Here’s a great video of Haley Williams of Paramore singing “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon. I love the song in its original form, but Haley Williams is a great vocalist so I like this as well. It’s a different, softer take on the original. Watch below:
What do you think of this version of the song compared with the original?
Filed under Entertainment, Music, Paramore, Video of the Day
Here’s an amazing clip of Carly Smithson singing “Bury Me Alive” by her band We Are The Fallen. Marty (one of the band members) had mentioned uploading the whole clip, and if he does that would be wonderful. From the sound of the clip he gave us, I’m sure the full performance was outstanding! I can’t wait to hear more from We Are The Fallen and Carly!
Sorry, I tried and failed to embed the link. It’s a TwitVid, so WordPress probably hasn’t worked out the kinks with that. Here’s the link:
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Filed under Carly Smithson, Entertainment, Music, Singers, Video of the Day
After all of Miley’s questionable “photo shoots” and her latest pole dancing debacle, do you think she is a good role model for young children? Vote in today’s poll about the pole (what a pun) below!
To read my full write up on this, click here.
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Filed under Breaking News, Entertainment, Music, Poll of the Day
I am not okay with this.
Miiiley, you got esplaining to do! America’s teen pop annoyance Miley Cyrus shows us she has no plans to “keep it G” for much longer by breaking out the stripper pole and dancing the night away. I feel like the above picture should be blurred out in it’s entirety, except of course for the young man visible in the bottom left because I can tell he tried hard to get into the shot.
Skankarina Cyrus’s name is probably long overdue in the “Plaque of Fail” department, but I was waiting for just the right time. And what better time than after she shows all of her pre-teen/tween fans how to be tasteful and classy young ladies? I don’t have children, and I don’t watch or support Miley myself, but if I was the dad of a young girl that idolized Mrs. Cyrus, I’d be fuming right about now. At not only Cyrus, but also at Disney Channel for refusing to take action against her skanky behavior even after SEVERAL offenses. “Parents can rest assured that all content presented on the Disney Channel is age-appropriate for our audience – kids 6-14 – and consistent with what our brand values are” is all Disney had to say? I mean of course she won’t be on a pole on her Disney Channel show! But when you have millions of kids following your poster child’s every move, you have to at least speak against such behavior or you lose a little credibility in the childhood values department.
So, Mrs. Cyrus, keep your pole dancing ways at the club, in your room, or pretty much just anywhere that won’t allow it to wind up on TV where millions of little girls that look up to you can be negatively influenced by it. Thank you.
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Filed under Breaking News, Entertainment, Singers, TCJ Honorary Plaque of Fail, Television
I realize that some people think I’m going a little overboard on the “feature” posts, but, to quote a famous song, “it’s my blog, and I’ll post what I want to”.
**future home of TCJ Playlist graphic**
The latest addition to The Conservative Journal line-up of entertainment is the “TCJ Playlist”. How this will work is that each time I review a CD or a new song (Which I plan to start doing soon.) I will decide if it makes the cut for the playlist or not. The playlist does not necessarily include songs that I like, but rather songs that are not complete garbage. If a full CD is reviewed, I do reserve the rite to “line-item veto” (Barack/Congress, take notes for this part) the songs that I do not like, placing only those that I deem not complete garbage on the playlist. I think this holds the potential to be a lot of fun for me, and moderate fun for those that read along. As usual, any suggestions for the playlist are greatly appreciated and welcomed, simply e-mail your suggestions to theconservativejournal@gmail.com.
What does this have to with politics, you ask? Everything, because politics is in everything and music is a thing.
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Rick
Filed under Entertainment, Music, TCJ Playlist
This….. is…… American Idol! Sorry, I had to. I hadn’t done that yet this season I don’t think. Anyway, Season 8 comes down to this, the final six competition performances of the year. I’m sure it’ll be epic. Hmm.
Ryan reminds us to all fix our DVRs for the finale runover, but I will predict now that millions of people will still flock to message boards to complain. First up is…
Adam Lambert singing “Mad World” by Tears for Fears for his re-do performance. What’s up with the cape, man? Haha, and the dramatic fog screens going across the floor? This is over the top without even trying to be. But in all seriousness, this is good. I think it’s better than the first time he did it overall. There aren’t any small bum notes anywhere, which is always a plus. I’m not seeing the big twist that we heard he was going to do, but it was still good. Not your typical Adam Lambert here. Randy gave it an A+ and loved the fog machines, Kara said he is an incredible artist, Paula told him to bask in it, and Simon thought it was over theatrical like Phantom of the Opera. Next up is…
Kris Allen singing “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers for his re-do performance. Kris has really nice parents, I really like them. I will probably miss them more than anyone this season, except for Allison. And Meghan. So nevermind. Anyway, this has been one of my favorite performances from Kris this year, so I’m glad he went with this one. It’s more understated than his other two, so it’ll be good to bring it back to the fore front. Great performance. This is more my kind of thing. Really good ending, too. Randy thought it was one of his best ever, Kara complicated his ability to make an intimate bond, Paula says something about “Allenizing” things, and Simon said he had doubted America’s choice last week, but now he takes it all back.
I’d have to give that round to Kris, and Simon agrees with me. I always knew Simon knew what he was talking about.
Adam Lambert singing “A Change is Gonna Come” by Patti LaBelle and Sam Cook for Simon Fuller’s choice. Wow, this is really good, I’ve gotta say. He’s hitting some big ole notes as usual, but it seems to work well for this song. I enjoyed this much more than the first one. It’s one of my favorite Adam performances of the year for sure. There’s more substance to it than usual screech fest. The judges pretty much all thought that it was his best ever, and Simon said he was definitely back in the game. Next up is…
Kris Allen singing “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye for Simon Fuller’s choice. This is very Kris Allen, to quote Paula. A very cool pop sound to this one, which is definitely what he should go with after Idol. I think this performance is proof that he has the most potential radio success after Idol from anyone this season. It’s not his best, but I could imagine hearing it on the radio. Randy thought it was a little light for him, Kara like the song choice and thought he delivered a message, Paula thought he “tore it up” and made Marvin Gaye proud, and Simon thought it was like 3 friends in a bedroom strumming along to Marvin Gaye and too laid back for a finale.
Simon gave that round a million percent to Adam. I think it goes to Adam as well, but not by a million percent.
Oh great, now the epic coronation song is up. I can’t wait to see that one. Not.
Adam Lambert singing “No Boundaries”, this year’s coronation song written by Kara DioGuardi. This song typical Idol cheese, limburger to be exact. He’s doing a great job vocally, though it gets a little shouty in the end. Not typical Adam “screech” just shouty. This song is going to kill Kris unless they allowed them to change it up. Good vocal for Adam, though not the most captivating performance. Randy thought it was pitchy, Kara gave herself a shout out for writing it (Come on Kara), Paula will forever be his fan, and Simon made fun of the song, but said Adam has been one of the best and most original ever. Next up is…
Kris Allen singing “No Boundaries” as well. Unless Kris can change it up it’s going to kill him. Well, the beginning was really good! In the middle it kind of fell a part a bit, but he got it back together. I actually really liked that. The song didn’t kill him like I thought it would. Adam’s always got him beat as far as range and ability, but Kris knows what he can do and does it really well. Randy thought the key was high, but said he was amazing; Kara said he is a compelling artist and incredible person; Paula said he’s done an amazing job this season and deserved every bit of it; and Simon said the first was his best, but watching him as been incredible because he has improved so much.
Now the real reason everyone’s watching American Idol tonight…
Carrie Underwood singing the good-bye song “Home Sweet Home”. Carrie’s looking great back on the Idol stage! Great performance of “Home Sweet Home” by Carrie. I think this just proves that she is the greatest winner of American Idol. She is one of the only people that actually sound better live than in the studio. I will always be a fan. I give the night to Carrie Underwood!
What did you think of tonight’s show? Who do you think will be winning tomorrow night?
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Filed under American Idol, Breaking News, Entertainment, Music, No Politics Tuesday, Singers, Television
Season 8 of American Idol all comes down to this night, who do you think is going to go all the way and claim this year’s American Idol crown? Vote below in today’s poll of the day.
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I will be recapping tonight’s episode, but it will come about an hour or so later than usual. Until then, enjoy the following fun facts about tomorrow’s finale, as well as the poll that will be up after the performances.
Tonight is the final performance night for Season 8 of American Idol, and surprisingly I haven’t lost interest. I haven’t watched a finale performance show because I wanted to since Season 4 or 5, so this is a pleasant change. Though I’ve said numerous times that Adam’s music isn’t my kind of thing, he generally gives great performances (“One” from last week is the exception. Every time I watch it back it gets worse.) and he’s a great entertainer. Kris is much more my style of music, and if he gives 3 solid performances and isn’t thrown under the bus, he might have a chance. We’ll have to see for sure after tonight’s show. Anyway on to the point of this post, here are the confirmed spoilers and rumored appearances on Idol’s two-part finale:
Tuesday, 8/7 c.:
Wednesday, 8/7 c.:
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Tonight’s episode begins with some guy in his apartment, with the news on in the background. The newscaster is talking about a murder that was quite gruesome. He then goes to a club, where he sees a girl that he likes. So, they go back to his (or her) apartment and begin hooking up. While their all over eachother, the woman slashes the guy across the face and he is dead. His wife calls his phone, and it can be seen ringing next to where he is lying dead on the bed. Apparently, the girl is the killer.
When the show returns, Olivia (Anna Torv) is at a little get together with some friends. She meets an odd couple that are together but live completely separate lives. Olivia’s sister then reveals her husband is filing for divorce. Agent Dunham is then called away from the gathering to examine the murder that occured earlier. In one of Walter’s hilarious remarks he compares the victim to a good shrimp cocktail because he is perfectly deveined. Walter then suggests that someone ate his spine. Well, that’s interesting.
Agent Dunham reports back to the office to give her boss the findings. He also gives her a good divorce attorney for her sister. Back at the lab, Walter is examining the body. He finds that the lady that killed the man has an extinct form of syphilis. The CDC explains that someone in a residential area requested a sample of that strain of syphilis, as well as other bacterium. They make a trip to the house where the items were delivered and find a man named Dr. Boone. They take him into custady for questioning.
They know Dr. Boone is associated with ZFT, the organization responsible for a lot of the craziness that goes on on the show. Dr. Boone says he’ll give them all of the info as long as they get his wife back from ZFT, who has taken her hostage. They find that the address Dr. Boone gives as the location of his wife is a restaurant in Chinatown that is using 5 times as much power as they should be. They then go check it out.
Back at the lab where Dr. Boone was found, Walter believes he may have figured out what was going on in the house. At the same time, Agent Dunham and the crew are on their way to the restaurant where Dr. Boone’s wife is allegedly being held. His wife is nowhere to be found, so they call Dr. Boone. He reveals that his wife, Valerie, was not kidnapped, but was infected with the virus that is being stored at the Chinese restuarant. His wife is the killer.
We then see his wife in a car with another man. They also start hooking up. She gets very warm and starts shaking, apologizes to the guy, then forms sharp teeth and bites him in the neck. The crew arrives to gather evidence for testing. Back at the office, they show Dr. Boone the video of he and his wife in the park. He is not in a wheelchair then, which he explains by saying that he fed his wife his spinal fluid as long as he could, which took away his ability to use his legs. Dr. Boone reveals that ZFT creates these viruses in order to show off their skills to other scientists. Dr. Boone says he can make an antidote as long as they bring his wife to him.
Back at Walter’s lab, he is discussing with Dr. Boone. Charlie and the crew finds a victim’s vehicle, but it was stripped of all of it’s insides, including the GPS. They go to one of Peter’s friend’s “chop shops” and he tells them where he found the vehicle. At the lab, Walter and Dr. Boone are still talking. Dr. Boone says he knows very well who Walter is, to which Walter replies, “That makes one of us”. Once Peter and Agent Dunham arrive at the scene where the car was found, they discover another body that has been de-spined by Mrs. Boone.
Walter and Dr. Boone are still hard at work to make an antidote. The authorities deliver the most recent victims to the lab. Astrid (Jasika Nicole) finds that one of the bodies smells like alcohol. Using a blacklight, she sees an entry stamp on one hand of each of the victims. They now know that she is finding her victims in bars and clubs. Peter makes a trip to a club in order to find Mrs. Boone.
The antidote is not working on the lab rats they are testing it on. Dr. Boone says the antidote needs real spinal fluid to work properly, and says his own will be compatible. He demands that Walter remove some of his spinal fluid to get the antidote working properly. Astrid is strongly against it, but Walter knows it must be done. Back at the club where Peter and Agent Dunham are, they locate Valerie but eventually lose her. Charlie is standing guard at the door, and shoots Valerie with two tranquilizers. They’ve got her now.
Back at the lab, Dr. Boone is suffering immensely from the missing spinal fluid. Walter knows that he lied about having more spinal fluid to use.
Valerie wakes up slowly in the patrol car being driven by Peter and Olivia. Peter and Olivia began discussing Dr. Boone’s sacrifice for his wife when Valerie wakes up completely and lunges forward on Olivia. Peter shoots her with a tranquilizer again, which knocks her out of her violent state. They arrive at the lab with Valerie to find that Dr. Boone has had a stroke due to the lack of spinal fluid. They give Valerie the antidote, which causes her to scream and lash violently. When she’s done, however, her frighteningly blue eyes fade to a more natural green. Valerie is now cured, but Dr. Boone has died. Walter gives Agent Dunham the tape that Dr. Boone made for her, complete with all of the answers regarding ZFT and his projects. Agent Dunham meets with Phillip (Lance Reddick) and reveals that, according to Dr. Boone’s video, the cheif funder behind ZFT is William Bell.
That’s all for tonight’s episode!
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Rick
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Fringe “Bad Dreams” Recap
This week, I’m adding a new show to the list of shows that I recap, and it’s a good one: Fringe! Fringe is one of my favorite shows that airs on Fox at 9 PM Eastern on Tuesdays following American Idol.
A young lady is strolling her child down the subway tunnel to catch the next train, while she is reaching for the balloon her daughter accidentally let go of, she is pushed into the oncoming train by one of the main characters of Fringe, Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv). Agent Dunham wakes up from her dream, but sees the young lady from her dream on the news while she is having breakfast. Apparently, she had committed suicide by jumping out in front of an oncoming train.
Agent Dunham asks her superior at the FBI if she can have special privileges into the case because it’s of special interest to her. While there Agent Dunham and her partner and friend Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) find the red balloon still floating in the ceiling. The young lady’s husband tells Dunham there is no way it’s a suicide, though the video tape from the subway tunnel clearly shows the young lady throwing herself in front of the train without the help of Agent Dunham. Dunham is still convinced she played a part in her death, and Walter, Peter’s father and a scientist (John Noble) assures her that if so, it will happen again.
That night, Agent Dunham dreams that while she is eating supper, a woman grows angry with her husband and holds a knife to him. Agent Dunham walks up behind her, grabs her arm, and forces the knife into her husband’s stomach, dropping her glass in the process. Dunham wakes up and alerts the authorities of the murder. She talks to the woman the next day and finds out the details of her dreams were accurate once again.
On a trip to the restaurant where the crime occurred, Olivia finds the same cup broken on the floor and asks the manager who was sitting in that seat. He describes a man with blonde hair and a scar on his face, who Dunham recognizes from the subway surveillance video. Back at the lab, they find the man that was described in the subway video. Walter thinks that Olivia is dreaming as if she were the scar-faced man, and that in reality she had nothing to do with the crimes.
When the head of her division of the FBI hears of the feud at the restaurant, Agent Dunham requests permission to investigate into the mysterious man. Agent Dunham and Peter travel to the mental hospital where the man, named Nick, had been staying. The director of the mental hospital tells the agents that Nick was convinced he had been recruited as a child for a battle against a paranormal universe. Upon further analysis, they find that Nick has the same birthday as Agent Dunham.
Agent Dunham believes that Nick has a “contageous” mood. For example, when he walked down the platform, he may have been feeling suicidal, which may have prompted the young woman to throw herself in front of the train. Agent Dunham reveals that she may have been treated with Cortexiphan as a child, the drug that Walter believes has a lot do with the problems.
Agent Dunham is put into a machine induced sleep, where she is able to walk in Nick’s shoes. Olivia (who is really Nick in the coming scenes) takes a dancer from the club into his apartment or hotel room. His ability to transfer his feelings in an extreme way allows him to make the dancer feel miserable and depressed, just as he does. This prompts her to break a glass and slit her throat with it. Agent Dunham (who is still walking in Nick’s shoes), then walks home, which allows the FBI to know the location of his home.
The FBI visits his home, where they find a wall of articles about the testing of drugs on children. At the same time, Nick is walking down the streets of the city. People walking down the sidewalk are drawn in by his emotions, and they follow him as he walks. Nick leads the pack of followers to the roof a building, where they will all jump to their deaths. Since Olivia was also treated with the drug as a child, she is resistant to Nick’s extreme emotions. On the rooftop, Nick expresses joy in seeing Olivia, or “Olive”, as he calls her, but she can’t remember her time with him. Nick pulls a gun on Agent Dunham, but turns it around to face him. He demands that she shoot him to end all of the deaths he is causing. To show that he means it, he “pushes” (with his mind) a woman off the ledge where she lands on a car with a loud bang. This prompts one of Walter’s signature, funny-in-a-weird-way lines, “I sure hope she meant to do that”. Olivia shoots Nick at his request, which saves the lives of all those that followed him to the roof.
It is then revealed that Nick is in a drug induced coma “indefinitely”. In the final scene, Walter is shown watching a video with his voice playing through the speakers. In the video, there is a smll girl in the corner of the room. Walter is trying to console her (but it’s all just creepy) and then addresses her as “Olive”.
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