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Hell, why bother with ANY clothes? Let's be PURE in the PUREST possible way!

Anybody wanna hop on the "Pie in the Sky" bandwagon that says Clay's gonna make a surprise appearance on American Idol tonight or tomorrow and kickass with a single from his upcoming new CD? :04: No? Er.... rats.

HEe! My favorite line in this was the obviously relevant thing about Clay not being gay. Just flowed in the context of things, didn't it? Oy. Hey, Clay hugged me at the Ryan Seacrest show two years ago. Does that make him MY friend, too? Does that mean I'm going to 'make it' in the industry? I'd rather make HIM, thanks.

Hah! Just yesterday I was saying that Clay should go to this thing dressed as he was in the AI2 Tour---white pants and going commando! Hee!

Yeah, it's been....er...interesting reading all the angst and anger and prayers and pissed offedness and general blah blah blah about it. My opinion, since you asked so nicely!! , is that it's a shame this organization presents Christianity as the package in which values such as self-worth, dignity and common sense in clothing choices must be wrapped. That is, the 'rules' that they list as 'Christian' and part of their instructional retreats are values that I've always considered part of my parental duties. And it is also part of my role as a parent to help my daughters make good choices and to develop a healthy sense of self-love and respect that will guide them after they're not in my house. To me, it's the sound of self-righteous ownership of such values in some of this organization's communication that polarize people. Clay? Whatever...I think that it's a smart move if indeed it is true that he's doing this as a favor to David Foster. Can't hurt to be owed a favor from that guy. But as far as this gig being reflective of Clay's musical direction... huh? Clay has a musical direction? News to me. And although I'm sure Clay supports girls dressing in a self-respectful manner and all that...I keep remembering those pics of him at the Kenneth Cole fashion show ogling the boobs on the woman sitting next to him and doing everything but drooling as he watched the model in her sheer blouse. He's singing in public, y'all. And that's always a good thing, IMO. Got a cold. Gonna sit at home all day and write my nasty stories about Clay. Don't have to worry about how my female characters are dressed. In many of my scenes they ain't wearin' nuthin'!

BWAHHAAAHAAAA!!!!!! :em0100:

You know how the people who get sent home have to sing one last time? And know how that farewell performance is almost always 200% better than it had been the night before? Guess what? Ace sounded even worse. Bye, Ace. I'll miss looking at your jeans. Thumbs down on the whole 'pick' the winner group sadistic pleasure from the AI machine. Thumbs way down that Kellie Pickler is still there. Honestly, she really did NOT do well last night. I was thinking. (always a dangerous game, fo sho)...the night of the 'Vincedent'. I was so pissed at Randy and Simon for slamming Clay, for harping on the lyric mishap. At least Paula acknowledged that it happens and that he finished the song 'with dignity'. Last night they tripped over themselves trying to make Kellie's debacle all right, when not only did she fail at tone and pitch, but timing too. When Clay sang Vincent, my bet is that most of the people in the audience either didn't know he'd messed up or they knew but just sat back and enjoyed his voice...and how he adlibbed so beautifully. Yet the asshats tore him down...again and again. Huh? What's that you say? Sour grapes? MOI? nah.

Oy.... I think Simon was on some sort of hallucinogen tonight. I didn't hear what he did, evidently. Kellie was awful. She needs to go. Taylor was boring until the very end; then he was entertaining. Ace was insipid. Looked ridiculous; the attempt at an eyef*ck at the end was just plain pitiful; his voice is just too immature to go anywhere else. Paris sounded good. She could really turn into a great singer with coaching and training. Elliot's voice has become old to me---old in the sense that I've grown tired of it, and I actually liked it in the beginning. Exactly the opposite of the effect of Clay's voice on me. No matter how much I hear Clay sing, I just want more. Chris Nope. I think this is the first night that Chris showed vulnerability in his voice. I've never been a fan of his (or Elliot's) rapid-fire vibrato. But in this genre, it was blaringly unpleasant. He seemed bored singing. Kat I just don't feel the love. Sorry. She's absolutely beautiful At times she reminds me of Catherine Zeta Jones; other times she's a young Linda Ronstadt. I thought she was pitchy...often. Her move in and out of chest/head voice was NOT smooth and seamless; I never felt confident she'd pull the transition off...She has a lovely voice...but it needs more training... I just kept thinking how much I'd LOVE to hear Clay sing any of these songs...any. He is NEVER awful. He is NEVER boring and always entertaining. He can do a perfect eyef*ck in his sleep and his voice is the essence of maturity. His voice never gets old. Clay never seems bored when he sings; he seems overflowing with life. It's almost impossible to detect the point at which Clay moves from head to chest voice and back. It IS seamless. Forgive my 'bah humbug' demeanor...but...None of these people is Clay...or can sing like Clay. I miss him. I miss him so, so much. :bawling:

bottlecap, if I'd been drinking something when I read your post, I'd have spit it all on my monitor, so let us be thankful that I wasn't and didn't! And as for Clay never having sucked, playbiller... somehow I doubt that... I mean, that man's mouth---lips, tongue, little teeth---it's perfection! And so very agile and talented. I imagine that he has done just about every verb possible with that mouth... And I'm pissed at the bitches who know that for sure, too! sigh....

Couchie, this made my morning! BWAHAAAA! My Easter meal was a Hot Dog at the A's game, along with a MoonPie that I'd smuggled in in my purse---washed down with an overpriced beer!

Thing is...did Clay have any say at all which song would be his first single? I never thought so. And I always thought it was so 'snake in the grass' that Randy said that, already knowing that it WAS going to be his single. Did anybody else ever hear a rumor that TITN was meant for Ruben? (Or the winner?) but that Clay could sing it better? Or that Ruben didn't like the song or something? Seems I heard that somewhere. That TITN was originally for Ruben and Flying Without WIngs for Clay. Whatever. You know, I remember thinking that with better production, there were a few songs from MOAM that could have been hits. Touch Perfect Day Run to Me come to mind...but the way they sound---and the way pretty much all of them sound---on that CD, I understand why nothing ever really made it on the radio---too vanilla, too homogenized and pasteurized. In concert, he brought the songs to life, but then he brings so many things to life on stage, doesn't he?

I just want HIM to use AI. They certainly use him to further their own success---his picture in commercials to promote new seasons, constant references, etc. I HATE the AI manipulative machine...but 30,000,000 viewers ain't nothin' to sneeze at. If Clay were to appear on the maggots' show and sing a kickass single from a new kickass CD and mention an upcoming kickass tour, he'd 1. Show the posers just what being a star looks and sounds like. 2. Show the asshats that he's a bigger man than they could hope to be. (In any way you want to interpret that, too! hee) 3. Get invaluable promotion for furthering his own success. 4. Blow everyone away, surprising those who only remember him from the AI Clay AIken from 3 years ago. If I were his agent, I'd want to get that gig.

I swear, if we believe all the talk on the boards about people going to the GMA appearance, they'll have to expand Bryant Park to accommodate all Clay's fans! Couchie? Trans-continental trip? Aisle or window seat for you?

Just PLEASE, somebody send that Pickler thing home. PLEASE. At least Bucky seemed REAL.... When is Clay going to go on AI this year to show them how it's done? WHEN?

Hmmmm....I'd better start doing those tricep-firming exercises if I'm going to be in New York in August...tank tops and all....hot in New York in August... and did you guys see that Yahoo online news story about Kelly going on tour AGAIN! this summer? To continue singing from Breakaway AND to preview some songs from her NEXT CD due out late 2006 or early 2007.... HELLO!?????? CLAY? RCA? CLAY?

My 1 and a half cents.. Bucky....Please...make it stop. He's a cutie, but just. no. Chris....Please...sing. You can sing. Sing, don't yell. Pick a song with a melody. Sing. Kellie...Please...make it stop. Go home. You are NOT amusing. You are annoying. You are embarrassing to the female gender. Just. No. (And what the hell? The judges thought she was GOOOD???????? ) Katherine...You sing pretty, although you didn't stay on pitch on those long notes or on some of the short ones, either (unlike a redhaired VOX I know )...You have potential but gotta get some groove on girl---some stage presence to showcase that bod and face and voice; otherwise, it's snooze city. Elliott...maybe the best 'Queen' sound...his vibrato IS quick like Freddie Mercury's, although he is NOT FM...He does seem awkward in his movements, but he did sorta well, I thought. Ace...the only thing that was interesting about this was looking at him. The song was not good. I didn't think he sounded good (pitchy, pitchy...can that man STAY on tune?) Since I can't see him when I just listen, I'd never buy his music. Taylor...I couldn't get past his failed attempt at kicking the mic stand. It got me giggling and then he did nothing to stop the growing laughter. According to the Paula and Randy, "Yeay! Taylor's back!" I like Taylor a'ight but I have to say that Simon voiced my reaction better..."That was ridiculous." Paris...vocally, she might have been the best...but again I have to agree with Simon. "That felt weird." But only because it's such a grown up song and she's such a kid. I think that's what Simon meant... In any case...the overall feeling watching that was... Holy effin' crap. They're just not good. Who should go? Hell, I don't care. Let's send the fakey pickle girl home, whadddya say? :glare:

<{POST_SNAPBACK}> OY! What is so ding-danged difficult about all this? How long has this site been up? (smut oppty. there )...shouldn't this have been figured out BEFORE they solicited people for memberships? Am I just being bitchy? Have I caught jemock's speculatin' disease? Should I stop now and go to bed? Say goodnight, muski...

Didn't the Kinks sing Girl...you really got me going.. You got me going so I don't know Yeah, you really got me now You got me so bad ....blah blah blah\ YEAHH you really got me going...etc. Ah, yes. Those were the days when lyrics were the most important part of a hit song.

I just reread my previous post and realized that it made no sense. My mind went places that my fingers typing did not follow....I was saying that I was reading TKR (The Kite Runner) on the bus to and from work. Then I started talking about what makes someone writing erotic fiction publishable.. TKR is NOT erotic fiction. I was thinking about a fluff paperback I bought that has 6 short erotic romps in it by 'best selling' authors...and I was thinking how I've read better stuff online on EAYOR and CV... blah blah had nothing to do with TKR...only with my sometimes wonky neuron synapses in the old Muski brain...heh... carry on...

Ok, did I say this already? That I'd actually bought The Kite Runner as a Christmas present for my husband? As soon as I read the cover, I knew it was something Kenny (my hubby) would like. Now I know Clay likes it. Ooooh...as they say on CH, we have a con.nex.shun. I'm reading it now on the bus to and from work instead of writing chapters of Clorn...I know that writing erotic fiction about a man I'll never 'know' is far removed from writing a Pulitzer Prize winning novel, but I gotta tell ya... Many 'best selling' authors got nuthin' on some of the writers I've read online.... Difference is ambition, drive, discipline (IMO) to take a talent or even a honed skill and then be proactive about making it more than a hobby. Persistence and a thick skin and resolve to weather mucho rejection before any potential success. blah blah...I'm just blathering...never mind me.... OOOOOOH! I just noticed that I'm Member Number 569! Funny how things work out, ain't it?

djs11 Ok...I didn't watch either show this week. I get the beard thing...but could you tell me what Ryan's comeback to Simon was? I'm back home...finally...whew! My two daughters are really glad I'm here! It's cool! And I'm exhausted....

He thinks Clay got bigger during the AI competition? I really didn't notice anything til the AI tour and that white suit. Wait til someone sends this interviewer some of the pics in Jemock's album.....

DUH. I meant 2008. georgiaclay---where in GA? My mom lived in August for about 10 years before moving out here to live with us...and I have a 97-year-old aunt who still lives there! My cousin and her family live nearby in Evans...

djs111 Ah...I was born and raised NC and VA, but I've called the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda) my home since 1989. I love it here! In fact, Couchie and I live about 20 mins from each other! Just based on that fact alone, I'll never be able to say I wasn't blessed in this lifetime! But I was just in Charlotte doing site research for a big conference I'll be organizing for 1988. It's really changed since I lived near there as a child...uh...manycoughtoomanycough years ago.

clay4shore If you're near Annapolis, you're familiar with Rehoboth Beach...I lived there for seven years when I taught high school English! That's where I met my hubby... Ah...lazy Indian Summer days on the wide, beautiful beaches after the tourists were gone---the weather still great and the ocean still warm for playing in the waves...the expanse of sand between the dune grass and the foam sometimes so wide that all I could see in the distance was the horizon... sigh.... Then, of course, there were the summer nights.....the little town bursting with tanned and eager bodies...caravans for last calls at favorite bars...the coconuty smell of suntan oil mingling with the more intoxicating aroma of youth and willingness..... Dang...those were some days, I tell ya!