Rumor Has It

Rumor has it that this year’s American Idol had the best collection of talent since the show began seven years ago. I do not beleive this is a rumor, this is very true! On May 21st, 2008, David Cook, a 25 year old part-time bartender and soloist singer/songwriter as well as front singer for a rock band was crowned Season 7 American Idol. We, his fans, were not surprised, the “Archie” fans might have been slightly. What is an Archie fan, you may ask? They are his opposition’s fans, David Archuleta, the 17 year old contestant, whom also is a wonderful singer and a very nice guy as well.  All in all, though, this season’s contestants and fans were a step above the rest. Everyone was nice to one another, they were all friends with one another, genuinely sad to see the other go. This is the first season we have seen so many nice contestants whom appeared to genuinely connect as friends. We kept hearing about the enormous talent of this year’s group, it was obvious and utterly amazing to see their improvement weekly. When one contestant was voted off, it seemed the contestant staying would have been just as happy to go if it would have honestly given their opponent a better chance at winning. They all knew it wouldn’t, they knew that David Cook would be the winner unless by some fluke, he was not there. As it comes to mind in the case of Chris Daughtry. We all thought he was Season 5’s hands down best talent and the contestant that should be crowned that season’s American Idol. It did not happen, by some fluke, slack fan vote (I don’t think), malfunction in the voting lines, something I don’t know, but suddenly the “by far favorite” was gone. In a Idol history making moment, a stunned audience, judges, fans, and contestants stood staring at Ryan with mouths gaping as he held the envelope that placed Chris in 4th place. Everyone was stunned…I still have a hard time talking about it! As time would tell though, this did not hurt Chris one bit, as he has gone on to break records in the sells of his CDs and concert tours. Chris has done just fine! But, as I was saying, this type thing was the only way Cook was not going to win, so as each contestant left, they knew that the one staying had no better chance of winning than they did. You know, it was really okay, they all seemed to be pulling for Cook and they all liked Archie too. The only immaturity and fighting amongst themselves that we, the audience, saw was between the judges. They “entertained???” (maybe sickened is a better word) us with snide remarks; smacking, picking, and pinching one another; and the over zealous, rude comments made to the contestants (to the point of making us, the viewer, feel uncomfortable) week after week by the majority of the judges.  Paula is the least rude of the three in her critique of the contestant’s performances, but she does her part in the rest of the routine and more than her part in some areas.  Let us crawl out of this hole, this is not being written to express any negativity. I am writing this in celebration of a wonderful group of contestants that entertained us over a period of approximately 5months…cold that be right?????

As mentioned, our winner was David Cook, a 25 year old from Blue Springs, MO.  I think he is without a doubt the most talented artist to haved graced the Idol stage and he has the added benefit of being gorgeous! This will not hurt his record/cd sales one bit He already has a huge fan following, hoards of screaming girls, interviews with everyone that can get him, and has already SIGNED A RECORD DEAL in less than a week from winning. He wisely signed with the Idol production house adjunct, 19 Recordings/RCA Label. He has a freshman CD that was released in 2006 (Analog Heart) that has been pulled and is to be re-released after the Idol tour. He wrote all the songs and produced this album and it really is amazing, but you can’t get your hands on a copy anywhere now or find a download either. Shucks!  David has many fan clubs, but I find this one interesting because of it’s premise….it is known as “Word Nerds”, it is based on one of the interviews he did for an Idol intro in which he mentioned that he was a “word nerd”. He said he enjoyed finding and using new words, doing crossword puzzles, word finds, etc. The “Word Nerds” group posts a word that they would like to see him use in his next interview and so far he has been doing this….fun and thrilling for the fans.

David is a sincerely nice guy, well liked by his fellow contestants, his fans, his family, his friends and hometown. One of the Top 16 contestants, Luke Menard, became a very close friend of David’s as well as other contestant’s Michael John’s and Jason Yaegar’s. The four friends were nicknamed, “The Four Horseman”. Shortly after Menard was voted off, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a cancer of the Lymph system or Lymph Nodes. David found out and left the finale rehearsals to visit Luke and his wife…he said he thought it was important for him (Luke) to know that he (David) would be there for them (Luke and his wife) in any way that they needed him and anytime they needed him. David’s own brother, Adam, has brain cancer. We have not been told very much about his condition or rate of recovery, but we have seen David struggle when Adam has had bad weeks. David is very close to his brothers, if not for Andrew, David would not have even been on Idol. Andrew was coming to try out and David was coming as support…the producers and Andrew talked David into trying out. Andrew has been to every show cheering and supporting his brother…you can see him saying, as he points to David, “That’s my brother.”. We have been told that David is a genuinely nice guy” and this has been evident in so many of the things that we have seen in just the little bit of time we get to see him on television. I have not even mentioned a fraction of the many humanitarian acts he has done. We will hear much more from him in the near future, but this is one artist that will be around for many years to come.

His first Idol song (as is customary, the American Idol releases a single for the Idol franchise) was released to iTunes the night of the American Idol finale. Within 11 hours it was already #1 on the charts…aaaaamazing. David will continue to break records. He won Idol by a smashing 12 million votes! People are waiting in great anticipation for his first album, including me…I am on the waiting list too…I wonder how many more are???? He will be doing rock music. He will be doing beautiful rock music with that awesome voice…a smooth honey voice touched with a grain of sand…close your eyes and listen…..that voice will grab you with the very first note and will never let you go. If you get lucky enough to gaze into his soulful eyes as well……oh well, you are really a goner then!!!!!

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Current Mood: Playful

Rumor has it a number of unfortunate gentlemen have met their Maker’s Mark, in a city in Southeast Asia. The gentlemen were employers of “The Oldest Trade in the World” in which several “ladies” were employed as, what we were told, female companions. We here that the gentleman found that the ”ladies”, were in fact optometrist, instead of hookers…we mean companions. There employers (actually, they were johns) were embarrassed for the optomrtrist and apologized for this terrible misunderstanding. Little did the johns know, but these optometrits were imposters. They truly were hookers whom had been paid by the black market oppostion to eliminate their competition. To achieve this goal these ladies/optometrist/hookers offered the gentleman/johns a round of drinks, under the pretense that all was truly a misunderstanding and all was forgiven. The ladies/optometrist/hookers made their way to the back bar to mix a very special drink for the gentleman. It seems they used their eye droppers as swizzle sticks, filled them with a fluid that is used to dilate the eyes and which highly toxic, and fatal, upon ingestion. When the employers/johns drank this mixture it quickly lead to their demise. Rumor has it that local law officials are investigating the ladies/optometrists/hookers and have other characters of interest.

We at Rumors would advise our loyal readers to travel alert, and to please have your eye exams before you travel. Good Day !                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

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Current Mood: Happy

Rumor has it that a bear was sentenced and fined, for theft, in the stealing of the food bees make from the nectar of flowers (honey). We hear that if you happen to be a beekeeper and would like to discourage this annoying, and somewhat costly, occurrence that there is a remedy. The bear does not like country rock music. We recommend putting a stereo system near your beehives, playing an album picked up at your local honky tonk, turning the sound up high and the bass even higher, and your problem will be solved. Of course you may find that your bees dislike this music as much as the bear and you might just find both languishing in your neighbor’s meadow.

*Update: We have been told that the bear was going to join the circus in an attempt to raise the money to pay his fines. However, Animal Rights Activists are rallying the state to pay his fines, because we still need to know what a bear does in the woods.

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