Blues legend Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil to get his guitar skills. more ›

Uh oh. We're not feeling terribly optimistic for our boy Blake. Don't get us wrong, he rocked "You Give Love a Bad Name" once again, but he should've done that second. All the judges agreed that Jordin outsings Blake, no question about it. Seattlest agrees. But as our friend eloquently advises, that's really not enough to make her win. more ›

Before we begin, we'd like to extend our deepest sympathies to the family of James Kim. We are not, by any means, trying to discount that tragedy by juxtaposing posts about the Kims with more light-hearted posts. It's the nature of doing a compilation such as this one: we're trying to give a full slice of the goings-on in the Ist-a-Verse: the good, the bad, and the ugly. more ›