the recovery process begins...

It's Tuesday.

And there's no Idol.

What do we do?

Well, if you're me, you spend time on the computer, looking for new media sources.  And look what I found!

AI Media is a great site that I visit frequently.  In fact, I just finished my Bo Bice collection with the highest quality videos I have found -- high def, widescreen, .avi files.  If you're a Bo fan, check it out.  (You will have to register to have access to the media.)

But better yet -- I have just finished downloading most of season two -- the complete episodes, minus the commercials.  And they have seasons one and three too!  I'll get to those later.

I've downloaded the files.  They're clean, free of viruses or spyware, but they are filled with Ryan.  Don't say I didn't warn you.  And it's interesting to watch the interaction, post Corey claims, between Paula and the bad man.

Hey, a girl's gotta get her Idol fix now, doesn't she...


Oh!  And if you download her media, be sure to click to vote for her site!  Thanks.

 

here she is...

And she's currently number 5 at Barnes and Noble. 

Still waiting for the other cover.

inside your heaven...

Well, it's official!

Carrie's single Inside Your Heaven/Independence Day is available for pre-sale at amazon.com and at Barnes & Noble.  It is currently the third overall bestseller at B&N.

And Bo's single Inside Your Heaven/Vehicle is also available for pre-sale at amazon and at Barnes and Noble.  His is the overall bestseller at B&N.

I'll keep an eye out how well each of them sell at amazon.  Since they just hit the "shelves" there, it's too soon for either a ranking or a CD cover.

Stay tuned.

in honor of memorial day...

The Idols, minus Carrie and Bo, sing the National Anthem.

They finally got this group-singing thing right.  Very nicely done.

And if you missed it, here's the video.  There's little doubt who put this together.  Be certain to check out musical director, Anwar.  Maybe Idol should hire him to orchestrate the group numbers from now on.

 

the battle has begun...

Apparently.  But I'm not exactly sure what to make of it.

Seems Barnes and Noble online is offering for pre-sale both Carrie's and Bo's single.  And both of them are versions of Inside Your Heaven, with Carrie performing Independence Day on the flip and Bo performing Vehicle.  Neither of these recordings is currently available at amazon.com, however.

According to B&N, the date of Carrie's release is June 14, as we've been told, with Bo's scheduled for release one week later, June 21.

And even more interesting, Bo's version is currently the top-seller at Barnes and Noble, snatching the #1 spot from, of all artists, Simon Cowell's baby, Il Divo.  Carrie's version is currently coming in at #16.

I'm less curious about the placements than I am about the CDs themselves, considering producers made a point of informing us that Angels Brought Me Here was the planned flip for Carrie and that Bo's flip (or single) would be the not-fit-to-be-performed-by-William-Hung Long, Long Road.  And that neither is available at amazon.  And I'm even more perplexed that they would have Carrie performing Independence Day on the single, when that is her track on the compilation CD.

Guess we'll find out if all of this is accurate, or if somebody at B&N jumped the gun in the offering.

Nevertheless, both are now up for pre-sale at at least one of the major online outlets.

Whip out those credit cards folks, the kids are going head-to-head again.  And possibly lyric-for-lyric.

UPDATE:  After thinking about it, it wouldn't be the first time that producers put on the winner's CD the same track that is on the compilation CD.  They did it with Fantasia last year and Chain of Fools.  But, last year, both Fantasia and Diana's CD contained three tracks.  It is conceivable that Angels (hopefully) and Road (hopefully not) will also be included.

UPDATE #2:  Since writing this entry, Carrie's sales have skyrocketed.  Way to go people!  Of course, I'm going to take full credit.  (Just kidding, Rach.)  She is now at #4.  Gee, that was fast.  I'll keep an eye out.  Just keep checking back. 

16 days and counting...

But don't start camping out at the Wal-Mart just yet.

If you watched Larry King Live last evening on CNN, you may have caught the passing reference to June 14 being the scheduled release date for Carrie Underwood's debut single "Inside Your Heaven" with "Angels Brought Me Here" as the flip side.  (I still think they should reverse those.)

Of course, they didn't specify June 14 of what year exactly.

And, you may have heard Simon (via the telephone), Randy and Paula urge both Bo and Carrie that it is best to hold off in order to release a quality product rather than to release it quickly.  How nice of them to already start making excuses why the CD will, inevitably, be delayed in its release.  It happens every year.

And, as is customary, Bo's single CD will hit the stores soon afterward.  They learned during season two that it's a nice gesture to let the winner of Idol have at least a week alone in the stores before pitting the two top competitors against each other, once again, this time on the charts.

But the most interesting tidbit of information was not explicitly revealed but so very often alluded to and poorly masked.  Bo, it seems, is very "happy", according to Paula.  Things are, according to Bo "in the works," to which Ryan laughingly (and knowingly) called him a "liar." He wasn't giving any specifics, probably because a.) no one wants to usurp Carrie's spotlight and b.) he may be contractually prohibited from releasing any information at this time, but it was quite apparent that, if Clive Davis hasn't already signed him to a deal, which I am virtually certain that he has, then the signing is imminent.

So I don't expect as long a wait for a Bo Bice (quite possibly with Sugar Money which would have not been possible had he won) full-length CD as the Diana DeGarmo fans had to endure for last year's runner-up's debut album.

Sounds like a win/win situation all around.

awwww, poor baby...

Corey is sad.  Corey had his feelings hurt. 

Corey's not man enough to play hardball, apparently.

Poor baby.

He's crying so hard he can't even speak for himself.

"We're reminded once again last night in front of millions of viewers that not only are they not taking it seriously, but they don't feel as though we should take it seriously," Clark's spokesman, Jed Wallace, told AP Radio on Thursday.

"It's simply baffling to me that Fox would actually resurrect this controversy by doing something like that," said Wallace, calling it a "slap in the face."

I've obviously underestimated Corey Clark. 

He's more stupid than I gave him credit for.

My bad.