[TV] David Archuleta - Imagine

I'll admit I'm not necessarily the biggest American Idol fan around, but I can certainly appreciate a good singer when I hear one! I am just IN LOVE with this kid!

Here's David Archuleta singing John Lennon's Imagine from this week's American Idol:


#5 - American Idol - David Archuleta - Imagine - 2/27/08

[Entertainment] I Don't Want Blake to Win AI

I don't want Blake Lewis to win American Idol. What? Blasphemy you say? Before you start forming a lynch mob, allow me to explain why I'm said that...

Don't get me wrong - I'm practically read to marry Blake. I love him to bits. Besides the fact that he's rather cute, I really believe in his singing ability and I think with the right manager, he's going to get pretty far in the world as an entertainer. He's amazingly charming and he's daring enough to experiment and try new things with how he handles music. Oh, and he dances too, haha.

It is precisely because of my overwhelming respect and admiration for Blake that makes me want him to lose American Idol. Whoever wins AI is going to get trapped in a record deal with them and that is bound to limit his creativity and will prevent him from attaining his full potential. I think it'll be a lot better for him not to win and be free to explore on his own. That way, he'll retain the option of choosing his own music, controlling most of the creative process and continue to be all the Blake that he can be, haha.

Think about it - it will be worlds better if he remains an independent artists, free to make his brand of music and show the world just what it means to be Blake Lewis, haha. Now THAT would be cool.

Photo linked from ariffjrs's photostream.

[Web] Time Magazine Website Features

In case you haven't already noticed, I tend to favor TIME Magazine as a reference in a lot of my postings here on the Geeky Guide, and can you blame me? Their analysis pieces and columns are pretty top notch and they're pretty accurate in capturing the essence of the story in a pinch. It probably also helps that I have the TIME Magazine Top Stories module on my Google Personalized Homepage. Go figure.

I wanted to bring everyone's attention to a few features that caught my eye and the random article that just blew me away.

First up is the Four Years in Iraq photo essay of sorts, which is an interesting look at the Iraq war month after month using various images highlighting critical events starting from 2003 all the way to today. It's not just photos but quotes and news bits as well so you can remember everything that has happened between then and now. On a related note, there's also a striking photo essay entitled War of Shadows by Yuri Kozyrev has some amazing pictures of the war. They're all interlinked as part of one major multimedia look at the Iraq conflict, pretty much launched in time for the war's anniversary this month.

For you more entertainment-inclined folk, there's the on-going Judging American Idol feature as updated by resident TIME blogger James Poniewozik. He normally acts as time's TV and media critic and his on-going discussion of the popular singing contest has been developed into a full feature. He's pretty spot on in terms of estimates - he managed to accurately predict Stephanie's departure at least.

Other interesting pieces include Why the Buffalo Roam, which is a look at why the US Bison population is growing because people have started to eat them. Talk about irony! One last piece of interest is Limousine Liberal Hypocrisy is a run-down on why celebrities and public figures aren't really as "green" as they're claiming to be.

TIME Magazine has a lot of great reads - you might find something that strikes your fancy should you give it a shot.