Adam Lambert on the AMAs: "We are extremely sickened"

Hey kids, just got this letter from a reader. I'm still catching up with last night's AMA Awards (Stephen King's new book owns me, as a pal would say), and just saw the Lambert performance. It all seems kinda done-that and lame to me. Not shocking, just dull. It doesn't help that the song blows, too. Anyway, here's the letter...

I don't know where else to write, so I'm telling you, sir. Just wanted to express our displeasure with Adam Lambert's performance last night. My husband and members of our family watched all of American Idol and voted for him all the time. I recognize he is so talented, heads above anyone in previous years. He deserved the award...

But, after waiting thru that whole show last night to see him, we were disgusted. I'm no prude, but there was really no reason to have such an overt display of sexuality. Come on! We all know he's gay, but we felt like we were peeking in a a soft porn film. Good for you, Adam. You are cool, different, and the best singer in many a year. We get it. What I don't get is for a national audience see him do the Bump and Grind and all that other crap. I had to rewind that part to see what I really thought I was seeing with that woman, legs all spread. Ughhhh. Gross.

Kissing did not bother us. Madonna did it and we know why, for publicity. This performance by him sure got the publicity. Now I know we won't go to see his Concert if that's what goes on.

Please pass this on to whomever, if you will, please. We were extremely sickened.

The David Cook Interview

 

"We played in St. Louis the other night, and while I was walking to the stage, I got three ass grabs in a row..." CRAVE MORE ASS GRAB? GRAB ONTO THIS INTERVIEW!

Carrie Underpants! Underwood gets leggy on CMAs with grindy 'Cowboy Casanova'

This is about as suggestive as Carrie Underwood gets. She could have used more of that hip swivel on her ho-hum new album.

Questions for David Cook?

 

American Idol champ David Cook is coming to St. Pete's illustrious Mahaffey Theater on Nov. 27. (TICKETS) I'll be there with a swollen post-Thanksgiving belly, trying to make pretty word magic. But before all that, I get to chat with Cook this Thursday. I've already been berated by coworkers hoping to get close to the 26-year-old singer, who is admittedly one cool dude under pressure. If you're also a fan, let's hear it:

QUESTIONS FOR DAVID COOK?
 

'Fearless' picks for tonight's CMA Awards

 

If Taylor Swift doesn't win Entertainer of the Year at tonight's CMAs (ABC, 8 p.m.), I'll streak the Dallas Bull. AVERT YOUR EYES!

DALY TV: Talkin' Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Weezer...and sippy cups?

Wow, you are about to witness some really BAD hair. We're talking Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman action, my friends. Rest assured I rocked SupaCuts this weekend, and no longer have such an atrocious mop. But alas, before the shearing, I taped not one, but two rollicking segments with ABC music savant John Thomas. The bit you're about to see deals with November's new pop music releases. There's also a riotous Christmas seggie lurking out there as well. You want a fun drinking game? Every time I blurt a non sequitur (for instance: "sippy cups"), hoist a beverage. At the very least, it'll make for interesting television. YOU BE THE JUDGE!!!

REVIEW: Carrie Underwood's new album 'Play On' gets a C+...for now

 

Carrie Underwood and I have a complicated relationship.

READ ABOUT OUR TWISTED LOVE.

Adam Lambert: First single, track listing on 'For Your Entertainment,' out Nov. 23

 

I don't hate the Xanadu-meets-Road Warrior cover art for Adam Lambert's debut album, In fact, it's so out-and-proud, you have to appreciate the sparkly-font, fingerless-glove brazeness of it all. And I like the list of his songwriters: Pink, Justin Hawkins, Green Day producer Rob Cavallo. But title track and first single For Your Entertainment sounds like a synthetic Justin Timberlake-in-spandex cut, which is sorta of like saying it sounds like fake polyester. It's pretty weak. Of course, the buzz and marketing behind this album, out Nov. 23, are almost guaranteeing it'll ship platinum. Anyway, check out the song, and let me know what you think. GO HERE FOR ALL YOUR GLAMBERT NEEDS.

What do Celine Dion, Babs Streisand and the Tubes' terrifying Fee Waybill have in common?

They all help pay off David Foster's three ex-wives. How do I know this? Because while you were out gallavanting Friday, having the time of your young, fruitful lives, I was working.

'Suckin' It for the Holidays'? An exposed Kathy Griffin leads a barrage of Christmas albums

On the list of people you never want to find under the mistletoe, you gotta rank Kathy Griffin up there pretty high. Like maybe right after Dick Cheney but ahead of, like, everyone else in the entire world, living or dead. But maybe that's me? Maybe you have no problems with this album cover, on which the comedienne is presumably exposing her naughty bits to an unfortunately situated St. Nick?

Griffin's wistfully titled holiday disc, Suckin' It for the Holidays, is one of myriad Santa season discs stacked high on my work desk right now. I'm currently listening to the soundtrack of A Christmas Story, which is just now being released 26 years after the movie's release. Ralphie's flick isn't famous for its music, but it's sweet and funny and engrained in our DNA, so kudos to the folks at Rhino for finally putting it out there.

Here are the other new holiday albums I'll be working through:

Bob Dylan -- Christmas in the Heart
Sting -- If on a Winter's Night
Neil Diamond -- A Cherry Cherry Christmas
Michael McDonald -- This Christmas
Sugarland -- Gold and Green"
Tori Amos -- Midwinter Graces
REO Speedwagon -- Not So Silent Night
Connie Talbot -- Holiday Magic
The Dan Band -- Ho
Various Artists -- Putumayo Presents A Family Christmas
David Archuleta -- Christmas From the Heart