American Idol’s Top 10 Girls just finished up and I had to quick write this recap because LOST is about to kick in and I am not missing a minute. I don’t want to say that the gap has narrowed between the guys and the girls because I still think there are girls in this competition that can blow those guys away (and I’m not just talking about Antonella Barba’s oral talents) but after the performances tonight I can’t say the guys did that much worse last night!

Gina Glocksen was up first and I really want to like her and I think she had an okay performance of Heart’s “Alone” but back in Season 4 Carrie Underwood killed this mother frakker and Gina couldn’t touch that version if she tried. I mean hello, Heart invited Underwood to perform with them last year. Amazing.

Alaina Alexander was channelling Barbie with her outfit and fake hair while channelling Gina from Empire Records. Renee Zellweger did the exact same nervous hand movements and foot stomp when she finally got the nerve to sing atop Empire Records sign. Ah, “Sugar High”…

My girl Lakisha Jones was wearing the skimpiest outfit which I was completely down with until I saw those shoes. Girl, those shoes were a trainwreck. WooWoo! Let me tell you though, she was once again a powerhouse and playing this game for keeps. She could have broken Alaina Alexander in half!

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American Idol’s Top 10 Guys performed last night and I apologize its taken this long to get my thoughts up on the site. I skimmed through the Top 10 men so fast last night when I got home from This American Life Live that I really barely remember much about them. I know that I thought they did a better job than they had the week before. I know that noone was a huge standout for me.

I know that Sundance Head got a hair cut and trimmed his Anthrax beard.

I know that Brandon Rogers did a very weak and muted performance, one that is so far below his talent level that it made me sad.

I know that Nick Pedro did a really incredible version of “Fever.” It’s so not what this competition is about but he had such a rich loungy vide to his performance that I dug it.

I know that Chris Sligh has gained a ton of weight since he got married to that hottie of a wife and I know that it doesn’t matter because I enjoy his voice and he’s a darn cutie. Very fun. And each week his hair gets more and more Adam Duritz.

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Prepare yourself. This is the best headline I’ve seen in months:

“Heather Mills: Unlikely My Leg Will Fly Off on Dancing”

God Bless People.com and their amazing article on Heather Mills and her upcoming appearances on Dancing With the Stars.

I don’t know a sole who hasn’t been wondering how the hell she was going to pull this off but she’s confident there will be no problems. “It’s very unlikely my leg is going to fly off, although it would be quite funny. I’ll have a strap on which I wouldn’t normally in every day life.”

Seriously I’m a So You Think You Can Dance fan and not a DwS fan but I might tune in to see if this leg impales someone in the audience or not. AMAZING!

Last night I had the priveledge of attending the second night of This American Life Live! If you’re not quite sure what TAL is you need to turn off your tv and listen to NPR. If that’s not gonna happen you can get the This American Life Podcast.

Hosted by the amazingly adorably voiced Ira Glass, This American Life is a radio show “where hipster know-it-all’s make ordinary peoples lives sound interesting.” The very first memory I have of This American Life was from a long time ago when they began running an ongoing series of recordings of a son that sent his father audio cassettes for years and years and his father never once returned a tape with a message… ever! It was a heart breaker.

Ever since, I’ve been hooked. I always thought of Ira Glass as this Weezer type nerdy 20something but in reality he’s in his 40’s not so cute (conventionally but incredibly dorky cute), married, and just incredible! He worships The OC (as does constant contributor Sarah Vowell) and is just an all around cool dude.

Last night, TAL-Live came to Boston – the second of six on their American tour promoting their new television show that premiere’s on Showtime March 22nd.

I will freely admit that I was both excited and scared for This American Life to make the move to television. It’s such a classic radio program, the format is perfect, the stories are incredibly fascinating and imaginative which are in no need of visual accompanyment.

If you’ve had that same fear, I’m here to calm your nerves. They previewed clips, outtakes, and video montages from the Showtime show and they are incredible. The stories are as compelling as they are on the radio. The look and feel of the show is this really cinematic, sweeping beautiful, thoughtfully composed pastiche of images to accompany the stories told by real people. It’s a raving success in my opinion.

There were outtakes of the most hilarious nature and an incredibly interesting discussion with Ira Glass and TAL’s Showtime director/producer Christopher Wilcha about converting radio to tv.

A night worth its money in radio gold. You must check out This American Life on Showtime when it premieres March 22 at 10:30pm.

Let the Ira Glass crushes begin…

On another note, last night Jon and I attended the show by ourselves. I saw my friends Brian, Nancy, Sarah, Tom, Keri, and Erin (and her Mom – who is seriously my stalker). A woman that works with Jon and her boyfriend. Two actors from a film I made in 2005 and about 3 others I kinda know. It was one of the first times I’ve been at a place this big in Boston and seen way more people at once than any other time. I’ve been in Boston for over 9 years and this was the first time I felt like maybe this could be my hometown. It was fun.

So my girl Kath over at GMMR spent yesterday on the set of The Office. She met EVERYONE! It’s amazing. I got up to the minute phone reports, texts, and even got to hear some of them on the phone!

Head on over to GMMR to read all about it. Right now there is only a teaser up but the big recap of the Office visit with GMMR and OfficeTally will be up soon.

A MUST SEE!

Tonight’s television schedule is seriously causing me so much stress. It’s not the worst night of television because of content of lack there of… it’s the worst night of television because there is too much on!

At 8pm alone, I have 3 shows (the 4th got the boot a week ago). America’s Next Top Model, American Idol, and Friday Night Lights are all on at 8pm. Even the best of multi-taskers cannot accomodate that schedule. Tivo can only do 2 things at once. What’s a TV fan to do? I mean, I already dropped Knights of Prosperity to allow room for Idol and now I’m forced with this decision? It’s Just Wrong!

I think I may have to wait for Top Model to be rerun (Sunday at 8pm) and watch it that way. Both Jon and I worship Idol and FNL so those can’t be delayed. But I love me some Top Model too.

Crying on the inside this morning.

America’s Next Top Model Cycle 8 begins tonight and I for one cannot wait. I’m a sucker for these divas in training. These anorexic prom queens looking to take it to another level. These gluttons for punishment and extreme beauty. But who am I kidding, I really tune in to see what Tyra’s gonna wear (something cinched at her waist), what Ms. J will catwalk to, and how silver Mr. Jay’s hair can get. Seriously, is it dyed with liquid metal?

All of the contestants photos and my thoughts on them are here.

America’s Next Top Model premieres at 8pm on The CW