UTES RULE!, American Idol Countdown

Hello,

Happy New Year! I wish that to you even though I think New Year's Day is sort of lame. Other than college football, it is just another day to me. To quote U2, "Nothing changes on New Year's Day". There has been a lot going on in the music world.

Apparently current Guns n' Roses guitarist Richard Fortus told a magazine that G n' R was about to embark on a tour in March and be on tour for 2 years. Now he is retreating from that statement, using the old standby that he was misquoted. (My favorite use of that was when Charles Barkley claimed he was misquoted, IN HIS OWN AUTOBIOGRAPHY!) I do hope that G n' R do go out for one more tour. Axl Rose is now 46 and he is not going to have his voice forever. Does that make you feel old too that Rose is 46?

The countdown continues for Season 8 of "American Idol", it starts on January 13th. That is one week from tomorrow. On both January 13th and January 14th each show will be two hours long. We can see how the new judge is. Has Randy expanded his vocabulary to 10 words dawg? Will this hopefully be the last season for Paula Abdul? Will she review a performance before it actually occurs again? How Will the producers play out the whole Paula Goodspeed suicide incident. How many times will ew.com's Michael Slezak or the website votefortheworst.com make you laugh? Is there someone as lame as David Archuleta on this season's show? If so can we vote him off now? Will all the changes affect the chemistry of the show? This could be a make or break season. If they continue losing viewers like last season, "American Idol" may be in trouble. Although I think they have contracts in place for the next couple of years.

Other news: the Utes rose up and slayed the mighty Alabama in the Sugar Bowl on January 2nd. I have been on a high since that great game. For the record I am a big BYU fan but Utah is my Alma mater, so I cheer for them when they are not playing BYU. Actually I cheer for all Utah schools. The Utes beating Alabama was particularly sweet though, as no one nationwide gave the Utes respect. Teams from their conference don't get much respect, but the MWC plays some great football. Once the final rankings are released two MWC schools, TCU and the U. of U. should be in the top 10. In their bowl game TCU knocked off the second to last undefeated team in the nation. Utah is the only undefeated team in the nation, going 13-0. BYU played like crap in their bowl game or they would probably have been a Top 15 team when the final rankings come out.

One final note about college football system, the so-called BCS national championship game is Thursday. This game should be terrific, watch the game just to see Oklahoma's offense in action. It is a thing of beauty to watch. We would actually need a playoff system though to have an actual National Championship game.

Other news apparently Apple CEO Steve Jobs has a hormonal imbalance. He is saying that is what is causing his gaunt appearance. He has already started treatment and he should gain the weight back by this Spring. He is rail thin. That is the official story at least. However is that the truth? This is a company that relies on it's CEO more than almost any other company. Without a publicized succession plan in place is this just a ruse so Apple's stock won't get hammered. I wish you a speedy recovery Steve.

Well that is it for now. Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with more info. I may write a new blog or change this one around some. I haven't yet decided. I have some pictures of other beautiful women to share with you. Also I have a bunch more music news. Have a great week! themusicaddict