Lee DeWise...... Really?

If I needed another reason not to watch next season of American Idol other than the fact that Simon will be absent, I have just been given that reason.  They are hand picking the fucking winners.  Come on!  Did these people watch the final competition.  Lee didn't even show up!  WTF!

When he sang "Beautiful Day" I thought that he oughtta be arrested for murder... of an awesome song.... damn.
Are we really going to have to hear him do a version of that?  man....

Bowersox is 10 times the singer that he is.  And I'll give you that she seems a bit uncomfortable sans guitar but so the hell does he.

Anyway, this has been the worst year by far of Idol ranked by how much I agreed with the judges and how they just seemed to bask in Lee's rays from the beginning.

Oh well, can't say it wasn't unpredictable but, after last night's show I thought that Crystal had a pretty damned good chance.  So much for what I think!

Online Music Contests

I'm looking for contests to enter online such as singing / songwriting contests.

This is one
http://www.riffstar.com/

Playing Live On SecondLife

I really want to do this.  I think there is a legal way to do it, ie, not getting kicked out of Second Life.

Here is a WikiHow on how to do it.  Not sure if it is the legal way or not.

Here is SL wiki on how to stream music.

Live Performance on SL

Guitar Wall Hanger

Here is an instructable on how to do it yourself.

Steve Vai and Orianthi

I had never heard of heard before, but apparently she knows Steve. Maybe she plays on his Favored Nations label or something. I will check into that.

Meanwhile, here is a video with the two:

1 - What Do U Want Me 2 Do? - Prince - Musicology
2 - Now That You're Gone - Sheryl Crow - Detours
3 - And So It Goes - Joel, Billy - Storm Front
4 - Everything - Alanis Morissette - So-Called Chaos
5 - Put Your Arms Around Me - Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine
6 - Down on Love - Foreigner - Agent Provocateur
7 - My Wave - Soundgarden - Superunknown
8 - I Want You - Kiss - Double Platinum
9 - So Pure - Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
10 - Wicked Sensation - Lynch Mob - Wicked Sensation
11 - Going To California - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin [Disc 2]
12 - The Devil Game - Kansas - Song for America
13 - Holy Diver - Dio - The Very Beast Of Dio
14 - Vertigo - U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
15 - Get Up - Van Halen - 5150
16 - Fell On Black Days - Soundgarden - Superunknown
17 - Your Body Is A Wonderland - Mayer, John - Room for Squares
18 - Stone In Love [Re-Recorded Version] - Journey - Revelation [Disc 2]
19 - Firewall - Steve Vai - Real Illusions: Reflections

Daily Playlist 2009-10-15

1 - The Sun, The Moon And Stars - Prince - Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
2 - Under The Lighthouse - Big Wreck - In Loving Memory Of
3 - Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
4 - Last kiss 072409 - John Barwick -
5 - Opus Insert - Kansas - Leftoverture
6 - Human Beings - Seal - Human Being
7 - Witch Hunt - Rush - Moving Pictures
8 - Oh My - Big Wreck - In Loving Memory Of
9 - City Of Blinding Lights - U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
10 - Sympathetic Character - Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
11 - Van Halen - I'll Wait - -
12 - She - Kiss - Double Platinum
13 - Neon - Mayer, John - Room for Squares
14 - I Miss You - Incubus - Make Yourself
15 - Scream - Chris Cornell - Scream
16 - Never Far Away - Chris Cornell - Scream
17 - Climbing Up The Walls - Chris Cornell - Scream
18 - Give Me Novacaine - Green Day - American Idiot
19 - Get On Your Boots - U2 - No Line On The Horizon
20 - Still My Bleeding Heart - Steve Vai - Sex & Religion
21 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking for - U2 - Rattle And Hum
22 - Demolition Man - The Police - Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings (Disc 3)
23 - The Royal Scam - Steely Dan - Citizen Steely Dan 1972-1980 [Disc 3]
24 - Nugget - Cake - Fashion Nugget
25 - Little Of Your Time - Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long [Bonus Track]
26 - Laura - Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain
27 - Until We Fall - Audioslave - Revelations
28 - Good To See You - Young, Neil - Silver & Gold
29 - Tomorrow's Girls - Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad
30 - I Thank You - ZZ Top - Deguello
31 - Too Much Information - The Police - Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings (Disc 3)
32 - Down The Road Tonight - Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is
33 - I Could Have Been A Dreamer - Dio - The Very Beast Of Dio
34 - 1000 Oceans - Tori Amos - To Venus and Back
35 - 999,999 - Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
36 - In the Rough - Anna Nalik -
37 - A Man I'll Never Be - Boston - Boston: Greatest Hits
38 - Suffer in Silence - John Barwick -
39 - Sentimental Guy - Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman