"AI" Series begins January 12th

Hello,

Season 9 of "American Idol" begins Jan 12th with a two hour premiere, it will then be on the next night for a hour. Fox, in it's infinite wisdom, has decided that second show will only be a hour so they can hopefully launch a show titled "Little Geniuses". Proving again that's the only geniuses involved in programming at Fox. Why not just have the second show of the season be two hours? It's the most popular show on the air for a reason. "Little Geniuses" will soon be forgotten as "American Idol" continues to dwindle in popularity. Fox you need to strengthen your flagship show and not weaken it.

Last night I started reading "The Case of Abraham Lincoln" by Julie M. Fenster. It looks like a pretty interesting book but it's off to a slow start. I hope it will be hitting it's stride soon.

Interesting factoid of the day, this comes from Spin Magazine: "9 Ranking of "Purple Rain" on list of best-selling soundtracks...of 2007". That's amazing for a CD that was 22 years old at the time. It's easily the best soundtrack ever. Every song on it is a classic.

I also am compiling my list of most overrated bands of all-time. I'm shooting for a Top 20 (or bottom 20 maybe, depending on your perspective). So far I have such artists as Nirvana, the Beatles, Oasis, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Adam Lambert.

Great song of the day: Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U". One of the many great songs written by Prince.

Jerry Jones please fire Wade Phillips whether they win or lose today.

themusicaddict