pop culture, reviewed

I’m just as surprised and sad as the rest of y’all that Mandisa was the one voted off last night (though I was gratified that Paris Bennett was in the bottom three, because seriously, she’s still on my last nerve), but at least we had one good song choice this week.  I think you all know what I’m talking about — sweet Kellie Pickler knew that the one country song that needed to be sung was "Fancy."  For one brief moment, I was reminded of what Idol used to be like, back when the contestants picked good songs instead of songs that (a) no one has ever heard before, (b) songs that people have heard too much, or (c) songs that are just plain boring.  What AI had been missing this season, folks, was a song about a mama whoring out her daughter and her daughter thanking her for it.  Good times. 

(Meanwhile, Caroline and Molly and I remain on pins and needles, anxiously wondering our own fate after our recent New York adventure.  Here’s our one chance, Fancies.  I hope we don’t let you down.)