American Idol results Show 2

I love my DVR. I can tape a results show and zip over all the filler and right to the good stuff. So unsurprisingly, Alison and Adam Lambert aka Emo Zac Efron (hey if Randy can compare him to Robert Pattinson, I can compare him to Zac Efron) will be continuing on to the next round. Alison was the best girl performer by far and although I wasn't keen with EZE's performance, I'm looking forward to what he'll do for the rest of the season. What was surprising was Kris making it through since I thought he was horrible. So Nick/Norman didn't make it. I have the feeling we haven't seen the last of him, though. He's good for this show the same way Sanjaya was: he provides buzz and a little bit of controversy.

Once again my predictions were 2/3. Lets see if next week I can get a perfect score.



On an unrelated note, I was at Circuit City recently, hoping to take advantage of the going out of business sale to score some new music. It's the final days of the sale, so everything has been pretty well picked over. I still managed to find a few gems (Weezer, Radiohead, and Keene plus Snow Patrol's latest) buried among multiple copies of Tony Bennett's Holiday CD, Mary J. Blige and Friends, and assorted Circuit City Essentials albums.

There were also multiple albums by no less than five former American Idol participants. That got me thinking. For a show that professes to offer life-changing opportunities, what does it say when their "success stories" are picked over and left behind? What does it say about the music industry when they'll put out albums by people who are only notable for being on a reality TV show? Finally, what does it say about the music consumer that they're actively choosing not to buy their CD's? Personally, I like to think that it means we as consumers are not as gullible as the industry would like us to believe. We have enough agency to choose not to give in to what's being force-fed to us by advertisers and peer pressure.

In sum, to answer Simon's question last week, "where is Bucky Covington?" He's at Circuit City, 60% off.