No, but seriously. She kinda effed up in a major way. Here are my thoughts on each performer:
Syesha – Pretty good. Opened the night up well. Very sexy.
Jason – Meh. Weird choice of song for him. Was ust okay. A bit raspy.
Brooke – Will probably go home tomorrow. You can’t eff up that badly this late in the game.
David Archuleta – Was really good. Needs more emotion and personality.
Carly – Best performance of the night. Maybe not the absolute best vocals, but definitely the best overall performance.
David Cook – I thought he was just ok. Wasn’t in love with his performance. I didn’t feel the emotion. He had a bad low range.
If any of you have had to open a kid’s toy in recently, you’ll understand the difficulty involved. Each toy is fastened to its packaging with 50+ rubber bands, zip ties, and other plastic fasteners. I was trying to free one my niece’s birthday presents from its captivity this weekend, when I sliced my finger wide-open. After 15 minutes of pressure and holding it under cold water, it was still gushing blood. So, off to Kaiser we went (the closest Kaiser is an hour away from my parents’ house). I got four stitches — My first ever stitches. I’ve had about every kind of cast known to man, but these are my first sutures.
Steve Benen has been compiling a list of McCain’s dramatic flip-flops on policy issues since his run for president in 2000. Check out his list of McCain’s flip-flops. Today Benen wrote this on Salon:
It’s worth noting that there are worse qualities in a presidential candidate than changing one’s mind about a policy matter or two (or 27). McCain has been in Washington for a quarter-century; he’s bound to shift now and then on various controversies.
But therein lies the point — McCain was consistent on most of these issues, right up until he started running for president, at which point he conveniently abandoned practically every position he used to hold. The problem isn’t just the incessant flip-flops; it’s the shameless pandering and hollow convictions behind the incessant flip-flops.
I’ve been watching American Idol for the past couple of weeks. Tonight’s performances were all pretty good. There were some standout performances and a few that left me felling just so-so. Here are my thoughts on each of the performers:
David Archuleta – Great. Simply beautiful. It just seems he’s lacking personality. Carly Smithson – Not great. Kinda all over the place. Could be in the bottom three this week. Syesha Mercado – Just okay. Possibly final three. Brooke White – Good low range. Looked like she was shaking and nervous. Kinda bland. Final three? Kristy Lee Cook – One of her better performances. A bit whiny, but good. Would be a great country western hit. David Cook – Started out rough in the lower notes. Ended fantastic. Randy loved it: Called it best performance of the season. David teared up. Jason Castro – Pretty good. Not as good as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” but good on its own. Paula looooves him. And, whoa! Simon liked it.
The following two videos are of hottie Alan Ritchson modeling N2N underwear. If you a read Loganotron regularly, you know that I have a thing for Alan Ritchson. And seriously, how much do I envy the guy holding the towel in the video below?
This is the one of the most clever marketing campaigns I’ve seen in a while. This was apparently done to promote the release of the Thundercats on DVD in the UK. For those of us that remember the cartoon, seeing the Thundercats symbol projected on a famous building in the UK is near-orgasm-inducing.
Much respect to Luke for being brave enough to come out of the closet while in the Hollywood spotlight. As Jossip notes, now the question is: Are the rumors true about Luke and Wentworth Miller being boyfriends? (Loganotron covered these rumors here and here, back in the day.)
On Sunday Apollo and I watched the first two episodes of Step It Up And Dance, hosted by Elizabeth Berkley. It’s not the best dance competition reality show ever. But it’s mostly okay. And Cody Green makes it a bit more tolerable. Watch the video below and help us figure out if Cody is gay or straight. Tough call…
This is super cute. Now I see why my seven year-old niece likes Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana. Of course, my niece probably isn’t as infatuated with Channing Tatum as I am. Chaning makes a cameo at the end of this video. Channing Tatum is also teh hotness.