Comments on: Idol Headlines for 12/28/08 http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm American Idol - I Love This Cheesy Show Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Grammie Kari http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-176008 Grammie Kari Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:37:42 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-176008 ^ Thank you Little Boy Blue! This is such fantastic news for Clay and Taylor. Remember Simon's words... (to whom it may concern), "You're too Broadway." Wishing Clay and Taylor the best in 2009! ^ Thank you Little Boy Blue!

This is such fantastic news for Clay and Taylor. Remember Simon’s words… (to whom it may concern), “You’re too Broadway.”

Wishing Clay and Taylor the best in 2009!

]]> By: Little Boy Blue http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175960 Little Boy Blue Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:51:22 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175960 Dunno if this has been posted before, but to all Soul Patrolers and Claymates out there, here's something you might like to read : http://www.broadway.tv/blog/broadway-magazine/11-best-star-turns-on-broadway-in-2008/ <strong>11 Best Star Turns on Broadway in 2008 (11 Stars A-Shining On Broadway In 2008)</strong> .... .... 5. Clay Aiken in Spamalot. The new father may have made headlines with his outing, but he still is making audiences laugh with his sense of humor. Surely there are other musicals that would fit him like a glove. 6. Taylor Hicks in Grease. Soul Patrol fans and Broadway fans unite in cheering the good-natured and smooth singing soul stylist as he transitions from American Idol to Broadwayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Rookie-of-the-year. Clay Aiken and Taylor Hicks are ranked above among others --- Cedric The Entertainer in American Buffalo, Marisa Tomei in Top Girls, Patrick Stewart in Macbeth. Dunno if this has been posted before, but to all Soul Patrolers and Claymates out there, here’s something you might like to read :

http://www.broadway.tv/blog/broadway-magazine/11-best-star-turns-on-broadway-in-2008/

11 Best Star Turns on Broadway in 2008 (11 Stars A-Shining On Broadway In 2008)

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5. Clay Aiken in Spamalot. The new father may have made headlines with his outing, but he still is making audiences laugh with his sense of humor. Surely there are other musicals that would fit him like a glove.

6. Taylor Hicks in Grease. Soul Patrol fans and Broadway fans unite in cheering the good-natured and smooth singing soul stylist as he transitions from American Idol to Broadwayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Rookie-of-the-year.

Clay Aiken and Taylor Hicks are ranked above among others — Cedric The Entertainer in American Buffalo, Marisa Tomei in Top Girls, Patrick Stewart in Macbeth.

]]> By: cruzceleste http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175852 cruzceleste Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:40:27 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175852 ^Thank you Caringgirl... ^Thank you Caringgirl…

]]> By: ozarka http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175850 ozarka Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:20:37 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175850 Randy Jackson was on an episode of <em>iCarly </em>last night (well sort of). Actually, it was just a bunch of very large posters and photos of him plastered against the walls along with a whole slew of Randy Jackson memorabilia (i.e., t-shirts, mugs, etc). The kids break into their teacher's house and discover that she had converted her walk-in closet into a shrine to Randy Jackson, complete with a life-size cardboard cut out of him. If you press one of his shirt buttons, you hear a tape recording of his voice. Apparently, Randy also has a Randy Jackson branded cologne and a cereal called "Randy Yos." Any way, it was a really funny show. You had to be there. Incidentally, Natasha Bedingfield was a guest star on the show several days ago. I can't wait to see Archie's episode! Ha! ETA: Word is his episode will air on February 9th. Randy Jackson was on an episode of iCarly last night (well sort of). Actually, it was just a bunch of very large posters and photos of him plastered against the walls along with a whole slew of Randy Jackson memorabilia (i.e., t-shirts, mugs, etc). The kids break into their teacher’s house and discover that she had converted her walk-in closet into a shrine to Randy Jackson, complete with a life-size cardboard cut out of him. If you press one of his shirt buttons, you hear a tape recording of his voice. Apparently, Randy also has a Randy Jackson branded cologne and a cereal called “Randy Yos.” Any way, it was a really funny show. You had to be there.

Incidentally, Natasha Bedingfield was a guest star on the show several days ago. I can’t wait to see Archie’s episode! Ha!

ETA: Word is his episode will air on February 9th.

]]> By: ozarka http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175848 ozarka Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:30:40 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175848 Picture of <a href="http://celebrities.gearlive.com/vip/article/q108-simon-cowells-got-talent/" rel="nofollow">Simon Cowell on a jet ski</a> while smoking. <em>Simon Cowell's Got Talent Who knew Simon Cowell was so good at multi-tasking? During his winter vacation in Barbados, the Americaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Got Talent producer proved heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s quite talented himself. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve heard of smoking and drivingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦but smoking and jet skiing? I think that move alone could possibly bring David Hasselhoff to tears.</em> Picture of Simon Cowell on a jet ski while smoking.

Simon Cowell’s Got Talent

Who knew Simon Cowell was so good at multi-tasking?

During his winter vacation in Barbados, the Americaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Got Talent producer proved heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s quite talented himself. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve heard of smoking and drivingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦but smoking and jet skiing?

I think that move alone could possibly bring David Hasselhoff to tears.

]]> By: JudyOhio http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175844 JudyOhio Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:47:23 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175844 Thanks FolkFan and soundscene, that helped explain the "bigger picture" better for me. Thanks FolkFan and soundscene, that helped explain the “bigger picture” better for me.

]]> By: soundscene http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175841 soundscene Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:22:04 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175841 <blockquote>Thanks FolkFan. Wow, from looking at that feed, it looks like DA is nowhere in sight. A bit concerning.</blockquote> Clearly, DA sells albums better offline. And there are artists that sell better online (like Lady Gaga who has consistently been in the top 100 on iTunes yet often fails to sell enough to make the top 50 albums sold on the Billboard 200). Besides, he's splitting sales between two albums, both of which are very near in position on the iTunes pop chart (in the 20s somewhere in pop). If you combined both his albums we really don't know where he would chart.

Thanks FolkFan. Wow, from looking at that feed, it looks like DA is nowhere in sight. A bit concerning.

Clearly, DA sells albums better offline. And there are artists that sell better online (like Lady Gaga who has consistently been in the top 100 on iTunes yet often fails to sell enough to make the top 50 albums sold on the Billboard 200). Besides, he’s splitting sales between two albums, both of which are very near in position on the iTunes pop chart (in the 20s somewhere in pop). If you combined both his albums we really don’t know where he would chart.

]]> By: FolkFan http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175839 FolkFan Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:43:17 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175839 I don't think that it's anything to worry about, JudyOhio. DA's album has been off of the top 120 albums for a while now at itunes (with the exception of a brief return the day after Xmas), but has clearly been selling quite well elsewhere. I haven't kept any stats on it, but I'd say that for at least the last couple of weeks, he's been off that itunes list, but that hasn't kept him from having great numbers in those weeks. Odds are that both Davids will have good sales this week (with the end of pre-Xmas shopping and the post-Xmas sales rush) regardless of where they're sitting on itunes, before they, and the rest of the chart, hit the January doldrums. I don’t think that it’s anything to worry about, JudyOhio. DA’s album has been off of the top 120 albums for a while now at itunes (with the exception of a brief return the day after Xmas), but has clearly been selling quite well elsewhere. I haven’t kept any stats on it, but I’d say that for at least the last couple of weeks, he’s been off that itunes list, but that hasn’t kept him from having great numbers in those weeks.

Odds are that both Davids will have good sales this week (with the end of pre-Xmas shopping and the post-Xmas sales rush) regardless of where they’re sitting on itunes, before they, and the rest of the chart, hit the January doldrums.

]]> By: Grammie Kari http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175838 Grammie Kari Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:56:03 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175838 I really am happy for the success both Davids are having! May it continue to be a HAPPY year for them in 2009! Wishing much success to Jason Castro, too! I really am happy for the success both Davids are having! May it continue to be a HAPPY year for them in 2009!

Wishing much success to Jason Castro, too!

]]> By: JudyOhio http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175836 JudyOhio Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:28:37 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175836 Thanks FolkFan. Wow, from looking at that feed, it looks like DA is nowhere in sight. A bit concerning. Thanks FolkFan. Wow, from looking at that feed, it looks like DA is nowhere in sight. A bit concerning.

]]> By: FolkFan http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175835 FolkFan Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:03:34 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175835 It was actually kind of hilarious just how fast Magic Rainbow shot back up to the top of AC. It had fallen down to #9 on the Friday update (spins through Xmas Day). Saturday, it was back up to #3 and openly menacing the two Xmas songs above it. Today, it was back on top. There is a reason we call it the Magic Ninja Rainbow. JudyOhio, the regular itunes always seems to be the last thing to update. Which is unfortunate, as it's the only place to see popularity bars. But sometimes, it is substantially slower than the other sources, such as that rss feed linked above. It was actually kind of hilarious just how fast Magic Rainbow shot back up to the top of AC. It had fallen down to #9 on the Friday update (spins through Xmas Day). Saturday, it was back up to #3 and openly menacing the two Xmas songs above it. Today, it was back on top. There is a reason we call it the Magic Ninja Rainbow.

JudyOhio, the regular itunes always seems to be the last thing to update. Which is unfortunate, as it’s the only place to see popularity bars. But sometimes, it is substantially slower than the other sources, such as that rss feed linked above.

]]> By: itsalleternal http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175832 itsalleternal Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:01:47 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175832 <strong>Spoiler alert:</strong> VFTW, with the help of JoesPlace, has <a href="http://www.votefortheworst.com/" rel="nofollow">identified about 60 new Hollywood contestants</a> (and a couple new top 50 contestants), and a couple of them strike their eyes (one was a former castmate of Syesha Mercado and seen as another so-called "plant", another seems to be a Josiah Leming redux). Also more on Felicia Barton, who was seen as a favorite among members on here. Full list can be found <a href="http://www.votefortheworst.com/forum/topic5181.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Spoiler alert: VFTW, with the help of JoesPlace, has identified about 60 new Hollywood contestants (and a couple new top 50 contestants), and a couple of them strike their eyes (one was a former castmate of Syesha Mercado and seen as another so-called “plant”, another seems to be a Josiah Leming redux). Also more on Felicia Barton, who was seen as a favorite among members on here.

Full list can be found here.

]]> By: JudyOhio http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175831 JudyOhio Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:56:15 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175831 I'm wondering when the regular itunes store is going to update the numbers. I look there every day, and same ole same ole. Here and there the albums will change positions, but always back and forth between the same numbers, so I know it isn't accurate. Soundscene, Kirsten, MJ? Do you know when itunes resumes it's regular "broadcasting" ACCURATELY?, lol. If you know the workings of the regular itunes store, fill us (me) in. Do they take a break all the way through until January 2????????? Seriously, what gives? I’m wondering when the regular itunes store is going to update the numbers. I look there every day, and same ole same ole. Here and there the albums will change positions, but always back and forth between the same numbers, so I know it isn’t accurate. Soundscene, Kirsten, MJ? Do you know when itunes resumes it’s regular “broadcasting” ACCURATELY?, lol. If you know the workings of the regular itunes store, fill us (me) in. Do they take a break all the way through until January 2????????? Seriously, what gives?

]]> By: caringgirl http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175830 caringgirl Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:50:02 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175830 try this cruzceleste: http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topalbums/sf=343550/limit=150/rss.xml I dont know if that will work or not.. try this cruzceleste:

http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topalbums/sf=343550/limit=150/rss.xml

I dont know if that will work or not..

]]> By: cruzceleste http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm/comment-page-2/#comment-175829 cruzceleste Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:35:55 +0000 http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-122808.htm#comment-175829 ^Mac the link doesn ´t work for me... can you fix it please.... ^Mac the link doesn ´t work for me… can you fix it please….

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