Music Craves

I am so excited about the results of the poll so far. If you haven't heard of it yet, it is to your right. I started it last week, and I wanted more accurate results so I make the poll last from last week to Dec. 30th. I also wanted to make it more balanced, and added a variety of artists from people to vote for. 3 Pop, 3 Country, and 3 Rock. And so far, 5 out of the nine have triple digit numbers! Some on the verge of 4 digits! The voting is wild right now and we have just gotten started!

I should be doing anything other than writing right now. I have papers to write, a class to prepare to teach, and prepare for a speech. And all I can think of doing right now is talking about all of my music craves.

Such new and great music is out or coming out right now. Everytime I go on the iTunes store, something new is there. Like my last post, I bought Tim Urban's new song, and I just in the moment and started buying like crazy.

Tim released another new song. Called "Wheels Touch Down" I believe. It's good, but it really didn't give hype like the first one did. I moved on through the store and saw that the Black Eyed Peas has a new song out, a remake with a mixture of their own work in it.

The Script finally released their single for their new album in the states today. "For the First Time" is very good, expressing hard times in this economy. I was so excited to see the preorder for the new album. But of course, I will be buying it cheaper on Barnes and Noble. Sorry iTunes.

"Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry took a new turn when a male vocal sings it for the new episode of Glee. From what I have gathered, the song is to inspire Kurt, the gay member, by who I expect is the new boyfriend that Kurt is getting that we have heard about. I don't usually get songs that are very new, but this version of the song is really good, so I thought what the heck. I'm listening to it now, and hearing, "You think I'm pretty without any makeup on" from a guy is a little bit interesting. So moving along...

So I hear Joe Jonas is releasing his first solo album. I have to say that I am suprised that it took him this long. I figured that he would be the first one to break away and start on his own. But I hear it is going to have some pop/dance/electro feel to it. Knowing Joe, he probably will make it more wild than the innocent JoBros lyrics. Maybe I will be able to stand it more that way.

What makes me sad is that we haven't heard anything new from Delta Goodrem and Brian McFadden. Yes, today is Delta's birthday (LOVE YOU!), but no sign of a new single or a new album. What a bummer. And Brian's "Just Say So" single doesn't seem to be getting any more popular. I keep asking myself if the single is even being played on radio. Brian said it would be out Oct. 10th, but I haven't heard anything since. To be honest, if anyone was to release anything, I wish it would be these two great artists!

So you see? I have alot of craves right now. Do you have a crave that you cannot wait to be released? Comment and tell me what it is!

-Tyler

Goodbye Urban

Lots to get through on this post.  Lol hope you can keep up.  First of all, I wanted to go over what happened in last night's episode of Law and Order Criminal Intent.  The episode was called 'Delicate' so here we go!

This episode was WAY better than last week's. I was expecting the first Nichols/Stevens episode to be a bit rocky...but this one was really good. I didn't spend the whole time thinking about Goren/Eames. The story was really good. I enjoyed how the equality of parts was between Goldblum and Burrows compared to last week. They really should have used this one as the start with the N/S era.


Still not sure about the captain though. I enjoyed Ross way to much to enjoy her right now.

One thing that I did notice was that they used the same woman from Goldblum's second to last episode last season with Erbe. The girl's mother in that episode was the same in this episode. I figured they could have used someone else.

But overall, really good. I could sit down and actually watch this new era of the show with some interest. I hope the unsure G/E fans enjoyed it as much as I did. I really hope the ratings go up because it deserved it more this week than last week.

Now on to the news for you disappointed American Idol heartthrobs.  Yes, Tim Urban has left the stage.  We saw him become the suprising replacement of one of the supposed top 24.  Many of the judges thought it was a mistake to keep him on, but here he is, the top 7. 

Let's be realistic though.  The big reason, if not the main reason, was that he got the popular vote.  There were some nights where it was just unbearable to hear him sing.  Then there were others that were really good.  He was just an unpredictable character and I wasn't suprised to see him go. 

But I'm sure some of you are in tears.  But don't worry, I'm sure he will have a record deal before labor day, which is good for him since he wore white tonight.  Get it?  Ah, I'm terrible at jokes.  Don't listen to anymore of my jokes. 

Also, just wanted to say real quick, a blog viewer asked me to post some pictures of my prom night.  And to save you the time of loading the pics on here you can go here and view them!!  Enjoy!!
Well that's it for tonight.  See you soon!!

-Tyler

Top Twelve

First of all, I wanted to say how much of a pleasure to see that one of the Edens Edge band members, Hannah, had read my last post! They are all such great singers, so it was so much fun to be able to meet them, and then get their name out through this blog. Good luck you guys.

Now, I haven't been able to do an American Idol post in some time, so what better time than this. Last time we talked about this, we were in the first week of live performances, and Tim Urban was on the edge of getting elimiated. Well since you have last read, he made it through, following good performances with the songs 'Come on Get Higher' and 'Hallelujah', which made the judges proud.

Last week was really the moment to shine and determined if they would make it through to the top twelve. Here are some highlights:

Mike did a stunning perfomance with his song the led Kara to tears. While Ellen gave Tim a big hug for his good song choice. And Aaron Kelly continued to gain fame with his young, solid voice.

But four didn't make it this week. Two of them were shockers, others not so much.

Lilly Scott was a shocker. Alot of people liked her unique voice, including myself. She was one that was a huge shocker.

Katelyn Epperly was also one who left the stage. I think that the only thing that would have saved her was the song that she perfomed two weeks ago. But her last performance was not one that really stuck with the audience, causing her to be eliminated.

Don't get me wrong, Todrick Hall is a good singer and a good performer. But to the truth of the matter is, he changed a song to the point where is was unrecognizable, and continued to do it week after week. You want to hear a song that you can relate to and he just didn't seem to realize that.

And Alex Lambert. Poor guy. He was a good singer that I was shocked to see go. And but to truthful, he was just the weakest link of the 7 guys. I felt bad for him though when he started crying on stage. But don't fel bad Alex, someone will notice you and get you signed up to a label real soon.

Well I guess I'll give you the names of the top twelve. They are DiDi Benami, Siobhan Magnus, Paige Miles, Katie Stevens, Lacey Brown and Crystal Bowersox, Aaron Kelly, Michael Lynche, Casey James, Lee Dewyze, Andrew Garcia and Tim Urban.

Well I guess that is my post for today. Stay tuned for more tomorrow!!

Obsessive Involvement

Wow. I come on after a day and I find that Tyler's World has not only exceeded the 1,000 view mark, but it also had one of it's biggest leaps in views in a very long time!! Thanks you guys!!! That means alot to me and shows that all of you are supportive on my blog!!

I guess that was also because of the Tim Urban post that I made. I know how you American Idol fans can get, ha ha. I think I'll have to make this a weekly thing.

I sit here, very close before midnight, and waiting for the new batch of snow to come our way. I don't think it is very far. Maybe a few minutes. This batch I'm not going to be so happy for. Last time we had to go on Saturday to make it up. Talk about a fast weekend!! Well I promised myself that I would do no more Saturday sessions. I'm a senior for crying out loud!!

I didn't get to work out today. I came home and ate lunch, and there must have been something in there because I got a major headache, and wasn't worth much after that. Plus, I had to cart my sisters all over town when they got out of school. It's okay, I still love them. I'll just have to try and work out tomorrow. To be honest though, I don't think it's really helping my weight situation...

So a flock of birds told me that my former "obsessive" friend got involved with the cops last weekend. I was only shocked that they didn't know what it was for. Her situations lately haven't really been secret to me or anyone in my senior class. My theory is that she harrassed someone to the point where they called the cops on her. And of course, I have to throw in the idea that she may have threatened them for some god-knows reason. Either way, apparently she has been deprived of everything by her parents and "grounded for life". Her parents are nice and all, but they always eventually cave, and then it is back to her old way. By the way, I wonder if I'll be seeing her in the arrest reports soon.

So today I finished the 3rd season of Battlestar Galactica. Ah, how I love that show. I won't give too many details because I want to feature it in my "Off The Air" post that I haven't had the motivation to type yet. But I'll tell you this; it leaves you yearning for more!!

Well, I know this post wasn't as hot as my last one, but I assure you, more great stuff is to come!!

-Tyler

Thoughts of Urban

I don't think there is one of us in the USA that is a stranger of the American Idol show. Even the other contries on this earth have their own adaptations. It is one of the best reality tv shows that you can find, with tens of millions of people watching it every week. The show is currently in it's 9th season. Or is it 10th? I lost count. Either way, this is the first one in the past three seasons that I have watched. I got back into it, and it is still really good.

This week, we have seen the top 24 perform to get into the top 12. At this stage, you really start to find out who has the real talent, and who can do diffrent and many types of songs. And of course, with you people who have AT&T, can vote for the people you like. This week there were the contestants who had their good songs and bad songs, but there was one in particular that I want to talk about today.

Tim Urban is on this season, and made it onto the top 24 pretty much by luck. When Chris Golightly was disqualified, Time was up to replace him. To be honest, I was excited about this switch. He has that "normal","girl's heartrob" look to him, which is a pretty vital quality to be on the show.

This week, he chose "Apologize" by OneRepublic. This is one of my favorite songs. It was destroyed by him. You have to have a high male voice for that song, and Urban didn't cut it. You could tell that when he was trying to hit a high note, he was pushing it, and when it did come out, it was a very quiet sound.

My sister and I both thought it was a terrible performance, and we were very disappointed because we both thought that he would be good. I was pretty much sure that he would only make it because of the girls were all hot for him.

Even Simon said that they were right in not choosing him the first time. That was harsh, but it seemed like it was true.

Then came for elimination night. And you know what? He made it. I was super shocked with that, and by the looks of it, so was he. I think he was sure that he was going to get kicked off.

So we get to see him for another week. I really hope he chooses a better song to sing. Another performance like that will get him the ax on the show. This may seem shocking, but I really hope he does do well on this show. I'll update you more on American Idol performances later next week.

-Tyler