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JJJJJJJJJJJJJaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggg, where have you been?

Thought Ruben didn't know the last song at all. The judges gushed themselves silly about it, but truly that song didn't work.

Loved 'Here, There and Everywhere', especially nice with harp.

Pbear!!!

Man, I could not make that trip up and down the hallway tonight (bad knees), so had to settle for watching the show without you all.

I thought Ruben was off. When he gets out of his Barry White mode, he just does not have the range or power. Plus I thought he might have a heart attack or something. Don't get me wrong: I LOVE his voice and think he will make a great and enduring recording artist. But he can't compare to Clay.

I don't know why the judges were gushing over Ruben. I think there is something about hearing it live that is different from us hearing it through the boobtube. Still, nothing Ruben did tonight moved me.

Clay, on the other hand, knocked it out of the park all three times. I really liked his first song---I think he wrote it! Anyway, it's #1 on amazon.com's preorder list. Do the judges know that, hmmm?

I thought "Here, There" was beautiful - understated, a nice arrangement that wasn't overblown. I didn't think it was a safe choice - there were some damn hard notes to reach in that song!

AT&T text messaging works fine - phones are busy.

I nearly drifted off in the middle of Ruben's last song, which I just didn't like to begin with. I liked A House is not a Home - always have - and I am philosophically opposed to Imagine. He did OK with it, but the last song - ugh - he was intermittently sharp throughout. Clay did a really good job with Bridge, Vegas arrangement notwithstanding. I wanted to hear a purer arrangement to showcase his voice - not the choir and brass.