Legal Aliens

I recently had the pleasure of coming upon some aliens who had just landed.
Curiously, I did not feel any fear of abduction, just a calm sense of perhaps trying to have a dialogue with them, to gain some mutual understanding. They did agree to pose for a photo-op before we got started...

We agreed to take turns asking each other questions!

They first asked if they could speak to Our Leader, to which I said "Do you mean Hillary Clinton?", to which they retorted: "No, Tom Cruise!"

It was now my turn to ax, so I decided to throw them a two-part question: 1. "Why are you here?" and 2. "How long are you staying?"

Their answer was: "We are here to help Warm Your Planet", and "We are leaving because your Dear Leader has imposed a new UFO Tax, which is Driving us Out of Orbit!"

The Legal Aliens then surprised me with their next question: "Why didn't Adam Lambert win Season 8 of American Idol?" (Maybe you can help me out with a response here!)

My next two-parter: 1."What have you found to be the healthiest substance in the universe?" and, 2. "What do you use as your currency?"

Their answer to both parts: "Heineken."

Finalistic

Slasher

Americano Idol Show Notes
May 5-6, 2009: Rock n Roll Week

It seemed appropriate that one of the American Idol towers fell down (stage right) just before the show started during "Rock n Roll" week. Adam starts out the show TOTALLY rocking "Whole Lotta Love" almost better than the original. Allison follows with a strong performance of Janis Joplin but doesn't blow me away. Duet by Danny & Kris: "Renegade" by Styx - nice harmonies. KrisAllen: "Come Together" playing guitar with Slash - great song, great band, but the lead vocals are forgettable ... sorry, altho Kit begs to differ ... she gliked it (she thinks he's cute.) Danny: "Dream On" by AeroSmith - more embarrassing than captivating, for my tastes ... where's the "Advil"? Final duet: Allison/Adam. As usual, Adam Ant Iguana Boy is the clear winner in this "singing competition". You cannot honestly say that Kris, or Allison, or Danny have enough $tar Power to be the next American Idol?! At this writing, this author might even try to procure tickets to attend an Adam Ant Concert at the historic Fargo Theater.

Rat Pack Week

American Idol Show Notes
Week of April 28-29: Rat Pack Week

Well, it's come down to the Season 8 Five Finalists (Adam, plus the four non-Adams) who are all going to be singing songs from Martin, Davis, and Sinatra. American Idol's Rat Pack of Adam, Allison, Danny, Kris, and Matt will be fighting to get into the Fab Four. Any thoughts on the matter?

Mericano Idolization

American Idol Notes - April 7, 2009er.
Songs from the: Year They Were Born.

Act One

Danny: 1980-Stand By Me. Las Vegas Nightclub version. OK.

Act Two

Chris Allen: 1985-All She Wants To Do Is Dance. Didn't stand out in the performance.

Little Rounds: 1984-What's Luv Gots 2 Do Wits It. Not as good as Tina's version. Backup singer-ish.

Act Three

Anoop: 1986-True Colors. Better than his usual. Liked original way better. Didn't do it for mwah...sorry.

Act Four

Scott - hated it (don't hate him) hate sound of his singing voice (and talking voice) and his looks don't mezmerize me ither. Embarrassing to watch...sorry.

Allison: '92 Bonnie Raitt. Nice choice for her. Really liked it overall. Tender notes sound great. Might even consider purchasing that version.

Act Five

Matt: 1985-Partime Lovers. Pretty darn good. Slower jazzy rock version. More than OK.

Act Six!

Adam will win this competition (now that Alexis Grace got mistakenly booted). Perfect pitch and crazy vocal range. Incredible. Want to hear more.

1st Place: Adam

2nd Place: Allison

3rd Place: Anybody but Scott!

A Merican Idle

American Idol Notes - March 31, 2009
Grouped by Grade

A

Adam: Played that funky music.

B

Danny Go: Good but can he win?

Allison Red Head: Looked like Pebbles.

Kris Allen: Pretty good.

C

Anoop: Just OK.

Megan: female Jason Castro - is she even trying?

Matt: song choice really sucked.

Lil: lots of yelling.

D

Scott: please go back to Scottsdale (and bring Alexis Grace back into the competition).

Am Idol

American Idol Notes - March 25, 2009
Motown Week
(In order of performance - with overall "Grade")
Matt G: A Awesome performance, started on piano, a front runner.
Kris A: B+ Nice sound & performance, too repetitive, narrow range.
Scottsdale: F Please leave to put me out of my misery. Please.
Megan: D Sounded terrible, doesn't move well, sucked overall.
Anoop: D Too slow, lame, pitchy falsetto, not good dood.
Mike S: C- OK but below par, not a winner, lounge act feel.
Lil Rounds: C- Weird hair, yelling, did not meet expectations.
Adam: A+ Wow! Could have won the whole thing with this performance! Looked like Kurt Russell with the Elvis hairdo. Incredible vocal range. Best performance of season 8.
Danny G: B+ OK but nothing special, seemed too rushed.
Allison: A- Great song choice to show off her pipes, not real likeable.

American Idolization

Americano Idolizer Notations
from March 17, 2009'er
Happy Saint Patricia's Day

For the Top Eleven Big Show, here is a little different format for the show notes. Jumping right into the Conclusion Phase which is sprinkled with some details.

Those singers who could all be immediately flushed from the finalists:

Michael Sarver: Showed he can memorize well, but lacking any star quality.
Allison Irahetta: Strainy sound of her voice is irritating plus looks freakish.
Scott from Scottsdale: End of the road time for a nice guy but not going to win.
Adam Ant Iguana Boy George: If it's a love/hate thing, then sorry, but a slow weird evil Egyptian version of Ring of Fire is not going to be on a CD under my Christmas Tree.

Either great performances tonight, or have enough to be in smaller subset of finalists:

Kris Allen: Really sounded good with a slower ballet. Sang well in what IS a singing competition.
Little Rounds: Country music not her thang but did well enough to still impress.
Alexis Grace: Song choice (Jolene) was poor but still a strong favorite from this perspective.
Daniel Go-Key: Strong great emotional performance. He still has it and affects the listener.
Anooooop: Biggest surprise of the eve. Deserves to be in final smaller group.
Megan Joy: Nice retro look and feel. For being quite sick, she deserves to go on.
Matt Giraud: Following four strong performance, he definitely made it five strong performances.

American Idol Notes 4

American Idol Notes. March 5, 2009.

Idol Notes for Wild Card Week:

Jessie Langseth (Jonny Lang's sister): vocal=8 look=8.5
Matt Giraud: vocal=8 look=6
Megan Alanis Morisettee Joy Corkrey: vocal=7 look=7
Von: vocal=5 look=4
Jazzmin: vocal=5.9 look=7
Ricky Baddy: vocal=6 look=6
Tatiana's Del Toro: vocal=7 look=6
Anoooooop: vocal=7 look=8

Kit & Johnnny possible top group predictions were:
Jessie, Matt, Megan, Anoooop Dog.

Final Results:
1. Jasmine....YES!
2. Ricky.........bye bye.
3/4. Megan OR Tatiana.......MEGAN!
(Tatiana: don't make a scene!)
5. Jessie......."you nearly made it".
6. Von..........negatorial.
7/8. Matt OR Anoooop......MATT!

AND ANOOP!

FIRST EVER TOP 13!?
What a majorly major surprise ending.

American Idol Notes 2

American Idol Notes. February 25, 2009.

Idol Notes:

1. Jasmine Murray - not too bad. vocal=6 look=7.

2. Matt Giraud - weird weak vibrato voice. vocal=5 look=6.

3. Jeannine Vailes - terribly painful. vocal=3 look=4.

4. Nick/Norman Gentle? - entertaining but not serious. vocal=x look=x.

5. Allison Irahetta - good but annoying. vocal=8 look=6.

6. Kris Allen - ok. not best singer. good effort. vocal=6 look=7.

7. Megan Joy Corkrey - nice tone. like her except for tattoo. vocal=7 look=8.

8. Matt Breitzke - uncomfortably boring. vocal=6 look=5.

9. Jessie Langseth - ok. weird. too cool. vocal=6 look=7.

10. Kai Kalama - want to like him. not great. vocal=5 look=6.

11. Mishavonna Henson - really liked it a lot. vocal=8 look=8.

12. Adam Lambert - smirky screamer. weird high voice. vocal=4 look=2.

Predictions:

3rd place..........Kai Kalama

2nd place..........Megan Joy Corkrey!

1st place..........Mishavonna Henson!