Apr 16, 2008

9:55 AM on a Wednesday

What does a 27 year old male do when home sick from work? Browse American Idol performances on YouTube, of course!
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This is the first year I've watched most of the show, a phenomenon I would attribute to my consistently coming home exhausted at about 8 PM after a beastly TriBeCa-to-Upper East Side commute and wanting to do nothing but simply stare at the TV for an hour. We don't have cable, so the options are AI or whatever made-for-senior-citizens programming that appears on the other basic networks. (Deal or No Deal, anyone?)
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Everyone thus far has been pretty predictable, all except David Cook. Very unique arranger / performer. Looking in YouTube I found that he has a whole bunch of songs with a band called Axium. Pretty good stuff. Here's a sample.



Hey, if this guy can make Radiohead (worst band ever) palatable, he can do anything.

9 comments:

Tara Edwards said...

He's our favorite as well. He just sounds so NOT kareokee!

k. said...

Thank you for justifying the text in your post. :) I'm so OCD.

I like David Cook. I LOVE Radiohead. Let's listen to it tonight, over dinner. :)

suz said...

My fav as well! Last night I thought he sounded like David Matthews {a little}

Jill said...

mike we might have to fight. i love radiohead, and brad does too. high & dry? so good.

hope you feel better!

Mike said...

jill - careful, you two might get the boot from the preferred couple short list. I tolerate Kathryn's Radiohead problem only because of her overwhelmingly positive qualities as a spouse.

If I were to imagine being interrogated and tortured, I would envision being strapped to a chair and forced to watch that paranoid android video... (((shudder)))

Kellie said...

I hope you get feeling better Mike. I have no AI comments to add as I'm one of the few that haven't been sucked in....

Jan said...

I am such a loser......Phil was gone(winging his way to Asia) and so I watched Idol, Dancing...and Boston Legal...in a straight run. That's a LOT of TV for one night, but I'll admit to it. If you have a few extra minutes you might watch Boston...It was VERY thought provoking and timely, as it can be from time to time...Well written and funny....very funny. Also terribly sad. I like shows that make me think. I'm now down at Tara's...grounded to the couch with a pulled back...I even had to take a ride in a wheelchair at the airport this morning...very humbling.

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Jill said...

my affection lies with pablo honey & the bends. after that they did head downhill... those early albums are so good though. work with me mike, work with me.