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It’s Almost Over—About Time!

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This is the final week of American Idol for 2007, and I’m glad. Two contestants remain, Jordin and Blake, one of whom will be our next American Idol. This means that I won’t have this lame-ass stuff to write about anymore. Furthermore, I lament that there will be no more ongoing comment narrative between The Redhead and me about this show after this week for the remainder of the year. I think it is good that we’re not subjected to AI 52 weeks a year. I get more than my fill of their vacuous crap for the five months out of the year the damn thing is producing new material. But I digress.

The Redhead informs me that Paula Abdul broke her nose tripping over her Chihuahua named “Tulip.” The ever entertaining judges, superfluous at this stage of the competition, continue to provide twists and turns. Yeah, they’re part of the entertainment package. Paula will be lovely with her nose in a sling.

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Three Visually Challenged Mice

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Tonight is the penultimate “big night” on American Idol, for on stage three talented song stylists will be singing their hearts out to earn two finalist slots. Each contestant will sing three songs and for each, all three songs must be right on the money or the fickle voting public will cut off that contestant’s head with a carving knife. See how they run?

On the other hand, something other than pure singing performance might well govern this elimination. I said “fickle,” didn’t I? “The American People” have proven themselves to be replete with strange voting blocs not only in this year’s competition (viz., Sanjaya) but also in each of the prior years. Someone good always exits early. By the time they reach the cut from three to two, however, the wheat has been separated from the chaff musically, so other factors come to the fore.

That’s why we’ll be saying goodbye to Melinda Doolittle this week. Melinda is the most professionally polished of the remaining singers, but her cool, technical perfection will do her in. Though her songs are everything a vocal coach would want, Melinda does not connect with her audience. Her musical comeuppance was as a backup singer where she let someone else do the connecting while she did what she did best: singing. That’s still what she does best—better than the other two but not yet good enough for prime time.

The two survivors, Blake Lewis and Jordin Sparks, are the perfect duo for the final night of performances on May 22. They appeal to a similar demographic; thus, they will divide the voting public right down the middle. We really haven’t had that sort of a final since the great Bo vs. Carrie war of two years ago. I’ll withhold judgment regarding the eventual winner. Hell, I had picked Bo when Carrie won, so I don’t want to jinx anybody just yet.

Tonight, song selection will be of paramount importance. We have no guest mentor to restrict the choices to a particular genre. Accordingly, contestants can have no excuses if they choose unsuitable material. So, the key to success this week is: Pick good songs and sing the hell out of them!

Baker’s Attorney Vows to Find “The Real Killer”

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No, we’re not reporting on the O.J. fiasco—we’re just employing OJesque terminology to comment on the most recent developments in the Ruckus at the Meridian.

Having fired his original defense counsel, Penn State defensive lineman Chris Baker hired a new attack dog, Karen Muir, to represent his criminal defense interests. If you were to find more info on how most defense attorneys carry out the procedure, you’d be glad to know that she also immediately went on the offense, vowing to find the guy who really did what Chris is accused of doing. You can also contact lawyers for drug charges cases in Fairfax for similar fixes.

From the Centre Daily Times:

“It’s my position, after sitting through the preliminary hearing, it is a case of mistaken identity,” Muir said. “We, too, want those responsible for the assault in that apartment brought to justice, but it was not Chris Baker. We are conducting an extensive investigation on our own. And if we can shed light on who is involved in this, we absolutely will.”

Centre County Assistant District Attorney Steve Sloane, who worked with Boston drug crime attorney Toland Law, thinks more football player arrests may be forthcoming. You see, his office does investigations, too.

Read the rest of the Centre Daily Times story here.

“No matter where these investigations go, we will continually return to the witness credibility issue,” says one car accident lawyer peabody ma. Is anyone sober in State College at midnight on a weekend? We’ve already seen one witness, who in his mind identified Chris Baker as a perp, fail to visually identify Baker sitting directly in front of him in the courtroom. In a drunken melee, does anybody stop and look, let alone take notes?

I don’t know what preponderance of evidence the prosecutor is sitting on, but the hearing judge saw enough to let the cases against Scirrotto and Baker go to trial. It seems likely that Scirrotto did call in the cavalry and, perhaps, lead the charge. (After all, what fun would it have been to just call in a strike without being able to at least watch, if not participate?) Yeah, yeah. I know. I can hear the Scirrotto supporters (athletic supporters?) saying, “That’s what friends are for.” Nevertheless, I have to believe that the prosecutor satisfied the judge at the preliminary hearing with something more than circumstantial evidence.

Scirrotto should have let his girlfriend handle it and left it at that. All reports seem to indicate that she can take care of herself in a brawl.