tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40630349966582335722012-01-21T21:58:32.720-06:00James McDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877418981546235264noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063034996658233572.post-89953605585291324432009-04-02T14:54:00.031-06:002009-04-02T16:40:09.705-06:00So as many of you have noticed, and confronted me about, I have not been blogging about American Idol this season.<div><br /></div><div>While I have watched and taken extensive notes on every episode with the full intension of blogging about them, the problem is that due to circumstances beyond my control I am not able to watch the shows until Thursday or Friday each week and I figure that by then anything I might have to say would be old news.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I figure unless you all tell me that you still want me to do a well-after-the-fact blog at the end of each week I think I will start doing some occasional Idol related posts like the following.</div><div><br /></div><div>For all of you non-Idol watchers Scott MacIntyre, seen here...</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fordite.com/Images/Fordite.com%20pics/Copy%20of%20gollum.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 166px;" src="http://www.fordite.com/Images/Fordite.com%20pics/Copy%20of%20gollum.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sorry, here...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUqhGVNKlI/AAAAAAAAABw/n15QJFJM8RM/s1600-h/scottmac.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 207px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUqhGVNKlI/AAAAAAAAABw/n15QJFJM8RM/s320/scottmac.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320205282931714642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Even creepier, am I right?</div><div><br /></div><div>...is a creepy looking and absolutely atrocious singer who remains on Idol week after week over far more talented competition due to the simple fact that he is blind.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lord knows that if you have talked to Traci or me over the past couple of months then you have heard us rant about how bad he is. </div><div><br /></div><div>I sat down with the intention of railing away at how Scott is far and away the worst singer I have seen on Idol in years. Unfortunately for me you never know who, in this overly PC culture of ours, might take offense at my criticizing someone with a handicap.</div><div><br /></div><div>Therefore I will now be presenting you with a list, in no particular order, of visually impaired individuals who are better singers than Scott MacIntyre.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1. Blind Lemon Jefferson</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://raynbeau.com/project%20site/pics/BLJ%20Pic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 232px;" src="http://raynbeau.com/project%20site/pics/BLJ%20Pic.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />2. Ray Charles<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/photos/profile/ray_charles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 297px;" src="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/photos/profile/ray_charles.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />3. Pad Thai Kriengsak<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUtRNekfkI/AAAAAAAAAB4/e1vnlrCyW5w/s1600-h/447967105_433cbc6ea4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUtRNekfkI/AAAAAAAAAB4/e1vnlrCyW5w/s320/447967105_433cbc6ea4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320208308507016770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />4. Sean Camille<br />I greatly regret having no photo of Sean, but if you went to La Tech between 1994 and 2001 you know who I am talking about. Does anyone still have the recordings of him singing "Dudley Girls" or "Gumbo Games"?<br /><br />5. Col. Milk-Eye Pennyfeather, Esq<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUv23iSAGI/AAAAAAAAACA/hiMtEH-gWQs/s1600-h/2547690196_772a7b2198.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUv23iSAGI/AAAAAAAAACA/hiMtEH-gWQs/s320/2547690196_772a7b2198.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320211154475286626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />6. Blind Willie McTell<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kalamu.com/bol/wp-content/content/images/blind%20willie%20mctell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 302px;" src="http://www.kalamu.com/bol/wp-content/content/images/blind%20willie%20mctell.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />7. Stevie Wonder<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kalamu.com/bol/wp-content/content/images/stevie%20wonder%2013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 192px;" src="http://www.kalamu.com/bol/wp-content/content/images/stevie%20wonder%2013.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />8. Blind Kitteh<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUzDsoj8eI/AAAAAAAAACo/0pl5VMUD5Dg/s1600-h/funny-pictures-blind-cat-reads-braille.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUzDsoj8eI/AAAAAAAAACo/0pl5VMUD5Dg/s320/funny-pictures-blind-cat-reads-braille.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320214673422021090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />9-11. Various Artists<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUwkFMTWOI/AAAAAAAAACI/-9VVKJDCp3U/s1600-h/27204-large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUwkFMTWOI/AAAAAAAAACI/-9VVKJDCp3U/s320/27204-large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320211931235309794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Seriously now, who didnt see that coming?<br />If you answered Scott MacIntyre, you would be correct!<br /><br />12. Robert Bradley<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUxMNIRHVI/AAAAAAAAACQ/TWrxe3RbGH4/s1600-h/rober_bradley_350.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUxMNIRHVI/AAAAAAAAACQ/TWrxe3RbGH4/s320/rober_bradley_350.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320212620560637266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Of Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise.<br /><br />13. Blind Boy Fuller<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUxdMBoxNI/AAAAAAAAACY/xl5BYm5e6dA/s1600-h/Blind_boy_fuller_remastered.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 170px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUxdMBoxNI/AAAAAAAAACY/xl5BYm5e6dA/s320/Blind_boy_fuller_remastered.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320212912322168018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Seriously, who is blinding all these black folk?<br /><br />14-18. Blind Melon<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUyEruDyeI/AAAAAAAAACg/lQNwThJWhtU/s1600-h/Blind%2BMelon%2B240111BlindMelonPosters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdUyEruDyeI/AAAAAAAAACg/lQNwThJWhtU/s320/Blind%2BMelon%2B240111BlindMelonPosters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320213590844885474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The whole damned band! Even the dead one.<br /><br />19. Ronnie Milsap<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mykindofcountry.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/ronniemilsap2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 223px;" src="http://mykindofcountry.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/ronniemilsap2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Yes, even ronnie Milsap is better than Scott<br /><br />20. Blind Joe Reynolds<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blind-musicians.com/assets/images/Blind-Joe-Reynolds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 292px;" src="http://www.blind-musicians.com/assets/images/Blind-Joe-Reynolds.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It's an epidemic.<br /><br />21-25. The Scott MacIntyre Players Childrens Choir<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdU0H6zUGhI/AAAAAAAAACw/QGiPblK9buk/s1600-h/blindSing-s.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdU0H6zUGhI/AAAAAAAAACw/QGiPblK9buk/s320/blindSing-s.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320215845456321042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />26. Daredevil<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdU0mncIiDI/AAAAAAAAAC4/EUKUcrzP3c8/s1600-h/poster_daredevil-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdU0mncIiDI/AAAAAAAAAC4/EUKUcrzP3c8/s320/poster_daredevil-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320216372834764850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />27. The Mentalist...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/NR/rdonlyres/D4E0B0E4-E8D1-4643-93DE-F823CE668DA8/188041/mentalist303.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 415px;" src="http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/NR/rdonlyres/D4E0B0E4-E8D1-4643-93DE-F823CE668DA8/188041/mentalist303.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />...in the Episode "Dead Man Walking."<br /><br />28. Sonny Terry<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdU2GB5c0TI/AAAAAAAAADA/jq99TpZ3LBs/s1600-h/Sonny_Terry_at_the_Nambassa_3_day_Music_%26_Alternatives_festival,_New_Zealand_1981._Photographer_Michael_Bennetts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdU2GB5c0TI/AAAAAAAAADA/jq99TpZ3LBs/s320/Sonny_Terry_at_the_Nambassa_3_day_Music_%26_Alternatives_festival,_New_Zealand_1981._Photographer_Michael_Bennetts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320218012024623410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Is Obama even looking into this?<br /><br />29. Megan Corkrey<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://thebuzz.sheknows.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/megan-corkrey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 357px;" src="http://thebuzz.sheknows.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/megan-corkrey.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Okay, so she may not be blind, but she has killer dance moves and could out sing Scott MacIntyre while actually blinding herself with a spork.<br /><br />And finally...<br /><br />30-124. The Faculty, Staff and Residents of the Louisiana Center For The Blind<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdU3sdT6ZgI/AAAAAAAAADM/s8gjjKMYIZs/s1600-h/lcb.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 304px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C545hvfzlxU/SdU3sdT6ZgI/AAAAAAAAADM/s8gjjKMYIZs/s320/lcb.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320219771730028034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This number is of course a rough estimate.<br /><br />The End.<br /><br />Let me know what you all want me to about the Idol blog.<br /><br />Hope you all have a great weekend!<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4063034996658233572-8995360558529132443?l=peppermintfatty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>James McDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877418981546235264noreply@blogger.com24