Results tagged “simoncowell”

Somehow we were shocked last night when our stupid friend who finds these things out ahead of time let it slip that Kristy Lee Cook would be eliminated from American Idol. We're not sure why we were so shocked. We'd speculated about her elimination for weeks. For weeks, she made us scratch our head as she delivered mediocre-to-bad performance after mediocre-to-bad performance.

We’ve sung Green Leaf’s praises in the past, and it’s still one of our favorites with fabulous food and sweet service. This time, we especially enjoyed the vermicelli with grilled beef in lop leaf. But what’s that in the background of the photo? Is that a nautical theme?

Okay, granted it was a song we hate, but we're glad we held out some hope for Kristy Lee Cook so long. She finally picked the perfect song for her. As Simon noted, "God Bless the USA" was a very interesting song choice. It will nail her the veteran vote, the redneck vote, the rural vote. We feel confident that, if Hillary could sing like that on that song, she would nail the nomination. But, we all know Hillary can't sing.

It was Lennon/McCartney Songbook night on Idol last night, and our quasi-local cutie pulled out a country version of "8 Days a Week." She looked nervous and uncertain of how it was going to go, despite her vocal prowess, which wound up iffy as a result. Witness:

Are we going to let the scorn of Simon Cowell and a nation of haters topple the mighty mohawk of fame that is Sanjaya Malakar, or are we going to text our asses off today to ensure that the American Idol-viewing public is subjected to yet another performance from our home-grown star? This guy may die because of your vote, but he's already posted the mustache photo and thus served his purpose on this Earth. Do what you feel is right.

--A truly fantastic feature by Greg Bishop of the Seattle Times about three UW football players who quit the team in 1970, claiming racial discrimination. They kept a pact never to reveal the source of the discrimination until now.