERS, I GIVE UP, FEH.

ETA: I want to see Adam in the Sesame Street Issue. He could hang out with Big Bird.

LOL at the Elle hair and makeup poll. But there was no option for “all of the above”.

oh sorry, sue…

Rumors in the NYPost: The Who will be the halftime entertainment for this year’s Super Bowl. Not confirmed yet by the NFL or CBS. The Super Bowl really likes bringing out the “oldies but goodies” in rock bands/stars! Usually they put on a good show, too.

http://www.rockrbears.com/index_files/hbic.htm

Here’s the link to the bear. For each bear sold there will be a $25 donation to Donorschoose.org. Don’t think this is anything authorized though, lol.

There’s a funny promotional video by the website:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4W0_aEZfZI

http://www.rockrbears.com/index_files/coverbear.htm

Oh, the bears is Adam’s! HBIC.

http://rockrbears.com/index_files/hbic.htm

Part of the procedures go to Donor’s Choice. That’s Adam’s charity, isn’t it?

lol, we all posted about it at the same time. Thanks, google!!! ;)

Is this 75 spins for FYE in total? Cause if so that’s pretty awful. Is that in the past day? GAH ON NUMBERS, I GIVE UP, FEH.

Sue, the numbers for FYE have been posted on these threads multiple times. Of course that’s not the total spins for FYE. You’ve commented on the spin count number multiple times, why would you think its total spins?

http://www.rockrbears.com/index_files/hbic.htm

Wow, horrifically bad photos for someone trying to sell a product. I can’t even tell what the bear’s supposed to look like, but from afar, it looks like the cop from the Village People.

LOL at the Elle hair and makeup poll. But there was no option for ‘all of the above’ .

You can check all the boxes.

Sorry, no more hand wringing over the numbers. My apologizes.

I WANT A ROCK R BEAR!!! I liked the Village People.

OMG, it’s $300!!! Um…not so much. :(

lol, they are playing IICHY, original. It doesn’t sound like Adam’s, heh.

LOL at the Elle hair and makeup poll. But there was no option for ‘all of the above’ .

You can check all the boxes.

I may or may not have done that….

HS: Do you have a favorite track?
KA ‘I do have a favorite track, it’s this song I wrote a couple years ago, its called Red Guitar.’ 

HS: And what is that about? What is the low down on that?
KA : ‘It is about a guitar.’ 

O.M.G. LMAO

This kind of creeps me out ‘“ anyone else? Most of us go out of our way to maintain our Internet anonymity, and these people are so out there that they have somehow made it a part of their personal identity to be fan-atics who publicly dedicate their lives to someone they don’t even know. At what point does being a fan of someone cross the line into obsession and loss of self?

http://www.rockstarweekly.com/content/view/1166/149/

I’m sure tons of psychological and sociological research has been done on this subject, but I don’t actually care enough about it to go look (if I did, I’d be one of ‘them’ ’ ¦ hmmm’ ¦.). I dunno, what do you guys think?

But, but, anthrogeek, aren’t you Steven Fudd? Oh, sorry to out you.

I kid everyone, l kid. Anthro is NOT Steven Fudd. She is actually Michael Perlman. NOT. I kid, I kid. We don’t know who anthro is, just some intellectual geek. That’s all we know about her. Other than her jokes go way over my head. And some people don’t know when she is pulling our leg (hello, Rockstar Weekly).

I couldn’t agree more about the H.B.I.C. photos… I saw a good shot in a press release somewhere… I’ll try to report back.

gladamgirl
11/13/2009 at 12:42 pm
http://www.rockrbears.com/index_files/coverbear.htm

This picture was better, but sorry too expensive and I hate stuffed animals.

That’s a steep price considering a Vermont Teddy Bear retails for around $100. They added hair and a snake and some accessories and want to sell it for $330+ dollars??? Please. The Elvis Jailhouse Rock bear at Vermont Teddy Bear is $99.95 and he’s got a pretty cool outfit on!

http://www.vermontteddybear.com/SellGroup/Jailhouse-Rock-Elvis-Presley-Bear.aspx

LOL at the Elle hair and makeup poll. But there was no option for ‘all of the above’ .

I may or may not have done that’ ¦.

Where is this?

I really want an HBIC bear, dammit. A fine holiday gift, I must say…

Regarding the counting of radio spins – I am so OVER that (well, never was into it). Can’t ask enough who gives a rat’s ass about the archaic 20th century institution known as radio. Remember when MTV/VH1 actually played videos and built their full programming schedules around them? I recall many an act who got their big break solely because they provided a compelling video with a distinct visual identity, and performers became big hits w/o radio spins at all, or left radio scrambling to catch up with what was actually selling. Where would Cindy Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” been without MTV? In those days, it was MTV who broke new musical acts and created the hits, not radio.

Why, oh, why, MTV have you deprived yourselves of cultural relevance by giving yourselves over to reality TV??? Sure, you invented it, but it’s taken over all of television now, so please return to your roots and give us…. Music Again!

I totally do not get why MTV have gone in the reality tv direction. I miss the music videos!

But CindyM, HBIC bear has emo hair!!! lol

Renee and Steven (well, Renee) has been tweeted many times about Rockstar Weekly and seems pretty happy about it, tho I don’t know how she was chosen for the story. Does anyone know?

You know, I haven’t heard FIBOU. I’m just curious, b/c I have heard LLWD and FYE (not TfM yet), but not Alli’s. Is Jive giving it any promotion at all? Well, maybe after her Jingle Bell and GMA (and Ellen? I can’t remember).

Me, too, Saga. I do not want to see Rock of Love or Ray J. I grew up with Men at Work, Aha, Dixie’s Midnight Runners (Come On Eileen), MJ, of course, the GoGos, Peter Gabriel (AWESOME VIDEOS), INXS (ditto), Cindy Lauper, and so many others. I never watch MTV or VH-1 anymore. They just aren’t relevant, IMO. It’s too bad.

I answered my own question. Google was my friend again :)

Here’s what the Mediabase Taking Off chart is:

Taking Off
Taking off is how many new stations play a song a song must receive a minimum of 7 spins in a one week period to make the taking off chart. The chart will be read by how many stations played the song and how many spins those stations played it. Example, Free Yourself : 4 stations 32 spins, It would read 4 new stations played Free Yourself 32 times.

So 6 new stations played FYE 75 times for it to rank #4th for the week ending 11/11/09.

http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p150/sf_ebay/a1/?action=view&current=r2vwhy.png

This kind of creeps me out ‘“ anyone else? Most of us go out of our way to maintain our Internet anonymity, and these people are so out there that they have somehow made it a part of their personal identity to be fan-atics who publicly dedicate their lives to someone they don’t even know. At what point does being a fan of someone cross the line into obsession and loss of self?

http://www.rockstarweekly.com/content/view/1166/149/

anthro, I’m with you- there is something unsavory about someone who dedicates so much of their life to stanning a celebrity, no matter who that celebrity is. I’m thinking there is an element of OCD here and this level of involvement frankly seems unhealthy, but I’m no psychologist. These do seem to be the fringe elements, and while I admit to spending way too much time keeping up with Adam news (*waves to NPR*) I would never consider devoting the time and energy that these people seem to do.

It may be all in good fun, and their interests may turn in another direction at some point. On the other hand, the line between OTT obsessive fan and creepy stalker can be crossed, with ugly outcomes.

There’s a funny promotional video by the website:

OMG that is hilarious. Thank you so much. Best laugh of the day so far. I love the Ghost Busters/Godzilla theme to video.

So 6 new stations played FYE 75 times for it to rank #4th for the week ending 11/11/09

Are you sure? Is it number of new spins from just those stations or number of new spins total? As of this morning (so up until Nov 12th) there are 79 new spins in CHR for FYE.

I think 75 spins might be the total spincrease. Either that or the other stations that are spinning it didn’t increase the number of times it was spun. The new spins are just from the new stations.

Although, I guess it could go either way.

75/6=12.5 spins per new station
175 spins total/16 stations=10.9 spins per stations
100/10=10 spins per existing station.

It’s getting spun on average about 1.5 times per day per station. Majority of those spins are in the evening and overnights.

BestAI: But, but, anthrogeek, aren’t you Steven Fudd? Oh, sorry to out you.

I kid everyone, l kid. Anthro is NOT Steven Fudd. She is actually Michael Perlman. NOT. I kid, I kid. We don’t know who anthro is, just some intellectual geek. That’s all we know about her. Other than her jokes go way over my head. And some people don’t know when she is pulling our leg (hello, Rockstar Weekly).

Alas, BestAI, I am but a lass, and do not have the right equipment to be either Fudd or Perlman…. is that Elmer and Ron, the beast? Uh,,,were they featured in GlamStar RockStar Weekly, too??? I missed that issue.

oh hey, AOL Radio is playing FIBOU right now…yay!

I grew up with Men at Work, Aha, Dixie’s Midnight Runners (Come On Eileen), MJ, of course, the GoGos, Peter Gabriel (AWESOME VIDEOS), INXS (ditto), Cindy Lauper, and so many others.

Wow you made me have a flash back! Remember Haircut 100 (or was it Haircuit 1000)?

Remember Steven Fudd is the dude who at the concert kept threatening to rush the stage naked and live-tweeted the concert until his wife made him put his phone away. He makes tons of youtube videos, is kinda obsessed, but can be quite humorous on twitter.

2012 officially in theatres worldwide today. So far, critics gave it a C average and reviewers B. Reviewers ratings almost unanimously gave visuals A’s and A pluses. I bet the movie gets Oscar nom for that category (whatever they call it). Also, rumor is TfM might be nominated for best song.

HS: Do you have a favorite track?
KA ‘I do have a favorite track, it’s this song I wrote a couple years ago, its called Red Guitar.’ 

HS: And what is that about? What is the low down on that?
KA : ‘It is about a guitar.’ 

Surprised he didn’t add … “that’s red.”

2012 officially in theatres worldwide today. So far, critics gave it a C average and reviewers average is B. Reviewers ratings almost unanimously gave visuals A’s and A pluses. I bet the movie gets Oscar nom for that category (whatever they call it). Also, rumor is TfM might be nominated for best song.

At “Rotten Tomatoes,” the movie’s rated at 37% favorable at the moment.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/2012/

No. They won’t leave that kind of mark. Unless you listen to popular music, you have no idea who Kelly Clarkson is. When Micheal Jackson came out with his Thriller album and launched an MTV video which became a huge sensation, everyone knew who he was and recognized his music. My little cousins, my parents and my grandparents all knew who he was. Elvis was on the Ed Sullivan show which all gernerations watched, love him or hate him they all knew who Elvis was. Kelly and co. are musical successes in their niches, not icons which everyone recognizes.

Yeah, but doesn’t much of this have very little to do with the relative quality of these performers and lots to do with the tremendous fragmentation of the media in the digital age? So many channels of information that nobody ever is impelled by boredom to look at or listen to anything outside of their immediate recognized interests and comfort zone *ever.* Whereas in the past, everybody watched Ed Sullivan because there weren’t many games in town.

LLWD may go back up the mediabase Top 40 chart later today. I was looking at what time of day stations play Kris’ single, and it seems like it gets few AM drive time spins, but picks up after midday.

Surprised he didn’t add ‘ ¦ ‘that’s red.’ 

That would’ve been way TMI!!

LLWD may go back up the mediabase Top 40 chart later today. I was looking at what time of day stations play Kris’ single, and it seems like it gets few AM drive time spins, but picks up after midday

Sorry still can’t quote. What do you mean by this girlygirl?

OMG, it’s Haircut 100. lol

Aimee and I are fast becoming BFF’s:

@suebrody1 I just listened to that longer clip of Sleep Walker – i love it so much i feel sick..lol 17 minutes ago from web

Why doesn’t she have a full copy of the track, at least? That’s odd, isn’t it? She doesn’t even know who’s playing guitar on it. Hrrm.

lol–it’s red. WTG, Kris. Never change.

Don’t those ppl (like Renee and Steven) want to be super fans? Or was this RockStar Weekly researching this? BTW, they are now asking for pre-orders of the magazine. I don’t want to say I pre-ordered one…

Steven Fudd IS that guy. He makes lots of videos and is very amusing.

I hope by seeing 2012 with my friend I am giving TfM a tiny bump. Plus, I actually want to see it, if for no reason other than my laughing at the CGI and enjoying watching John Cusack run from impending doom. ;)

The Rocker bear thing is way too expensive. And the Metro had a write about 2012 in it today – I read it briefly but it seemed favorable to it.

Kris is going to be on Alexa Chung’s show again next week (doesn’t say what day, but I’d guess Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, since he has other appearances in NY set for those days.)

Wonder if he’ll sit on her lap again — or sing more commercial jingles?

Next Week On Alexa
Heidi & Spencer Pratt, John Mayer, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Kris Allen and more stop by next week!

http://www.mtv.com/shows/alexa_chung/series.jhtml

Fox News:

Remember the hot girl who flaunted herself into the televised portion of ‘American Idol’  last year (and even scored a solo spot in the finale) by turning up to audition in a bikini?

Is there a portion of AI that’s on the radio that I’m not aware of?

I knew Rotten Tomatoes wouldn’t give it a favorable review, but I am not watching it from an intellectual perspective. It’s just escapism. They rated The Student last week, 93 percent. I thought it was horrible, so la di da, Rotten Tomatoes. If TfM gets an Oscar nom, I am happy.

squirrely, are you getting the earrings?. I am tempted. Bummer on the price of the bear, tho. I would love one, and I am a huge stuffed animal fan. HBIC could be a companion for my current teddy bear, Alfonse Penrod.

suebrody, here’s the link
http://www.elle.com/Beauty/Hair/Adam-Lambert-s-Hair-and-Makeup

Kirsten
11/13/2009 at 1:02 pm
So 6 new stations played FYE 75 times for it to rank #4th for the week ending 11/11/09

Are you sure? Is it number of new spins from just those stations or number of new spins total? As of this morning (so up until Nov 12th) there are 79 new spins in CHR for FYE.

I think 75 spins might be the total spincrease. Either that or the other stations that are spinning it didn’t increase the number of times it was spun. The new spins are just from the new stations.

I’m not sure at all Kirsten. All this stuff is new to me. I was just interpreting from the definition of the mediabase “taking off” chart. The definition I found had this example:

The chart will be read by how many stations played the song and how many spins those stations played it. Example, Free Yourself : 4 stations 32 spins, It would read 4 new stations played Free Yourself 32 times.

I don’t know if the definition I found is accurate though.

Kirsten,

Where do you see 79 as the spincrease for FYE? I just checked AllAccess and it’s showing 117 as the spincrease week over week. Two new stations have played it this week according to the taking off chart.

Whatever that other link was – it’s old information (from yesterday, if that’s old, lol).

This is the down side of fans, awful internet stan/stalkers like the obsessed David Cook ‘fan’ person mentioned in this blog
http://topidol.wordpress.com/

Late to the party, but that NPR article was teh awesome. This part almost made me spew coffee through my nose:

STEPHEN: Well, the future he represents also involves a lot of caterwauling. The dude from The Darkness must hear that guy and be like, “Oh, NOW you want squealing?” He must be rending his puffy pirate shirt in frustration.

4evrmomof4: right now the TV guide out is the Sesame Street issue, not the Hot List issue’“I checked this morning
[grin] I wanna see Adam on Sesame Street! Truly! Watching Lena Horne sing the ABCs or Stevie Wonder sing the Sesame Street song when I was a kid was great, and MY parents got such a kick out of it. Now that I’ve got my own toddler, I want Adam! Hmm….what should he sing????

ETA: Oh yeah, the Muppet Show may be history, but Alice Cooper singing “Welcome to My Nightmare” with the Muppet monsters was THE * BEST * SKIT * EVER !!!!

At ‘Rotten Tomatoes,’  the movie’s rated at 37% favorable at the moment

That’s actually better than I expected. lol. Transformers 2 is 19% fresh, and it’s the biggest movie of the year. I’m not expecting those type of numbers, but I do think big dumb blockbusters are kind of critic proof. 2012 still has a chance of doing okay.

Jim C’s got footage from the Elle photoshoot

jambajim

#Guess who will be posting EXCLUSIVE video from the “Idol” Elle photoshoot later today? Hint: The answer is MTVNews.com. :)
about 3 hours ago from UberTwitter

and uh-oh – LOL!

#I was told to turn down my “headphone noise” on the subway. Sorry @krisallen, an old lady at 181 St did NOT like “Before We Come Undone.”
about 4 hours ago from UberTwitter

By the way, on the TV Guide issues. The Sesame Street issue is for 11/9/2009:

“Sesame Street Turns 40,” featuring Muppet characters from the show

The Hot List issue is dated 11/16/2009 and is on some newstands now.
Courtney Cox is on the cover. There’s a picture of it here:

http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/

I love the rockrbear video. Here’s a few glittery bears.
http://image.rakuten.co.jp/kintsu/cabinet/minik-pandaskk.jpg

http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/kintsu/cabinet/swbiz-s1kk.jpg

A leather bear.

http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/kintsu/cabinet/swbiz-s1kk.jpg

Then there’s the Elvis bear.

http://www.elvis.com/news/images/Image/Elvis%20Bear%205×5%20image.jpg

And for when he decides to tie the knot.

http://vermontteddy.http.internapcdn.net/vermontteddy/Images/ProductImages/600/KK15425H_600.jpg

And when he wins that Grammy

http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.73168794.jpg

And the emo teddy bear for those who prefer emo Adam.

http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/126515/emo-bear-cute-teddy.gif

http://www.dragoart.com/tuts/pics/9/2314/10089/how-to-draw-emo-bear-step-6.jpg

And here he is on his way to Planet Fierce for a visit.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Education/Pix/pictures/2008/12/04/ted460.jpg

Alien bear.

http://www.kendallgiles.com/images/buzz_bear.jpg

Okay, I just spent waaaay too much time on this………

This is the down side of fans, awful internet stan/stalkers like the obsessed David Cook ‘fan’ person mentioned in this blog
http://topidol.wordpress.com/

Wow. That is all I have to say.

girlygirl: Jim C’s got footage from the Elle photoshoot

jambajim: #Guess who will be posting EXCLUSIVE video from the ‘Idol’  Elle photoshoot later today? Hint: The answer is MTVNews.com.
about 3 hours ago from UberTwitter

See?? There’s another oddity about MTV. They still support music on their web site, but no longer on TV – why???

Yeah, I know they run a bunch of obscure cable channels that show vids, but it’s not the same. I never know where to find them, and there’s no programming built around them. I Want My MTV…. Back!

At ‘Rotten Tomatoes,’  the movie’s rated at 37% favorable at the moment.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/2012/

TBH, I never heard of Rotten Tomatoes before I visited this site. Entertainment Weekly gave it a B. Roger Ebert gave it a good review and 3 1/2 stars. IMDB rating is 6.7 out of 10.

All in all, better than I thought it would get so far..lol.

lol at Elle’s questions. Naturally, I liked au natural best, so I kept getting shot down. ;)

I still do not understand why reviewers get advanced copies and artists on an album do not…please tell me Aimee doesn’t actually have to BUY her copy? (I bet she does.)

I really do want the little glittery bear…

From Kris’s interview:

HS: Do you have a favorite track?
KA ‘I do have a favorite track, it’s this song I wrote a couple years ago, its called Red Guitar.’ 

HS: And what is that about? What is the low down on that?
KA : ‘It is about a guitar.’ 

What interview is this from? I have to go read or listen to this comment in context!

This is the down side of fans, awful internet stan/stalkers like the obsessed David Cook ‘fan’ person mentioned in this blog
http://topidol.wordpress.com/

Wow. That is all I have to say.

Damn. That’s some crazy sh*t right there. WOW.

After requesting FYE almost daily for the last week or so, I’m happy to say that my local 93.9 Mix station played it yesterday at about 5:30 p.m., and this morning just before 10:00, right before they switch over to Ryan’s show. Yay! I emailed them and thanked them for playing it. It’s a start, and will hopefully pick up more spins soon.

TBH, I never heard of Rotten Tomatoes before I visited this site. Entertainment Weekly gave it a B. Roger Ebert gave it a good review and 3 1/2 stars. IMDB rating is 6.7 out of 10.

All in all, better than I thought it would get so far..lol.

The visuals must really be something. Even some reviewers who rated the story a D still gave the visuals an A+.

The GMA Fall concert series performances are in the GMA studio. They had a special outdoor setup for Carrie in Lincoln Center and even Carrie couldn’t draw a really huge crowd (compared to what the summer shows draw) out there due to the very cold weather so I would imagine Kris/Adam/Allison will all be in the GMA studio.

People are flying into NYC to see Adam at the GMA’s. They are coming to see Adam, tickets or no tickets, cold or no cold. People are organizing meet-up’s and parties.

GMA has not decided yet if the concert will be in the studio or outdoors. They said it is dependent upon the weather. That has to mean rain because it’s a given that NYC will be cold in November.

ETA: The cold had nothing to do with Carrie’s poor turnout. It wasn’t cold, only chilly that day. Her concert was in Lincoln Ctr Plaza, not in Times Sq. where there are lots of passers-by. You would have had to make a special trip there because it is not midtown. If you are working, you would have to take off. If you are not working, you would have to get up early. And Carrie is a country singer so that may have played a part.

squirrely, are you getting the earrings?.

Seriously thinking about it – 99% sure that i will be getting them.

“Why, oh, why, MTV have you deprived yourselves of cultural relevance by giving yourselves over to reality TV??? Sure, you invented it, but it’s taken over all of television now, so please return to your roots and give us’ ¦. Music Again!” –anthrogeek

I’ve had the MTVH channel on all day now listening and watching videos. But, of course, I have more than basic cable. lol They also have MTVU — geared toward college music favs. There’s over 5 different MTV channels.

Hearing LLWD again right now in Seattle – with the “KRIS ALLEN” introduction. I guess when they add it, they mean business.

I really really hope 2012 opening gives TfM a boost.

GMA has not decided yet if the concert will be in the studio or outdoors. They said it is dependent upon the weather

But if outside, where would it be? Lincoln Center? someplace else? I wanna go, but not if I’m just staring at him thru the studio glass in times square

evanjane

I don’t see MTV Hits or MTVU channel on my Direct tv guide. What channels are they on?

gemini1
11/13/2009 at 1:40 pm
From Kris’s interview:

HS: Do you have a favorite track?
KA ‘I do have a favorite track, it’s this song I wrote a couple years ago, its called Red Guitar.’ 

HS: And what is that about? What is the low down on that?
KA : ‘It is about a guitar.’ 

What interview is this from? I have to go read or listen to this comment in context!

It’s from here, Gemini1. http://www.hollyscoop.com/music/kris-allen/kris-allen-dishes-on-his-new-album-and-adaption-to-life-in-la_1918.aspx

I brought it over because people were dogging the People’s Choice nominations as nothing and stupid. Kris says in this interview that the nomination is important to him and I liked that.

And here are he and Allison heading out for a night on the town.

http://www.mysimon.com/prices/bulk-teddy-bears-plushland-rocker-bear-couple-8

Is edit off line again? [grin] Ok – you’re getting this again! Maybe I’ll get it right this time! :-)

4evrmomof4: right now the TV guide out is the Sesame Street issue, not the Hot List issue’“I checked this morning

[grin] I wanna see Adam on Sesame Street! Truly! Watching Lena Horne sing the ABCs or Stevie Wonder sing the Sesame Street song when I was a kid was great. Oh, and I forgot – Johnny Cash singing “Nasty Dan” (?) to Oscar and REM singing “Happy Shiny Monsters”!!

Hmm’ ¦.what should Adam sing???? :grin: :grin: :grin:

ETA: Oh yeah, the Muppet Show may be history, but Alice Cooper singing ‘Welcome to My Nightmare’  with the Muppet monsters was THE * BEST * SKIT * EVER !!!! :twisted: :mrgreen:

I never heard of Rotten Tomatoes before I visited this site.

Rotten Tomatoes is a general movie reviewing site and it has one of the heaviest internet traffics online. If you google for any movie review, rotten tomatoes is the first site which will appear

I like this review of 2012 from CNN-IBN (India, I believe)

Favorite quotes:

Don’t go in to watch director Roland Emmerich’s 2012 if you’re going to come out complaining that it’s a preposterous film. Let’s face it, what did you expect?

But 2012 is really about the spectacle. Imagine a plane taking off on a runway that’s crumbling beneath it. A car racing through a street that’s splitting at its centre. A cruise liner toppling over on being hit by a massive wave. Or a speeding van dodging giant volcanic bursts. Sure Emmerich relies heavily on special effects and CGI, but these are sights and sounds and effects that you’ve never seen before. It’s louder, crazier and more exhilarating than anything you’ve ever experienced.
Is it cheesy? Yes, of course. Does the dialogue make you cringe? It does every now and then. Is it often so unbelievable that you have to laugh? Yes, that too. 2012 isn’t the best film I’ve seen this year, but I can’t remember the last time I had so much guilty fun.

I tried to get tickets for the late afternoon show today and it’s sold out at all 6 showings near me. :(

TFM
“USA Today: The movie is an undeniable visual spectacle, but just as unequivocally a cheesy, ridiculous story. “

Rottentomatoes.com is a great site. It’s rating is based on dozens of reviews from major sources. Metacritic is even cooler. They do movies, music and tv.

The back of Kris’ CD lists his management as Simon Fuller, Stirling McIlwaine. Somebody at ONTD-AI scanned in the picture on the CD and the signed lithograph. The back of the CD shows Kris with his back to us, in the middle of the rows of the theatre, looking out at the empty, dark theatre.

BTW, the signed lithograph is the yummy picture of Kris with his guitar (not the LLWD cover but the one in the theatre).

You made me go look up the Alice Cooper skit. Love it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71hVIGjvuVY

TFM
‘USA Today: The movie is an undeniable visual spectacle, but just as unequivocally a cheesy, ridiculous story. ‘

You mean ’2012′,

This is the down side of fans, awful internet stan/stalkers like the obsessed David Cook ‘fan’ person mentioned in this blog
http://topidol.wordpress.com/

Stuff like this is just down right scary imo. *shudders*

On another note, thanks for the reminder of Kris on Conan tonight, girlygirl!!! Yay! It sounds like he’s doing quite well on HAC too!

I’m sure FYE will start showing up (or should I say sounding up?) on the radio more and more. It’s only begun its journey.

Hey Kris fans… They’re playing LLWD on KPEK 100.3 here in Albuquerque. I listen to this station every day. It’s an HAC station and it’s the first time I’ve heard it!

Rottentomatoes.com is a great site. It’s rating is based on dozens of reviews from major sources. Metacritic is even cooler. They do movies, music and tv.

They have an awards show and some actors go in person to pick up the award. Halle Berry did for Cat Woman and gave the best acceptance speech ever. It’s on youtube.

ETA: It’s fun when people don’t take themselves too seriously all the time.

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Sick.

Uh, why are we debating the reviews of 2012? Everyone knows its a shitty movie, that’s why people go and see it. Tranformer 2 anyone?

The back of Kris’ CD lists his management as Simon Fuller, Stirling McIlwaine. Somebody at ONTD-AI scanned in the picture on the CD and the signed lithograph. The back of the CD shows Kris with his back to us, in the middle of the rows of the theatre, looking out at the empty, dark theatre.

I saw those scans. What’s with the two pictures of his feet?

Somebody posted that he didn’t get to play instruments on any of the songs except one…is that true?? That’s too bad if it is, Kris seems to connect so much when he plays piano or guitar on songs.

The back of Kris’ CD lists his management as Simon Fuller, Stirling McIlwaine. Somebody at ONTD-AI scanned in the picture on the CD and the signed lithograph. The back of the CD shows Kris with his back to us, in the middle of the rows of the theatre, looking out at the empty, dark theatre.

The booklet also has 2 different pics of Kris’ feet. Why? SO weird!

LOL Cindy was faster

Damnit, we can’t edit. DISCLAIMER: I’m not saying Kris didn’t connect with his songs. Since he wrote the majority of them, I’m sure he did. I haven’t listened to anything but LLWD, so I have no opinion. I just bet he was disappointed that he didn’t have the time to play instruments since it was such a short time frame to produce the album.

The booklet also has 2 different pics of Kris’ feet. Why? SO weird!

Feeding foot fetishes (is that a word) *shrugs*

Somebody posted that he didn’t get to play instruments on any of the songs except one’ ¦is that true??

Did they happen to say which song he did play on? I Need To Know, maybe?

The booklet also has 2 different pics of Kris’ feet. Why? SO weird!

Well Gossipcandy.com has kind of a thing for his feet. They like his hairy toes, lol. There was a post about it from Candy, even though she admits she usually doesn’t like pictures of feet.

Well Gossipcandy.com has kind of a thing for his feet. They like his hairy toes, lol. There was a post about it from Candy, even though she admits she usually doesn’t like pictures of feet.

HAHAHA. Gross.

Somebody posted that he didn’t get to play instruments on any of the songs except one’ ¦is that true?? That’s too bad if it is, Kris seems to connect so much when he plays piano or guitar on songs.

It would have been good but it makes sense to me that he just had time during the tour to write and record the vocal tracks.

Feeding foot fetish *shrugs*

Feet fetish in the toilet lol!

Well Gossipcandy.com has kind of a thing for his feet. They like his hairy toes, lol. There was a post about it from Candy, even though she admits she usually doesn’t like pictures of feet.

LOL at least he is wearing shoes in the booklet! no hairy toes!

For some reason, some of Kris’ fans obsess about his “hairy” feet. Maybe that’s why? IDK — seems odd. Need more photos of his handsome face — not of random sneakers/shoes.

Also, I was having a hard time reading the scans (type too small for my poor eyesight) but it appears Kris only plays on two of the tracks — heartless and Bring It Back. Which sort of stinks — not sure why he couldn’t have played on every track, even if the album was more or less a rush job.

It appears that no members of his current band played on any of the tracks on the album.

I sense there may be another pile-on brewing regarding Kris’s interviewing skills. He has said in other interviews that “Red Guitar” is a metaphore for his feelings for his wife Katy (although he did buy her a red guitar too). I think he was getting annoyed by the interviewer (she keeps pulling the mic away from him just as he starts to answer) that’s why you get the “it’s about a guitar” response. He shut her down.

Somebody posted that he didn’t get to play instruments on any of the songs except one’ ¦is that true??

I am sure he will get to do so on his second album. I was a bit suprised by something Daughtry’s producer said about letting the band record the intrumental parts on the CD. He seemed very reluctant to let them do that but was suprised it turned out good. Huh?

Urgh, let’s hope the artists’ management teams (all of them, since she seems like a multiseason perpetrator) have somebody taking notes. (ETA in relation to that horrid stalker stuff)

mgk
11/13/2009 at 2:06 pm
Somebody posted that he didn’t get to play instruments on any of the songs except one’ ¦is that true??

Did they happen to say which song he did play on? I Need To Know, maybe?

I can’t remember, I think it was the song he did with EG White, but I can’t remember for sure. I mainly looked at the pictures and skimmed the comments. He did take some really nice pictures. There’s one where I think he looks really young, in the same room as the Man in the Mirror picture. He looks very handsome and the Kris fans were definitely drooling in the thread :)

This is the down side of fans, awful internet stan/stalkers like the obsessed David Cook ‘fan’ person mentioned in this blog
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Oh, yikes! Nobody deserves that crap – not David, not anyone, not the girls that he’s dating/hooking up with/talking to. Scary.

JSYK: The pictures are not of his bare feet (LOL), but of his black boots. Haha. I don’t remember the picture on the back of the CD (looking out on the dark theatre) being among the scans of the digital booklet last night, but I could be wrong. These are from the Lithograph package sold on KAO and is the physical CD.

I’m disappointed he didn’t get to play more, either. I’m sure on the next record he’ll have much more of an instrumental presence.

ETA: Oh yeah, the Muppet Show may be history, but Alice Cooper singing ‘Welcome to My Nightmare’  with the Muppet monsters was THE * BEST * SKIT * EVER !!!!

You know, I don’t want to start a Muppet fanwar here, but my favourite is still the Pig Vikings singing the Village People’s “In the Navy” while ransacking a village.

Uh, why are we debating the reviews of 2012? Everyone knows its a shitty movie, that’s why people go and see it. Tranformer 2 anyone?

I know. It’s like ragging on Dalia Lama for his fashion choices. 2012 is a thrill ride. And it makes people laugh. It’s doing it’s job. But, I must say, I love reading the bad reviews. Movies like this really give the reviewers a chance to T-off on a movie and hit it right out of the ballpark. Plus, it’s filmed locally so it’s fun to see the local area destroyed repeatedly. And then it all gets put back together for New Moon next week.

Somebody at ONTD-AI scanned in the picture on the CD and the signed lithograph. The back of the CD shows Kris with his back to us, in the middle of the rows of the theatre, looking out at the empty, dark theatre.

I read were there are several pictures of Kris’ feet. (with shoes on) I wonder sometimes how photographers come up with some of these ideas?

HS: Do you have a favorite track?
KA ‘I do have a favorite track, it’s this song I wrote a couple years ago, its called Red Guitar.’ 

HS: And what is that about? What is the low down on that?
KA : ‘It is about a guitar.’ 

I guess this is one of those interviewers he didn’t care for. They seemed to ask good questions. Also, Kris likes the word “stuff”.

Rotten Tomatoes is a general movie reviewing site and it has one of the heaviest internet traffics online

Yep. I go there all the time when deciding what movies to rent. I look at the RT community percentages. (regular movie goers) The RT community score for FYE is at 57% right now. That’s not bad. I’ve gone to see or rented movies that are at 40% to 50% that have been extremely enjoyable.
The higher the critics percentage is, the weirder the movie gets. (usually)

The back of Kris’ CD lists his management as Simon Fuller, Stirling McIlwaine. Somebody at ONTD-AI scanned in the picture on the CD and the signed lithograph. The back of the CD shows Kris with his back to us, in the middle of the rows of the theatre, looking out at the empty, dark theatre.

BTW, the signed lithograph is the yummy picture of Kris with his guitar (not the LLWD cover but the one in the theatre).

You got your CD!!! Yay, congratulations!!!! :D How exciting!

ETA: oops, I haven’t caught up on the thread yet, did you just see scans that some are mentioning now? I can’t read fast enough.

But if outside, where would it be? Lincoln Center? someplace else? I wanna go, but not if I’m just staring at him thru the studio glass in times square

I have no idea. That mall in Times Sq prob has to be booked in advance so I doubt if they’re gonna shell out the money for an iffy situation. Lincoln Ctr would be fine but I would prefer the bandshell instead of the plaza. Is the banshell still there? I don’t know what’s happening with the construction there as I am on the opposite side of town.

I’m disappointed he didn’t get to play more, either. I’m sure on the next record he’ll have much more of an instrumental presence.

They don’t have time for that with the first debut album. I think Taylor played his harmonica once and Daughtry didn’t play at all (certainly, the band didn’t). Maybe Chris played on a few tracks. These guys just have time to record the singing. The label wants to use studio musicians who know what they are doing in a recording studio.

They have more time if there is a second album.

Apparently NegativeNeil has gotten Adams album.

# just listened to the album for the first time. I am beside myself. about 1 hour ago from web

They don’t have time for that with the first debut album. I think Taylor played his harmonica once and Daughtry didn’t play at all (certainly, the band didn’t). Maybe Chris played on a few tracks. These guys just have time to record the singing. The label wants to use studio musicians who know what they are doing in a recording studio.

Haha the harmonica. Didn’t Neal play guitar on some of DCTR? Because it has him listed in the the credits…

This is the down side of fans, awful internet stan/stalkers like the obsessed David Cook ‘fan’ person mentioned in this blog
http://topidol.wordpress.com/

Remember those DDOS attacks I had? Just Sayin’

Now that the woman has name, a face, and her lies are out there for everyone to see, I wonder if this will have some consequence. Will she stop? I mean, some of that stuff isn’t even legal. How can she just go around and do that? Good for that blog to actually expose her. I think this is one of those cases where I understand exposing someone. (if they’re 100% certain that’s her)

On another note, I also don’t get the feet pictures. They’re not even artistic. Just random.

Is the banshell still there? I don’t know what’s happening with the construction there as I am on the opposite side of town

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Dunno, I’m an east-sider….hmmm, what if they threw a concert and didn’t tell anyone where it was?

and by the way, Rhianna’s album leaked….how bout a Lambert leak??? We know its out there

For some reason, some of Kris’ fans obsess about his ‘hairy’  feet.

So he realy is a Hobbit?

On another note, I also don’t get the feet pictures. They’re not even artist. Just random.

Wasn’t Kris pre-idol CD called little shoes or something? Maybe it’s a reference to that?

LOL harmonica.

My lithograph package thingie doesn’t arrive per UPS until Wednesday. I am disappoint.

Rottentomatoes.com is a great site. It’s rating is based on dozens of reviews from major sources. Metacritic is even cooler. They do movies, music and tv.

They have an awards show and some actors go in person to pick up the award. Halle Berry did for Cat Woman and gave the best acceptance speech ever. It’s on youtube.

Nope, you’re referring to the annual Razzie Awards, which are not affiliated with the Rotten Tomatoes website, although they do report on them.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/love_guru/news/1798238/razzies_announce_their_winners

Somebody posted that he didn’t get to play instruments on any of the songs except one’ ¦is that true?? That’s too bad if it is, Kris seems to connect so much when he plays piano or guitar on songs.

It takes time to learn how to play a new song, never mind 10 or 12. These albums were kind of rush jobs, eh?

Kris is going to be on Alexa Chung’s show again next week (doesn’t say what day, but I’d guess Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, since he has other appearances in NY set for those days.)

Wonder if he’ll sit on her lap again ‘” or sing more commercial jingles?

That was a wierd interview–very awkward. I hope it goes better the second time around (but not really counting on it!).

Are there lyrics included in the liner notes for Kris’ cd?

It takes time to learn how to play a new song, never mind 10 or 12. These albums were kind of rush jobs, eh?

That is why I’m always excited for sophomore albums cuz they aren’t rush jobs.

mj
11/13/2009 at 2:16 pm
This is the down side of fans, awful internet stan/stalkers like the obsessed David Cook ‘fan’ person mentioned in this blog
http://topidol.wordpress.com/

Remember those DDOS attacks I had? Just Sayin’

Hey those are the people from the David Cook “Scene Queen” or whatever girl night, right?? That was like my first exposure on this blog to the “get out the popcorn, sit in the lawnchair’ kind of crazyness.

Hey those are the people from the David Cook ‘Scene Queen’  or whatever girl night, right?? That was like my first exposure on this blog to the ‘get out the popcorn, sit in the lawnchair’ kind of crazyness.

ROFLMAO. I should go back and look at that thread just for s’s and g’s.

Gossip candy has a Kris Allen Hollywood 411 interview. I have watched his mv a couple of times before. However, I could not see the count down clock people were talking about. I mean there are all these BRIGHT lights outlining the edges of the cubicles and how could I see a clock?

seriously – re yr question – Yes, Neal Tiemann (David Cook’s friend, MWK bandmate, and current lead guitar player) did play guitar on Cookie’s album. He ‘represented’ DC in the studio while David was out on the AI tour, according Cook’s blogs of the time. When DC the record went platinum, Neal mentioned it on MySpace (i think it was myspace), saying “I played on a f***ing platinum record”. Which I think is cute that he was all excited about it.

the hairy feet pic comes form the daily Q&A footage on his web site. I think the question was what things fans don’t know about you. One of the answer was the hairy feet and since he was wearing sandals, he showed the evidence. It’s hairy on the top of his feet

Saga

Kris’ first album was called Brand New Shoes. So I suppose it could be a reference to that.

Haha the harmonica. Didn’t Neal play guitar on some of DCTR? Because it has him listed in the the credits’ ¦

Yeah, if I’m remembering correctly, Neal was in the studio quite a bit standing in for David when he was on the road. Am I remembering correctly?

Hey those are the people from the David Cook ‘Scene Queen’  or whatever girl night, right?

Yep! That thread was vastly entertaining, but their “outing” and then trashing his “skanks” is frightening. If I recall, someone from that board claims to have gone to a party Lana Jade was throwing in DC to “check her out.” Is that not completely frightening? So if that’s the right person, and I cannot imagine they’d post all that info if they weren’t sure, she deserves to be outed because she has attacked people more times than I can count, posting pictures publicly, “leaking” information. Disgusting.

He ‘represented’ DC in the studio while David was out on the AI tour, according Cook’s blogs of the time. When DC the record went platinum, Neal mentioned it on MySpace (i think it was myspace), saying ‘I played on a f***ing platinum record’ . Which I think is cute that he was all excited about it.

Awesome. Neal is probably the cutest tough dude I can think of. lol Flipping out about platinum? Super cute.

Wow, that David Cook fan is scary crazy. It’s also incredible that she’s done this same kind of thing for years with other Idols. I think that’s even scarier. There is no denying that Idol does breed it own kind of insaity for some people.

I remember Taylor Hicks had some insane fans who kept posting
bizarre fake girlfriend stuff. This seems scarier because it’s moving into real life stalking. Contacting people’s employers = Wow. This woman should be arrested and/or sued.

mj
11/13/2009 at 2:16 pm
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http://topidol.wordpress.com/

Remember those DDOS attacks I had? Just Sayin’

Weird…. that actually crossed my mind when I was reading it. I do recall that episode during the tour and you commenting that you had your suspicions about who was behind it. Why the hell ain’t that shit illegal is what I wanna know! Obviously, this kind of behavior goes well beyond fandom into outright mental illness. Makes you wonder why people in her inner circle (unless she’s a “lone gunman” with no circle) don’t recognize it and have her committed.

Hey those are the people from the David Cook ‘Scene Queen’  or whatever girl night, right?? That was like my first exposure on this blog to the ‘get out the popcorn, sit in the lawnchair’ kind of crazyness.

YEP. And the day after that post….my site–and Idletard–was attacked. My server guy told me that you can hire hackers to carry out attacks on webites.

That particular DDOS attack was relentless–it went on for about two weeks. My host had to put me behind a firewall to stop it.

Neal mentioned it on MySpace (i think it was myspace), saying ‘I played on a f***ing platinum record’ . Which I think is cute that he was all excited about it.

I don’t remember seeing that but aww… that is so cute! I don’t know what it is about those two together but I just love them. And I still maintain that Neal is adorable, even if he’d probably hate me saying it. When we were at the restaurant in Charlottesville and they were in there (the owner told us to stop drooling – were we that obvious?!)… Neal was the one who was chatting with the fan sitting next to him and just was… cute. I love that band. Maybe through going to these shows and watching more YouTubes than I want to admit watching… I am awfully fond of these guys.

I don’t remember seeing that but aww’ ¦ that is so cute! I don’t know what it is about those two together but I just love them. And I still maintain that Neal is adorable, even if he’d probably hate me saying it.

I know! He used to look like Jesus! Jesus Neal from 2007ish

People are flying into NYC to see Adam at the GMA’s. They are coming to see Adam, tickets or no tickets, cold or no cold. People are organizing meet-up’s and parties.

There are no tickets. GMA has never issued tickets for any of their concert series, summer or fall. The only time they issued tickets was weeks in advance was one time for the Jonas Brothers in Central Park because they caused a mob scene the previous time. If the performance is indoors they’ll let fans in. The studio is small but I’ve seen them cram in as much as 200+ people in. I have no idea why the performance(s) may or may not be outdoors but I’m just saying from all the previous years of FALL concert series they have always been indoors, in the studio, and if they are indoors fans will be let in. The later you get in November the colder it gets. Last year when a bunch of us camped out to get in the studio it was freezing.

mj
11/13/2009 at 2:29 pm

YEP. And the day after that post’ ¦.my site’“and Idletard’“was attacked. My server guy told me that you can hire hackers to carry out attacks on webites.

That particular DDOS attack was relentless’“it went on for about two weeks. My host had to put me behind a firewall to stop it.

Wow, to think I watched AI for years and never knew about any of this stuff. This is the first year I’ve been invested and to find out there was this whole other world I didn’t have a clue about is just weird. Kinda mind-boggling if I think about it.

Nope, you’re referring to the annual Razzie Awards, which are not affiliated with the Rotten Tomatoes website, although they do report on them.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/love_guru/news/1798238/razzies_announce_their_winners

oh….oops

YEP. And the day after that post’ ¦.my site’“and Idletard’“was attacked. My server guy told me that you can hire hackers to carry out attacks on webites.

Ugh, really?! And scary that she has done this all the way back to Season 2! Yikes!

Wow, to think I watched AI for years and never knew about any of this stuff.

Ignorance is bliss.

I think its fine if Adam’s fans want to meet each other. But as far as I know GMA doesn’t do outdoor concerts in the fall. So they’re welcome to sleep outside studio the night before. Or they can contact David Cook’s fans on how to get inside the studio. I think some hard core got in last year.

There’s someting pretty odd about people flying into NYC to see someone perform for 10 minutes tops in a venue they probably won’t get in. I understand making the attempt if you live in the NYC area but flying in seems very crazy. Not as crazy as that pyscho Cook fan though.

omg just saw one of the pic of Kris’s album. It’s one of the bathroom series … one of the most handsome pic i’ve seen of him. I would love to have skin like his.. *sigh*

regarding the crazy woman stalking David C. It’s good she’s getting exposed! hope it will calm her down

Yep! That thread was vastly entertaining, but their ‘outing’  and then trashing his ‘skanks’  is frightening. If I recall, someone from that board claims to have gone to a party Lana Jade was throwing in DC to ‘check her out.’  Is that not completely frightening?

R U serious? Do you think they actually physically stalked her, or were they lying about it? It’s scary either way, actually, but what really creeps me out is thinking about how easy it is for some nutter you’ve never met to dig up personal info on the internet to hunt you down because you had your picture taken with some random singer.

LINDA: Well, there are three ways to watch American Idol. One is Level A, where you assume that there is nothing going on except a legitimate talent competition starring fresh-faced youngsters.

Another is Level B, where you assume that there is a giant corporation with an evil agenda to WARP OUR MINDS by selecting their favorite contestant and FORCING us to like that person. This is the “Chosen One” level.

The other is Level C, where you assume that the company that releases Idol CDs doesn’t give a flying fig about anything except money, so they have NO agenda except money, and you drop right down to the bottom level of cynicism and swim around. While rooting for whoever is cutest.

STEPHEN: Ooh! Ooh! I pick Level C! I pick Level C! Though actually, I find myself drifting more and more toward Level D, which is that everything about the show is just the pre-game for the larger and more interesting contest, which is how everyone on the show is absorbed into the pop-music marketplace. I love that everyone who tries to game the system — a contestant pandering by performing “God Bless the USA,” a voter at home who rigs up his or her computer to dial the phone five billion times, the producers on the show who manipulate who plays last and is thus fresh in the voters’ minds — is basically thrown out the window as soon as it’s over. Then, it’s up to the marketplace. Who winds up like Kelly Clarkson? Who winds up like Katharine McPhee?

If Level B includes the show producers and judges prostituting themselves on behalf of a chosen contestant, then put me in Level B.

Aside from NPR being dismissive of Adam (except to be awed by how subversive he is), I think the major goof they made is to claim that all of Archie’s fans are the same age as he is.

Seriously, I know plenty of people in their 80s who practically worship Archie, and the only reason they went out and bought a CD player is so they can play his CDs.

So he really is a Hobbit?

KRIS:

You must travel to Mordor, and destroy the Idol trophy thingie in the fires of Mount Doom. Then, there will be spincrease and platinum for all.

ETA: I’m pretty sure Kara is an agent of Sauron! Did you not witness the destructive terror of No Boundaries?

I know! He used to look like Jesus! Jesus Neal from 2007is

you’re kidding me right? where’s the crazy tatoos and the piercings?

and wow andy sounded quite good…

Trina, jpfan–

you guys seem to have some sense of what’s going on with this GMA thing. I’m actually going to be in NYC that day, not far from the studio, but I had pretty much given up on the idea of seeing Adam as it sounded like it was just going to be inside, with just the people who got tickets to the taping seeing it (no one from an outside waitinglist). Do either of you have any sense of whether it may be easier to get in than that? I’m a big fan, but frankly I don’t see myself waiting in line in the cold and dark for hours to get in. Any chance it’ll be outside? Any chance, even if its not, that I’d be able to get some sleep that night and still get in? (I’m not all that desperate, because I’m the lucky b!#ch who has tickets to Letterman:) ). Whadayathink?

I am sure he will get to do so on his second album. I was a bit suprised by something Daughtry’s producer said about letting the band record the intrumental parts on the CD. He seemed very reluctant to let them do that but was suprised it turned out good. Huh?

I just think producers want the ability to control the sound and using live instruments doesn’t give this control. I’m pretty sure. So on one hand there’s the more organic process of using the instruments which means special nuances (which I prefer) and then there’s over production. Actually, for the most part though, I don’t hear the over production on Kris’s album that I was expecting.

I’m going to have to search out these scans of the album.

regarding the crazy woman stalking David C. It’s good she’s getting exposed! hope it will calm her down

LOL. Why do I have the feeling it will have just the opposite effect?

Build A Bear…uh no and no and no. This is the most manipulative retail outlet in the country…they play on the emotions of everyone concerned just to rack up profits. I was appalled at how they “used” David Archuleta fans by selling a stupid song for 99 cents (for charity) but making it seem as though they were supporting charities with the profits from their Bears. False, false, false. And the song thingy….of course after David (and I think briefly Natalie) it died a quick death and Build A Bear was on to the next scam. And now, with no endorsement from Adam, they seem to be selling a grossly over-priced bear and giving a few dollars to a charity he has mentioned just to make it look a little kosher. This is way worse than the eye-glass fiasco that occurred with someone using Danny’s name and image.

Consumer beware….Build A Bear is just a user….they are Horrible.

You must travel to Mordor, and destroy the Idol trophy thingie in the fires of Mount Doom. Then, there will be spincrease and platinum for all.

plus free pipe-weed for all kris stans out here…

Ah the issue with Daughty was not real instruments versus electronic. The producer didn’t seem to trust them as studio musicians if I remember correctly.

Call GMA and ask them if the concert will be held outside. I’d say the chances are slim but they may give you a direct answer. I went to an ABC taping and the folks were very nice answering questions about getting tickets to other shows, etc.

GMA has never issued tickets for any of their concert series, summer or fall.

I think they did for the Taylor GMA concert. They had it in a theatre somewhere. I remember people reporting on their attempts to register for the free tickets.

Maybe it was for a different promo event. I’m pretty sure it was for one of the morning news shows.

Actually, for the most part though, I don’t hear the over production on Kris’s album that I was expecting.

hey coolcrickets *waves. have to agree with you on this but i do think that of all the songs Before We Come Undone sounds the most overproduced and I Need To Know the least

Apparently NegativeNeil has gotten Adams album.

# just listened to the album for the first time. I am beside myself. about 1 hour ago from web

Does anyone here know what this means? Does he like it or not like it? I am never good at interpetation.

Darn, MJ. That is crazy. Well, I completely own that I have served my time on Idol Loony Lane. I have done it. I still have occasional twitches here and there, but I’m glad to have moved on, more or less. What I liked about the NPR article was that you have got to maintain a sense of humor about yourself if you are going to get so worked up about a tv show and its contestants. Idol IS funny. Its fans are funny. The fact that we all take this so seriously is very often hysterical. And at the end of the day, none of our warring and opining and handwringing matters outside the confines of whatever website we happen to visit.

I know! He used to look like Jesus! Jesus Neal from 2007ish

David, Andy and Neal give hope to every homeless looking guy out there. How do they go from that, to what they look like now? It’s almost insane.

Why do I have the feeling it will have just the opposite effect?

I was thinking about that. What if she goes even crazier now? (not that I think TI shouldn’t have exposed her. I do think they did their good job)

Actually, for the most part though, I don’t hear the over production on Kris’s album that I was expecting.

I don’t either and it’s a pleasant surprise!

You must travel to Mordor, and destroy the Idol trophy thingie in the fires of Mount Doom. Then, there will be spincrease and platinum for all.

ROFL.

Does anyone here know what this means? Does he like it or not like it? I am never good at interpetation.

That’s the beauty of NegativeNeil. I would think he loves it.

I have been known to be wrong, but I seem to recall people talking about tickets for the fall GMA concert. Something about groups up to 6. Does anybody know what I’m talking about? Do I know what I’m talking about?

People were outside today, so it must be mild out. I wonder if it could be outside if the weather were nice enough.

just listened to the album for the first time. I am beside myself. about 1 hour ago from web

Does anyone here know what this means? Does he like it or not like it? I am never good at interpetation.

I’m taking it that he is overwhelmed. His big brother has his first CD out it’s a big deal.

And now, with no endorsement from Adam, they seem to be selling a grossly over-priced bear and giving a few dollars to a charity he has mentioned just to make it look a little kosher. This is way worse than the eye-glass fiasco that occurred with someone using Danny’s name and image.

Consumer beware’ ¦.Build A Bear is just a user’ ¦.they are Horrible.

Tess that Adam bear isn’t by Build A Bear. It’s a new company called RockRBear.com. They are using Vermont Teddy Bears. Either way, too expensive and not endorsed by Adam.

David, Andy and Neal give hope to every homeless looking guy out there. How do they go from that, to what they look like now? It’s almost insane.

Haha. Sooo true about the homeless looking guy. Here’s the ugly link for those who missed it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRDQfSC5cAc

4Msrmyn
11/13/2009 at 2:49 pm
I have been known to be wrong, but I seem to recall people talking about tickets for the fall GMA concert. Something about groups up to 6. Does anybody know what I’m talking about? Do I know what I’m talking about?

There were signups for group tickets at the time of the GMA Fall Concert series announcements. If you had a group of six or more, there was an email or phone number you could call to get tickets.

mj
11/13/2009 at 2:29 pm

Hey those are the people from the David Cook ‘Scene Queen’  or whatever girl night, right?? That was like my first exposure on this blog to the ‘get out the popcorn, sit in the lawnchair’ kind of crazyness.

YEP. And the day after that post’ ¦.my site’“and Idletard’“was attacked. My server guy told me that you can hire hackers to carry out attacks on webites.

Posting that picture, imo, is pretty brave. I applaud her! And agree if charges can be pressed and an arrest made it should be done.

There’s someting pretty odd about people flying into NYC to see someone perform for 10 minutes tops in a venue they probably won’t get in. I understand making the attempt if you live in the NYC area but flying in seems very crazy. Not as crazy as that pyscho Cook fan though.

I agree, very odd. But I’ve resolved the question of why people do this in my own mind: it’s the comradery, the sisterhood of fandom. Even if people don’t get in they get to gush and play with others that feel as they do. It’s innocent fun as long as it doesn’t cross over into the psycho neighborhood.

Do our laws do nothing that will allow this woman to be prosecuted for attempting to ruin these other women’s lives or for stalking them/David?

I think its fine if Adam’s fans want to meet each other. But as far as I know GMA doesn’t do outdoor concerts in the fall. So they’re welcome to sleep outside studio the night before. Or they can contact David Cook’s fans on how to get inside the studio. I think some hard core got in last year.

LOL we’re not exclusive! People have been camping out for YEARS for these concerts. Today Show, GMA, Early Show, indoors, outdoors. Even non-Idol fans do it trying to get into the studio. Back at the height of Clay’s popularity when his debut dropped it was pandemonium with maybe a thousands camped out on the streets. They’ll squeeze in to the studio as many fans as the fire code will limit. But maybe if they think Adam is a special case and he’ll bring in thousands of people in the cold they will have a special outdoor show, who knows? Frankly I wouldn’t fly across the country when there’s so many iffy details about the set-up and at the most you’ll get 2-3 songs but people should do whatever they want. If they’re asking this time around for names/groups they could be trying to gauge interest.

Posting that picture, imo, is pretty brave. I applaud her! And agree if charges can be pressed and an arrest made it should be done.

I can see the headline now! “Serial Psychotic David Cook Stalker Arrested After Being Exposed” ha

# just listened to the album for the first time. I am beside myself. about 1 hour ago from web

Does anyone here know what this means? Does he like it or not like it? I am never good at interpetation.

I would hope Neil wouldn’t go out of his way to tweet about his reaction if it was negative, although it is rather vague:

‘”Idiom
7. beside oneself, almost out of one’s senses from a strong emotion, as from joy, delight, anger, fear, or grief: He was beside himself with rage when the train left without him.

I would hope Neil wouldn’t go out of his way to tweet about his reaction if it was negative, although it is rather vague:

Well, since to Neil, negativity is his most common state of being, being beside himself means he probably had a very positive reaction. He’s just so unused to it!

OMG !!

Finally I got the confirmation for the tickets to see Conan tonight. I’ve been waiting for two weeks for this.

Yeah Kris !! I hope he got an interview ( doubt it since J. Mraz did not get one last night)

I’m happy . Hopefully I got in since it is first come first serve thing.

Hey, guys – I was trying to help organize the group tickets thing for Adam back a few months back. Well, on the GMA website, I also selected Kris’s date for single studio tickets, just to see what I could get, and I wound up getting an email confirmation about studio tickets for Nov 17, so I’ll be there that day :-) I’m not sure what the deal is with the concert – if you go to the GMA website, it is all screwy with no details about any dates, location, set up, etc.

It does look like all the Fall Concert Series shows were inside the studio, except Carrie’s, so I’m assuming Kris’s (and Adam’s) will be too, though tbh I’m all paranoid now because I’m thinking I’ll be in the studio and the concert will be outside – that would really suck!

Well, at any rate, I’m planning to get to the studio really early, even with the ticket, because they warn you that it’s not a guarantee you’ll get in (and I’ve already been through that before with The Daily Show and Colbert Report).

Wow, you guys post like…well, a lot. ;) I am guessing Negative Neil liked the album, but don’t think he would actually say that. lol

Thanks for the info, guys. I’m not gonna camp out anywhere, so I guess unless they decide to have it outside I’ll be watching on tv like the rest of you losers (I say it with love ;) ). I know that a month ago there was some effort on this blog to get together a group of a certain number so that we could try to get group tickets (the ones you had to call the abc number for). I think 4evermomof4 was organizing it? Anyone know what happened to that plan? Last I remember, no one was returning her calls (she’d left messages at that number).

(Sorry if, i’m way off topic. I’ll shut up after this question)

Earth to Bikini Girl:

your 15 minutes are up, girlfriend! and that’s more than enough fame time for doing nothing but parading around in the near-nude and making the entire watcher-ship of Idol despise you.

Next bimbo in line? Your turn!

I am such a geek, I did not realize that was Adam’s brother. Guess, I better spend more time on my homework. But, then again, it is so great to come here to catch up on the quick news and you all always have the answers. I was always better using cliff notes. Thank you, I love this place.

Somewhere I read that Adam is doing two songs on air 11-24. Then he will do two more for the website that you can see after the show.

If they are distributing tickets this time around and saying theres no guarantee you’ll get in that sounds to me like its indoors and they’re trying to be more organized, and probably smart on their part because when fans who stay out there a long time and dont get in its led to problems. I would wait though for GMA to post any type of confirmed info.

GMA has specifically said that Adam’s concert may be outdoors, depending on the weather. This is what I posted a couple of pages back and this is what jpfan is trying to dispute.

One of my Twitter friends who has tickets has received an e-mail from GMA about this. Another has spoken to them and received the same information.

Tickets are free and have already been assigned. If you want to get into the studio, you must stand-by at this point.

The fall GMA is traditionally in their studio in Times Sq. However, as we have seen recently with Carrie Underwood, they also have the fall concerts outdoors. ACCORDING TO GMA, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT ADAM’S CONCERT MAY BE OUTDOORS, DEPENDENT UPON THE WEATHER.

suebrody
11/13/2009 at 3:01 pm
Wow, you guys post like’ ¦well, a lot.

Uh,,,pot…..kettle….black…. ;)

New Adam thread. I want people to post about the following:

I just wanted to be really careful that it didn’t turn into a fucking pageant. I can sing my face off. All this other stuff is part of a personality, a persona.’ 

This is from Out Magazine’s article (he is on the cover)…I don’t know what to think about this. It doesn’t sound like Adam, does it?

Apparently NegativeNeil has gotten Adams album.

# just listened to the album for the first time. I am beside myself. about 1 hour ago from web

Does anyone here know what this means? Does he like it or not like it? I am never good at interpetation.

I would interpret this to mean that Neil and his clone just finished listening to Adam’s album. And his shift key is broken. :)

I think 4evermomof4 was organizing it? Anyone know what happened to that plan? Last I remember, no one was returning her calls (she’d left messages at that number).

Yes – a couple of us were in touch with GMA to get group tickets. But I only heard back for Nov 17 (not Adam’s date) after sending another request for both on their website. I think it’s a luck of the draw thing. I was gonna get in touch with the peeps here if I heard about Adam’s show working out, but I never heard back from GMA about tickets :-(

Not to mention, the originaly request was for Nov 24 for Adam, and it sounds like that date is now Nov 25.

suebrody
11/13/2009 at 3:01 pm
Wow, you guys post like’ ¦well, a lot.

Uh,,,pot’ ¦..kettle’ ¦.black’ ¦. ;)

I have NO idea what you mean. ;)

BUT…I called a radio station (a few times) to try to get FYE on. Like a total eejit, I dialed my co-worked by mistake. She answered and I gave her the schpiel. She thought I was kidding. Alas, I was not. Now I am embarrassed beyond belief, tho she thought it was funny.

Sigh. Oh, Adam, what have you turned me into?!

Mary, we can go to the Kradison show if it’s in NYC. Hee hee.

Oh, and I think Neil likes the album. My thought was he was beside himself with emotion about Adam’s album, for actually having an album, living his dreams, etc. Neil’s always been very supportive (though snarky) about Adam’s success.

Finally I got the confirmation for the tickets to see Conan tonight. I’ve been waiting for two weeks for this.

Lucky! Filming recap, please, if you have time.

I would wait though for GMA to post any type of confirmed info.

Lol – not sure if this will happen. People are all over their website about how they’ve yet to post anything after Carrie’s date, and no details about when and where concerts are :-)

Update on the Alexa Chung appearance for Kris — it will be on Tuesday. So shortly after he finishes up his GMA concert…

Mary, we can go to the Kradison show if it’s in NYC. Hee hee.

Sweet! Definitely hoping it is in NYC! Much closer than either LR or LA.

I’m looking forward to seeing Kris perform next week! Adam was my first choice, but seeing Kris live will be awesome (though I’m going to remain paranoid about this whole thing!)

Ratna12! Congratulations!! Have a great time? What time do they tape this? You’re probably right about the interview, but yay anyway!!! Let us know how it goes. :D

I keep saying the GMA concert for Adam is 11-24, but others say 25th.
If you know for sure, could you clear this up for me?

I keep saying the GMA concert for Adam is 11-24, but others say 25th.
If you know for sure, could you clear this up for me?

I think some official press releasey thing from RCA for Adam that came out recently (and was posted by MJ) had it as Nov 25.

“Finally I got the confirmation for the tickets to see Conan tonight. I’ve been waiting for two weeks for this.” –

Wow, have fun. Jealous. I just bought tickets with a group to see Kelly Clarkson in Seattle 11/24. Kind of excited – never been a big fan, but I do love Already Gone.

ACCORDING TO GMA, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT ADAM’S CONCERT MAY BE OUTDOORS, DEPENDENT UPON THE WEATHER.

Wow – Come oooonnnnnn – nice weather!!!! Please! I would soo go there and camp out just to hear him :-) Hey, I did it for GMA in the summer and had a blast!

Somebody posted that he didn’t get to play instruments on any of the songs except one’ ¦is that true?? That’s too bad if it is, Kris seems to connect so much when he plays piano or guitar on songs.

It takes time to learn how to play a new song, never mind 10 or 12. These albums were kind of rush jobs, eh?

Kris is really a beginning pianist. Having him record piano on a tight time schedule would be too much pressure on somebody in that position, and the added stress and work probably wouldn’t have been good for his singing — for which he needed to be as relaxed and focused as possible, plus they would have had to come up with piano parts that he could learn and play very well in the (extremely short) time allotted to the recording, etc., which would have added more work that they didn’t have time for to the songwriters’ and producers’ schedules. Same for guitar only a bit less so since he’s way more accomplished on guitar than on piano. They needed instrumentalists that they could just plug in to play *anything* the arrangement called for and change it at the drop of a hat, etc., both for the sake of the producers and for Kris’s own sake. He’ll play his instruments in the live shows and on the next album. This was too much of a quickie.

I’m taking it that he is overwhelmed. His big brother has his first CD out it’s a big deal.

I’m remembering in his 20/20 interview Neil said he got annoyed with Adam singing along with all the songs on the radio, and even as a youngster, rearranged them. He did say, tho, surprisingly, Adam made them better.

So, I have to agree, Neil is pretty excited about Adam’s debut album and probably loving it.

“I just wanted to be really careful that it didn’t turn into a fucking pageant. I can sing my face off. All this other stuff is part of a personality, a persona.’ 

Wait, Adam actually said this? Way to combat the “arrogant” and “fake” criticisms there dude…

Mary102-thank you for the info.

Haha. Sooo true about the homeless looking guy. Here’s the ugly link for those who missed it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRDQfSC5cAc

OMG, I’ve seen this before a looooong time ago and lol, for some reason I never knew that was Neal! Of course I’ve seen the progression of DC’s looks, but wow what a difference in Neal. In some ways Andy still looks somewhat the same to me, but more mature and better looking now. And of course the longer hair.

Audiences and live TV shows….a big pain in the Ass for any TV show…especially early morning “news” shows. People should feel pleased that anyone makes it into the studio to hear a singer. An audience isn’t the objective and it often just clouds up the water.

I don’t even worry about catching the show the first time around. There are always web repeats and You Tube videos to see at my leisure. Though I do applaud the faithful that put rl on hold while they do their best to see one of their favs. Not my thing…but kudos to those that like that sort of thing.

In some ways Andy still looks somewhat the same to me, but more mature and better looking now. And of course the longer hair.

Yah I think Andy also lost weight. He’s got a little pooch there. Haha

Wait, Adam actually said this? Way to combat the ‘arrogant’  and ‘fake’  criticisms there dude’ ¦

I didn’t know there were any “arrogant” and “fake” criticisms of Adam. I’ve heard “pageant” and “theatrical” and “diva” but never arrogant or fake, though I suppose “diva” and “arrogant” kinda are the same. (ETA: For the record, he seems like a really nice guy and, though not a fan of his voice or musical genre, I am kinda rooting for him to succeed.)

Also, LOL on Neal basically squeeing about playing on a platinum album. As I recall that he also played on Uncle Cracker’s latest album as a studio musician and on Burn Halo’s debut album (well, he was actually part of the band until he quit to join his BFF, Dave).

I don’t even worry about catching the show the first time around. There are always web repeats and You Tube videos to see at my leisure. Though I do applaud the faithful that put rl on hold while they do their best to see one of their favs. Not my thing’ ¦but kudos to those that like that sort of thing.

Tess, I understand it’s not everyone’s thing, but having been to some of these shows live, it is really fun to watch live. Just like the tour – it’s not quite the same as watching on youtube.

mj
11/13/2009 at 2:16 pm
This is the down side of fans, awful internet stan/stalkers like the obsessed David Cook ‘fan’ person mentioned in this blog
http://topidol.wordpress.com/

Remember those DDOS attacks I had? Just Sayin’

So if this is the same Maryann that I think it is (and I’m pretty sure it is but I’ve forwarded the link to some friends of mine to confirm) she has not limited her crazy stalkerish behavior to idol alums. Over the years she has targeted other celebrities but in a somewhat different way. Years ago (2003?) she was seriously obsessed with Roy Horn after his near death mauling. She claimed to have some illness (cancer maybe) and she was in a hospital when Roy Horn first walked or some shit like that. Her stories became increasingly bizarre. She was at his house; she was his friend; he wasn’t gay; when she started going on about having sex with him we really knew then that girlfriend wasn’t playing with a full deck cause you know…Roy Horn, sex with girl, uh nuf said. Weird I should see her face again 6 years later.

So, I have to agree, Neil is pretty excited about Adam’s debut album and probably loving it

Agreed. I think the 3 brothers we all have gotten to know over the past 2 years (Andrew Cook, Daniel Allen, and Neil Lambert) are extremely supportive of their brothers – it’s oretty amazing, as they are all the younger rbothers of the more famous sibling.

Ratna12, so jealous of you going to Conan tonight….. expecting evidences ;

regarding the crazy woman stalking David C. It’s good she’s getting exposed! hope it will calm her down

LOL. Why do I have the feeling it will have just the opposite effect?

will….lol..you may be right. she’s then crazier than i tought

Please don’t take this personally but why does anyone care about their brothers? I mean if I like an artist say Elvis, Bono or 50 cents (just to pick a random bunch) does that mean I have to be interested in their siblings. I don’t care if they’re princes or douche bags. That just seems weird to me. JMHO.

have to agree with you on this but i do think that of all the songs Before We Come Undone sounds the most overproduced and I Need To Know the least

Hi SarahP! :D I agree. I can’t believe, however, how much BWCU has grown on me personally. I wasn’t one of those that loved it from the beginning, but every time I hear it now I like it more and more. He does such a great job singing this.

Somebody posted that he didn’t get to play instruments on any of the songs except one’ ¦is that true??

Well, Kris and his new band are certainly going to be playing the hell out of those songs in the future, if their schedule becomes anything like the Cook Magical Neverending Mystery Tour.

Haha the harmonica. Didn’t Neal play guitar on some of DCTR? Because it has him listed in the the credits’ ¦

Yep.

I know! He used to look like Jesus! Jesus Neal from 2007ish

He certainly lost a lot of weight.

‘I just wanted to be really careful that it didn’t turn into a fucking pageant. I can sing my face off. All this other stuff is part of a personality, a persona.’ 

If this was his answer, what was the question?

I haven’t read all of the comments so maybe it’s already been answered but on Adam possibly being inside on GMA – I have some experience with an inside GMA concert.

Back in Season 5, I went to see Taylor Hicks at GMA. It was the beginning of December. It was inside, at the Hard Rock Cafe, across the street from the GMA studios. It was fun but not something I would do again. They didn’t really give out tickets but you had to go online and request that your name be put on a list. They called you back the day before if you “made the cut”. Then, we were told to be outside of the Hard Rock by 5am, even though Taylor wasn’t performing until the 8:00 hour.

The reason the wanted us all there so early was so they could show us all standing outside, freezing our butts off and waving to the cameras in excitement. They made us wait outside until 7:15 so they could show us in the opening of the show. After that, they let us in and had tv’s broadcasting the show to the crowd inside the Hard Rock. Sam Champion came in to do the weather reports from inside the venue. (If you want to be on tv, dress up like your idol! He did his weather reports by some women from Alabama dressed like Christmas trees and a bunch of cute coeds from Florida State).

When the time came for Taylor to perform, Diane Sawyer came over from across the street to introduce him. Taylor did two or three songs, I don’t remember. I believe only one complete song was broadcast. After the show was over, Taylor stuck around to sign autographs for anyone who wanted one and it was done. All in all, fun but I wouldn’t do it again. It was 10 to 15 minutes of Taylor and 2 hours and 15 minutes of freezing my butt off. LOL. I did get him to autograph “Under the Radar” though.

DLee
11/13/2009 at 11:38 am
Anyone interested in what the songs on Take One might sound like? It would be interesting to get snippets of those.
sorry if OT.

How interesting, the other day Wilshire artist Dublyn Jones myspace had the songs “Climb” and “Castleman” ( 2 of the songs on the Take One cd of Adam’s demos). After the link was posted on the Amazon.com discussions the songs were taken down.
Now his website only has “First Light” – another one of Adam’s demos on the Take One cd.
So , this Wishire artist Dublyn Jones has recorded “Want” ( renamed “December”), “Castle man”, “First Light”, and “Climb”.
And every time someone finds one of these songs, they are immediately removed.
Wonder how he feels about being thrown under the bus so Wilshire/HiFi/Roughrecords/Coldwater/John Hecker can exploit the demos Adam made for him?

http://www.myspace.com/dublynjones

Kris’ album artwork
http://www.ainow.org/index.php/tidbits/1086-kris-allen-album-cover-revealed

Also heard LLWD again at XM The Pulse. Daughtry and Cook’s songs played afterwards. My officemate asked if it’s an Idol station. LOL!

Also seeing some tweets about Kris’ album commercials on TV? That’s great. I guess Kris Drizzle is starting.

does that mean I have to be interested in their siblings. I don’t care if they’re princes or douche bags. That just seems weird to me. JMHO.

Some people go through life knowing that no man is an island and that all kinds of influences affect them and the people they care about. I think it’s nice that fans are interested in the peeps who surround their favs…it helps fill in the gaps about someone’s personality and their individual concepts of life.

But then, I guess their are always those that only focus on a tree and forget their is a forest surrounding it. Makes for a much fuller picture.

Oh Just Great!!I’ve been sulking alone on the Kris Allen threads!! And now I see all my fellow benches are here!!!!
(pssst – i’ve uploaded Kris’ MITM MP3 from the Boston Rooftop Gig at the Vineyard thread)

Please don’t take this personally but why does anyone care about their brothers?

Yeah, I see what you mean but I just find NegativeNeil really funny. Like his blog a lot.

How interesting, the other day Wilshire artist Dublyn Jones myspace had the songs ‘Climb’  and ‘Castleman’  ( 2 of the songs on the Take One cd of Adam’s demos). After the link was posted on the Amazon.com discussions the songs were taken down.
Now his website only has ‘First Light’  ‘“ another one of Adam’s demos on the Take One cd.
So , this Wishire artist Dublyn Jones has recorded ‘Want’  ( renamed ‘December’ ), ‘Castle man’ , ‘First Light’ , and ‘Climb’ .
And every time someone finds one of these songs, they are immediately removed.
Wonder how he feels about being thrown under the bus so Wilshire/HiFi/Roughrecords/Coldwater/John Hecker can exploit the demos Adam made for him?

I’m a little confused. Does this mean Dublyn Jones wrote the songs or bought and recorded the songs?

I just got my kris Allen Cd am so excited.this is a great Friday The 13TH.

I just got my kris Allen Cd am so excited.this is a great Friday The 13TH.

Wow, isnt that a bit early?

I guess Kris Drizzle is starting.

LOL! Let it Rain.

The LLWD music video is featured on vh1.com under today’s top videos – Top 20 premiere.

Not sure if this means it will be in the Top 20 countdown? (what time does that air, anyway — Kris is co-hosting it on 11/21)

http://www.vh1.com/video/music.jhtml

Conan ‘s The Tonight Show is taping at 5:00 pm and we have to be there by 3:00 pm PST.
And with this is a Friday, LA trafic, I’m going to start going there now.

Yeah, excited to see Kris. Hopefully this is the start of many.

Please don’t take this personally but why does anyone care about their brothers. I mean if I like an artist say Elvis, Bono or 50 cents (just to pick a random bunch) does that mean I have a compelling interest in their siblings. That just seems weird to me.

Daniel Allen and Andrew Cook are why we ever knew of Kris Allen and David Cook – they are the ones who brought their brothers to the auditions in the first place.

Yeah I was surprised. I bought it throw his Offical website. I just got the notice yesterday that it was shipped and later that night it said that I would get it today. Some people that got it throw the site said they wouldn’t get it until Monday or tuesday and some even said wednesday.

Adam Graham — the Detroit News writer who gave his review of FYE on twitter yesterday (and answered lots of questions from tweeters) now has his print review of the album up here… he gives the album a grade of B-plus

http://www.detnews.com/article/20091113/ENT04/911130457/1424/ENT04/Review–Adam-Lambert-s–For-Your-Entertainment–glams-it-up-greatly

I’m a little confused. Does this mean Dublyn Jones wrote the songs or bought and recorded the songs?

A songwriter ( don’t know who) wrote the songs. Dublyn Jones was a recording artist who had a recording contract with Wilshire /HiFi Records.
Adam was hired by Wilshire/HiFi to make a demo of the songs so that the recording artist, Dublyn Jones, could hear what the song sounded like, so he would know how to sing it when he recorded it for his album.

So, Dublyn was the recording artist who made an album and was being produced/promoted by Wilshire. He did not write the songs.
He was listed on the Wilshire website and his songs were streaming on that site and on his own myspace site-that is, until Adam became famous and Wilshire decided to cash in on him by dredging up all the old demos he sang for Dublyn’ s album.
Now Dublyn’s songs have been removed from Wilshire’s and his own site- so they can deceptively promote the songs as Adam’s ‘debut’ cd- a cd which Adam will not earn a cent from- all the money will go to Wilshire .

Some people that got it throw the site said they wouldn’t get it until Monday or tuesday and some even said wednesday.

So are you liking it? :grin:

Kris’ album artwork
http://www.ainow.org/index.php/tidbits/1086-kris-allen-album-cover-revealed

I like the artwork – that’s a nice looking cover/back for the CD. Can’t wait to pick it up!

Please don’t take this personally but why does anyone care about their brothers.

I didn’t follow Kris as closely but at least for David Cook Andrew was such a big part of the whole Idol adventure… from the auditions to the end (who can forget his “that’s my brother” moment?) that I think people feel like they “know” him a bit.

Well Kris and crew are already at Conan. Cale just tweeted about Conan’s dressing room…

calevis24

#Conan’s dressing room has a wii with smash brothers in it, oh how i wish @charlesbrowder and @mattleonard were here…
17 minutes ago from txt

I guess Kris Drizzle is starting.

LOL! Let it Rain.

Good one. And I like hearing about all the stuff Kris does as well and enjoying the good stuff about him, so yeah, bring on the rain/drizzle! Well as a concept I like it. I personally DESPISE the whole stupid phrase of Adam!Storm (which hasn’t taken place, imho) so I wouldn’t want to substitute one depised phrase by another. That’s just me personally, others have their own thing and that’s cool. I do get the humor in the Kris drizzle at least and enjoy ribbing the dreaded A!S phrase but other than that? eekkk.

Kris on Conan tonight will be cool. Seeing him perform and hopefully getting my height lulz in as well. Win win. Plus I hope this will give a nice bump to LLWD single sales and set up nicely for the album coming out next Tuesday! Whoa, can’t believe it will be here already. Can’t WAIT to do the iTunes countdown on sales, though yes I know, iTunes isn’t a big part of album sales. Still I want it to do well there and on Amazon :D

sorry if anyone posted this already, Reuters story about Idol champ’s record sales:

http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSTRE5AB54X20091112

They went down the list of how Idol winners fared with record sales. And they mentioned everyone but Taylor.

So interesting. He’s been kind of wiped off the slated by the media, as well as TPTB.

Not trying to rehash ancient history here, but surely it must be that Taylor’s album sales were not great (tho his early single was hot). He’s still popular with his biggest fans, tho i must say the excitement cooled for me with that first record.

What he did contribute, I think, was the showmanship Idol needed to keep renewing itself. That was an exciting year, with loads of talent, but whatever his shortcomings later Taylor really kept the joint jumping…

ilovekrisallen39
11/13/2009 at 4:23 pm

I just got my kris Allen Cd am so excited.this is a great Friday The 13TH.

Woo Hoo!!! Smiling and jumping up an down (inside) for you here!!!!

They went down the list of how Idol winners fared with record sales. And they mentioned everyone but Taylor.

And Ruben…

No love for the Alabama idols.

Seeker
11/13/2009 at 4:19 pm

Oh Just Great!!I’ve been sulking alone on the Kris Allen threads!! And now I see all my fellow benches are here!!!!
(pssst ‘“ i’ve uploaded Kris’ MITM MP3 from the Boston Rooftop Gig at the Vineyard thread)

Hi Seeker! I love that song! He sounded exceptionally good at Vineyard Live gig on this.

thanks seeker for the mp3 of MITM

I don’t know why Ruben’s sales are so overlooked. Sure compared to Clay they aren’t that great but he’s still sold a lot of singles and albums. When you add up his 3 major label albums he sold about 2.5 million I think.

LLWD has officially been added to VH-1′s playlist starting Monday. It will start out in medium rotation. I’ve already set my DVR to record VH-1′s Top 20 Countdown this weekend just in case they premiere the video.

http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16025

Could someone help me. I haven’t seen this posted here yet. I don’t know how to transfer webite addys so could someone convert this. It is a link to Perez Hilton site where Adam’s song Whatya Want From Me… http://bit.ly/H2LZe Please listen to it. I think it is great

Another track is out as well, a bonus track called Master Plan. The three singles are downloadable for the peeps who bought the deluxe album on AO.

A songwriter ( don’t know who) wrote the songs. Dublyn Jones was a recording artist who had a recording contract with Wilshire /HiFi Records.
Adam was hired by Wilshire/HiFi to make a demo of the songs so that the recording artist, Dublyn Jones, could hear what the song sounded like, so he would know how to sing it when he recorded it for his album.

So, Dublyn was the recording artist who made an album and was being produced/promoted by Wilshire. He did not write the songs.
He was listed on the Wilshire website and his songs were streaming on that site and on his own myspace site-that is, until Adam became famous and Wilshire decided to cash in on him by dredging up all the old demos he sang for Dublyn’ s album.
Now Dublyn’s songs have been removed from Wilshire’s and his own site- so they can deceptively promote the songs as Adam’s ‘debut’ cd- a cd which Adam will not earn a cent from- all the money will go to

It seems that Dublyn Jones would have some say in what happens with the songs then. Couldn’t he sue. He “bought” the songs right?

Another track is out as well, a bonus track called Master Plan. The three singles are downloadable for the peeps who bought the deluxe album on AO.

Wow, really? Has anyone heard it? I did not buy the album through AO…now I wish I had.

Could someone help me. I haven’t seen this posted here yet. I don’t know how to transfer webite addys so could someone convert this. It is a link to Perez Hilton site where Adam’s song Whatya Want From Me’ ¦ http://bit.ly/H2LZe Please listen to it. I think it is great

Wow some of the comments there are gross…some one should moderate them. ewwww.

We’re all hanging out in the Adam thread! :grin:

“I don’t see MTV Hits or MTVU channel on my Direct tv guide. What channels are they on?” — Girlygirl

I have AT&T U-verse. There’s different package levels. I’m not sure about Direct TV. I’m sure there are packages that offer the channels. One draw back, I don’t get the TV-Guide Channel which has Idol related shows and information every now and then.

It’s not just MTV that has several channels. VH1 has, VH1, Vh1 Classic, VH1 Soul, et al. I have to admit I was very happy to see Kris’s video. I think Justin Beiber played first, then Beyonce, Drake, Kayne West & Eminem, Pink, Muse, Lady Gaga and then Kris. He was in good company! And his Video looked just as good, if not better.

http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/11/13/david-archuleta-fans/

awwwww from jim cantiello:

David Archuleta Fans Deliver Birthday Flowers And Cupcakes To MTV News

This morning, I casually Tweeted that I’d be celebrating my birthday tonight. My actual birthday isn’t until November 22 ‘” the day Adam Lambert will be stealing the show at the American Music Awards ‘” so I was a tad confused when the mailroom called me to say I had to sign for some flowers.

“Well, then come downstairs and pick up your flowers.” Click.

more at link

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5488/scan0004aj.jpg

Scan of the EW article on FYE’s preorders and the competitors for Nov. 23. I think its more than clear that he is not referring to only a week – the “week” mentioned is the Black Friday one.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1626239/20091113/lambert_adam_american_idol_.jhtml

The “behind the scenes” vid from the Elle shoot is up at MTV news.

LOL “And Kris looked like…um…THAT”

KrisAllen

This doesn’t suck. http://twitpic.com/pegz0

LOL. Where is that, does anyone know? My son would love it, he’s a dino freak.

And then poor David & band flying on Friday the 13th…

thedavidcook

We’re flying on Friday the 13th… Oh, that sweet, uneasy feeling… Plus there’s a black cat sitting next to me…

sorry if anyone posted this already, Reuters story about Idol champ’s record sales:

http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSTRE5AB54X20091112

They went down the list of how Idol winners fared with record sales. And they mentioned everyone but Taylor.

MJ posted that yesterday in the Afternoon Headlines.

http://mjsbigblog.com/afternoon-idol-headlines-for-111209.htm#more-11833

As she pointed out, it also doesn’t mention the winner from Season 2. She neglected to mention that Taylor was left off the list though. . .

Two forgotten champs.

ETA: To be fair, that is not a list of “winners,” but “notable” contestants. I guess they were just featuring the ones who have done well sales-wise.

a fun short radio interview with David Cook
http://bit.ly/phJOQ

YEP. And the day after that post’ ¦.my site’“and Idletard’“was attacked. My server guy told me that you can hire hackers to carry out attacks on webites.

That particular DDOS attack was relentless’“it went on for about two weeks. My host had to put me behind a firewall to stop it.

Damn! That’s just sad.

I’ve been lurking at Top Idol for a while, and this one is particularly frightening. I pity the Idol she latches on to next. Too bad you can’t get a restraining order before she pulls more of her lunacy.

a fun short radio interview with David Cook
http://bit.ly/phJOQ

Thanks for bringing that over, that was fun. Love that boy’s laugh :)

Kris was on MTVHits Playlist again around 6:30 est or so. Last time I had left out Jason Deluron {sic}, Owlcity, Tokio Hotel, and then Kris. That’s the rotation today. I’ll check tomorrow to see if they play the same video rotation. So cool to see him on MTV.

On the Elle photoshoot scan, Kris was looking like a 14yrs old. Just saw the real pic and he has aged and is looking gorgeous :)

tierbee

The photo Kris tweeted is one of the Jurassic Park rides at the Universal Studios theme park. They tape Conan at Universal, so Kris probably went over to the theme park afer finishing up his sound check for this evening’s taping…

http://twitpic.com/pegz0

And very happy to see Kris’ music video being put onto VH1′s rotation. Hopefully I’ll actually get to see it on the tv

Have Matt’s tweets about the album he’s working on been posted?

ImMattGiraud

#This album I’m working on will have some amazing legendary and contemporary artists like ray price and Rascal Flatts, and me!! excited! about 1 hour ago from web

#It’s a duet album with a jazz singer named Anna Wilson. Gonna be great. Even bigger names to come. I’m singing the tune “You Don’t Know Me about 1 hour ago from web

FYI for Kellie Pickler fans, she has a celebrity playlist podcast up on iTunes, it’s her and Taylor Swift together. I’m not a huge fan of her music but girl cracks me up everytime I see her interviewed.

It looks like LLWD moved back up on the mediabase chart — on the live Top 40 chart it is sitting at 36 (FYE is at #66). Is at #22 on the live Hot AC chart

a fun short radio interview with David Cook
http://bit.ly/phJOQ

Haha. I could have told you the raw foods diet would not last!

It looks like LLWD moved back up on the mediabase chart ‘” on the live Top 40 chart it is sitting at 36 (FYE is at #66). Is at #22 on the live Hot AC chart

If possible can you post the links to these charts?

It looks like LLWD moved back up on the mediabase chart ‘” on the live Top 40 chart it is sitting at 36 (FYE is at #66). Is at #22 on the live Hot AC chart

If possible can you post the links to these charts?

It looks like LLWD moved back up on the mediabase chart ‘” on the live Top 40 chart it is sitting at 36 (FYE is at #66). Is at #22 on the live Hot AC chart

thanks girlygirl for keeping us up to date :) yeah Kris!!

This is HDD’s prediction for sales this week. Note they are also predicting the possible #1s for the next month or so. (no Idols mentioned yet).

“YOUR WEAKEND CHART PREVIEW: There are caveats galore this week, boys and girls, with nontraditional retailers, the CMAs, a TV series and even sales from ticket packages coming into play. Andrea Bocelli looks like the #1 record next week’”no joke’”and if he turns out to be this year’s Josh Groban, the Italian tenor could become the improbable spoiler in coming weeks for potential chart toppers from John Mayer, Norah Jones, Rihanna, Susan Boyle and Alicia Keys. Here’s how things are shaping up heading into the weekend:

Andrea Bocelli (Decca) 160-175k
* Bon Jovi (Island/IDJ) 145-155k
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 140-150k
Michael Jackson (Epic) 105-115k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 90-100k
Now 32 (Sony Music) 60-70k
* Flyleaf (A&M/Octone) 55-60k
Michael Buble (Reprise) 50-55k
Glee Cast (Columbia) 45-50k
* Switchfoot (Atlantic) 40-45k
Sting (Deutsche Grammophon) 40-45k
Twilight Saga: New Moon (Chop Shop/Atlantic) 40-45k
* Dashboard Confessional (DGC/Interscope) 35-40k
* Denotes debut”

Link to mediabase Live charts

http://www.musicinfosystems.com/FramesMainMenu.asp

If possible can you post the links to these charts?

Those are the building charts. They aren’t publicly available.

Here is the published rolling Top 40 Chart.

Is “Kris Allen” even going on sale next week in Canada? It’s not in any of the weekend flyers. FYE was mentioned in two of them for the following week so they aren’t ignoring AI.

It looks like LLWD moved back up on the mediabase chart ‘” on the live Top 40 chart it is sitting at 36 (FYE is at #66). Is at #22 on the live Hot AC chart

Excellent news for Kris. Whoo to the hoo. Keep moving on up, bb.

Newsday’s rather meh review of Kris’ album.

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/kris-allen-s-post-american-idol-debut-cd-1.1586956?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#

Very interesting jpfan! Who’d of thunk it, Andrea Bocelli. Hmmm.

I never thought Kris would be a chart topper to start. However, I’m a little surprised they haven’t said anything about Adam, but they have about Susan Boyle.

Link to mediabase Live charts

http://www.musicinfosystems.com/FramesMainMenu.asp

Those are the building charts. They aren’t publicly available.

Here is the published rolling Top 40 Chart.

Thanks for the links.

Newsday’s rather meh review of Kris’ album.

Actually girlygirl, I feel like this review “got him” more than any of the others so far! Hmmm, they say he can’t sell LLWD, but it’s doing fairly well on radio right now and there’s still promo to come. (Tonight’s Conan, etc.) So, if he’s doing pretty well on the pop right now, but they see where his strengths are I’m pretty happy. :) Thanks for posting!

ETA: Three different reviews recommend three different songs. So far, for me, these are my favorite 3 songs on the album.

I never thought Kris would be a chart topper to start. However, I’m a little surprised they haven’t said anything about Adam, but they have about Susan Boyle

Well I think think, and have for many weeks now, that SuBo is going to win that week and that will be the “surprising,” news and how she conquered as a meek homebody just a year ago, yadda until I want to take a cheesegrater to my brain to make it stop! Please by all that is holy, make it stop!

Er, but I’m getting ahead of my real life ranting, uhem, so yeah I expect both Kris and Adam to continue to underperform and sell only so-so and for Allison even less so in her debut week. Huzzah! Everyone I liked from AI this season will sell for crap. It’s like an early Chrismukkahwanza for all of Kradison fans. Yipee Kiy Yay!

Newsday’s rather meh review of Kris’ album

I think he could have been surprised with the content and it’s quite different from what he did on idol, so it may take a little while for some critics to adjust — Kris is great on these up-tempo song and live I think he kills them, so no problem there. Given the fact that he’s not a big fan and didn’t like him much on tour, the B- is not that bad

did anybody got a leak as to wether or not Kris performed with the band at Conan?

Newsday’s rather meh review of Kris’ album.

They gave him a B- in the end. That’s pretty good for the circumstances the album (and all immediately post-Idol albums) was made under, and gives him room to knock their socks off with the next album.

Looking at the HDD predictions for this week’s album sales that Jpfan posted, with Switchfoot and Dashboard Confessional only expected to sell about 40k each, and Bon Jovi debuting with 150k, I think Kris and Adam would be doing great if they sell 50k each, and my guess is it’ll be more like 30k. Bon Jovi’s last album debuted with 292k in sales its first week, so they’re only expected to sell half that this time.

CathyMK, maybe i’m delusional but i would expect quite good sales for Kris for his first week (more than 50K). After all, his album has been on pre-sale since after AI (with the itunes pass) and he got quite good sales after the show.

Newsday’s rather meh review of Kris’ album.

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/kris-allen-s-post-american-idol-debut-cd-1.1586956?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#

It seems to me, and most of the reviewers agree, that Kris is at his best when he writes his own music. Since he had NO time on the tour to do much writing, all this album needs to do is sell enough to ensure a second album. I think it is a safe bet to make that his sophmore album will be far superior than his debut album.

Sounds like Newsday did not look at the credits since Kris co-wrote/wrote nine of the tracks on the album. So to say he cannot connect to a song seems kind of uninformed.
They are essentially saying he can sing other people’s songs but not the ones he wrote himself.

Article talking about who will be directing Adam’s tour (no tour dates given)

http://www.examiner.com/x-11462-LA-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Adam-Lambert-is-set-to-work-with-directorchoreographer-Jamie-King-for-upcoming-tour?cid=exrss-LA-Music-Examiner&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

That’s a pretty impressive resume. If RCA is putting out the bucks for such a highly qualified choreographer, it looks like they are behind him all the way. Should be a pretty spiff tour (and AMA performance).

Those album sales are quite sobering, aren’t they? Fortunately, I feel confident Jive has realistic expectations for the first few weeks of sales. I’m going to expect low sales and then hopefully be pleasantly surprised when the numbers come in.

I’m reminded of a quote I read from some Kris interview recently – when asked about album sales, he said he’d sell what he’ll sell, Adam will sell what he’ll sell, and Carrie will sell 14 million. Ha.

Looking at the HDD predictions for this week’s album sales that Jpfan posted, with Switchfoot and Dashboard Confessional only expected to sell about 40k each, and Bon Jovi debuting with 150k, I think Kris and Adam would be doing great if they sell 50k each, and my guess is it’ll be more like 30k.

I agree with the 30k quote given how much bigger groups with bigger fanbases are doing at this point which is pretty sucktastic.

So maybe you and I will be the only ones not horribly ZOMG THEY SUCK!!1!!1! if both Kris and Adam manage to do 30k. But know you have a sister in solidarity and really not expecting much after that report and the sales from both my guys (and Allison) at this point (in other words, generally teh suck all the way around).

That’s a pretty impressive resume. If RCA is putting out the bucks for such a highly qualified choreographer, it looks like they are behind him all the way. Should be a pretty spiff tour (and AMA performance).

Didn’t MJ say that she stopped posting articles from Examiner.com because they were such an unreliable source?

David C. be careful flying on the 13th. Hope one day he will do the cover of “Creep”he did while he was with Axium, in a concert, you can hear all those ranges and control. I know he doesn’t like to go back but some things are special. BTW..edited, lol.

That’s a pretty impressive resume. If RCA is putting out the bucks for such a highly qualified choreographer, it looks like they are behind him all the way. Should be a pretty spiff tour (and AMA performance).

wish it’s true but it’s seem a bit premature for me to be a true news

Duplicate. (weird?)

Cale tweets:

calevis24

Conan performance went great! Tune in tonight at your local time to see kris deliver his usual vocal domination…you’ll love it, i promise

I just started following him recently – he’s almost as much a crack up as Kris.

Just got back from watching Conan O’Brian live.

Kris and his band did great. No interview though :( .

About 15 -20 people wore plaids, although of course plaids are in .
I wore a plaid shirt, so that Kris doesn’t have to.
And, YAY, no plaid !!

He looks really good. He should dress like that more often. Kris and Cale dress alike, I think.

Great job, Kris. Can’t wait till next week.

David C. be careful flying on the 13th.

Yes. Look what ended up the menu on Flight 571 when they flew on Friday, October the 13th (1972)

Great job, Kris. Can’t wait till next week.

Thanks for the recap. Was it a full band or just Kris and Cale?

Supposed Live stream for The Tonight Show, in case — like me — you live on the West Coast (or somewhere they don’t even have The Tonight Show)

LIVE STREAM HERE

http://www.justin.tv/boxlive2?publisher_guard=null

Ratna12

Hope you had a great time!

So if no plaid, what did Kris wear? How many songs did he do (and which ones?)

Ratna12
11/13/2009 at 11:10 pm
Just got back from watching Conan O’Brian live.

Kris and his band did great. No interview though .

About 15 -20 people wore plaids, although of course plaids are in .
I wore a plaid shirt, so that Kris doesn’t have to.
And, YAY, no plaid

He looks really good. He should dress like that more often. Kris and Cale dress alike, I think.

Wonderful news. Thank you for recapping. Looking forward to watching tonight :).

David C. be careful flying on the 13th. Hope one day he will do the cover of ‘Creep’ he did while he was with Axium, in a concert, you can hear all those ranges and control. I know he doesn’t like to go back but some things are special. BTW..edited, lol.

If he did that cover of Creep I would absoulutely run down my road screaming. God I love that cover and his Eddie Vedder voice.

So maybe you and I will be the only ones not horribly ZOMG THEY SUCK!!1!!1! if both Kris and Adam manage to do 30k. But know you have a sister in solidarity and really not expecting much after that report and the sales from both my guys (and Allison) at this point (in other words, generally teh suck all the way around).

Should we pinky swear or something, LOL?

I hope we’re both wrong. Maybe people are just waiting for Christmas shopping, or to buy the whole album for each, but the market seems particularly dismal right now, unless your name is Taylor or Carrie. I do still hope for good sales over time. I don’t even want to think about what Allison’s early sales will be.

So David Cook sold out the 5,000 seat theater at Windsor, ON for tomorrow night. Monday he will be at the equally large Casino Rama in Orillia. Being that it’s a Monday night and 2 hours north of Toronto, I have serious doubts he’s going to sell that one out. But yay for tomorrow night. Everybody attending is going to be given one helluva show.

I would for him to do Creep. I’d kill for a video of him singing it. It will likely never happen so I’ll just hug my MP3.

Tonight Show Conan:

Kris and his full band. Just one song. LLWD

Kris wore a nice black leather (?) jacket and white T-shirt (?). YUM
Sorry, I was mesmerized, so I kind of forgot what he actually wore.
Anyway, the song was way too short.

And of course, at the end Conan came over to shake hand w/ Kris, and you can see the difference in height. LOL.
I think Conan is 6 ft 4 (?)

But, Reese is so petite, and I guess at the green room, Kris must have had a double take looking at her. Really looks like the wife. Maybe Reese’s jawbone is more angular (?)

Anyway, Reese has a new perfume from Avon and several new DVDs out. When we all come out ( about at least 500 audience), we all got the perfume and 3 DVDs. Pretty good.

Just saw some watermarked AP photos of Kris from his appearance tonight. No plaid — instead, dark jeans, t-shirt and leather jacket!!!

Oh, and his whole band was there. They only did the one song (LLWD)

they haven’t perform yet at my end but i’m glad to see the whole band tonight soon!!!! squeeee ! yeah!!
thanks ratna12 for the report

Pictures of Kris here – on page 5 of comments. The post at ONTD_AI is unlocked, so I think it’s OK to bring the link over. Lots of pics.

http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_ai/2976052.html?page=5#comments

The Denver Foundation’s Christmas Wish Celebrity Auction.

celebrity memorabilia from Jerry West, Chad Pennington, Homer Hickam, Tony Romo, American Idol Taylor Hicks, Brad Paisley, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Cal Ripkin, The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus and many more.

http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_317220844.html

ROFL — Kris is SUCH a dork!

KrisAllen

# I have to get this to satisfy my wildside http://twitpic.com/pg4xv 3 minutes ago from Echofon

Is anyone watching Conan? The actress from Precious is such a cutie! I wish I wanted to see this movie.

Just saw Kris on Conan – he did pretty well, though I get winded just watching him perform that song – so wordy…wow.

And the height difference with Conan at the end is hi-larious!

I’m figuring Conan will get its own thread, but yeah, I was watching. Kris was awesome. I never get used to the fact that he is cool as a cucumber and never seems fazed by whatever it is he’s doing. Conan also plugged the cd before Kris started. Hope the appearance majorly pushes some units!

2 Sneak Peeks & Promo ‘“ Glee 1.10 “Ballad”

I thought he did well. It’s interesting to see how the song is adapted for these live performances. I noticed early on (Seton HS maybe?) that he shortens one line…

‘Gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance’ leaving of ‘to say’. That works pretty well and spaces things out.

At last weekend’s LITV event, I thought I heard another change – but wasn’t certain until now.

‘Every second counts on a clock…’ (that’s tickin’).

There are still a couple spots in the chorus that come off rushed. I guess a few more tweaks might come the more he performs this song with the full band.

O yeah, forgot to say.

When the Tonight Show people were lining up to distribute the 3 DVD’s and perfume boxes, so many people were coming back asking if they have the CD (Kris’) or not.

Actually when I first looked at the many boxes, I was thinking maybe…, but NO :( . I’ll just have to wait on Tuesday.

That was great! nice outfit Kris, me likey this styling on him

Just watched Kris! I thought he looked fabulous (great lighting), but the sound was funny on my tv. Anybody else think his mic sounded muted? The lead guitarist also sounded muted to me. What the heck? But other than that he was adorable. Good performance!

Was watching a live feed online, so the sound wasn’t great. Sounded like Kris did really well. California could use some of that Kris Drizzle. Bring it on!

Still not fond of the drummer…mmmm, Cale…(What the hell is wrong with me?!)

2 Sneak Peeks & Promo ‘“ Glee 1.10 ‘Ballad’ 

That show is like crack! Looks like a good one, as long as the crush thing is wrapped up by end of episode.

Kris looked and sounded great! He’s off to a great start for his promo week.

Seriously, what is with the drunken tweeting of Kris Allen? Slezak is at it now. hee

Who’s next? Ausiello?

I’m reminded of a quote I read from some Kris interview recently ‘“ when asked about album sales, he said he’d sell what he’ll sell, Adam will sell what he’ll sell, and Carrie will sell 14 million. Ha.

Eileen99, where did you read this? LOL. :)

I just watched the Conan performance on TV. They were too fast. Kris held his own for sure, but what made it too fast?

I don’t know but Slezak is being so funny. I thought Kris sounds so awesome. And sexy as hell. Cale look really sexy too.

Just saw Kris on Conan ‘“ he did pretty well, though I get winded just watching him perform that song ‘“ so wordy’ ¦wow.

And the height difference with Conan at the end is hi-larious!

Yay! I want Kris doing well in his performance and lulzy height differential with Conan. That’s all I ask for. Though if it bumped LLWD as as single and Kris Allen’s CD overall, I wouldn’t exactly be adverse to that either. Just saying :D

Slezak’s tweets!!!

EWMichaelSlezak
#Hubby just shhhshed me for bursting into ‘You never know a good thing till it’s gone’ bridge as @KrisAllen sang LLWD on Conan. 13 minutes ago from web

#Sorry, but how do you not sing along with the goood shhhhhhhiiiittt? (At least hubby was getting into it!) Also: Kris owned that stage. Yes! 11 minutes ago from web

#YOU NEVER KNOW A GOOD THING TILL IT’S GONE. YOU NEVER SEE A CRASH TILL IT’S HEAD ON. OR WHY WE THINK WE’RE RIGHT WHEN WE’RE DEAD WRONG… 7 minutes ago from web

#I am buzzed on Gabourey Sidibe and m***** f****** @KrisAllen! RT @MizzJenK you are drunk, aren’t you. I approve. less than a minute ago from web

Meanwhile, still trying to get head around Kris tweet about leopard print snuggies

Kris looked great and sounded good. But could the lead guitarist (Andrew) BE any stiffer? Loosen up, dude!

erinnthered:

Is anyone watching Conan? The actress from Precious is such a cutie! I wish I wanted to see this movie.

yes, she is so cute and really funny. I want to see this movie for sure!

Just watched Kris! I thought he looked fabulous (great lighting), but the sound was funny on my tv.

Yeah, I thought the mix was off, too. I could barely hear the guitars. Kris’s vocals sounded good, but the overall sound was kinda thin. :(

Nice new little article about David Cook
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/C/Cook_David/2009/11/14/11742521-sun.html

wellhesback, your timing is impeccable, lol, I was just talking to hubby about Neal vs Kris’s lead guitarist. Nobody can beat Neal at his game, imo. I love Kris and will continue to do so, because he’s awesome imo, but Neal must never, ever leave DC’s side!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. sorry didn’t read the article because I’m still thinking about Kris’s performance on Conan. this doesn’t change the fact that I love, love, love DC!!!!!

I could barely hear the guitars. Kris’s vocals sounded good, but the overall sound was kinda thin.

yeah, i noticed too. I was expecting a better sound. I wonder how it was in the studio?

cookcricket – I was going to watch Kris on Conan, but missed it because we began a 3 day Lord of the Rings marathon here at my house. Again thanking the man upstairs for the YouTube, and MJs.

and while I wish Kris well, I absolutely adore David Cook and his wonderful bandmates. Watch Neal at the beginning of this vid from their latest concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GqxHgWuRFE

cookcricket ‘“ I was going to watch Kris on Conan, but missed it because we began a 3 day Lord of the Rings marathon here at my house. Again thanking the man upstairs for the YouTube, and MJs.

wellhesback, sounds like my house!! LOL! My husband adores Lord of the Rings! He’d give his left arm for a three day marathon. :) (shhhh! I won’t tell him about what’s happening there. hee.)

I’m about equal on DC and Kris right now. DC will always be my first. LOL. While others have gone crazy on his bandmates I’ve always been DC, yeah, DC! NOW (and really previously) I appreciate Neal so much!!!

So interesting. He’s been kind of wiped off the slated by the media, as well as TPTB.

Not trying to rehash ancient history here, but surely it must be that Taylor’s album sales were not great (tho his early single was hot). He’s still popular with his biggest fans, tho i must say the excitement cooled for me with that first record.

It certainly doesn’t help that Best Buy (at least my local store) has Taylor’s CD sitting in the easy listening section (with the likes of Michael Buble and Josh Groban) rather than the rock/pop section.

Watch Neal at the beginning of this vid from their latest concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GqxHgWuRFE

See? He’s adorable. Fangs and all :)

Jason fans, he did an interview with Swept Away TV – The Rockstar Stories while in Florida. They uploaded and posted the link a few days ago. Nice interview but you will need to keep adjusting the sound volume. Link:

http://www.sweptawaytv.com/?p=1597

Top 40 chart (unpublished)

87 57 DAUGHTRY Life After You 391 75 316 1.065

64 61 JASON CASTRO Let’s Just Fall In Love Again 249 229 20 0.435

80 68 ADAM LAMBERT For Your Entertainment 181 101 80 0.626

LLWD numbers:

40 37 KRIS ALLEN Live Like We’re Dyin… 1035 1015 20 58 16.2 15.9 +0.3

LLWD looks like its running out of steam on Top 40. FYE is moving very slowly.

Watch Neal at the beginning of this vid from their latest concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GqxHgWuRFE

See? He’s adorable. Fangs and all

Neal’s just the cutest little inked and pierced rock gawd I ever did see! Hee. From adorable banter to teh sex that is IJDIYA….. <3

Here are Allison’s numbers:

97 82 ALLISON IRAHETA Friday I’ll Be Over U 78 63 15 0.097

Neal’s just the cutest little inked and pierced rock gawd I ever did see! Hee. From adorable banter to teh sex that is IJDIYA’ ¦.. <3

I totally agree. BTW how much/often do you have to drink to be labeled an alcoholic? I spent over an hour last night trying to figure what Neal had tattooed on his fingers. It says SOIT GOES. Squee I love Dave’s band!

Watch Neal at the beginning of this vid from their latest concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GqxHgWuRFE

Soooooo adorable in his toughness. LOL!!! Thanks for that!!!