Wednesday night, two hours before Lost

Bon Jovi night on American Idol! Man, I have never been sorrier that Gina got booted off so soon, because this would have been perfect for her. Jordin and Blake are my favorites at this point--not because I think they have the best singing voices per se, but because I feel like they have the total package: the looks, the spark, the youth appeal. Which is not to say they're appealing because they're young, but they appeal to the younger viewers in a way that I'm not sure Melinda or LaKisha do. And between those two, I have to go with Blake. I mean, Chris is like Justin Timberlake Lite--which is basically what Simon means when he says that Chris "is good at making a song contemporary": he can boy-band it up, and he even kind of looks like him. So he does have the youth appeal thing, and has done some interesting arrangements. But it's Blake's arrangements that I consistently look forward to, ever since "Time of the Season." (Ironically, it's Blake who actually does the Timberlake beatboxing thing.) So what does he go and do? "You Give Love a Bad Name," my absolute favorite Bon Jovi song. (Yes, I have one. DON'T JUDGE ME.) And he does the beatboxing--something he hasn't used in several weeks--and the general effect is that it sounds like he's remixing the song as he sings it. Which I love, because what the hell is the point of getting up on stage and singing an '80s karaoke staple the exact same way it was recorded? And I'm always astonished that he can do it live--I think there was some song he did earlier in the season (a 311 song?), where he censored the word "ass" with a little fizz-fizz sound that cracked me up. Also, it made my stepfather happy that he had the drummer onstage with him last night.

P.S. I wish Gina had done "Livin' on a Prayer" instead of Jordin, because Gina would have rocked it, and Jordin is probably going to get kicked off over it. Sadface.

(The level of service you have come to expect from this blog: "You Give Love a Bad Name" converted to mp3 and edited down to the song itself.)

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Lostnesday!

I have no idea what it's about, but EW or USAToday or someone said it was good. I don't know why I feel so... low-key?... about Lost these days. I mean, they went and broke out the Two Towers trailer music for the previews, y'all. Clearly we're supposed to be on the edge of our proverbial seats. Or something.