Idol Aftermath

Carrie won. A bit surprising, but only a bit. What surprises me more is how she floated through the whole competition untouched, since I found her, at best, rather bland.

While I may disagree with the voters, I think they made the right commercial pick. In certain genres, such as rap and rock, street cred can matter (go tell it to the Monkees), but I don't think it's as big a deal in country. As always, the single they've written for her first release--"Inside Your Heaven"--sounds rotten.

I'm not too worried about Bo. He'll land on his feet. I can see Bo and Constantine touring together on a nostalgia tour in twenty years.

Nothing to do now but watch my tape of Lost and wait for the ratings to come in.

PS As predicted, Idol's ratings easily bested those of Lost. Nevertheless, Lost did alright and managed to depress Idol's ratings some.