Dolly Night Set List Leak

EW’s PopWatch blog has tonight’s puported Dolly set list. Hmmm, well I guess if anyone is going to sing the god-awful I Will Always Love You (And you can’t really blame Dolly for making that song bad, it was all Whitney)…

I don’t care about this show enough to consider this a spoiler. They’re not unveiling the 12th cylon so it means absolutely nothing, spoiler-wise, to me. But I was nice enough not to post the supposed list, in case there actually happens to be somebody that cares who actually reads this nonsense I type.

Or wait! Does TMZ have the REAL Dolly set list? Guess what. I don’t think I care all that much, but contrast and compare if you so chose.

Dolly Night Preview!

Michael Slezak’s (EW) Idol commentary is always delightful, mainly because he can be a little bit snarky. Here’s the latest Idolatry, which I am proud to say even mentions The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. When I was 6, I loved that movie and didn’t know why my parents did not like me saying this in front of other people.

(While there, also check out the great interview with Amanda Overmyer, who never should have gone home as long as Ramikin and Kristy Lee Sux were still breathing. How Ramikin has never even been in the Bottom 3 is beyond me but apparently, the Filipino Consulate is pimping her out, sending letters to the Filipino-American community urging them to vote Ramikin. I want to believe consulates have other things to do besides worry about American Idol, but I gave up on the world long ago.)

I don’t know what any of the contestants are singing, but I’m sure The Lip Licker will sing something “spiritual”. If anyone is going to do I Will Always Love You, it’s sure to be Ramikin, because doing something else would require a creative vision. Kristy Lee Sux? If she actually did Why’d You Come In Here Looking Like That (I think that’s the title, but there is definitely something about “painted-on jeans” in the lyrics), she might not be too terrible. She obviously isn’t going anywhere this week. As far as I’m concerned, until Ramikin goes home, no one else deserves to leave.

Whatever. I just don’t want to hear I Will Always Love You.

Jason Castro is high on life

I love Jason Castro. I like his performances and I love his interviews. He just reminds me of a happy stoner dude and I sort of get reminiscent for my teen-aged years and going to summer concerts at Riverport Amphitheater. I had this incredible fake ID that said I was from Ohio. All the other kids got glamorous states like “California” and “Hawaii.” Whatever. I had mine longer than anyone else and a security guard actually carded me once and then APOLOGIZED for doing so. In any case, watching him just brings back those memories for me, because the Jason Castros of the world were much more fun to hang out with than the David Archuletas. I knew a bunch of David Archuletas, too. They were in band (I was a flag girl for 2 years, ok?) and they were nice but did strange things like wear Disney baseball hats and have small viewing parties in their parents’ basements for taped drum corp shows. I led a dual existence in some ways, like I would sometimes stop by the David Archuleta basements and say hello before going over to the Jason Castros’ homes to listen to Bob Marley and uh, sample herb.

In any case, the wonderful Rickey.org somehow got his hands on this photo of Jason Castro doing his best Tarzan impression at an outdoor party. How fun is this guy? There needs to be more people like him on American Idol. First off, you can tell he’s just a very down-to-earth dude. Second, he didn’t have any previous record deals. I thought this show was about finding untapped talent? Not unknown talent with failed label releases.

You know what would be awesome? Jason Castro wearing that same towel and playing guitar with Matthew McConaughey playing nude bongos. They’re both from Texas. It’s entirely possible.