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Good Morning! Just a little reminder that today on Rose Radio at 12 noon (Pacific Time), I will be playing the new tracks that I am adding to the playlist this week. This includes tracks by Barbra Streisand, Borne, Clay Aiken, Eva Cassidy, Franz Ferdinand, George Huff, Gnarls Barkley, Harry Chapin, Keith Urban, Kelly Clarkson, Linda Eder, Nikki McKibbin, Rolling Stones, Ryan Starr, Taylor Hicks and The Mavericks. On Tuesday you can read more about this week's selections on the Rose Radio blog.

Hi! Just a note to listen in Monday for the preview of some of the new songs I will be adding this week. This week's selections will include tracks by Fine Young Cannibals, Vince Falzone, KT Tunstall, Michael Buble, White Stripes, Josh Gracin, Jon Peter Lewis, Ayla Brown, Patrick Hall, Katharine McPhee, Tim McGraw, Johnny Cash, Celine Dion, Suzie McNeil and Clay Aiken.

In case you don't remember, Ayla Brown and Patrick Hall were both in the top 24 last year.

On Tuesday you can read more about this week's selections on the Rose Radio blog.

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eta: Playbiller, I noticed that you have been posting links to my radio station on different boards. Thanks so much!! I really appreciate it. :F_05BL17blowkiss:

That was an amazing show by Prince. I only watch the Superbowl for the commercials. Now that I have EyeTV on my computer I can watch TV on my computer screen while I'm doing other stuff. Can also pause and backup like you can on Tivo too. Pretty cool.

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A reminder to check out the new songs that will be featured today on Rose Radio at 11:00 a.m. (Pacific Time). You may want to refer to the Broadcast Schedule to see what time it airs for your location.

http://www.live365.com/stations/roseviolet/schedule

Some of the new songs added to the playlist this week are:

"A Different World" by Bucky Covington

"We All Want to Believe" by Judd Harris (Visible From Space)

"Papion" by Bo Bice

"Hell Of A Day" by Taylor Hicks

"God Bless The Dreamer" by Tamyra Gray

"Make Ya Feel Beautiful" by Ruben Studdard

I have also created a blog where you can read more about the songs I picked to add this week. I will also be posting messages about the schedule and weekly charts for the most popular songs.

Be sure to flag your favorite songs with the thumbs up icon, or the thumbs down if you hate a song. This will help me decide which songs to keep or remove each week. I am also open to requests and suggestions for the playlist. Just leave a comment on the blog:

http://roseradio.blogspot.com/

roseviolet, is it possible to listen to your station without signing up for the membership? I have tried to listen a couple of times, and it seems to shut off after about a song or so. I haven't poked around the site enough to be really familiar with how it works...

Yes, you should be able to listen without signing up. You won't be able to rate the songs without registering, however registering is free. For problems listening, you might find this page helpful.

Good morning! For those of you listening to Rose Radio, I want to encourage you to flag your favorite songs with the thumbs up icon, or the thumbs down if you hate a song. They are tracked and it will tell me which songs you like or dislike. Here are the current standings. The first chart includes Clay, but since his songs are so heavily weighted in the chart, I also have one excluding him:

Top 20 (with Clay)

1. Clay Aiken - Everytime You Go Away

2. Clay Aiken - Shine

3. Clay Aiken - If You Don't Know Me By Now

4. Buddy Jewell - Sweet Southern Comfort

5. Clay Aiken - This Is The Night

6. Clay Aiken - Lover All Alone

7. Clay Aiken - A Thousand Days

8. Clay Aiken - Perfect Day

9. Clay Aiken - When You Say You Love Me

10. Clay Aiken - Lonely No More

11. Clay Aiken - Broken Wings

12. Carrie Underwood - Don't Forget To Remember Me

13. Rufus Wainwright - Across The Universe

14. Kellie Pickler - Red High Heels

15. Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold

16. Clay Aiken - Invisible

17. Clay Aiken - Here You Come Again

18. Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle

19. Clay Aiken & Suzie McNeil - I Want To Know What Love Is

20. Kurt Nilsen - She's So High

Top 20 (excluding Clay)

1. Buddy Jewell - Sweet Southern Comfort

2. Carrie Underwood - Don't Forget To Remember Me

3. Rufus Wainwright - Across The Universe

4. Kellie Pickler - Red High Heels

5. Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold

6. Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle

7. Kurt Nilsen - She's So High

8. k.d. lang - Hallelujah

9. Josh Gracin - I Keep Coming Back

10. Jim Croce - I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song

11. Kellie Pickler - Small Town Girl

12. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know

13. Carmen Rasmusen - I've Just Seen A Face

14. Jon Peter Lewis - Man Like Me

15. Vanessa Olivarez - The One

16. Kimberley Locke - 8th World Wonder

17. Carmen Rasmusen - Photograph

18. Adam Dayton Gibson - Sweep It Up

19. Van Morrison - Moondance

20. Kurt Nilsen - Here She Comes

HEEEE - spoiler alert - I am watching Sunday Morning and they are discussing studies that prove that there is dirty desk discrimination, but that employees with messy dewsks are 35% more efficient and that the higher the salary, the messier the desk - now I know what my problem is!

They end with a quote - "if a cluttered desk is an example of a cluttered mind, what then is an empty desk a symbol of?"

AT LAST, I am justified!

Yay! There is hope for me yet. My desk and and the whole area around is... not neat. Definitely not neat.

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Clay definitely had me at "Take". Sure, I also thought he was one of the bad ones when he walked in the room, but the second he started singing, I knew I had misjudged. I was totally fascinated and after he sang "Open Arms", I was on the internet searching for any information. I found a site where some guy was posting realplayer clips of the performances and I watched them over and over. I couldn't seem to get enough of him. And, apparently, I am still just as fascinated by him even four years later. Who knew?

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Tomorrow at noon (Pacific time) on Rose Radio I will be playing the songs I am adding to the playlist. This week I'm adding Clay's "Everytime You Go Away". Some of the other tracks are by John Stevens, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and Taylor Hicks. Also tracks by Marty Casey (runner-up to Rockstar:INXS), Roisin Murphy and O-Zone. Definitely an eclectic mix!

ETA: From the sublime to the ridiculous...... My local Fox station just did a piece on Justin Guarini, our hometown boy. It was mostly an interview with his mother. He apparently is growing his curls back. Oh goody. And he will be co-hosting Idol Chat for the TVGuide channel (does that mean he'll be with Kimberme??) and he is in some indie movie coming out this year called Fast Girl and the curls weren't right for th part, so he wears a wig. And he is working on his next album.

I saw him on Idol Chat with Kimberly and Rosana. I think he is going to be a regular on that program through this season of AI. I actually think he is better at this than Kimberly. He has a good onscreen presence. I purchased his jazz album so I can put some of his tracks on Rose Radio.

Hey, roseviolet! Wait! Weren't you part of the mini Clayfast at Casa Muski sometime back, too? Wait! Am I getting board names confused?

Yes! Couchie brought me over to your house once. I brought sushi, which I don't think anyone ate. I had a blast meeting all of you! :04:

YAY roseviolet...thanks for the link to rose radio...

now you will have to start posting too...heh

hey its Josh Gracin...its cool to hear some of the idols songs...its not bad at all.

I was surprised at how much I like Carmen and Jon Peter Lewis. I also have tracks by Charles Grigsby on there. There is a track each available for Nikki McKibbin and Ryan Starr and I plan to add those next week.

Hey, roseviolet at CH just created her own radio station with pop and soul classics, oldies, current and lots of Clay! She's got the link over there. It's great.

Hi! Thanks for telling everyone about my radio station. I still have plenty of room for more listeners, so check it out. Also, let me know if you have any requests or suggestions to keep it fresh.

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Yes. She wrote it for American Idol.

Diane appeared as a judge on the top-rated TV show American Idol, and an entire evening was dedicated to her and her music. The following evening, the show's talent performed the song, "Shine," which Diane had written specifically for American Idol.

Colin Firth

Orlando Bloom

Hi everybody! I haven't been here in a while. How are you all doing? I admit it, my mom really needed a new copy of MOAM since she lost hers last year in a car accident. So, I figured this week would be a really good time to replace it! Heh. I'll go back later and get her new copies of Josh Groban and Michael Buble. She likes them too and they also got lost in the car accident.

roseviolet, are you noticing how great the crowd sounds via the laptop connection?  The noise of the applause usually makes the cellphone cert connections do wacky things.

MDYK - some very nice low notes tonight.

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Yeah. The microphone is great. Only fuzzing out a bit on the loudest sounds.

Roseviolet...right under your crab pictures are links to Cheap tickets and hot fares...I may have to check my piggy bank.  Company's comin'

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Yikes! Better hide my crab...

Wow. The CV stream is really clear!

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So you have both streams or just CV? too bad they didn;t ahve WJ covered for the alst night...it seemed the usually have through the tour...

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Just CV

OK so roseviolet and I will buy crab for everybody who is here by morning!  Deal?

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Mmmm. Crab.

Wow. The CV stream is really clear!

Wow ANGELA...whoo hoo... that was good! I liked those "flourishes"

Yeah dinner is on me on New Years... I'll wave to Roseviolet...she can conceivably come LOL!  Howdy neighbor!

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::waves to Couchie::

I wish. I have to go spend the weekend with my mom. She was in the hospital last week and hasn't been feeling very secure at home. I will stopping by Japantown in the morning on my way up there to pick up some sushi though. Yum! And my brother might go up there in the morning too bringing some yummy boiled crab from Fisherman's wharf. Man, I love living here in San Francisco.

I kinda liked that article Bottlecap. I think the guy actually has a similar sense of humor as Clay. He did go a tad overboard putting the bwah haha's after the paragraphs...but it was an interesting treatment.

I do see some old anxiety's coming out both from Clay and the fans...I just don;t take what Clay says too seriously anymore...I think these are all just his automatic answers now.

Some people have been writing the author of that article and he seems to actually like Clay. Here are some of his replies:

claysession at CH:

Thanks so much for the note. Clay was a great interview: charming, funny, thoughtful. He's far more complex than the media gives him credit for. Glad it came out in the story.

All the Best,

Sean Daly

Pop Music Critic

St. Petersburg Times

Butterflyshine at CV:

Clay is the rare complex young celebrity, a thoughtful man who deserves to be portrayed as such. Glad you enjoyed the story as much as I enjoyed writing it!

All the Best,

Sean Daly

Pop Music Critic

St. Petersburg Times

Another response posted on the CB by lsdollylovesclay

I emailed the reviewer asking if Clay really laughed like that and got this response.

He sure does. It's a great laugh, and he lets it loose early and often. Great singer, great interview subject.

Okay, I've been doing some serious thinking about how Clay should dress for his performances. I know it must be a real conundrum for him. After all, when he wears quirky people want him to wear more serious clothes. When he wears more classic and serious stuff, people say he looks old and dresses like grandpa. If his concerts are classy, then he is being too restrained and boring. If his concerts are fun and entertaining, then he is not being serious enough about his music. So, after much consideration about what everybody says they want Clay to do, it seems the best consensus is that he should do only rock concerts because everyone seems to love Rock!Star!Clay! And, after all, rock stars are serious musicians who never wear costumes or do anything silly on stage. With that in mind I elect that Clay should wear this or this. Or maybe this would be more to your taste.

I find it disheartening when there is a discussion of some perceived troublesome aspect of the foundation and only the negative perceptions are viewed as valid. I have seen discussions where people with experience in working in or with small foundations are ignored and their comments trivialized. Especially if they assert that the foundation really is doing fine, that the problems they are having are not unusual and that they will most likely work out the kinks in time. That they really have done a remarkable job so far.

It is a shame that the story that is being picked up now is the MSNBC gossip piece and not the WRAL article. I just hope that Clay had a plan in place for this eventuality.

I agree diamondjake2001 that some had their own vision for TBAF and are disappointed that it is not addressing the issues that they want to see addressed. I think it would be wise to read the mission statement and realize that the foundation is there for a specific purpose that is more general in nature than some would like it to be:

The mission of The Bubel/Aiken Foundation is to provide services and financial assistance to facilitate fully the integration of children with disabilities into the life environment of those without.

The Foundation will create awareness about the diversity of individuals with disabilities and the possibilities inclusion can bring. Through collaborations with the disability, education, entertainment, and media communities, the Foundation will recognize those whose commitment to breaking the stereotypes attendant to the developmentally disabled has broken barriers and extended the boundaries of the human experience for all.

Hi! Is this going to be a linear thread format? Loved the blog and vacation pics. Nice place!

Hi! Well, I'm called roseviolet for no particular reason. I was trying to think up a screen name, but didn't want it to be Claycentric. Used to grow African violets. Hmmm. Violet. Shoot. Someone is already using violet. Dang. How about if I stuck the word 'rose' in front of it? Hey, it worked. Voila. roseviolet. I'm so lame.

I was pretty much hooked by Clay from the audition on. Didn't take me long to start searching for him on the web and immediately found him being discussed on a number of boards. I lurked at a number of boards and eventually found myself hanging around the Clay thread at TWoP for the most part. Moved along with them to the Clackhouse and now I pretty much split my time between there and Clayversity.

I'm finding the whole experience of being a fan rather interesting. It is not something I am inclined to do normally. At first I was just intrigued by him and loved his voice. Later on in the season I found myself becoming much more emotionally invested in him. When he lost the competition, I surprised myself by being devasted by the loss and was depressed for days. Now I'm just thrilled that he is doing so well and that he seems to be happy. I hope to hear him sing for a long time.