tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-215093932024-03-07T09:52:47.358-06:00IDOL BLUESTaylor Hicks and other musical interests, news, information and articles.Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.comBlogger870125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-29065142688236454052010-03-09T10:39:00.004-06:002010-03-09T10:51:32.602-06:00Taylor Hicks Whomping Las Vegas? (Whatever the Hell That Means...)The rumor mills all aflutter with word out on the new Nick Mitchell/Las Vegas revue that may see Taylor Hicks as one of the show's participants. Seems, Nick Mitchell will have two past Idol winners on board with him for his <a href="http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Sunday-chat-with-Brookfield-American-Idol-star-395134.php">City That Never Sleeps Tour</a> (made that up myself).<br />
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Over at <a href="http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/w-is-for-whomp-what/">It's All Grey</a> we were having a small discussion about this Las Vegas show as well as considering what the Hell does "Whomp" REALLY mean? And, can you whomp in Vegas or should that be relegated to ....which circles me back around to, really, where the Hell does one whomp? Is there a whomp and why would one want to whomp?<br />
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Taylor Hicks has not issued any comment about this Nick Mitchell venture, in fact, Hicks, just about a week ago, talked about how he's planning to spend down time after his Teen Angel flight over with "Grease" just chillin' back and maybe cutting another album. I'm thinking if he's offered this four month project in Viva Las Vegas he'll postpone that chillin'. I mean you can rest when you're dead, right? Right. (But...can you whomp when you're dead...?)<br />
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This guy never made mention of 'whomp' but he sure did sparkle, King of the Shiny: Elvis, "Viva Las Vegas".<br />
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Yeah, "Whomp" on Soulman.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-84540840729364034492010-03-06T09:35:00.002-06:002010-03-06T09:38:18.061-06:00The Taylor Hicks Interview Drinking Game: Questions We've All Heard Before, AgainTaylor Hicks was interviewed by Kate McCaffrey regarding his current career prospects, past history and his on-going tour with "Grease". She praises Taylor Hicks' performance as the Teen Angel, saying, <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10061/1039523-325.stm">'he put his heart and soul'</a> into the show. Wait is she a member of the Soul Patrol?<br />
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Of course we've heard the term, "heart and soul" ad nauseum, directed at Mr. Hicks and hey, last week at Half Price Books, I saw a stack fifteen books high of his book, written with help by another writer, with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Full-Soul-Inspirational-Finding/dp/0307382435">similar title</a>. And lest we forget, silly me, he has a song called, "Heart and Soul". <br />
"Heart and Soul", Taylor Hicks, video taken on his 'Asian Tour' aka Shopping Mall Tour. Video courtesy of Gerry Alanguilan. <br />
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I'm hearing Las Vegas lounge act, especially at the ending. Interesting in Ms. McCaffrey's interview she refers to the Asian shopping malls as "Asian arenas" I must have lost something in the translation between 'mall' and 'arena' or I've been shopping at the StoneBriar Arena in Frisco... all this time. Who knew?<br />
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Ms. McCaffrey's piece opens with, <i>"From Alabama bars to Asian arenas, mall Easter Bunny to Broadway, unknown to mocking "Saturday Night Live" skits,"</i><br />
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Wait, 'unknown to mocking Saturday Live Night skits' Shouldn't that read, 'known to have been mocked in Saturday Night Live skits', since he was during the show... ? <br />
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<i>..."Taylor Hicks, that gray-haired, harmonica player of fickle "American Idol" fame, has had an unlikely ride."</i> <br />
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Nothing like a nice trite introduction to get the interest fanned, especially the 'ride' part. No I've never heard 'ride' used to describe the course of one's life or career path, never. Well, at least she avoided the word, 'journey'. Too, in her third paragraph she refers to Gram Parsons, spells it correctly unlike that MTV hack, eliminating my need to rant as I previously did about the difference between Gram the musician and <a href="http://spinshack.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/the-tattoo-and-sweet-crackers/">sweet crackers</a>. <br />
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If we were playing the Taylor Hicks Interview Drinking Game devised at <a href="http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/">It's All Grey</a> we'd be hammered soundly by the end of this one. <br />
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Example, first question, asked 9,900,900,900 times: <i>" How many days out of the year are you on the road?"</i> (that's worth a shot) That opens up the floor for Hicks to say, <i>"Let's not talk days, let's talk years."</i> (that's worth a beer)<br />
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Next question, <i>"How does that affect your songwriting? blah, blah, blah,"</i> (that's another shot)<br />
Hick's answer, <i>"You have to be disciplined. You have to just, you know, find that creative outlet. And, to a certain degree, I've had a blast building the character of Teen Angel and the role. Thinking of things that could work and you know, just having the discipline to have a creative outlet."</i> I'm thinking, 'darn he left out the Muse part' which would have been two shots...<br />
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His response was something similar to the rhetoric we hear from politicians on the campaign trail. Taking say, the border issue, and the manner in which Hicks answered that previous interview question, let's pretend we've asked Mr. Hicks his view on the Texas borders; likely we'd hear something like, "Borders, yes, the borders, isn't the Texas Valley beautiful in the Spring time? Have you ever had fresh grapefruit right off the trees? Incredible." <br />
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Evasive answer equals slamming two shots. <br />
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Kate then asks Mr. Hicks, <i>"Performing in a musical like "Grease," does it take a different kind of discipline and stamina than performing with a band?"</i> <br />
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Now considering this question's only been asked 900,900 times we can pass on it... but Taylor's response, <i>"I spent two years of performing music for an hour and 45 minutes five nights a week.'</i> earns us half a beer. <br />
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I'm feeling a little on the happy side at this point. <br />
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Question, <i>"If five years ago, before you won "American Idol", if someone told you you'd be touring with "Grease", what would you have said?"</i> <br />
I took some editing liberties and moved the commas around a bit to make it more correct, but this answer gives us a full to the brim shot of Jack Daniels.<br />
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Skipping down a bit we come to the most asked question in the history of Taylor Hicks since "American Idol", <i>"When were you the Easter Bunny?"</i> Yes The Easter Bunny question, it's hugely worthy of a shot AND a beer. <br />
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Then the, <i>"Will you do more in the future?"</i>, question regarding whether Hicks will or would become a serial Broadway musical actor, we get another beer. <br />
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The eternal, is there another album in future plan question, <i>"Music wise, do you have anything new in the works?"</i> (Two shots.) <br />
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And the answer worth a shot and another beer, <i>"I do actually. I'm planning on working on a record during the Summer of this year. And hopefully releasing it soon."</i> Meaning, he's not actually got anything working yet, but since you asked yes of course he's going to get around, one day to putting out more music. Of course.<br />
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Hiccup. <br />
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I must give Ms. McCaffrey props on coming up with a novel way to approach the 'lessons learned from time of American Idol' question so we'll pass on a drink here. That said, Taylor's answer, <i>"To stay in the business, you know, work and tour as much as you can. ... Make sure you tour. That's the thing. You have to be out there and tour and be with the people. People want to know that you're tangible."</i> "Tangible"? Okay, pass on the beverages again...<br />
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Then the last question from the interviewer, <i>"So some people would say that participating in "American Idol" discredits musicians and their work. Do you think people take your music less seriously than they would have maybe had you not won "American Idol"?"</i><br />
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Hicks final response, <i>"Um ... yeah, I think ... it does. ... The thing that I was always taught by older musicians is not how you get there, it's if you get there. And I think when you get there is ... the most important part is what you do with it when you get there. Does that make sense? And I think any way that you can get there is the way that you should get there. I think ... you gotta find a way to expose yourself. You can't just sit in your house and be a great musician. You have to get out there."</i> <br />
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So, let's see, Yes, No, Yes, Maybe, just get there and who cares? <div style="display: block; margin: 10px auto; text-align: center;"><embed src="http://media.entertonement.com/embed/OpenEntPlayer.swf" id="1_8cd1c014_2931_11df_a875_0019b9e56dac" name="1_8cd1c014_2931_11df_a875_0019b9e56dac" flashvars="auto_play=false&clip_pid=kcgxnpyhsl&e=&id=1_8cd1c014_2931_11df_a875_0019b9e56dac&skin_pid=wfxswdnlkf" width="300" height="30" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent"></embed><div id="1_8cd1c014_2931_11df_a875_0019b9e56dac_anchor" style="font-size: 8px; color: black; text-decoration: none; display: block; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.entertonement.com/clips/kcgxnpyhsl--AarghTim-Allen-Tim-Home-Improvement-" style="font-size: 8px; color: black;" target="_blank">Aargh sound bite</a> <a href="http://www.entertonement.com/collections/6194/Tim-Allen?ht_link=1_8cd1c014_2931_11df_a875_0019b9e56dac" style="font-size: 8px; color: black;" target="_blank">Tim Allen sound bites</a></div><img alt="Aargh sound bite" border="0" height="0" src="http://www.entertonement.com/widgets/img/clip/kcgxnpyhsl/1/1_8cd1c014_2931_11df_a875_0019b9e56dac/blank.gif" style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; margin:0; padding:0; float:right" width="0" /></div><br />
And for my sitting here dissecting this interview and actually writing about it, let's just finish the bottle. Cheers.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-66310250139705954402010-02-27T09:45:00.004-06:002010-02-27T10:16:53.469-06:00Taylor Hicks Nings the Soul PatrolTaylor Hicks gives the Soul Patrol - and those other fans some face time. Face time via a live webcast, chat allowing the fans to ask him questions hoping for a real answer or two. Hoping the key as while he did answer a few odd questions, for the most part fans left still questioning. <br />
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I missed the original webcast as was out doing what I do in the Big Real, but many fans had time to tune in. <br />
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I've read several folks talking about Taylor Hicks' lip smacking while he webcasts. My Pops does the same thing when he speaks, it's a nervous habit of sorts that occurs when Pops is in a social situation with folks he's not familiar. <br />
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That said, for anyone critiquing Mr. Hicks' webcast form on his Ning site, let's talk participants' questions. Seriously folks, it's been snowing buckets, hell, truckloads throughout the Northeast and Eastern U.S. How in Hell can the man golf in snow? Oh wait, perhaps like this:<br />
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Then there was the posing in PlayGirl question. C'Mon people, can you really imagine Taylor Hicks sitting about like this?<br />
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Seriously? Hilarious and, well, let's not... <br />
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Taylor Hicks was in his usual rather cagey form, not letting out anything about plans that he may have for the future after "Grease". He's talked about one of his songs off <i>The Distance</i>, "Maybe You Should" being destined for recording by a mystery artist - for months. Thing is, on the ning-cast he sounds as if well, perhaps it's not already a done deal, that several folks might be interested, or perhaps his 'people' are simply still shopping out the song. Or perhaps he'd just like someone to do the tune and no one has actually stepped forward to sign on the line. <br />
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I'm speculating that if he had someone with an already established name take that tune, which by the way, one of the good ones off <i>The Distance</i>; he'd make more off of it than if he released it. Too if he did try to release it himself, the song did not get play on the radio - no one would pick it up and the tune a bit wasted regarding potential. It's simple math and common sense. <br />
Maybe You Should<br />
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Oh and another thing, I've decided to reopen IDOL BLUES. <br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-53102488595885086692010-01-02T08:47:00.013-06:002010-01-02T09:54:54.833-06:00Taylor Hicks (Not New) DVD Pre-Sale Via Amazon.comTaylor Hicks' long promised DVD, "Whomp at the Warfield" that was filmed in San Francisco's famed <a href="http://www.thewarfieldtheatre.com/">Warfield Theater</a> is up for pre-sale on Amazon.com - again. <img src="http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/jars59/warfield.jpg" height= 300 width = 300 align = right><br /><br />"Whomp at the Warfield" has experienced several misfires in actually hitting the sales market in its storied past; previous promises have ended in frustration for fans declaring interest in purchasing this DVD. I recall, just last year, <a href="http://taylorhicksblues.blogspot.com/2009/02/whomp-at-warfield-we-must-be-pirates.html">February</a>,the disappointment expressed by many in the on-line community when once again the fabled concert footage was dangled on amazon.com only to get removed with just the explanation: "This item has been discontinued by the manufacturer". <br /><br />I don't recall any reasons for the removal of the DVD from the amazon.com sales racks except that perhaps sales were not what they might have been desired. Speculation ranged from the fact that "Whomp at the Warfield" was initially viewed on the HDNet Concert Series back in October of 2007 and folks who watched it perhaps taped it. <br /><br />Considering that footage was viewed almost two years previous from that February 2009 pull-date, I find that particular argument hard to swallow. Too, if you're one of the folks who recorded it on your TIVO or whatever device you may have for that sort of thing, many fans should realize that for the most part, DVDs come with those extra touches such as 'making of' and 'behind the scenes' footage.<br /><br />Now I have a slight beef with the article tidbit posted in <a href="http://www.ainow.org/index.php/tidbits/1565-new-taylor-hicks-dvd-coming-soon">ainow.org</a> promoting "Whomp at the Warfield" as reading slightly deceptively. Granted this DVD might seem 'new' to anyone who has not ridden the Soul Patrol choo-choo since 2006, but for those who had stepped aboard and still hanging in the passenger compartments or for many who have opted instead to sit in the scenery viewing dome cars know this DVD nor the footage involved not 'new'. I guess though, you could argue that "Whomp at the Warfield" being called, "new" could be somewhat comparable to purchasing a nice used car, that car is NEW to you. <br /><br />Anyway, this time, I hope for the sake of those fans still riding aboard the Soul Patrol Express, that come this February, 2010, the fans are not disappointed reading, once again, "This item has been discontinued by the manufacturer". To pre-purchase this DVD, show your support for the man many attribute to being the engineer of the Soul Patrol train, visit <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whomp-at-Warfield-Taylor-Hicks/dp/B001KEGR7A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1256912531&sr=1-1">amazon.com</a> to reserve your copy. At least while they're still on sale.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-44774956292792390632009-12-27T10:07:00.005-06:002009-12-27T10:17:44.280-06:00IDOL BLUES to Close ShopTaylor Hicks I will bid thee farewell. Not in real life of course, rather on this blog. I am proud that this was one of the first blogs put together to focus on Hicks during his 2006 bid and win for the reality show, <i>American Idol</i> crown. Albeit put together by someone with quite limited experience on the web or with blogging or putting up a website...<br /><br />And really it's not that momentus or stunning news considering the few posts that have been created here this year. It's just time to end this, move on with my other projects. I am still puttering around with an anniversary edition post to give this blog its final send off. It should be a good one. <br /><br />Taylor Hicks 'Good-Bye' c/o soulindiane<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lOtTtPGd5EQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lOtTtPGd5EQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-40506370765323471922009-12-08T07:11:00.005-06:002009-12-08T08:43:06.492-06:00My Home's in Alabama: Taylor HicksMy Home's in Alabama<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G82War-z5T0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G82War-z5T0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />The End.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-6457576927696514452009-11-10T09:53:00.006-06:002009-11-10T10:00:17.547-06:00Taylor Hicks Hollywood Week: "Ain't No Sunshine"It's understandable now why the show did not feature this footage during the 2006 season. He'd have been even more of a runaway frieght train. <br />Taylor Hicks delivering "Ain't No Sunshine" <br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w6XZDfbRVr8&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w6XZDfbRVr8&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br />That expression at the end of this performance what I use to watch for every week. He was so fierce. Taylor Hicks certainly created a real blue print on how to win the karaoke music reality show. He done it, won it in big style. <br /><br />Check this, NPR lists Taylor Hicks in their "Decade Defined" section: <a href="http://www-cdn.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120182047">Scroll down the page and listen</a>.<br /><br />Good job, Mr. Hicks.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-81080863666436343552009-09-29T12:19:00.004-05:002009-09-29T12:21:19.621-05:00Taylor Hicks at Workplay "Dust My Broom"Taylor Hicks does the Blues: "Dust My Broom" <br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6778280&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6778280&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6778280">Taylor Hicks sings "Dust My Broom" at Workplay, Birmingham</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user244729">Diane</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />Thanks to Diane for the video. <br /><br />I was suppose to be there.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-32525545068936778112009-09-07T10:22:00.009-05:002009-09-07T11:07:57.578-05:00Goat Milker, Dog Whisperer, and Cattle Driver..John Henry move over...Taylor Hicks sent out a Twitter message on September 2, it read: <a href="http://twitter.com/TaylorRHicks/statuses/3716165214"><i>"Goat Milker, Dog Whisperer, and Cattle Driver..John Henry move over..."</i></a> Quite clever considering what he's been doing while in and around Ft. Worth and Dallas during his time here with the national touring production of <i>"Grease"</i>. <br /><br />Taylor Hicks has been saying in the local interviews how he loves Texas, and the appreciation seems to be reciprocated. He's been doing the interview circuits and the DFW media has been very kind to him. Well everyone with exception of one particular member of the audience as we can see in this upcoming video. <br /><br />The Dog whisperer: 'Tough crowd' indeed. Yes, whispering and singing, and harmonica playing, but Burt the Basset hound mix can't be persuaded to move. Pooch looks rather like my basset mixed mutt, Cody. Energy is just not their thing. <br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="video" width="320" height="280" data="http://www.myfoxdfw.com/video/videoplayer.swf"><param value="http://www.myfoxdfw.com/video/videoplayer.swf" name="movie"/><param value="&skin=MP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf&embed=true&adSrc=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Edoubleclick%2Enet%2Fadx%2Ftsg%2Ekdfw%2Fwildcard%5F1%2Fdetail%3Bdcmt%3Dtext%2Fxml%3Bpos%3D%3Btile%3D2%3Bsz%3D320x240%3Bord%3D584692825038900400%3Frand%3D0%2E5796720436916426&flv=%2Ffeeds%2FoutboundFeed%3FobfType%3DVIDEO%5FPLAYER%5FSMIL%5FFEED%26componentId%3D130522560&img=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2%2Emyfoxdfw%2Ecom%2F%2Fphoto%2F2009%2F09%2F02%2F0902%2Dhicksdog%5Ftmb0000%5F20090902125842%5F640%5F480%2EJPG&story=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyfoxdfw%2Ecom%2Fdpp%2Fgood%5Fday%2FTaylor%5FHicks%5FPerforms%5Fon%5FGood" name="FlashVars"/><param value="all" name="allowNetworking"/><param value="always" name="allowScriptAccess"/></object><br /><br />"Seven Mile Breakdown" on FOX 4: <br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="video" width="320" height="280" data="http://www.myfoxdfw.com/video/videoplayer.swf"><param value="http://www.myfoxdfw.com/video/videoplayer.swf" name="movie"/><param value="&skin=MP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf&embed=true&adSrc=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Edoubleclick%2Enet%2Fadx%2Ftsg%2Ekdfw%2Fwildcard%5F1%2Fdetail%3Bdcmt%3Dtext%2Fxml%3Bpos%3D%3Btile%3D2%3Bsz%3D320x240%3Bord%3D584692825038900400%3Frand%3D0%2E5796720436073239&flv=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyfoxdfw%2Ecom%2Ffeeds%2FoutboundFeed%3FobfType%3DVIDEO%5FPLAYER%5FSMIL%5FFEED%26componentId%3D130522584&img=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2%2Emyfoxdfw%2Ecom%2F%2Fphoto%2F2009%2F09%2F02%2F0902%2Dtaylorhicks%5Ftmb0000%5F20090902130626%5F640%5F480%2EJPG&story=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyfoxdfw%2Ecom%2Fdpp%2Fgood%5Fday%2FTaylor%5FHicks%5FPerforms%5Fon%5FGood" name="FlashVars"/><param value="all" name="allowNetworking"/><param value="always" name="allowScriptAccess"/></object><br />(He just can't stop singing about me.) <br /><br />Channel 5 Interview with Bobbie Wygant:<br /><object id="5532" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" height="394" width="448"><param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.nbcdfw.com/syndication?id=57563887&path=%2Faround-town%2Fevents"/><embed src="http://www.nbcdfw.com/syndication?id=57563887&path=%2Faround-town%2Fevents" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" height="394" width="448"></embed><p style="font-size:small">View more news videos at: <a href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/video">http://www.nbcdfw.com/video</a>.</p></object><br /><br />The <a href="http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=46020@ktvt.dayport.com">Channel 11 CBS interview with Taylor Hicks</a>.<br /><br />Now regarding reference to the goat, apparently Mr. Hicks had some sort of appearance in Victory Park and there were goats involved; have not located footage on that as of yet. The Cattle Driver portion of his message on Twitter, an obvious reference to the daily cattle drive that takes place in the Ft. Worth stockyards.<br /><br />That sums up the catching up I was able to do this morning on the whats, wheres of Taylor Hicks in Dallas. Still haven't heard back on that barbeque invitation. I guess perhaps next time. Happy Trails, Taylor Hicks.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-77500441983561369322009-09-03T08:48:00.008-05:002009-09-03T09:41:41.882-05:00Taylor Hicks Comes to TownTaylor Hicks headlining the national touring production of "Grease" skid into town this week. The show is being presented at the great <a href="http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/wfaa/stories/wfaa090902_lj_grease.13fe111bc.html">Bass Performance Hall</a> in Fort Worth. <br /><br />Gary Cogill, one of my favorite local entertainment reporters writes, <i>"Bass Hall is the perfect place for shows like Grease. The big voices ring acoustically true to the top tier, especially the female cast members - they seem much more alive and together on stage, than the boys. <br /><br />The sets are basic at best, but the ensemble dance numbers are staged beautifully, and bathed in bright colorful lights, hitting the hand jive at just the right level. <br /><br />The leads, Sandy and Danny, are played-well by Broadway veterans Emily Padgett and Eric Schneider. He's less like Travolta, she's much more Sandra Dee. <br /><br />Grease is being advertised with American Idol winner Taylor Hicks as the headliner, but don't be deceived, He sings one song in act two, and for a few brief minutes, it's a funny, well-placed parody of himself. <br /><br />Grease is a ticket well-purchased, and stick around for the encore, you'll finally see more of Taylor Hicks."</i><br /><br />Apparently, while I was out taking care of business, I missed Taylor Hicks' visit on <i>Good Morning Texas</i>. From what I understand the show aired from Victory Park and there was goat milking involved while Taylor blew harmonica. Now doesn't that sound entertaining? Damn, it's just not been the best week. <br /><br />I asked my Darling Man if he had gone out and bought front row seating for "Grease" and his response was "*snort*". I took that as a 'no'. Now if Taylor Hicks had decided to do a pub-stop show while he's in town, either Darling would have had to accompany me, or I'd have had to haul someone else to the show. <br /><br />Scrolling through the Google alerts on Mr. Hicks this title grabbed my attention, <i>"Gay Panic in Fort Worth, Best Burgers and Taylor Hicks Defenders"</i>, posted in the <span style="font-style:italic;">Houston Press</span>. At first, knowing Taylor was in Ft. Worth, it seemed the Gay community was somehow in a panic at his being there, then everyone settled down and went out for burgers. Seriously, look at that title. <br /><br />What is the actual case, this posting simply a series of <span style="font-style:italic;">Houston Press </span>commenters remarking on the Redneck cop situation in Cow Town. Apparently the local officers were going around and raiding the newly established Gay restaurant/bars that have recently opened. <br /><br />You see, dear readers, Ft. Worth, or as we affectionately refer to it as Cow Town, is quite different than Dallas. Dallas is the shinier metropolitan haven for all things urban and modern, whereas Ft. Worth... well we don't call it Cow Town for nothing. <br /><br />The <a href="http://www.houstonpress.com/2009-08-20/restaurants/king-bubba">burger reference</a> had to do with an article from the tony <i>Texas Monthly</i> in which the writer seemed to think ambience trumps flavorful eats, which is absolute rubbish. The writer in the <span style="font-style:italic;">Houston Press</span> winds up the article nicely with, <i>"Atmosphere is in the mind of the beholder, but any way you score it, Rockwell's burgers blow away Texas Monthly's Houston burger choices. Don't take my word for it. Go eat a Rockwell Tavern burger and see for yourself."</i> Now next trip down toward Houston I may have to do just that. Cypress is a little community just NE of Houston. <br /><br />So to sum that up, the Gay community in Cow Town being upset has nothing to do with Taylor Hicks and the burgers were only eaten by Robb Walsh and friends. For entertainment value you might want to peruse <a href="http://www.houstonpress.com/2009-09-03/news/gay-panic-in-fort-worth-best-burgers-and-taylor-hicks-defenders/">this link</a> just for the readers' comments. Now I'm hungry. Oh and hey, the other day I actually invited Mr. Hicks over for some Texas Bar-b-Que. Still haven't heard back. I guess he's busy. <br /><br />Taylor Hicks, a song for you while you're hanging out here in my neck of Texas.<br /><br />"Cow Town" George Straight<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b79x6veQ4M4&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b79x6veQ4M4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-12590616115253818892009-08-31T10:10:00.006-05:002009-08-31T10:37:13.932-05:00So We Have a New Taylor Hicks Official Site: New, Yes Improved?Taylor Hicks has opened a new site, he announced it on Twitter last week and it can be found at <a href="http://taylorhicks.ning.com/">Taylorhicks.ning.com</a>. He's incorporated his Twitter feed into a side panel and "Seven Mile Breakdown" video, front page. <br /><br />Apparently there is to be some live chat activity as well with this message posted on August 29th: <br /><br /><i>Happy Saturday everyone!<br /><br />Now that we're up and running with the new site, Taylor wants to become an active member. We'll be launching a live video chat with Taylor next week (exact time TBD). Taylor will be logged onto the site, reading questions from the chat board, and answering them live! Get those questions ready, and stay tuned for more info on the exact date/time.<br /><br />-Team Taylor </i><br /><br />This new Taylor Hicks site from what I'm understanding is to be a Social netowrking site, rather like some form of Taylor Hicks facebook; we'll see how this works with the way some of the members of his fan base tend to view one another and treat one another. Might be fun. <br /><br />I went ahead and signed up but was having issues doing modifications to my personal site so I'll hit that again another time.<br /><br />I did take a moment to hit chat to see what was shaking. Over 20 people were in the room but I didn't stick around. Time constraints today. <br /><br />Taylor Hicks is in town this week, "Grease" playing in Ft. Worth. Am I going? Not at this point. Looking forward to B'Ham concert in the Fall, though.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-35901186221127977112009-08-26T05:54:00.009-05:002009-08-26T06:16:44.183-05:00Going to Disneyland. Wait, Actually "World", Again.Taylor Hicks returns to Disney World in Orlando, Florida this November. He's performing in the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival and will be featured on <a href="http://holidayinnmge.com/blog/?p=141">November first and second</a>.<br /><br />This year, the 14th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, seventeen “Eat to the Beat” musical acts perform September 25 thru November 8. Acts showcase everything from rock to jazz, funk to pop. This is all taking place at the America Gardens Theatre stage, and the festival runs a lengthy 45 days. (That's a lot of food and vino!) <br /><br />In the lineup of performers for this year's festival there are six new faces besides Taylor Hicks; Richard Marx, Better than Ezra, Vanessa Carlton, John Waite, Billy Ocean. Admission to the shows are included in your price of Epcot admission and there are scheduled three shows daily; 5:15, 6:30 and 7:45 p.m. There is a notation the lineup can be subject to change. <br /><br />Taylor Hicks at Smith's Olde Bar: 2006 Shadow Tour <br />"Hell of a Day" <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rxTtqusNYaQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rxTtqusNYaQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><i>Video c/o JenniJaco</i><div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-27876315646189564152009-08-23T11:15:00.008-05:002009-08-23T11:58:12.172-05:00Taylor Hicks' Vimeos from Smith's Olde BarTaylor Hicks' performed in Atlanta, Georgia the weekend before this one at Smith's Olde Bar. There have been many enthusiastic replies regarding the performance he and his band gave the crowd so I've hit several of the videos to watch what the buzz is about. <br /><br />This particular video, surprisingly is one of my favorite. I am not in love with the song presented on the latest Hicks' CD, "The Distance" but I do like this rendition. Hicks' playful delivery, the minimalist delivery with the acoustic guitars and harmonica really work well. I must add the videographer did a great job, there's fantastic audio, no camera shake. <br /><br />Taylor Hicks' "Wedding Day Blues" <br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6221940&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6221940&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6221940">Wedding Day Blues - Smith's Olde Bar - RagsQueen</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user331368">RagsQueen</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />"Seven Mile Breakdown" another good vid and song that transfers well into this minimalist format. Watching Hicks carefully on that tambourine for pointers... I'm going to send this video out to the guys and see what they'd think about covering a version of it for the City concert coming up in the Fall. I think our singer, "R." could do it some justice.<br /><br />Taylor Hicks, Smith's Olde Bar:<br /><object width="400" height="230"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6227989&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6227989&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="230"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6227989">Seven Mile Breakdown - Smith's Olde Bar - RagsQueen</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user331368">RagsQueen</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> <br /><i>videos provided by the grace of RagsQueen</i><br /><br />For anyone who is unable to view vimeo, hit this link <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_playlists&search_query=Taylor+Hicks+Olde+Smiths+Bar&uni=1">Taylor Hicks on Youtube</a> for a vast selection of vids from this concert. <br /><br />Looking forward to B'Ham in September.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-54091791384047665332009-08-16T12:23:00.013-05:002009-08-16T14:04:20.598-05:00Taylor Hicks Cone Ranger: Saga of the Cone - Getting Soggy?Okay, so it was cute initially. Taylor Hicks selected to make a little fun about his time riding the large plastic ice cream cone prop in his current gig as Teen Angel singing "Beauty School Drop-Out" in the national touring company, "Grease". He's been tweeting out various flavors in his tweets on Twitter to the fans who have come to congregate on that site. Why Twitter? It's 140 characters of brevity and it <img src="http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/jars59/CheeseyTaylor4581_89311148669_51446.jpg" height = 300 width = 200 align = right>it seems fans find more information on Twitter about him than almost anywhere. Wait - there is that Boogie site. If you dare go there. Understand treading into the land of Boogie you may get access to some information and videos, but word: best to just read or to see and be not heard. <br /><br />Anyway so we have Twitter and Taylor Hicks with my focus on the subjects of Mr. Hicks' Twitter tweets. (Say that five times fast.) As we've gone along on Twitter, Mr. Hicks has journeyed from seldom to never posting to actually knocking out about a tweet a week. Does he actually talk to his fans like I see other musicians and celebrities do? Not so much. Instead he relegates his tweets increasingly to naming ice cream flavors. Yes, flavors, like Cookies and Cream or Boysenberry. Hilarious reading some of the responses who immediately start vowing that flavor their favorite, or they don't like it but what about another flavor; it goes on and on. Apparently, from what I'm reading, some fans are even imagining he's sending secret messages with his flavors. I imagine Mr. Hicks sends those flavored tweets out then sits back reading and laughing at the result. I know I would. <img src="http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/jars59/Cone_Ranger2ywu0pe.jpg" height = 250 width = 250 align= left><br /><br />Again, granted in the beginning, Mr. Hicks' ice cream tweets were a witty little concept, the tweets had the flavor, from time to time of "Where in the World...", or a hint of what might be coming up next in the Hicks' ice cream career field. The thing is - that's about all he does - the ice Cream tweets. That or he's promoting his next show with dates and places. There are, occasionally, some vague references to where he might have dined that day... Frankly for me it's getting redundant and downright soggy. It would be different if he'd intersperse the tweets about ice cream flavors with tweets with concert pics, an occasional short video or say something actually TO the fans not AT the fans. There's a big difference in "To" and "At". One guy who talks 'to' his fans, <a href="http://twitter.com/CHRIS_Daughtry">Chris Daughtry</a>. Now I'm not using Daughtry as a jab at Taylor or anything idiotically related to the asinine A.I. battle but rather as an example since they both hit mass public consciousness around the same time. Talking "to" your fans works to attain connection, talking <a href="http://twitter.com/TaylorRHicks">"at"</a> your fans embodies a rather superior feel, incorporating a Distance... <br /><br />I for one am glad I've other interests on Twitter and other interests in my life, period. If I were one whose main interest on Twitter was a person who once a week shouted out "Strawberry pimping" or some such, I'd likely lose interest. If I were a potentially new fan I'd be thinking by now, 'What in the Hell?". Of course, the old diehard fans from the <i>American Idol</i> days won't be thwarted; if Taylor Hicks just tweeted odd noises such as "ARGH" or "PFFFT" or "GAAAH" they'd likely be as entertained, respond back in kind and have a happy-jolly laugh about it all. <br /><br />Now I know some of you dear readers will say there I am trying to tell Taylor Hicks what to do, but if you read carefully I'm doing no such thing. Instead I'm writing about what I am finding swirling into a boring little soft served idea from what, if utilized with other Twitter tweets might actually be worthy of two scoops in a sugar cone. So to those who disagree with me on my thoughts about the ice cream pimping, PFFFTTT! Oh, and by the way, lately my favorite ice cream flavor is coffee. <br /> <br />Life and death of and Ice Cream Confection:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lTxsIJBVCD0&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lTxsIJBVCD0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream for Crow (HIgh Resolution)<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iqRHr5pEIFU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iqRHr5pEIFU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-50811737796458540922009-08-15T09:16:00.002-05:002009-08-15T09:17:41.628-05:00Taylor Hicks on FOX 5 "Seven Mile Breakdown"<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="video" width="320" height="280" data="http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/video/videoplayer.swf"><param value="http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/video/videoplayer.swf" name="movie"/><param value="&skin=MP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf&embed=true&adSrc=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Edoubleclick%2Enet%2Fadx%2Ftsg%2Ewaga%2Fentertainment%2Fgood%5Fday%2Fdetail%3Bdcmt%3Dtext%2Fxml%3Bpos%3D%3Btile%3D2%3Bsz%3D320x240%3Bord%3D155207015902195100%3Frand%3D0%2E5751066469638873&flv=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyfoxatlanta%2Ecom%2Ffeeds%2FoutboundFeed%3FobfType%3DVIDEO%5FPLAYER%5FSMIL%5FFEED%26componentId%3D130386802&img=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2%2Emyfoxatlanta%2Ecom%2F%2Fphoto%2F2009%2F08%2F12%2F081209%5Frayam%5F5p%5F1%5Ftmb0000%5F20090812180727%5F640%5F480%2EJPG&story=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyfoxatlanta%2Ecom%2Fdpp%2Fentertainment%2Fgood%5Fday%2FTaylor%5FHicks%5Fin%5FGrease%5F081209" name="FlashVars"/><param value="all" name="allowNetworking"/><param value="always" name="allowScriptAccess"/></object><div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-80838273328948227812009-07-26T09:34:00.011-05:002009-07-26T10:31:50.257-05:00Taylor Hicks Pumping the Prime; HotLanta Give AwayTaylor Hicks lands in the news outside of the entertainment and tabloid fronts and instead manages to score big coverage on the political front - in Canada. <br /><br />Taylor Hicks is not exactly running for office, nor could he in Canada, obviously, but he is featured in <a href"http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/sandra-buckler-redux/article1230652/">The Globe and Mail</a> political section in a feature by Jane Taber. The Canadian news source cites Mr. Hick giving the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper and his young daughter and a pal face time in a special photo op after the show. <img src="http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/jars59/tn-500_hicks1-1.jpg" align = right> <a href="http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Flash_GREASE_Is_the_Word_in_Canada_Hicks_Meets_Harper_In_Ottawa_20090724">Broadway World.com</a> has the full set of pics snapped on this honorary type of occasion. <br /><br />I must say I really love the vest ensemble, that Taylor Hicks is wearing, the shades of gray work very well on him. He's looking quite tan and fit as well. Following the Canadian performances of the National touring show of "Grease" he's heading South, far South actually to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida from what I understand. <br /><br />Currently Mr. Hicks is advertising his August performance set for the 16th at one of his old stomping (whomping?) grounds, <a href="http://www.ticketalternative.com/SitePages/Search.aspx?catid=Venue&pattern=Smiths+Olde+Bar">Smith's Olde Bar</a>. <br /><br />Taylor Hicks, through his official site and Twitter is offering a special ticket giveaway for the Smith's Olde Bar show. Details to be found on <a href="http://www.taylorhicks.com">Taylor Hicks.com</a> for all the necessary details should you want to try and score a few freebies. Oh, seems air and hotel not an inclusive in the win, so be aware you're on your own regarding how to actually get to Atlanta. "Grease" will also be an option for the avid fans, as the show will be in Atlanta August 11-16.<br /><br />For "Grease" and of course, Taylor Hicks' full schedule <a href="http://www.facebook.com/greaseontour?v=app_4949752878">"Grease" Facebook</a> has the... word.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-34985057583059449552009-07-23T08:08:00.018-05:002009-07-23T11:22:20.641-05:00Twitter: e.harmony.com, Publisher's House and Marketing VenueTwitter is one social networking site that I've come to actually like. Well at least compared to Facebook which I've hopped on and off for the last few years and still not sure about. With Facebook, the whole idea of sharing your real life with other people ON THE INTERNET is sort of unnerving. Really. I mean, there are people I'd rather not ever find me, if you know what I mean. I've found myself opening up much more recently on-line, and it is bothering me just a little. My latest foray into Facebook will be a compilation of my real life and my on-line life. A place to share a part of me with some of my favorite on-line people yet retain a sense of privacy. Keep myself hovering under the radar, if you will. <br /><br />I joined the <a href="http://twitter.com/Suns39">Twitter</a> family with my friends on <a href="http://itsallgrey.wordpress.com/">It's All Grey</a> to check out what Taylor Hicks might be communicating. At that time he was putting out few and far between tweets (as the 140 character posts are referred to) but he's upped his game and is putting out the wee posts on an increasingly regular basis. After a nice festive Happy Hour he gets quite witty. I love his beverage spiked tweets the most. <br /><br />Since entering the world of Twitter I've made many new friends and am in the process of making some new potential business contacts. Several publishing firms of various impact have Direct Messaged me and I now follow them and their words of advice. I am also talking to a few right now regarding my "project". It certainly doesn't hurt to find out what other alternative options are available to a free-lancer like myself. I also applied to two writing positions that I'm waiting word on; who knows what might come out of joining this little world of tweets as an experimental follow up to my curiosity about the life and times of Mr. Hicks. <br /><br />There have been some unusual fringe benefits as well. I have met several people, a few locally, whom I have made actual friends with - another nice surprise. Too, there are a few guy pals whom I really enjoy including two brave and fearless naughty boys sending me photos of themselves. Not just the nice, 'here's what I look like' rather,'here's what I REALLY look like'. I've tagged them my Boys in the Buff. <br /><br />Initially when I opened the first centerfold type photo I was shocked. I quickly shut it but then had to reopen to peek again. (Curiosity is my center of gravity.) Second photo was of the same guy providing me a nice close up and it wasn't his face. Granted anyone shooting you photos like this might be some sort of sexual pervert, but the Libra I am, I must consider they are simply quite comfortable with themselves without clothing. I understand that considering my past and what I did to finance my education... <br /><br />Before simply shutting them out from my Twitter feed I considered their tweets and Direct Messages to me. Outside of the whispered sweet nothings in my DM and e.mail boxes they both seem and sound relatively normal. One man might not be the neon bright crayon in the box of 96 but sometimes guys like that can just be easy to hang out with; you can let your self-editing side take the night off. He's a sort of a rough around the edges blue collar type guy. The other is actually quite intelligent. He writes professionally, has a few promising projects underway and outside of the revealing pictures comes across like an interesting person. Neither one of them need be shy about strutting their stuff without clothing. Before anyone asks, no I won't be sharing the little lovelies they send me or reveal who they are; can't peek and tell, you know. <br /><br />Another interesting facet of this twitter thing, it seems to be a marketing format that may hold some real effectiveness. Products of all types and interests are out there being tweeted from one to another. Products not exclusive of certain herbal products legal only in parts of The Netherlands. Not that I would purchase any of that from an unknown individual on Twitter, but it is available. There are Twitter sites offering a variety of products from hand-made soaps, candles, concert tickets and one of my favorites because of the pretty things they find, UK site, <a href="http://www.domesticsluttery.com/">Domestic Sluts</a>; I also love their name.<br /><br />My advice to one guy pal lamenting the challenges of meeting interesting single women: forget e.harmony.com, forget any of the other matchmaking venues, just hit twitter. It's free, it's easy and only 140 characters of your time. <br /><br />Go Forth, meet, greet and tweet.<br /> <br />"Radar Love" Ministry<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2_-XUQiTi1g&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2_-XUQiTi1g&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-56775625958585543992009-07-22T12:09:00.005-05:002009-07-22T12:39:22.764-05:00Taylor Hicks on blogtalkradio<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/BEingAtlanta/2009/07/22/American-Idol-Winner-Taylor-Hicks">Taylor Talks on Blogtalk</a> and the individual interviewing him almost puts he and anyone listening to sleep. She was really boring. My sympathies to Mr. Hicks for having to submit to these sort of situations. <br /><br />Hit that link to listen and you too can commiserate with Mr. Hicks.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-68942043345755467982009-07-21T06:59:00.010-05:002009-07-21T08:53:03.520-05:00The Five Step Plan to Being a Fan: Things That Make me Go "Boom"!Taylor Hicks certainly attracts a share of female attention with a select crowd on-line. I've had instance to interact with most of them one way or another over the past several year, made a few friends, made a few "not-friends". <br /><br />Taylor Hicks' fans have interested me over the years on several levels. Not only do so many of them retain a high level of complete adoration for him, but some seem unable to get off the topic of other Hicks' fans. It's really incredible the material I've read in the past, paragraphs written on how to be a good fan and what makes you suck as a fan. I had thought such a topic had been left dead and buried, but well, apparently it is still being flogged, I guess, just in case. <img src=" http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/jars59/floggingdeadhorse.jpg" align = right><br /><br />I must warn you, dear readers, this material posted in <i>italics</i> written by another blogger, could hold adverse effects. If you feel you can handle it, by all means read on, then we'll have a chuckle, I have Motrin on standby. <br /><br />Away we go:<br /><br /><i>How to be a good Taylor Hicks fan. Is there really a 'how to' on that subject? No not really. Even though we have discussed to no end what each of us feels is right or wrong in regards to being a Taylor Hicks fan. What has guided me onto this subject is my daughter. She asked me if I had read a article about what a person needed to do be a fan and if that is why I had joined fan sites and such. I asked what on earth she was talking about and she had me read a article she had found on a web page. It can be found here http://www.ehow.com/how_2161130_be-a-fan.html.</i><br /><br />Let me help out by linking that for you, dear readers: <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2161130_be-a-fan.html">How to be a fan</a>. Let's continue, it seems we have a 'Step' plan:<br /><br /><i>Step 1 We have that covered, we know who are idol of adulation is, it is of course Taylor Hicks.<br /><br />Step 2 We all have all of Taylor's CDS and if it isn't on a CD we have downloaded it, Videos, live concerts, MP3s we have it all and we have made our own CDs and DVDs.<br /><br />Step 3 We buy any magazines with info of Taylor Hicks<br /><br />Step 4 We are members of several different fan sites, Myspace and subscribe to many different Taylor related blogs.<br /><br />Step 5 Be loyal. A true fan will stick through thick and thin to its idol. No matter what the outcome.</i><br /><br />Now this brilliant "Step" plan was not written by an eleven year old, no this comes from an adult. A person who has been an adult for a long while. At least in age related contextual perimeters. <br /><br /><i>That is one that some times some fans seem to have the most trouble with. I am a fan of Taylor Hicks because I enjoy his VOICE. I enjoy seeing him to no since lying about that.</i> <br /><br />I must stop to highlight this part <i>"to no since lying about that"</i> If I might edit one moment, pretend I have red pen: "too, no sense my lying about this issue", might sound a bit better but perhaps that's just me. <br /><br /><i>I may not like every song Taylor has sang but I love 99% of them. I did not become a fan of his because I thought oh man he will top the charts and I can be there and rub it into people.</i> <br /><br />Yes, really... whatever does that mean?<br /><br /><i>I became a fan when i heard him audition for idol. I stuck through each week and I stayed tuned in to see what else he would do and how it would touch me. I didn't even think he would win for awhile</i> insert (sic) <i>because I figured the young kids would vote someone like Ace or the country fans would vote for Kellie or Bucky, to be the the winner. But I was fan of Taylor Hicks from the audition on and I did not at the time even consider if he would be the most popular person of the radio.</i> <br /><br />Can we say still living in 2006? Yes, let's. She returns to the present year with this: <i>I want to hear the new music, see the new videos, read about how Taylor touches people deep in their heart. Like the other day when he called a fan we all mostly know to give her some comfort the night before her surgery.</i> <br /><br />That is a true story, he did call a fan who goes by 'SallyannLady' as she was getting prepped for surgery. Very nice touch on his part.<br /><br /><i>I know Taylor will probably never be mainstream, I know radio seems to have something against playing Taylor's music. But I don't really care I am a fan for life through thick and thin. I am a fan of the man and the music not what the SO CALLED in crowd thinks.</i> <br /><br />Love the capitalization emphasis. Very dramatic. She carries on with:<br /><br /><i>One of the tips and warnings that hit home is this<br /><br />Do not get into fights with opposing fans, as being a fan should be fun and not dangerous.</i> <br /><br />Yes, 'dangerous', whatever that might involve, I've no idea.<br /><br /><i>I want to have fun being a fan of Taylor Hicks. I ignore those who do not like him because their opinion means shit to me.</i> <br /><br />Inserting some passion with the word, "shit". Nice touch. <br /><br /><i>Ignore them and they will go away. The same is true with bloggers and online freelance writers who through...</i> <br /><br />Yes, once again (sic) word should be "throw" not "through" which involves entering something.<br /><br /><i>...in snide remarks about Taylor. They know Taylor's fan will come running to their site and defend him which in turn gets them page views and in many cases funds there income.</i> <br /><br />Red pen time; it's actually "their income" since it is intended in a personal possessive format. "There" intends a place. Just clarifying. <br /><br /><i>They are laughing their asses off because his fans run to their site to defend them and that helps with their paycheck. they purposely so this so we will come there. They know other people will come to read our comments and then post to our comments about how they just attracted the wrath of the Soul Patrol. They love it, they get paid for trashing Taylor because we give them page views. People often talk about diet pills I think we need an invention called Chill Pills, Ignore them that is the best thing to do.</i> <br /><br />First, I think she might need some sort of 'pill' and secondly it takes thousands of 'hits' on a web page to generate any sort of income from ads; too you have to have a site loaded with ads to begin with to even consider any payment. One does not generate income by just having a web page. Who pays for that? Exactly. Third, who are all these people laughing their collective asses off anyway? Fourth, what or where is there anything to be laughing those asses off to begin with? I am missing something here, I know.<br /><br /><i>Even those who claim to be fans of Taylor's but find any reason to find fault in what ever he does, ignore them also. Just have fun being a fan of Taylor Hicks. Enjoy the man, the music, the positive and ignore the negative.</i> <br />Posted by Cindy Wright <br /><br />Yeah, hell ignore anyone but the writer of that brilliant post and stick with her, or anyone she might refer you to; she's the definitive Taylor Hicks fan guru. Now you all go out and have fun today a just being a Taylor Hicks' fan. Toss confetti and shout "Soul Patrol" into the wind. Carry a balloon with his name on it, you know, what ever makes you feel fan-groovy. <br /><br />I must add here <a href="http://taylorspoeticheart.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-to-be-taylor-hicks-fan.html">Cindy Wright</a> has always irritated my sensibilities. I know she means well, I know many of you readers might really like her. I imagine she is a nice person with loads of charm. She might be one of the best chocolate chip cookie bakers ever even, really. I'm not deriding her as a human being, it's the writing part that makes me cringe. Or toss back some Motrin. Or giggle. <br /><br />"Boom Boom Out Goes the Lights: Pat Travers (decent guitarist)<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K5IS45jT468&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K5IS45jT468&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-91947985718345872442009-07-13T11:27:00.006-05:002009-07-13T11:43:05.326-05:00Summer Time Blues Blogger HolidayI've been taking a blogger holiday. <br /><br />"Summertime Blues" Charlie Dee and the Twisters<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FASiolQskRk&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FASiolQskRk&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <br /><br />DMan and the band do this tune. In fact they do it quite well. Time being spent trying to kick recent Lupus flare up and working a website for the band.<br /><br />Follow <a href="http://twitter.com/TaylorRHicks">Taylor Hicks on Twitter</a>, he's been quite the chatty one lately, up to 75 posts, and he and I were both hungover on the same day. It's kismet I tell you! <br /><br />I'll be back soon.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-7534048741555850632009-07-07T10:22:00.006-05:002009-07-07T10:44:10.910-05:00The New Band Format? Technical CreativityImagine Taylor Hicks blowing into his iPhone rather than the traditional metal and wooden mouth harp he normally uses. It could happen:<br /><br />iPhone Harmonica application:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SXxJFYyBw-M&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SXxJFYyBw-M&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />iPhone guitar and bands, what a fun concept. I especially love the guitar application idea. You could sound so great and not blister up your fingertips. Of course, it won't replace the real deal.<br /><br />Distortion? Check.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XT8ei5wi5B8&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XT8ei5wi5B8&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This is The Mentalists, an all girl iPhone group - they're quite good. <br /><object width="425" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rjx5_-SPhk0&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rjx5_-SPhk0&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Check out this bit of technical creativity, "Smokey Bubbles"<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NqNwUqNvGuA&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NqNwUqNvGuA&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Really amazingly entertaining, fascinating to see what fun you can have with your phone. Who'd have thought?<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-71340547876547767982009-07-06T15:16:00.008-05:002009-07-06T15:42:51.111-05:00Robert Pattinson: "Goodbye American Women"I don't think it matters which celebrity gossip site I attach, they all are saying same the same thing: Pattinson's <a href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/robert-pattinson-hits-the-set-longs-for-london-215326/">over American women</a>. At least the aggressive few hundred swarming him each day in New York City.<img src="http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/jars59/robert-interview-photo-pants-dow-1.jpg" height = 300 width = 200 align = left> <br /><br />Apparently, Robert's fans are not content to just scream shrilly in his face, no now, according to the gossip sites, they are now practically tackling him on sight. He has been forced to walk with an entire crew of burly body guards, who have at least on one occasion, freaked themselves and allowed Pattinson to be <a href="http://spinshack.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/robert-pattinson-chased-by-harpies-smacked-by-cab/">clipped by a Big Apple taxi cab</a>. <br /><br />Now Robert must walk along with either sunglasses on or eyes averted and he's been warned, please, no waving at the hoards of salivating women or they may become spiked into a full-on stampede. Then what? Headlines will scoff at his near miss being run over by a cab and focus on his remains lying on the pavement with heel marks, articles of clothing scattered around complete with lipstick smears. It would be horrible. <br /><br />It's hilarious yet sad how folks can become a complete mob under strange and mystifying circumstances; this situation for one. I mean, yes the man's gorgeous, he's talented and plays an emotional, sexy and sparkly vampire in the "Twilight" series but really, for fans to act and react as they're being portrayed in New York, it is astounding. I'm saying this, my fellow American Women, back off, calm down, take something for God's sake to squelch the hormones and let Robert Pattinson live. After all I've not been able to try my hand at tackling him yet... <br /> <br />"American Women" The Guess Who <br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0tZ5cwm4jQc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0tZ5cwm4jQc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><i>An oldie but a goodie brought to us by bleckdackel</i><div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-48792987844563975362009-07-05T13:55:00.010-05:002009-07-06T09:47:58.877-05:00On the Road Again: Taylor Hicks Goes to PhillyTaylor Hicks should be, if he isn't all ready there, on his way to Philadelphia, PA for another run at "Grease". Jonathan Takiff from philly.com wrote a glowing piece about Mr. Hicks that came out today, <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20090706_From_stolen_album_to_stolen_hearts_____This_Idol_s_in_heaven.html">From stolen album to stolen hearts ... This Idol's in heaven</a>. The article gives a nod to past history of Taylor's start up on <i>Idol</i> and the resulting circumstance of his career while providing a positive write up on the new album, "The Distance".<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-39084603049473177412009-07-04T06:49:00.025-05:002009-07-05T14:46:54.949-05:00Where in the World is Taylor Hicks?Why last night, Taylor Hicks was in Riverside, CA groovin' it up with "Gonna Move". Hicks performed at the <a href="http://www.redwhiteandcruise.com/">Red, White and Cruise Festival</a>. Fortunately for the fans NOT in California, someone captured this for the Youtubers. Sound could be better but hey, man, beggars can't be chosers. Or something like that. <br />"Gonna Move" Taylor Hicks <br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Eq5zsBBT7B4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Eq5zsBBT7B4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <br /><br />Shortly before his appearance at this California gig he was seen in Mexico from what the TMZ.com folks say, <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/04/topless-taylor-hicks/2#comments"><i>"Where in the world is Taylor Hicks, why he's been in Mexico."</i></a>. I have read some folks on the fansites say that isn't he, but I'd know those legs anyplace. His feet do look a bit small in the article photo. <br /><br />Taylor Hicks has this chameleon ability to look differently depending how he's photographed. I have that same characteristic, as do many people. I mean, could you think this guy featured in the left photo <img src="http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/jars59/Stuandonionbread-1.jpg" height= 200 width = 200 align = left> the same guy as the one on the right<img src="http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b232/jars59/stu-1.jpg" height = 200 width = 200 align = right>? <br />He's quite The animal when it comes to bread, apparently.<br /><br />Next stop for Mr. Hicks, he's on the road again as <a href="http://blog.nj.com/southjerseylife/2009/07/take_a_trip_to_grease.html">Grease resumes July 7th</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21509393.post-77016396960830408622009-07-01T07:22:00.008-05:002009-07-01T10:07:39.481-05:00Jail. Not a Thrilling Word.Yesterday morning as I was attempting to log into IDOL BLUES I was met with messages. Not the "Hi, how are you" sort of messages rather this: <br /><br /><i>"This blog has been locked due to possible Blogger Terms of Service violations. You may not publish new posts until your blog is reviewed and unlocked.<br />This blog will be deleted within 20 days unless you request a review. <br />Your blog is marked as spam<br /><br />Since you're an actual person reading this, your blog is probably not a spam blog. Automated spam detection is inherently fuzzy, and we sincerely apologize for this false positive."</i><br /><br />Basically IDOL BLUES was locked erroneously into a Spam Jail. I could see her, I could read her but I could not post. It was sad, slightly distressing and well, made me a bit angry. I sent an email worded as carefully as I could to inquire what had prompted this travesty. <br /><br /><i>"Your site was flagged by a reader. At the top of your blog is a tool bar that readers, if they believe you've posted questionable material that may be in violation of blogger's terms of service, can notify we, at blogger, to investigate."</i> <br /><br />Now then, the email went on more about the terms of service, protocol and assurances that this could not be a tool used by spiteful people to squelch my freedom of expression, etc... To which I replied that obviously that was what had indeed occurred and I wanted to know Who would do such a thing. Of course, they could not tell me but reviewing the hits I'd received I proceeded to sleuth through motives, timeline and subject of material in question. <br /><br />I was pleasantly surprised after much Nancy Drewing research I was wrong about the exact Who might have tried to hurt IDOL BLUES. (I mean they were threatening to delete her!) It seems it was one of my old "fans" from the looks of things from way back in the day... <br /><br />This morning, I breathed a sigh of relief to see that blogger was so kind as to remit this apology which I will accept:<br /><br /><i>"On behalf of the robots, we apologize for locking your non-spam blog. Find out more about how Blogger is fighting spam blogs."</i><br /><br />So all is right with the world of my IDOL BLUES - until the next time that someone decides to try and hurt me. I was also assured that this likely won't happen again, blogger claims they'll be on lookout for duplicate staging efforts to shut me down. <br /><br />That leads me to the situation of this afternoon. My court date for excessive use of motorcycle is at 1:00 p.m. DMan has already told my Patrick and all the guys in the band he'd let them know at practice this evening if I was spending the night in the County facilities or not. Nice. Maybe I'll get more <a href="http://spinshack.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/hadden-sayers-band-and-sunflowers/">sunflowers</a>. <br /><br />I will admit, it wouldn't be the first time I hit Hotel County Jail. <br /> <br />Perhaps I'll get to do something like this:<br />(contains "Thriller" appropriate for the time)<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hMnk7lh9M3o&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hMnk7lh9M3o&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />it's dance, or get solitary confinement. Obviously they chose, 'dance'.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Taylor Hicks chronicle in his American Idol 5 journey.</div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060218181879503238noreply@blogger.com1