My mom usually works weeknights until 10 or 11 so she hasn't seen any of this season's American Idol. Since she's on a different schedule this week I reminded her to watch the show to confirm how lame Danny Gokey is and how amazing Adam Lambert is. I called her during Gokey and after Kris Allen to confirm that Kris Allen is adorable and should be in the top two with Adam and braced her for the awesomeness of Adam Lambert... after the first song ("One" by U2) she just said "Well they all agreed with you" but you could tell she wasn't blown away. I didn't like his shirt* by the way but he's smart and trying to appeal to middle America methinks. She called me after Adam's second song to say "That kid ROCKS!" and I was like, "I'll call you back, I know! love you." because Adam was still on screen getting his comments. Anyhow after the show my mom was like, "That guy is outstandingly better than the others. It doesn't even seem like a competition." To which I informed her to beware the evangelist vote which has kept Danny Gokey out of the bottom three the entire season. When little clips are shown of each contestant on the commercial for the AI tour, what do you suppose Gokey Dokey is doing? Ahhh, that's right putting his hands in a praying gesture. He made sure to wear a cross last night too. If he stays on and Adam gets booted I might flip out. I need to see Adam in the finale. It needs to happen. I have hoped for either a finale between he and Kris (Kradam, hahaha) or he and Gokey. The prior for pure entertainment/slashing value and the latter to impress upon America Adam's vocal superiority.

Why Danny Gokey must be stopped:
http://television.aol.com/american-idol/2009/05/12/danny-gokey-must-be-stopped/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl2|link5|http%3A%2F%2Ftelevision.aol.com%2Famerican-idol%2F2009%2F05%2F12%2Fdanny-gokey-must-be-stopped%2F


"It's okay guys, I love America too, see?"

Adam's performances from last night can be found here: http://community.livejournal.com/adamlambertai8/182951.html

I don't really like Aerosmith but what a classy pimp move from Adam in reference to Gokey's rendition of "Scream Dream On" Like, "See Gokey? This is how you do Aerosmith without assualting the collective eardrums of America!"

So... seriously I must have voted over 200 times. I can't really be sure but I voted for nearly two hours solid until my home phone ran out of batteries. I won't be watching the results show as usual because I may be obsessed with Adam Lambert but NOTHING will keep from watching LOST. Especially tonight. It's the season finale! This show just keeps improving. Not the mention there has finally been enough Richard Alpert the past few weeks. I normally am very distressed at it being the final episode of LOST's season but I am so happy about the scheduling this year. I will be able to watch the results for American Idol next week which damn well better include Adam Lambert. I might be trying to persuade you guys to throw some votes his way next week. Voting is free from land lines...

P.S. Did you all hear what Simon said last night? He basically ordered America to vote for Adam because he has the talent and deserves to stay.

P.P.S. ( a couple more homecoming photos... )

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Read about Adam's perforamce of "One" and watch U2's dragtastic video: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1611251/20090513/story.jhtml


Read about Kris Allen's superb cover of KanYe West's "Heartless":
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1611249/20090513/west_kanye.jhtml


ETA: I mentioned to my Dad today how I always made fun of my sister for voting on American Idol and that now I've been voting like a fiend and he says, "What, is there a homo on there this year?" Hahaha. If you knew my Dad you would know that he's not saying that in an especially homophobic way... he's just extraordinarily caustic.

P.S. Since this post is public I think I'll pimp slashfact to anyone who might possibly be interested. I plan on doing a Kradam post so feel free to leave me any relevant photos/quotes in the comments.

Ohhhhhhhhh Boyyyy does KanYe West knows how to wear him a pair of pants! Daaamn, you know he's fine if I'm not thrown by the fact that he's wearing a Canadian tuxedo! For those of you unaware, that's denim head to toe. A huge thanks to symphonic_dame for once again giving me the East Coast heads up! I sure as hell wouldn't have been watching American Idol otherwise! I actually would have skipped it still in lieu of LOST if not for the fact that a repeat was airing.

I also wouldn't be about to post a reeeeediculous picspam of Adam Lambert. I've still not see him perform on American Idol but you know what? I still think he should win. Why, you may ask?

Here's the first reason:

I saw that picture like a week or so ago and made a mental note to catch American Idol and entirely ignored myself.

( Let the ghei commence! )

Thank you so much symphonic_dame for giving me the heads up about M.I.A. performing on The Grammys. I generally watch the Grammys but intended on skipping out this year to watch Desperate Housewives. Luckily I was able to watch the show without missing anything and catch "Swagger Like Us" during a commercial break. I fucking adore M.I.A. but you should all know that by now. I am not so fond of T.I. but the fact that KanYe is there cancels that out. Lil Wayne is just comical as always. (yeeeeah!)

( No on on the corner's got swagger like us... )

I remember the first time I heard this song (It was on someone's phone so I didn't catch KanYe's part until I downloaded the song later) I just thought it was M.I.A. abuse but I must say this performance was epic. Her due date was scheduled to be Grammy night. How cool would it be if her kid is born on my birthday though?


Someone posted a link to The Killers' video "Spaceman" citing it's similarty to Velvet Goldmine's Maxwell Demon. Substitute blue for red and add some peculiar sportsmanlike padding and they have a valid point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmh_guIlovk


P.S. Call me insane but there is an uncanny resemblance between Josh Holloway (Sawyer of L O S T) and contemptable douchebag T.I.

( I wonder what Sawyer's nickname for T.I. would be? )

P.P.S. Time for an M.I.A. picspam!

( Pull Up The People! )

The funniest thing ever happened yesterday.


My daughter Robin was watching the video for "Magic Position" and right about here:



She says, "KanyeWest!"


Oh dear Robin. Every flashily dressed black man is not KanYe.



Seriously, this guy makes Patrick's dancing style look butch.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Ruf5NjQFQ


P.S. Click?

KanYe West won two AMAs tonight and performed "Heartless" spectacularly. The first thing I noticed when I saw him in the audience wasn't his camo baseball cap, or the raccoon tail hanging out of his back pocket, but his uhhmazing jacket! Once he stood up to accept his award I read the back: "Pastelle" and knew it was from his yet to be debuted clothing line.

( I want to be Elvis! )





Kanye picking fabrics for his clothing line PasTelle.

( More on KanYe's upcoming fashion line: )
I have always had a love for KanYe West though I am not the usual rap fan. I think what's kept me interested in him since 2003 is his ability to always push the envelope, escape classification and speak his mind.

If you're interested in hearing "808s & Heartbreak" keep and open mind and refrain from judgement until you've listened to the entire album please. Cut, paste, and change "xx" to "tt" to download.

808s & Heartbreak:
hxxp://depositfiles.com/en/files/nbadw17kv

Sky High (remixes): hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/ve9oc2

I'd like to request College Dropout if anyone could upload it.
I lost my copy sometime ago and am really missing it.

Graduation is classic! I have already listened to it five times in a row with but a second between plays. I admit that years ago I scoffed at the concept of sampling but this album stands as a testament to what happens when sampling is used artfully. I've chosen which stand out as my favorite lines from each track...

( A fly Malcom X buy any jeans neccesary )