Miley in lesbian photos. Miley has a body double. Miley doesn't wear her seatbelt. OH.....My.....GOD!

The photos. A teenage sleepover. I have a 9 year old girl, she had a sleepover, they get goofy. Girls hug, sit close, lean on each other, give each other kisses. So STOP!

The body double...it's a Disney stage show, Disney is "magic". Come on, people! To get a seamless performance, for a few seconds, she has someone replace her on stage so she can come out as her other persona. Otherwise, choose who you want to see...Hanna or Miley.

Lack of seatbelt in the movie. Wow. Somebody really has it hard up for Miley Cyrus if this is now a controversy., and I'm gonna assume that it wasn't a kid who noticed this "problem." A kid would have been watching the movie and enjoying it, not nit-picking to make sure all is proper! Guess what, I don't always wear a seatbelt, but I make my kids. Why? Because I'm the parent. But, I guess your kids don't listen to you, they do what Miley does. Only what Miley does. Billy Ray and Miley come from the south/country, this is probably common. I remember when I was a kid, I didn't wear a seatbelt all the time. In fact, I remember when it was okay to ride in the bed of a pick-up truck. SO WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Theere's something wrong in society when we HAVE TO find something wrong with our celebraties. Leave her alone and just be happy that your kids actually have a good role model to look up to. (YOU make YOUR kid wear his/her seatbelt.)

Plus I have been watching American Idol this season, and it's more of a circus than last year, and I really feel it's not worth blogging, at least the auditions. I will try to get back when the actual competition begins. At least that might be worth it.

DAY ONE

...and  a girl goes into labor while waiting to audition...wow.

Jessica Brown, 24, a stay at home mom...and former Meth addict. I thought we did background checks and these guys weren't allowed. Anyway she is singing "I'll Stand By You" by The Pretenders. She sings it very well. Simon thinks she made it interesting and Randy thinks it was a bit pitchy, but its a yes. (1-0)

Next up is a park attendant named Paul Stafford. This guy seems slightly off and is singing Elliot Yamin's "I'll Wait For You" and completely butchers it. Randy non-chalantly makes fun of him. Paula thinks it was a "joyful" audition. Simon is actually shocked that he believes he can sing. He's a nice guy but not right for the competition. So it's a no accross the board. (1-1)

commercial break, enjoy the ads!

Alright, we're back. Up next is Beth Maddocks singing Kelly Clarkson's "Beautiful Disaster." Her voice COULD be good if she trained, but she's is pitchy and all over the place. Simon makes fun of her and call the audition a "disaster." So, no. (1-2)

Esteban Deanda is 20 and can't sing, all we hear is "oh, yeah, yeah, ye-ye-yeah." Simon says it was atrocious. (1-3)

Victoria Metz, 23, big girl with no make-up and ratty hair singing Kelly Clarkson's "Since You Been Gone." Randy Laughs. Yeah, no. (1-4)

Drucilla Wideman, 16, don't know what she's singing but it's horrendous. Simon, "It's a no." She leaves crying. (1-5)

And a girl that looks like Carrie Underwood, Alaina Whitacher, 16, is gonna sing Faith Hill's "Stronger." Wow, her voice is as pretty as she is. Simon thinks it was a good audition but she is not as good as she thinks she is. (whatever) Yes all around (2-5)

back to a break and we see a gay couple and a retard who wont shut up when told.

We're back with an autition in progress. We apparently have a brother and sister. Gregory & Mia Tobias, 18 & 16. They look like a couple of hippy and sound like dying birds. They are singing something from an Opera but it was not recognisable. And no response. (2-6)

I was wrong, it wasn't a gay couple, it was a father and son. But the son has never kissed a girl, and he and his father share a necklace, k. His name is Bruce Dickson (hehe) and he is singing "Ain't No Sunshine" and doesn't do bad but it's not his thing. The judges agree, and give advice (kiss some girls.) (2-7)

Pia "Zpia" Easley, 24, is a black chick with an almost shaved head, but has a blonde mohawk. Looks cool, though and she is a back up singer. Singing "Got To Use My Imagination" by Gladys Knight. Voice is not that bad, but I don't think she get through, well, maybe. Simon likes her, Paula likes her and Randy agrees. She's off to Hollywood. (3-7)

back to commercial.

Next is Brandon Green, and he has a collection of his fingernail clippings, of course, he brought some for good luck. (What the hell?) He doesn't want to be like Britney Spears or Paris Hilton, okay? "Rich Girl" by Hall & Oats is his choice. Pretty good. Simon thinks he's forgettable, Paula likes him and Randy likes his voice. Yes. (4-7)

Kayla Hatfield is 24 and lives on a farm, has 8 horses and 2 children. When she was 18 she got in a car wreck and her face got messed up and lost ision is one eye. She is very excited to be here, and extremely nervous. Singing "Take A Piece Of My Heart" by Janice Joplin. She is all over the place, key-wise, and song wise. Simon, however, says yes, and Paula says no. Up to Randy....Yes! WOW, that's a shock. She got through mainly because they thought she was fun, but anyway. (5-7)

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Back with Erick Mauldin, who is 21, and and as big as a hot air ballon. Sounds like Mike Tyson singing on helium. Don't know what he's singing. Simon says he sounds like he's 7. (5-8)

Charles Markham, 21, is trying to sing "I Turn To You" by Christina Aguilera. Are you kidding me?!?! Guys can't do girl songs, period. Simon thinks it was atrocious. duh. (5-9)

Tristian Clements, 18, he looks like the lead "singer" of Plain White T's. That's not a compliment, by the way. And what did I just say about girl songs? Aretha Franklin's "Think," good choice, stupid. Simon, "Creepy." (5-10)

And the last audition of Day One is, wow, Katie Malloy, 18, can do vocal impressions. She sings Britney Spears' "From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart." Yeah, I'd say it sounds like her. But for the audition, she chooses Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats." But Simon stops her because it sounds like another impression. And she sings "Unchained Melody." by the Righteous Brothers/LeeAnn Rimes. This, I think is the best I've actually heard it. And it doesn't sound like either artist. Beautiful. Randy likes it, Paula does too, and Simon says she's the best so far this year. (6-10)

and there were 12 total that made it.

I will add Day Two to this post either later today, I apologize.

Last night was the first night of the season and we're in Philly, PA. This is apparently the biggest audition turn-out ever in the history of American Idol. And speeking of history, we get a brief review of Philadelphia's. (Careful, there might be an exam at the end!) Paula shows up and gets lots of hugs, Simon strolls in in his plain white T, and Randy is sporting Elvis sideburns this year, goodie.

DAY ONE

First up this year is Joey Catalano, and you'd think you were watching "The Biggest Loser" with his story of losing 204lbs, but you're not, its American Idol. Anyway, though he lost over 200lbs, he is still the same person inside, nice to know, can we sing now? (really, I am impressed by that) So, Joey chose to sing "Sunday Morning" by Maroon 5, and I was suprised! It was very good...for Hollywood, don't know about the actual competition, but good. Simon thinks he has a great voice, but was nervous about him, Randy thinks he can really blow and Paula says yes. Off to Hollywood for Joey, and after a loser montage, to commercials for us. (2 hours long....so many advertisers, so little Idol.)

We're back and now we have Alaa Youakeem, or Yuka for short. He's from Egypt and has been in America for 3 years. He loves American Music, especially the Bee Gee's. He loves American Girls and apparently they love him too. They supposedly call him "Sexy Face." (Sure, I believe that.) He also is saving himself for the right girl, whom he can love from her "hair to her nipple."  Hmmm....moving on. In the room, we have about 2 minutes worth of the judges pronouncing his name wrong. Oh, and he also likes Paula, the way she sings and dances. (This isn't his ad in the personals, really.) Since he likes the Bee Gee's so much, he sings "How Deep Is Your Love." And....shut up. Paula thinks it's great that he was able to "phonetically learn our songs" (Yes, she really said that) loves his effort and she appreciates him. Rand says singing is not his thing and Simon just says "nice to meet you." Going Home....tally so far Hollywood: 1, Da Bus: 1.

Our "third" contender is Melanie Nyema, and she's a back up singer! Actually was Taylor Hick's back up singer. She sings Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten" and belts it out for the whole world to hear, and stops in the middle of a line. I think it was good, but overdone. Paula liked it, Simon was neither here nor there (no) and Randy says yes. Hollywood. (2-1)

Next up is James Lewis, we were prepped for this guy before the break to be "possibly the worst audition ever." He's 22, and a tour guide here in Philly. He says that he's unique and new, his specialty...anything that is low. He sings "Go Down Moses." Oh, please, let my eardrums go!! What the hell is this??? Somebody told this guy he could sing? probably not, just another plug to keep ratings up. The whole time he sings, Paula and Randy are laughing hyterically. He finishes and paula apologizes for them laughing. He thinks he can try a different song, so he starts singing again! It's a no, and they show him outside, and he thinks it was because he chose Old Christian music. Nest year he'll come back and sing something more modern. Good luck with that. Da Bus!! (2-2)

Next, a couple quickies. Nick Stano, 22, with "Unchained Melodies" followed by Sibyll White, 16, singing something I don't know, and then Zhengzhong Yu, 20, what??? Anyway, Squeally, Screechy, and zzzzz... (2-5)

A couple more quickies, good ones this time. Junot Jones with Elton John's "That's Why They Call It The Blues." follwed by Jose Candelera with something in spanish, and Johnathon Baines, again, don't know the song. But all three are going to Hollywood. (5-5, see the pattern?)

And here's our girl from a teaser earlier. Temptress Brown. Who in their right mind would name their child Temptress?? Come on, I've heard Tempest before (Vanessa from the Cosby Show) but Temptress? Anyway, she's 16 and a Middle Linebacker on the football team at school. And I bet the only thing she's "tempting" is the other team to run away! She's here partly for herself, and partly for her mom. You see, her mom is "very ill." They cut to her mother in a wheelchair with O2 strapped to her nose. But here's the thing...her mom's not ill, she's is grossly obese! She is literally hanging over the sides of the wheelchair! And I'm not saying this to make fun of her, but let's call it what it is. Temptress decides to sing "Not Going Nowhere" by Jennifer Hudson. What did I say about this people, don't sing any songs by former Idol stars! Ouch, this hurts, she is extremely screechy. Simon calls her a sweethart, but not a great singer. She sticks out her bottom lip and the tears start streaming down her face. We really do feel bad for her, she was genuinely here thinking she would make it through. Randy and Paula get up and hug her and all three of the judges walk her out into the hall. Her whole family is there and applaude her effort. Her dad(?) hugs her and looks at Simon and says, "You weren't mean to her, were you?"  Actually, no, Simon wasn't mean, this time. (5-6)

Mark Hayes, 18, has a very unique talent of making cricket sounds, he likes to use this when he's at a comedy club and no one is laughing. You heckler you! He chooses to sing (and butcher) Bing Crosby's "White Christmas." And all is quiet when he is done....hmmm...do I hear cricket sounds? Of course, you think Idol would have let go? (5-7)

"Udi" or Ugeet Sampat, a 22 year old Auto Finace Manager who thinks he can dance like MC Hammer, nope. When asked who he thinks he sounds like, "Barry Manilow & Frank Sinatra." And he's gonna sing "My Way." He horribly murders this song, he's flat and monotone. Thank you, Simon for stopping him! Simon tells him he's nuts! Ha, Ha! then Udi asks for an explination. Simon elaborates for him, "it was one note, tuneless, and disturbing." buh-bye. (5-8)

....and an "I Love Rock N Roll" motage of losers....

Here's  our angy beaver of the night, Alexis Cowen. We've seen clip after clip of this chick the whole show so far, ripping Simon up. She's 23 and looks like the 80's Madonna, if she got beat in the face a few times. She's studing to be a vet, and as well as being a singer, she's an artist. She's been compared to Janice Joplin, Grey Slick, and Pat Benatar. She's singing Grey Slick's version of "Somebody To Love." And.....she's actually not bad! Not great, but not bad. Simon says he sees her playing in a cover band, but is not mean to her at all, says something about her voice sounding possessed, but it was a "good" type of comment. Randy thinks she'd do well in a 60-70's cover band, but it's a no. She was excited to hear their comments, and was nice when she was leaving the room. BUT, outside the doors, she actually becomes possessed. Calls Simon a "bad word." literally, she said "Simon's a bad word." Back inside the room, Simon asks someone of stage who played the Gree Goblin is the first Spiderman movie. There's our Simon. (it was William Defoe, by the way. 5-9)

And we have another few minutes of watching the same clips of Alexis we've seen spread out throughout the show. SHUT UP!

More winners...and losers.

Last audition for day one is Angela Martin. She's 26, and got pregnant her senior year in high school. She's not here for fame, she's here to hopefully win the competition and take care of her daughter who has Rhet's Syndrome, it's like Ceribal Palsy. She is currently in a band in Chicago. She sings "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" by Stevie Wonder. (This Was Sanjaya's Auditon song, by the way, in case you forgot about him) She does it very well, and with her own style.Simon says she sounded old-fashioned, and has picked up bad habits from being in a "wedding band," but has a good voice. Hollywood. (6-9)

DAY TWO

Did you know that everbody in Philly loves you? Well they do.

And we see a skinny little redhead in a red dress dancing around in the waiting room. Aliese Wichikowski, her inspirations are Eva Cassidy, Lauren Hill and Alicia Keys. She sings Feeling Good and screams it. I swear, if I go deaf by the end of the show.... Simon says it was identical to a nightmare he had before the season started. No. (6-10)

Teressa Anello, 22, what?!?! Bye. (6-11)

Brandy Park, 22, Heart's "How Do I Get You Alone." Simon sums it up...."You Woundn't (6-12)

Here is our yearly old guy, Milo Turch. A 39 year old, failling singer/songwriter, who looks like a balding elf, has a message to bring to the world. (his songs need to be played on the radio!) He is dedicating this song to Simon. "No Sex Allowed" by...Milo Turch. Yeah, like anyone wants to hear that on the radio. Simon says it was creepy, and Milo wants to sing another song. Simon doesn't want to hear another one of his perverted songs. Poor Milo gets offended, "it wasn't perverted. it's the opposite." Whatever. (6-13)

All the way from Oregon comes Kristie Lee Cook. A 23 year old cutie who lives in a log cabin and raises horses. She actually sold her prize barrell horse to get here.  Oh, and she can kick your butt. She is a Kickboxer and trains for cage fighting. Simon has fun with this, of course, and asks about bikinis, mud, jello, etc. (no, none of that is involved) She sings "Amazing Grace," and oh my god is it beautiful. I say end the contest now! She wins. (7-13)

Ben Harr, this shows wierdo, comes in wearing a cloak and we cut to Simon rolling his eyes. Why the cloak, you ask? He wants his costume to be a surprise of course. He's wearing Princess Leah's slave bikini.  and every roll is hanging out. To top it off, he has more chest hair then my dog! Simon doesn't want to hear anything, and Paula is to distracted by his hairy chest to focus. What's he do next? He asks if he waxes it, can he come back. (of course he can. Bet Idol even paid for it.) Next.

Pedro Rivera is 19 and mumbling (7-14)

Shekninah Bathyehudah (what?) 29. Shes got a big hat and a feather boa singing "America the Beautiful" Though her voice is not. (7-15)

And more angry losers! yea!

Paul Marturano wrote a "love song" for Paula. WOW, creepy stalker guy. It's funny, but then he actually gets creepy. And he gets escorted out by security (big surprise there) (7-16)

Next up is Beth Stalker.(haha, stalker.) She's 28, and by day she's a mild-mannered stay at home mom, but at night she turns into a nightclub singer. She had an album when she was 4! She sings "Bewitched, Bothered, & Bewildered." It has a nice old flavor to it, and she has good stage presence, but Simon says she wouldn't stand out, so no. But Randy and Paula say yes and she's going to Hollywood. (8-16)

Ben is getting waxed on camera! Remember the scene from 40-year-old Virgin? I wonder since he is on American Idol he screams out "OOOWWW!! STEVE CARREL!!!" I know, sorry. And he's back with the judges. Has no hair on his chest. He wants to sing "Don't Cha" by the Pussycat Dolls. Why do these people want to waste our time with this crap..oh,yeah, sorry, ratings. As soon as he starts singing and dancing he gets stopped by the judges. Thank you and bye! Simon asks why "that fat lump" wants to be on TV anyway. (8-17)

Chris Watson wants to be a legend. He's 20, and working on his Associates Degree in something. He sings Uncle Kracker's "Follow Me" and sings it way better tha Kracker could ever hope to. Simon thinks it was good, and he looks like a star, Randy thinks he has a different sounding voice, and Paula is drooling. (9-17)

More Losers and they give us the reasons why in pouty voices. So sad.

We already had a guy dressed as Leah, now we have a girl who thinks herself to be leah. Well, not really. Though she is a diehard Star Wars fan, and has the Leah buns (her hair, guys) and a Star Wars Logo on her belt. Kristina Telassano, 24, doesn't consider herself sexy, and neither do I. But believes herself to be a good singer. Ryan can't help but make a "Force" joke. She sings Roger Daltry's version of "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me." It actually starts out ok, but gets sloppy in the middle. I bet if she took a few years of vocal training, she'd be okay. Randy says it was a strange audition. And after she leaves Simon says "Give my love to the Wookie." Ouch. She cries, calls herself a dork and all Idol wants is pretty girls and perfect voices. Gee, I wonder why? "Idol" ? (9-18)

Last up is Brooke White, 24, grew up in Arizona, living in California. She's a nanny for a set of 1 yr old twins and thinks that the experience is wonderful. They show her with the twins. Awww... She has never seen an R rated movie, doesn't drink or smoke, and neither does her husband. Simon jokes about husband staying up late, she doesn't get it. She sings "Like A Star" and she has a really pretty voice. It's soft and sweet, and she seems to be into the song. Randy likes her, she's "pure." Simon thinks she's sincere, has a nice voice, and wants to bring her over to the darkside. As if we didn't have enough Star Wars references in this show already. Anyway she made it, and we hear for the first time this season, "OTHER DOOR!" She Does a victory dance.(and that puts my tally of actually shown auditions at 10 yes and 18 no.) Hmmmm.....

But 29 actually got through and Princess is still crying about being a dork and only the best looking, prettiest get in. Whatever.

Tomorrow...Dallas! Home of Kelly Clarkson, Paula dances with a "pimp."

See ya!

There was apparently a custody stand off at the Spears home last night that lasted almost three hours! Police were called out and found Britney "under the influence of an unknown substance." (suprise!)

Britney...what's goin' on? I would really like to help this girl.

Here's the story from AP:

By PETER PRENGAMAN, Associated Press Writer

Alright, 2007 was kind of a wierd year in music, we had some good songs, some really good songs (no great songs) and alot of songs ranging from slightly tollerable to completely horrendous! While the charts were topped with "ringtone ready" quick fixes of the industry that I highly doubt we will see anymore of this year...well, at least not the same ones, we barely heard the good songs played. I found myself pushing the seek button on my radio more and more, rarely stopping during my half an hour commute every morning and evening. I also found myself listening to the morning shows (and I hate listening to talk on the radio!) BUT, when we did hear the good songs......ahhhhhhh......what a relief., three minutes of bliss, then back to the utter crap. I composed a list of my top ten songs of the year, the best and the worst.  From ten to one (one being the ultimately best song and the the most horrid.) Here you go!

TOP 10 BEST OF 2007

10.) Gimme More / Britney Spears. I know what your thinking, I must have ment "Top 10 Worst," right? Wrong, "Gimme More" actually wasn't that bad, not counting Brit's VMA performance. The song is in true Britney style, and is very catchy, I actually enjoyed listening to it. And I'm sure if she would have been sober and on her game at the VMAs, everyone else would have thought the same. But it is #10.

9.)Kiss Kiss / Chris Brown feat. T-Pain. Chris Brown, freshly 18, and following in the footsteps of the late, great Michael Jackson. No, Michael's not dead, just the soul the great artist he was up until recently. Such a shame too. Anyway, onto Chris. This charismatic, dance machine combined with the "crunk version of Timbaland" - T-Pain, has popped out a hit from the crunk scene that actually has some staying power. Is it Chris or T-Pain that gets the credit? Let's go with Chris.

8.) No One / Alicia Keys. What a great song to come out late in the game this year. Love the beat, and Alicia. She has always put out great songs and this just adds to the list. But, "Fallin' " is still my fav.

7.) The Way I Are / Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson. Can't help but like this song, Timbaland is a digital genius. It's fun, it makes you move. But the lyrics leave it behind a bit. Oh well, still a good song.

6.) Better Than Me / Hinder. Not as good as "Lips Of An Angel," (You can read about my opinion on that in another post.) but a good song from a great band, nonetheless. Had to listen to it a few times, but, that's what makes it good. It makes you listen to it, not turn it off.

5.) Paralyzer / Finger Eleven. Another late starter, but it came right out of the chute. Hard drums and a great guitar riff, vocals are off the hook, and the lyrics are great. No shortage of vocabulary with these guys, which is nice to hear...ya no, wit awl da "to-da-lly do" or is it "totally dude?" Whatever, these guys rock. Those guys don't (we'll get to them later.)

4.) Home / Daughtry. We all loved him on American Idol and were all shocked when he got voted off. Though it was probably better that he did...think about it, what if he would have got stuck with being announced every time as "The winner of American Idol Season 5..." I doubt he would last, no guy won that lasted in the limelight, Ruben, Taylor...where are they? It's kind of a curse for a guy to win. Anyway, American Idol used this song for their "you lost, now get off the stage" song this year, yet still turned out to be a hit, and it should be. It was beautifully written and put together.

3.) Almost Lover / A Fine Frenzy. A Fine Frenzy is actually not a band, but a single artist, 21 year old Alison Sudol. You might not know this song unless you watch VH1 alot. One of their "You Oughta Know" Artists, I heard this song for the first time while doing my morning workout (yes, I watch music videos while working out, shut up.) But this is a beautiful song,  I hope she has more to offer.

2.) Until The End Of Time / Justin Timberlake. Now this song is trully old school, and you can just hear the inspiration of Prince in this song. I like this version, not the new one featuring Beyonce. Nothing against her, it just changed the whole feel of it. I see this song becoming a classic.

1.) Apologize / One Republic feat. Timbaland. Again, another song with Timbaland has made the chart. He just composes these awesome backdrops for these songs and I wish I knew how to do it! I love the opening verse of this one, it has an Elton John ballad feel to it, which gives it familiarity and gets you hooked, and Timbaland's hypnotic beats keep you there. This is my fav of the year.

And now for the worst....

THE 10 WORST SONGS OF 2007

10.) The Sweet Escape / Gwen Stepani feat. Akon. Again, I know what you're thinking, "How can he have Britney on the bast list and Gwen on the worst?" Well, here is the main reason...."WOOHOO...YEEHOO!!!" How can anyone think that a grown man yelling this in a high-pitched, nasally tone sounds good? This song probably could have made my Top 10 Best Songs if it didn't have that annoying, headache inducing screech all the way through it. My kids like this song only because they find that part of it funny. They don't know the name of the song, but guess what they call it... "WOOHOO, YEEHOO." Yeah...

9.) This Is Why I'm Hot / the Mims. There are only two things in this song that were good...the familiar sound of the 2 second sample of Dre's "Nuthin' But A G Thang" (which really didn't fit) and a catchy naricistic catch phrase. "This is why I'm Hot." Though this song has some bounce and the bass will blow your speakers, there is no value to this song other than it's "ringtonability." And since they don't seem to be puttin' out anymore hits...this is why it's not.

8.) Party Like A Rockstar / the Shop Boyz. And the success of Nickelback's "Rockstar" spawned off another ringtone worthy crunk hit. A sampled guitar riff and a group of guys rapping about what they are doing with their new found, yet to-be short lived, fame. The repetition of "party like a rock... party like a rockstar." isn't that bad, until you hear the stolen line from Bill And Ted..."Totally Dude!" I really think, though, they were actually trying to have a career and this song was suppose to be a real effort, along the lines of Trick Daddy's "Let's Go," featuring Li'l John. Though that was good, this wasn't. Sorry.

7.) Piece of Me / Britney Spears. See, Britney's down here. I only heard this song for the first time about a week ago, yet it's bad enough to make the 10 worst. I listened to it and was appalled by the lack of thought that went into the lyrics, they seemed to have taken the headlines from numerous tabloids, forced them to rhyme, and threw in "You want a piece of me" wherever it would fit. Yet it never fit! It din't flow with the song, and it's the title! How horrible is that. This song could have been better, I love the idea of attacking the tabloids, but you gotta make them feel like they make you feel. This will just make them write more trash.

6.) I Got It From My Mama / will.i.am . The Black Eyed Peas have never really been mainstream pop...well, until they brought in Fergie...but it was always fresh and unique. But mixing a fun beat to the irritatingly repetitive "where'd ya get your body from...I got it from my mama, I got it from my mama" is just ridiculous. This song reminds me of a song from the early nineties..."My Baby Dad." Remember it, no? Lucky.

5.) Lip Gloss / Li'l Mama. MIlkshake..uh, sorry, "Lip Gloss?" A song about superpowered lip gloss? No music, just a beat and...lip gloss. It's poppin' and it's got the boys stoppin'. Now I know that make-up does wonders, but seriously. What's next? Eye Shadow, maybe? "My eye shadow is..." No, not doin' it, I'll lose my next big ringtone hit.

4.) Hey There, Delilah / the Plain White T's. Oh my God is this the most annoying Nursery Rhyme ever! Horribly plain three year old rhymes with a chorus that itsn't even a chorus. "Oh it's what you do to me" repeated four times. And the guy can't sing. How's that for all the would be American Idols that didn't get on because they were really good, but not quite what they were looking for? Some guy who looks like an skinny troll doll and sings like the bird from the Little Mermaid has one of the number one songs on Billboard in 2007. The only reason this song is four and not my #1 worst is only because of the three below.

3.) My Drink & My 2 Step / Cassidy. Are you kidding me here? Nothing in this song makes sense. And, Cassidy, what 'flow' are people trying to copy? Yo, I can make it rain cuz I been making it snow? Seriously? Next...

2.) A Bay Bay / Hurricane Chris. What? Another great crunk piece of...garbage. It's seriously garbage. There is nothing to this song. I'll let Chris explain it...According to Hurricane Chris, "A Bay Bay" has its genesis in the namesake of the Ratchet movement's cornerstone DJ, Hollywood Bay Bay, who spins at a club called KoKo Pellis. whenever the DJ would come in the club the crowd would start chanting "hey Bay Bay, hey Bay Bay." After a while the crowd would do the chant whenever the club got ratchet regardless of who was on the wheels of steel. "That became so catchy that I changed it from somebody's name to a slang 'A Bay Bay'," says Hurricane Chris. "Now it's a word, it means fa sho." Fa sho.

1.) Crank That (Soulja Boy) / Soulja Boy. And the worst song to ever be made is...this one. A steel drum played to finger snapping and the reoccurring sound, "do do DOOOO!!" Sorry, I think it's actually suppose to be "Now, Watch me You..." And with what I found out about the meaning of the the words...he must think himself the next 2 Live Crew. (I think I'll stick with the lyric being 'do do DOOOO!!')

There you have...2007 wrapped up in a nice little package. I got a little vicious there with the last few songs on my list, didn't I? Let me apopogize, but I just feel passionate about music and I just wish the industry would be too. But hey, what would we do without chinsy ringtones?

I know you all have heard the story by now, 16 year old star of 'Zoey 101, Jamie Lynn Spears, is pregnant. And it's even more huge than Britney's stunts this year. Everyone seems to be appalled by this news, and it's understandable. She is only 16, and has been a role model for many preteen & young teenage girls. So, what's my take on this?

Well, my take is kinda two fold, and kinda contradicting...

First, as a father of two children who regularly watch 'Zoey,' I don't like the example that she has had/is having sex at such a young age. Kids are very impressionable and we all know that next to parenting, media plays the biggest role in youth development. So, no, it's not good for children to have a role model that is living the opposite life of the character that she plays. 'Zoey' is an innocent, virgin who (I believe) hasn't even kissed anyone on show yet. And her career now? We don't know yet.

On the other hand, I was once a teenager too. Shocking, isn't it? We all were. And we all had the same teenage urges, not our fault, we go through puberty even before we know what those urges are. Now some of us were able to control those urges, but most of us couldn't or didn't care to. Parenting, peer pressure, and media aside, it was a rough time. Those of us who gave in (some careful, some not) prayed to God that an "accident" didn't happen, yet we know that it occasionally did. We all knew the possible consequences of sex, yet we did it anyway. Pregnancy is actually not the worst of these, AIDS or other fatal or long term diseases are, and I think you would at least agree with me on that.

What I am glad to see, is that she, unlike alot of people, has accepted the consequences of her actions. She could very well have terminated the pregnancy and dismissed the rumors. But she didn't. She, the positive role model she has been, has done the right thing. She is keeping the baby and is going to raise it. You have to admit, now that the shock value has worn off, this is a better example to set...taking resonsibility in a controversial, life changing situation like this.

You also have to think of the baby, if she is capable of raising a child, this is the best situation for it. Raised by the biological mother and father. Not saying that there is anything wrong with adoption. There are alot of people who have lived great lives having been adopted, and I have seen a lot of situations were I believe the children would be better off if they had been handed over for adoption. Some people are just not fit to be parents. But I believe, regardless of her sisters recent press, that Jamie Lynn will make a good mother.

What do you think?

"That depends."

I always got a confused look with that answer. Then I would make my answer into a complete sentence.

"That depends on the situation I am looking at."

That's usually when they rephrase it to the proverbial question...

"Do you see the glass half full, or half empty?"

Again, I would respond with,

"That depends."

And again, I would get the confused look. (This is a fun because the asker was expecting a simple answer, you know, "the optimist" in THIS situation.) And this is were I like to explain my vague answer.

"That depends...was the glass full and it was emptied halfway, or was it empty and filled up halfway?"

Do you have that confused look now? Because the asker usually still does...aah, the suspense...great, isn't it.

You see, "the glass" is the situation that I am questioning. the liquid inside the glass is the progression of that situation. (You with me?)

If, say, the glass represents say my company here. And the liquid is progress that I am making in getting it off the ground. Well, then, since I started this company with just a vision and a little friendly advise (glass empty), and now it is starting to show promise (glass being filled) ...then the glass is half full.

Now, say, the glass is Britney Spears' career, (Ouch, I know, I shouldn't be harsh. But...) and the liquid is how well it's going. Britney was the reigning Princess of Pop (glass full) before K-Fed and everything else that came along for the ride...and now, well, it's not going so hot. (glass being emptied)

So, to me, "it depends." I am neither optimistic nor pessimistic. I am logical, I have to analyze the situation before I can decide whether the glass is "half full, or half empty."

Let me know what you think...how do you answer that question?

I was driving home from work last night, flabbergasted about Sabrina Sloan being cut from American Idol, and I was flipping through the radio stations when I heard a tune that I love to hear anytime I can...well, that is until now.

I instantly recognized the music to "Lips of an Angel" and didn't realize at first that I had actually stopped on a country station. Apparently some stupid hill jack thought that it would be a good idea to cover a brilliant song by a great band. This version of an amazing put together song is so hideous that I had to call my wife and vent out all the anger that just so rudely fell upon me. This dumb ass, named Jack Ingram, has COMPLETELY BUTCHERED this song! Removing the power guitar and replacing it with a fiddle, and then trying to sing it like Hinder, sorry, Jack, but you picked the wrong song, if this doesn't end your career, it sure as hell ain't going to help it.

The only cover that comes close to being this horrendous was when Mark Chesnut tried to do "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" by Aerosmith.

There are only a hand full of songs that can be covered nicely by any genre, and I'm telling you...these two songs are so far away from that list that they maight as well not even exist,in that sense.

....Don't get me wrong, I love every type of music, country included. But COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!

This time the guys and girls are all lumped together and will be called up in any order.

And we say good-bye first to Jared Cotter, wasn't one of my two choices, but I didn't see him making it much farther than this anyway. So needless to say that I'm not surprised., however, he sure seemed to be.

And next to leave us is...Antonella Barba, I know, you are completely shocked. I actually kind of am! I mean, only because I have predicted her to be cut from the first episode and she has somehow slid by. But it's like Simon said, "I think you've made it about as far as you can go."

So anyway, Carrie Underwood takes the American Idol stage for the first time in two years, and totally makes you think what the hell happened to this show. This girl can sing, and compared to ANYONE this season, she is out of this world!

Down to Sabrina Sloan and Hailey Scarnato. I'm thinking to my self,"well that's easy, Hailey's gone." Because, you know Sabrina's my choice to take home the crown. And then Ryan opens his mouth and it's Sabrina Sloan who's going home.........................................Sorry, I had temporary paralysis. How could Sabrina be sent home??? This thing is rigged! She's better than Stephanie and Hailey put together. Okay, moving on.

One more guy left to cut, and of course they drag it out for what seems like hours. But I do like the whole "Idol Gives Back" thing. I think it's a great concept. Okay, down to Sundance and Sanjaya, both of whom I picked to be out this week. Sundance has yet to perform up to par since his audition.Which when I watched that, I was so blown away, I just knew he would be this year's winner. Although his rendition of "Mustang Sally" was nothing to sneeze at (where did that phrase come from anyway?) And as for Sanjaya, though he has been utterly bland and boring, and I tend to fall asleep ju........zzzzzzzzz.......(sorry) just thinking about his performances, his vocals have truly been slightly better that Sundances. But in my opinion, either one can go, because they are both going to be gone soon enough. And the winner is, well, loser is (drumroll) Sundance Head.

HERE ARE YOUR TOP 12 AMERICAN IDOL FINALIST

In the order that I predict it will go(not neccasarily the way I want it to go)...1-12, with 1 being your winner. Here you go...

1. Melinda Doolittle
2. Blake Lewis
3. Jordin Sparks
4. Lakisha Jones
5. Chris Sligh
6. Gina Glocksen
7. Chris Richardson
8. Stephanie Edwards
9. Phil Stacey
10. Brandon Rogers
11. Hailey Scarnato
12. Sanjaya Malakar

There you have it, see you next week, (unless there's a good news story that you need my opinion on.) Have fun!