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.
