I am not going to live-blog American Idol this year, for a number of reasons, the most compelling of which is that most people who read and enjoyed the live-blogging are now seeing the show three hours before me (even if I don’t timeshift, and I probably will), so it wouldn’t really be live.

But that’s not to say I won’t have thoughts about the show. Probably what I’ll do, though, is post them in the Tumblr section rather than the main blog section after this post. So look for American Idol stuff over there.

I really like the new judge, Kara (or Kahra, if you’re Simon). She’s sassy. She called Paula (or maybe bikini-girl, I wasn’t too clear on that) a bitch! Plus she’s a songwriter, and I’m cool with that. And Simon is being nicer this year, already. We’ll see how that goes.

As far as the contestants, haven’t seen a winner yet. Arianna Afsar and Stevie Wright are fulfilling my need for jazzy, bluesy singers, and Scott (the blind guy) has an extremely pleasing voice. And Emily Wynne-Hughes, the much-tattooed rocker that came early in the show, is there for the rock side of things. I liked her, but I’m not sure I respect her leaving her band in the lurch like that. In fact, I don’t.