keepingfaith

Here is a quick video of the MOVES: (hope it works!) http://www.sendspace.com/file/72lz8x How serious is it that I have watched this thing more times than I can count today. The player was automatically repeating these 10 seconds over and over and GOOD LORD!!!! Just let that thing repeat about a dozen times and see what it does to you ...

JNT 2004 Cleveland - Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you. He's so CUTE!!!!! Is this the movement which you are admiring? That and putting it to the music with those hips swiveling to "she was all up on me" .... and that left leg thing right before that on "I knew" .... I have a 10-sec video in my photobucket. Is there any way to bring that here where it can play when clicked on?

I'm killing myself today. In my clack search I was diverted to the DCAT/SRHP tour and checked to see if there was Houston clack I haven't seen. Sure enough there's clack by Megaclayfan of the Houston classics ... and I downloaded and watched it, and the Yeah part with the legs ... the part I've backed up about 10 times so far .... it's just a must. To cut to the chase, if you download that file, advance it immediately to 5:34 and watch those legs, then back up and watch it several times in a row ... not only does it get better and better, it will free your mind.

I have a clack inquiry. Could someone identify the venue in the JN04 tour when Clay was bantering about New Year resolutions ... and didn't know what half&half was? I haven't seen that in ages and can't remember where it came from. I just remember it started with a fan yelling "You rock my socks!" and Clay at the end of the clip says "I just can't stop rubbin' feet." I think that's all from the same piece of clack ... and I have a strong urge to see it again.

Maybe that's why Clay wants a talk show so badly. He's been on enough of them to see how ego-driven they are and I think he wants to change that model. I hate talk shows now and I used to love them. When I was a kid I rushed home from school to watch Merv Griffin because he introduced me to interesting people who didn't necessarily have a new movie coming out, or a new book hitting the shelves that week -- just fascinating, funny and talented people that the audience got to know through that show. I was a kid and I loved some of the older guests, including writers and philosphers, who engaged my mind while making me laugh and usually gave me something to take away and think about. The shows now are primarily promotion, promotion, promotion. It's empty and sad. I think the marketing madness in this world totally SUCKS!

I googled some of the stories this morning and found this part of the story from MSNBC to be quite funny. This regards Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) who was performing with Ringo: So they wanted to cut Ringo's song down to two and a half minutes for more time to talk about Kelly Ripa's ass? Bottle, thanks for that historical pictorial -- I didn't know any of that!

I think by now the mismatched striped socks must be an official trademark of Clay Aiken. I knew I'd lost it when I started buying striped socks to wear in the winter. ETA: I just remembered something I saw and was curious about: I saw Ringo Starr for a few minutes on LKL last night just as Larry was asking him about the controversy between him and Regis & Kelly. Ringo said that the problem had nothing to do with Regis and he still loved Regis. I had to leave at that point, but anybody know what happened? He sure didn't say he loved Kelly and Gelman!

Uh, yeah, I think that must have been a word scramble, and she left out the "s" ---

Meet me? Honey, the way the eHP works you may be sleeping with me!

Guess who will be representing on April 25-26-27? Old kf is reh-ta-go! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! OOlsee, I hear from merrieeee that I will be sitting in the seat directly behind you on the 27th. One more time ..... with feelin' EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

I hope he gets fantastic reviews because I think that would put him on Letterman and most every other NY-based show, for at least a week or two. And if he gets rave reviews, R&K would probably have to invite him on for a big makeup with Kelly. Clay may have put R&K in the Conan basket, which wouldn't hurt my feelings.

{{{{{Claygasm}}}} I'm so sorry for your loss. Well, I ain't got nuttin' to say about the pictures. I think he may be growing out his hair for whatever the label wants to do with it for the new album cover. I've enjoyed the info about the new album today. Not that I need too many particulars about it ... but I like knowing that the time frame following Spamalot is "days and weeks" and that the label is supporting it, Then I read that Clive has shelved Jennifer Hudson's album and sent her back to the studio, even though she's supposed to be his pet project. And just when is that Whitney Houston album being released? Yikes, I still get the willies posting anything that mentions the name Clive, but this is too rich for me to ignore.

Because "Clay Aiken" is their money name -- the undiscovered talent who went to the top. Clay was the biggest star that show ever had, or will have, and Simon missed it. It's kind of funny to me that he can't get over it. Patooie, those grapes are sour! Am I wrong to think Simon and Nigel aren't exactly close?

muski, I'm waiting for the

May I take this opportunity to say that the picture at OFC with the green eyes peering into my soul is killing me. Just for the record.

For contrast ... The View from 2006:

My little granddaughter, 7, just came in while I was looking at the OFC opening page and she saw that picture of Clay and said ... Clay and I don't have anything in common. I said what do you mean. She said, well, I don't have highlights in my hair. My hair is longer than his. He has a different face than me. He has a different name than me. He can sing. He's a boy. He has a different smile than me. He has hair on his feet. She kept going, but I couldn't get past the hair on his feet thing! A couple of weeks ago she won a stuffed animal and gave it to me. She told me she named it Clay so that I'd love it. She's so CUTE! I asked her if she liked Clay. She said no she doesn't, she likes Caleb -- he's in the second grade with her. ETA: I ended her long list of differences with Clay by telling her that she did have a couple of things in common with him -- green eyes and funny.

Oh sure, like that's the first time you had that thought ...

It does if he's hung like a .... you know.

* snap * Of course, that's IT! You absolutely positively 100% CMSU. If all it took was a stylized and difficult to maintain hairstyle to make me hot sexy and irresistible, I'd commit. ATDW hair was fabulous. It's the bangs, baby, the bangs. Muski's avatar, that I pant over, ... it's the hair in the face that kills. And that he's dressed in black. Just exposing my own weaknesses here.

But from what he said that wasn't his goal. He wanted to look younger. If that was his goal, he should do anything but an 1840's hairstyle. It may have worked for Franz Lizst .... but he had a shorter forehead. I happen to be Clay's fan, not his mommie, so I really don't think Clay cares what I think about his hair. But I damn sure have an opinion. As always, I'm glad some fans like his look, whatever it may be. I also think the light blond hair tends to wash him out ... but I can go for this ANY day ... He's the bee's knees in spite of not accentuating the most flattering looks sometime. Maybe he's not comfortable looking so blazingly HAWT all the time!! But I don't get the remark that he has nothing to do with his hairstyles -- like it's out of his hands and he's a helpless victim. I don't get that.

I think it was Shari who said that about coming from a small town. I think Clay was late today. First, there was the "we'll be back when we find Clay Aiken comment" ... and then when he came out and was greeting everyone he said "I'm so embarrassed" to Joy. I think that he was somehow detained and that's why the appearance was so short -- and why they went on and on talking about nothing before he come out. In defining Claymates for Whoopie, he laughed and said Claymates carry his picture around everywhere (and then the camera showed audience members holding up his picture). Regarding being embarrassed last Friday night, he said, Oh no, they're going to embarrass me in front of my new friends, referred to the disproportionate response he received from the audience. It's obvious Clay doesn't want to be perceived as stealing the thunder from the established cast members. But face it Clay -- you have and you will. Get used to it. And he did say the cast loved it. And ... I interpreted Elizabeth's remarks "You'll get to the point where you want to go back" as referring more to Idol than high school. I've watched it three times now -- and it gets better every time. He's happy.

I think the hair does absolutely nothing for him. To me, he's darling in spite of the hair style, not because of it. And personally, JMO, but it makes him look older not younger. The long dark bangs such as the 2006 GMA and Kimmel made him look much younger and hipper.

What did Whoopie say ... We'll be right back when we Find Clay Aiken??

Isn't that the AMA shirt and tie?