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As exhibited by the fact that none of these kids in these 'Save the Children' promos at least to this point, have been black, even though the highest poverty rate is still among black people. Of course, I haven't seen the rest of the clips during the show..but I'll just go with the assumption that American Idol hates black people! Well, they sent Celine Dion (who actually looked thinner than the kids. Yikes.) to Africa. So yes, they must black people.

I think the judges must watch the dress rehearsals or something, because in hindsight, he was one of the better performances of the night irrespective of how ludicrous the whole ukelele thing was. It still doesn't make me like him, but at least he made me believe that he was (in a pot-induced way) singing something that inspired him, instead of being indulgent in song choice like Cook or Archuleta.

If Fitch gets next, doesn't that make Alves the #2 contender?

Clementi earned my eternal respect for his "Learn some Jiu-Jitsu Melvin" comments. But anyway, his strategy seems to be the same one everyone plans to use against Team Tompkins fighters, no?

Didn't Seacrest promise the "most shocking elimination ever" during Idol Gives Back last year?

For comparison: Robbie (the original): Jessica (possibly the reason why this song was never a hit in the US): Archuleta: Granted, Robbie Williams isn't the best singer, but still, he keeps things simple and isn't trying to oversing it, which is generally a problem when people try to do it. The reason I actually liked the Robbie-Joss Stone duet is because Joss went batshit crazy oversinging it, if that makes any sense:

And you can really tell when watching what has been "hollywoodized." The proper term would probably be "Whitewashed", since the main male characters (in the book and in real life) are Asian.

The YAMMA "pit": Something tells me Chuck Norris will be looking for royalties, because the World Combat League "ring" looks pretty similar...

So yeah, those songs didn't really inspire. Scary that Jason - on a fucking ukelele - was arguably best of the night thanks to keeping it simple. Cook should've sung "Thief" instead of "Innocent" - the latter surprisingly doesn't sound good without Raine's nasal whining. Kristy? Should be gone, but you know noone's going home this week. Aussie Guy should've known that singing "Dream On" would lead to no good. That's probably the hardest Aerosmith song to do well, and he fell well short of the mark. Carly should be commended for finally wearing something form-fitting. Her performance lends credence to GtD's assessment of Queen songs. Although someone doing Bicycle Race with the bells would be awesome. Don't know that Brooke should be called Skeletor (isn't that Mark Anthony's nickname?) but whatever. Is it me or does she look like Piper Perabo? And Archuleta? Fuck you for pissing all over one of my favourite songs. And now my main fear is that they're gonna pull that same shit they did last year with the Jordin swerve that all but officially gives him the title.

I found a couple of possible song spoilers for Idol Gives Back week... David Cook - “Innocent” - Our Lady Peace David Archuleta - “Angels” - Robbie Williams If this is true, fuck. I've been waiting 7 seasons for someone to sing Robbie Williams, and Archuleta is probably gonna sing a craptastic Jessica Simpson-style cover. That or he'll try to go all Joss Stone on it which... I don't really need to think about that. Joss is pretty hot (despite lacking ass, which has nothing to do with anything. Just saying.). I don't need Archuleta trying piss on Joss' singing by even attempting it.

That's the disadvantage of the direct market (if you look at it in a simplistic way, like I do). Comic shops are essentially resellers, so if you're stuck with a comic you want to get rid of it, at a loss if necessary.

Personally, Ultimates was ruined for me by it's near-Liefeldian publishing schedule. Haven't returned to the Ultimate Universe since. If the majority of characters on that Skrull ship turns out to be the real deal, I will hate Bendis forever and a day. Bob Harras and his crew (Kavanaugh, Mackie) are high on my list of hated writers. Grant Morrison, I hate because he can be inconsistent. And he seems to keep Frank Quitely employed.

Might as well also mention that I have invites to Torrent Bully, which is a pretty good site for MMA (including the UFC prelim fights) and wrestling PPVs. I think someone's been seeding King of the Death Match recently...

I think that's mostly what it is - a mind-fuck strategy. To make a blanket statement that ALL the contemporary doppelgangers are Skrulls is asking a lot. Although it WOULD negate all that Brand New Day business, so it wouldn't be all bad, right?

It's probably more like Babylon 5 than what you've listed there. Regardless, I think that watching the miniseries is the best way to sell you on BSG. If you like that, you'll like everything else. If you're not sold, well, that's only 3 hours out of your life.

Not an artist, but Bohemian Rhapsody shouldn't be performed in the 90-150 seconds alloted to the contestants. I think you've covered the main 5. In the next group you'd probably have to have: Christina Aguilera Alicia Keys

And here I was, ready to add "We brought Rudo back to TSM"...

Brooke's good for what she does, although I'd agree on Syesha. She's peaking at the right time, and is the only one that stands a chance against Archuleta singing the prototypical Idol-style. She needs to lay off the Whitney though - and by that I don't mean sing Celine/Mariah. Simon's assessment was true - Syesha had a very good arrangement to start but regressed into a Whitney-lite finish - which actually wasn't bad at all, but opened the door for the Whitney comparisons.

Apparently, America hates Asians AND blonde chicks. Brooke's appearance in the B3 better be an aberration...

So... country weak and Dolly Parton. Who's biting the bullet for us here?

"(Rear-naked) Choking more bitches than Wayne Brady" Sorry, can't think of anything decent.

From what I've heard, you're better off reading the book. Or watch The Last Casino as the plot seems oddly similar. Yeah, I'd read that they combined the two (Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions and The Last Casino), and it makes sense since Mickey Rosa wasn't a professor - he's actually an amalgam of two people.

From what I've heard, you're better off reading the book.

I think that the constant bad performances/critiques have gotten to her. She could've gone the Sanjaya route of not giving a shit, but I don't think that's in her personality. Disagree about Chickeze, Lush. I didn't think he was anything special, and he doesn't have the fanbase, so he was gonna be gone at some point regardless. But I suppose playong the patriotic card saved Kristy for a week. Syesha, I'm surprised about though. It seems like she's starting to hit her stride at the right time, and people aren't recognizing.

So yeah, I'm heading there for a week for work. My buddy tells me that there's sweet fuck all there, but I gots to eat. Anyone from the area that has recommendations besides BW3 and "get out as soon as you can?" Also, if you have suggestions for things to do, I'd appreciate it.