Well last night's Glee was a nice breath of fresh air. Powerful story-lines that will now setup the rest of the first half of the season (the announcement of Sectionals, Kurt in general and Puck/Artie). After last night, I can also say that I love the Coach Beiste character more and more every week, and hope they keep her on TV regularly in some role. There was only four songs numbers, which I greatly appreciated because the songs actually fit the story, instead of just a theme. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come. Let's get into the songs.
Dalton Academy Glee Club-Teenage Dream
Um, wow. That's all I can say. This song made me break my rule of only downloading New Directions performances. This was incredible. Between the song itself and Kurt's boyish shyness and flirtiness, it was a joy and by far one of the best performances of the season. A+
Puck and Artie-One Love/People Get Ready
If this storyline with these two is going to lead to more songs like this, I'm all for it. This performance is kind of a reminder this is a musical. The song was out of left field but it was sung so well that it didn't matter. A
New Directions Girls-Start Me Up/Livin' On A Prayer
This was actually really good. I was worried going in, but the girls looked hot in the rocker gear and the mash-up was surprisingly impressive. A
New Directions Boys-Stop! In the Name of Love/Free Your Mind
This performance, especially because of the Beiste storyline, was actually better than what I expected. The mash-up was well done, and the songs were really good. I personally loved the free-form choreography and thought even though the girls were hotter, the guys won the battle of the sexes two years in a row, even though it was never announced. A+
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Dancing with the Stars:Instant Dance Brings Out The Best
You know, I've been watching this show all season waiting for a night that really stands out as a big night. We've had theme nights and whatnot, but tonight was the first time all season that we had the memorable dances that stick around for years. There were two rounds, the first round was just a normal dance. The record was the Instant Dance round, which turned out to be the best round of the season, despite the gimmick. This week is a full review, the way it will be for the rest of the season.
First Round
Kyle and Lacey (27) ****
Dance:Viennese Waltz
I really liked this performance. It was clean and almost perfect. By far their best dance of the season so far.
Jennifer and Derek (27) ****
Dance:Quick Step
You can never tell Jennifer is in alot of pain while dancing. They are back on fire.
Kurt and Anna (24) ***1/2
Dance:Waltz
Continuing the theme of fantastic dances tonight, Kurt has really come to has own. Very smooth and just gets better and better.
"You're the Ken doll for adults like me."-Carrie Ann
Bristol and Mark (24) ***1/2
Dance:Argentine Tango
Talk about a massive turnaround. This is what happens when Bristol gets confidence. The footwork was amazing and overall by far her best dance of the season.
Brandy and Maksim (29) *****
Dance:Waltz
No doubt they were going to be smooth but wow, amazing. Both dance and the story told made you sit and stare. It was real emontion. Best dance of this round.
Second Round:"Instant Dance"
Kyle and Lacey (29) *****
Song:Good Golly, Miss Molly
These two are so entertaining. Simply amazing.
Jennifer and Derek (30) *****
Song:Waiting For A Good Time
Can these two do anything wrong? A little slow for me but still really fantastic.
Kurt and Anna (24) ****
Song:Hella Good
This was so much better than I expected. I thought this was his best of the season. Really awesome.
Bristol and Mark (23) ****
Song:Mas Que Nada
Wow, an actual real personality from Bristol. She is officially here to win or at least try. Really entertaining and fun.
Brandy and Maksim (28) ****1/2
Song:Teenage Dream
They took a page out of Kyle and Lacey's book and played the crowd really well. I really enjoyed that performance. Also I had no problem that they didn't start right at the beginning of the song, especially because of the song they had to dance to.
Leaderboard
Jennifer/Derek 57
Brandy/Maksim 57
Kyle/Lacey 56
Kurt/Anna 48 *won't be shocked if he goes home*
Bristol/Mark 47 *should go home*
First Round
Kyle and Lacey (27) ****
Dance:Viennese Waltz
I really liked this performance. It was clean and almost perfect. By far their best dance of the season so far.
Jennifer and Derek (27) ****
Dance:Quick Step
You can never tell Jennifer is in alot of pain while dancing. They are back on fire.
Kurt and Anna (24) ***1/2
Dance:Waltz
Continuing the theme of fantastic dances tonight, Kurt has really come to has own. Very smooth and just gets better and better.
"You're the Ken doll for adults like me."-Carrie Ann
Bristol and Mark (24) ***1/2
Dance:Argentine Tango
Talk about a massive turnaround. This is what happens when Bristol gets confidence. The footwork was amazing and overall by far her best dance of the season.
Brandy and Maksim (29) *****
Dance:Waltz
No doubt they were going to be smooth but wow, amazing. Both dance and the story told made you sit and stare. It was real emontion. Best dance of this round.
Second Round:"Instant Dance"
Kyle and Lacey (29) *****
Song:Good Golly, Miss Molly
These two are so entertaining. Simply amazing.
Jennifer and Derek (30) *****
Song:Waiting For A Good Time
Can these two do anything wrong? A little slow for me but still really fantastic.
Kurt and Anna (24) ****
Song:Hella Good
This was so much better than I expected. I thought this was his best of the season. Really awesome.
Bristol and Mark (23) ****
Song:Mas Que Nada
Wow, an actual real personality from Bristol. She is officially here to win or at least try. Really entertaining and fun.
Brandy and Maksim (28) ****1/2
Song:Teenage Dream
They took a page out of Kyle and Lacey's book and played the crowd really well. I really enjoyed that performance. Also I had no problem that they didn't start right at the beginning of the song, especially because of the song they had to dance to.
Leaderboard
Jennifer/Derek 57
Brandy/Maksim 57
Kyle/Lacey 56
Kurt/Anna 48 *won't be shocked if he goes home*
Bristol/Mark 47 *should go home*
NFL Week 9
Week 9 Results:8-5
Full Season:73-55
New York Jets/Detroit
Miami/Baltimore
New England/Cleveland
San Diego/Houston
Chicago/Buffalo
Arizona/Minnesota
Tampa Bay/Atlanta
New Orleans/Carolina
New York Giants/Seattle
Indianapolis/Philadelphia
Kansas City/Oakland
Dallas/Green Bay
Pittsburgh/Cincinnati
Full Season:73-55
New York Jets/Detroit
Miami/Baltimore
New England/Cleveland
San Diego/Houston
Chicago/Buffalo
Arizona/Minnesota
Tampa Bay/Atlanta
New Orleans/Carolina
New York Giants/Seattle
Indianapolis/Philadelphia
Kansas City/Oakland
Dallas/Green Bay
Pittsburgh/Cincinnati
Thursday, November 4, 2010
NFL Week 9 Picks
New York Jets/Detroit
Miami/Baltimore
New England/Cleveland
San Diego/Houston
Chicago/Buffalo
Arizona/Minnesota
Tampa Bay/Atlanta
New Orleans/Carolina
New York Giants/Seattle
Indianapolis/Philadelphia
Kansas City/Oakland
Dallas/Green Bay
Pittsburgh/Cincinnati
Miami/Baltimore
New England/Cleveland
San Diego/Houston
Chicago/Buffalo
Arizona/Minnesota
Tampa Bay/Atlanta
New Orleans/Carolina
New York Giants/Seattle
Indianapolis/Philadelphia
Kansas City/Oakland
Dallas/Green Bay
Pittsburgh/Cincinnati
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Responses to "It Is Time to Panic?"
Yesterday I posted an entry up talking about the Devils and their terrible start to the season. Throughout the day I started getting responses and reactions so I figured I'd share them. If you have any opinion on the subject, please feel free to answer back and talk.
"We've been used to success for 15 years, so yes, I think it is time to panic. I don't think you can blame one person though. The team as a whole is sucking big time. Even heralded Zach Parise hasn't been finding the net and now he's out indefinitely. Kovie not finding his rhythm is a concern. And when Zubrus is your leading scorer with seven points, that's a major concern. I think we all had high hopes of a scoring machine looking at the lines on paper and how the top line came out of the chute in game one."-Jason Kaplan
"It's still early. Based on experience with the Devs over 30 years things tend to look better as we get deeper into the season."-MikeNJ1109@aol.com
"I suppose I'll take sucking in October over sucking in March/April but we won't know that until the end of the season."-Jason Kaplan
"well said. panic is setting in after this past summer. And if we don't turn this ship around (radically) we're in for a long winter."-VINCKIM@aol.com
"We've been used to success for 15 years, so yes, I think it is time to panic. I don't think you can blame one person though. The team as a whole is sucking big time. Even heralded Zach Parise hasn't been finding the net and now he's out indefinitely. Kovie not finding his rhythm is a concern. And when Zubrus is your leading scorer with seven points, that's a major concern. I think we all had high hopes of a scoring machine looking at the lines on paper and how the top line came out of the chute in game one."-Jason Kaplan
"It's still early. Based on experience with the Devs over 30 years things tend to look better as we get deeper into the season."-MikeNJ1109@aol.com
"I suppose I'll take sucking in October over sucking in March/April but we won't know that until the end of the season."-Jason Kaplan
"well said. panic is setting in after this past summer. And if we don't turn this ship around (radically) we're in for a long winter."-VINCKIM@aol.com
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Devils Hockey:Is It Time to Panic?
"Devils limited to 15 skaters today because of cap issues. Welcome to the Kovalchuk era!!"-10/11/10 EJHradek_ESPN
"Whatever his reason, John MacLean has put himself square on the spot by benching his best scorer and then losing 6-1 and an irrelevant goal."-10/23/10 StanFischler
"In my defense on NJ tonight, I didn't expect Kovalchuk to be a "healthy scratch" or the franchise to have a meltdown. WOW!"-10/23/10 EJHradek_ESPN
"Scary stat of week: Devils have given up 19 more goals than they have scored this season. Not since 88-89 has NJ been out-scored in a season"-10/31/10 kausatoday (Kevin Allen)
"Zach Parise will under go exploratory arthroscopic knee surgery. No timetable has been set for his return."-11/1/10 NHLDevils
"Jason Arnott: "We're digging ourselves a hole. A huge hole... If we don't turn this around it'll be real hard to (make playoffs)."" 11/2/10 Ledger_NJDevils (Rich Chere)
"Brodeur worry missing playoffs? "Oh, definitely. It's one thing to slide, but we're putting ourselves behind 8 ball. Formula for disaster.""-11/2/10 Ledger_NJDevils (Rich Chere)
Stats (13 games in) *G-A-P (+/-)*:
Danius Zubrus 1-6-7 (-5)
Ilya Kovalchuk 3-3-6 (-5)
Jason Arnott 3-3-6 (-9)
Zac Parise 3-3-6 (-1)
Matt Taormina 3-2-5 (-2)
Patrik Elias 2-3-5 (-10)
Jamie Langenbrunner 1-4-5 (-8)
Travis Zajac 1-3-4 (0)
Andy Greene 1-3-4 (-11)
Matthew Corrente 0-3-3 (-1)
Henrik Tallinder 1-1-2 (-5)
David Clarkson 1-1-2 (-8)
Rod Pelly 0-1-1 (-1)
Martin Brodeur 3-8-1 2.79 GAA .902% 2 SO
Johnan Herberg 0-1 7.50 GAA .750%
I thought this was supossed to be a new era? I thought the signing of Kovalchuk was supossed to make this team upstoppable scoring machine? Where's the defense that the Devils were founded on? Is this a rebuild season and no one told the fans?
Now as the month of November starts, the Devils are in the basement. This is the worse hockey I've seen this team play since I became a fan in 1994. Every night when there's a game, I just hope they are going to stop the bleeding. Then suddenly they are losing 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 and it's another loss in the standings.
This might just be the worse month since the 80s for this franchise. So who's the blame? John MacLean? I can't blame him, he's in a fucked up situation right now. Marty Brodeur? He's doing all he can to keep the Devils in games every night. Lou? Well part of the blame can be put on him, but he's doing what he has to do to keep this franchise together.
How bout the $100 million man Kovi? He hasn't done anything in the last four games when they needed him. How about the franchise leading scorer Elias? He has does nothing all season. The young defense? They are kids playing against the NHL elite, you can't blame the other teams for taking advantage of that.
I am speechless for how bad this team looks right now, is it time to hit the panic button?
As of right now, YES. Because if they don't write the ship, The Rock will be dark in April and May.
"Whatever his reason, John MacLean has put himself square on the spot by benching his best scorer and then losing 6-1 and an irrelevant goal."-10/23/10 StanFischler
"In my defense on NJ tonight, I didn't expect Kovalchuk to be a "healthy scratch" or the franchise to have a meltdown. WOW!"-10/23/10 EJHradek_ESPN
"Scary stat of week: Devils have given up 19 more goals than they have scored this season. Not since 88-89 has NJ been out-scored in a season"-10/31/10 kausatoday (Kevin Allen)
"Zach Parise will under go exploratory arthroscopic knee surgery. No timetable has been set for his return."-11/1/10 NHLDevils
"Jason Arnott: "We're digging ourselves a hole. A huge hole... If we don't turn this around it'll be real hard to (make playoffs)."" 11/2/10 Ledger_NJDevils (Rich Chere)
"Brodeur worry missing playoffs? "Oh, definitely. It's one thing to slide, but we're putting ourselves behind 8 ball. Formula for disaster.""-11/2/10 Ledger_NJDevils (Rich Chere)
Stats (13 games in) *G-A-P (+/-)*:
Danius Zubrus 1-6-7 (-5)
Ilya Kovalchuk 3-3-6 (-5)
Jason Arnott 3-3-6 (-9)
Zac Parise 3-3-6 (-1)
Matt Taormina 3-2-5 (-2)
Patrik Elias 2-3-5 (-10)
Jamie Langenbrunner 1-4-5 (-8)
Travis Zajac 1-3-4 (0)
Andy Greene 1-3-4 (-11)
Matthew Corrente 0-3-3 (-1)
Henrik Tallinder 1-1-2 (-5)
David Clarkson 1-1-2 (-8)
Rod Pelly 0-1-1 (-1)
Martin Brodeur 3-8-1 2.79 GAA .902% 2 SO
Johnan Herberg 0-1 7.50 GAA .750%
I thought this was supossed to be a new era? I thought the signing of Kovalchuk was supossed to make this team upstoppable scoring machine? Where's the defense that the Devils were founded on? Is this a rebuild season and no one told the fans?
Now as the month of November starts, the Devils are in the basement. This is the worse hockey I've seen this team play since I became a fan in 1994. Every night when there's a game, I just hope they are going to stop the bleeding. Then suddenly they are losing 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 and it's another loss in the standings.
This might just be the worse month since the 80s for this franchise. So who's the blame? John MacLean? I can't blame him, he's in a fucked up situation right now. Marty Brodeur? He's doing all he can to keep the Devils in games every night. Lou? Well part of the blame can be put on him, but he's doing what he has to do to keep this franchise together.
How bout the $100 million man Kovi? He hasn't done anything in the last four games when they needed him. How about the franchise leading scorer Elias? He has does nothing all season. The young defense? They are kids playing against the NHL elite, you can't blame the other teams for taking advantage of that.
I am speechless for how bad this team looks right now, is it time to hit the panic button?
As of right now, YES. Because if they don't write the ship, The Rock will be dark in April and May.
Dancing with the Stars The 200th Episode
And now the special 200th episode of Dancing with the Stars...
This was a fun night, short and sweet. It was awesome to see all the celebrities from the past return, even if I didn't watch alot of these seasons. This week I'm actually going to go into more details on the celebrities and dances and my opinions. The team dances will be listed like every other dance over the last couple of weeks, it's just easier that way.
(Guest Team Captain (Team list) Team Score My Rating (out of 5))
Kristi Yamaguchi 24 ****1/2
Rick/Cheryl, Kyle/Lacey, Bristol/Mark
Apolo Anoto Ono 27 *****
Kurt/Anna, Brandy/Maksim, Jennifer/Derek
Kyle and Lacey (35/24=59) ****1/2
Guest Judge:Mel B
Kyle has come a long way. He really could win this thing. This was his best performance of the season by far. Amazing simply amazing.
Kurt and Anna (34/27=61) ***1/2
Guest Judge:Emmit Smith
At times Kurt could be a fantastic dancer, other times he's just flat of sloppy. The facts are he earned his way here. This dance proved why. Well done.
Bristol and Mark (33/24=57) ***1/2
Guest Judge:Kelly Osbourne
Wow, if you told me a month ago that Bristol Palin would still be here, I would have thought you were crazy. She has actually earned her right to be here and while she has no chance in hell of winning, it's been a great ride. This week's dance showed how much she's improved.
Rick and Cheryl (37/24=61) ****
Guest Judge:Helio Castroneves
For me this was going to be one of the hardest dances to pull off because of Rick's size, but damn he did amazing. FINALLY SOME REAL PERSONALITY! That's what was missing this whole season. He needs to show that more, he might actually have a chance at being in the final.
Brandy and Maksim (37/27=64) *****
Guest Judge:Gilles Marini
The leader from the last two weeks. I knew Brandy would be good on this show but I didn't expect this good. She can very easily win this show. Tonight's dance might not have been perfect but it showed that she has earned her way here.
Jennifer and Derek (37/27=64) *****
Guest Judge:Drew Lachey
This was amazing. Jennifer belongs here, the only thing that is going to stop her from getting to the final is her body falling apart. She's amazing and is right now my pick to win this show.
Pick to Go Home:Bristol/Mark
This was a fun night, short and sweet. It was awesome to see all the celebrities from the past return, even if I didn't watch alot of these seasons. This week I'm actually going to go into more details on the celebrities and dances and my opinions. The team dances will be listed like every other dance over the last couple of weeks, it's just easier that way.
(Guest Team Captain (Team list) Team Score My Rating (out of 5))
Kristi Yamaguchi 24 ****1/2
Rick/Cheryl, Kyle/Lacey, Bristol/Mark
Apolo Anoto Ono 27 *****
Kurt/Anna, Brandy/Maksim, Jennifer/Derek
Kyle and Lacey (35/24=59) ****1/2
Guest Judge:Mel B
Kyle has come a long way. He really could win this thing. This was his best performance of the season by far. Amazing simply amazing.
Kurt and Anna (34/27=61) ***1/2
Guest Judge:Emmit Smith
At times Kurt could be a fantastic dancer, other times he's just flat of sloppy. The facts are he earned his way here. This dance proved why. Well done.
Bristol and Mark (33/24=57) ***1/2
Guest Judge:Kelly Osbourne
Wow, if you told me a month ago that Bristol Palin would still be here, I would have thought you were crazy. She has actually earned her right to be here and while she has no chance in hell of winning, it's been a great ride. This week's dance showed how much she's improved.
Rick and Cheryl (37/24=61) ****
Guest Judge:Helio Castroneves
For me this was going to be one of the hardest dances to pull off because of Rick's size, but damn he did amazing. FINALLY SOME REAL PERSONALITY! That's what was missing this whole season. He needs to show that more, he might actually have a chance at being in the final.
Brandy and Maksim (37/27=64) *****
Guest Judge:Gilles Marini
The leader from the last two weeks. I knew Brandy would be good on this show but I didn't expect this good. She can very easily win this show. Tonight's dance might not have been perfect but it showed that she has earned her way here.
Jennifer and Derek (37/27=64) *****
Guest Judge:Drew Lachey
This was amazing. Jennifer belongs here, the only thing that is going to stop her from getting to the final is her body falling apart. She's amazing and is right now my pick to win this show.
Pick to Go Home:Bristol/Mark
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