I hate to admit it, but Kim makes me watch American Idol. No, it’s not like she ties me to the couch cushions while she hits play on the DirecTivo, but without more than one Sat receiver in the house I have only two choices: watch with my wife or hide.

American Idol bores me to death for the most part. It has its moments where it’s tolerable but I usually passively watch the TV while making grumbling noises and typing away furiously on the keyboard.

Kim was enamored with Taylor Hicks last season and is one of the few American Idol watchers that hasn’t dumped *the* Idol after the show ended to anxiously await the next. She even dragged me out to a Taylor Hicks and Little Memphis Blues Orchestra show at O’Gara’s that I must admit was quite tolerable.

This season has raised very little interest for most everyone, me especially. Everyone pretty much sucks. Even Blake Lewis, of whom I’m about to rave, can’t sing worth a good god damn. Even my mother, who enjoys the show, told me that it was so bad she couldn’t keep watching.

Anyway, enough of that. Blake Lewis of American Idol has turned my opinion that everyone on the show is a joke. Yes, I have stated that he can’t sing worth a shit, but he can pick songs that are young, updated, and IMHO, cool.

At his audition, he did a little beatbox and then went into Seal’s Crazy. The only thing I like about Seal is his wife. His music drives me Crazy. At this point, I was already annoyed with Blake as he acts like, dresses like, and sings like a tool. Unfortunately my opinion of him changed on his first night on American Idol.

His first solo performance following the audition was of Keane’s Somewhere Only We Know. I was a huge fan of Keane a few years back and almost forgot about them entirely — especially now that my entire music collection was wiped out in a media player HD failure :( If you’re looking for some different tunes, check out their albums Hopes and Fears (where Somewhere Only We Know appears) and Under the Iron Sea both of which I enjoy immensely.

Well, if that wasn’t enough, his second solo performance was of Jamiroquai’s Virtual Insanity. I had been listening to Jamiroquai back in high school and was reminded of them in college and had forgotten about them again since. Blake Lewis owned me again and I have been listening to their High Times Singles from 1992 - 2006 almost non-stop since.

I’m actually mildly interested in watching Blake Lewis tonight to see what other band allowed him rights to perform their song and if it’s another that will make me go, “OH FUCK! I forgot all about them!” If not, at least I can stop watching and go back to saying American Idol is for dumbasses ;)

Update on 3/21/07: Make sure you check out my new post about Sanjaya Malakar making out big due to Vote for the Worst!

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4. Little Memphis Blues Orchestra and Taylor Hicks: O’Gara’s Garage; St Paul, MN
5. Taylor Hicks Tickets 3/25/07 (Mystic Lake) Tier B Row J