American Idol week of 3/14

But, that’s one of things I like most about him. He knows he’s the biggest dweeb on the face of the earth who isn’t my husband, and he wears that self-awareness so well. “Yeah, I’m a twerp, so what? So is Bill Gates, and lookit the hot piece he married!” Kevin’s laughing all the way to the bank. Someday that boy is going to host a late-night talk show, I can just tell. I do know this: I have absolutely no objection to my kids buying his records.

Riddle me this, Batman: When did Iron Butterfly become even vaguely appropriate for an investment commercial? Who is running this gosh-darned network? Everyone is off their chum tonight, including me.

Yeah, I don’t feel remotely bad for Kevin. Worst case scenario is he pays his way through college with appearances and gets tons of ass.

McPhee is really really good.

OK, Kat’s the best so far tonoght by a mile.

But didn’t she learn her lesson about the empire waist lines?

What is up with her and high waisted clothing. That’s why everybody keeps saying she’s pregnant.

Kat looks pregnant in this dress, and the shoes are wrong – hippies don’t wear heels. Why don’t I have the McPheever like everyone else? She’s good, but doesn’t move me. Another person I think is technically proficient, but as appealing as wet toast.

She is not “da bomb,” Randy! She’s just OK!

She’s moving weird. Is it the shoes? She sounds typically fantastic, though.

Katherine–for the eleventy-millioneth time: NO EMPIRE WAISTS.

I see on preview the Dio beat me to that observation but so what.

Katherine was really, really good.

She did sing pretty…

But is her bra part separate from the rest of the dress?

The judges’ commentary is sometimes eerily relevant to how the singer performed.

Nah, I’m with you. No PHEEver.

And I don’t need to be the 10th person to comment on the maternity dress, do I?

Taylor scares me… I don’t care how he sings, he creeps me out…

Good song choice for Gray Charles. I’d like to hear a little more up-tempo but still pretty good.

Wow! Who woulda thunk it? Give Taylor a whole big stage, and he’s not spastic any more!

I think actually that was my favorite of the night.

*Dear Taylor Hicks,

Please find $20 enclosed in this envelope. Even in Hollywood, it should be enough money for you to find a Vietnamese beauty salon, where you can have your eyebrows groomed so that it does not look like you are wearing baby chinchilla pelts on your face.

Keep up the good work, but please stop dancing!
Love and harmonicas,
rockle.*

Yay! Just like I wanted.

His hair looks awesome. He is awesome. Even the dancing was awesome.

Finally, someone singing with some feeling.

What’s up with Simon’s comment? He drank from Paula?

I hate to say it, but I liked Taylor even more than McPhee. Except for the cheat of the backups singing over his na-na-nas, he was the first person to really own the song.

I’m still trying to work out whether I like him or not, in general. Did anyone else think he was shamelessly trying to jump on the Ace train with that hat in the rehearsal clip?

Oh, thank heaven. Paris got rid of the spaniel ears hairstyle.

They colored Taylor’s hair. It was much, much whiter on top. The darkened it some and silvered it up. It looks great.