November 30, 2011
10:00 pm
by: davidplatt

Michael Jackson Night – Melanie Outclasses Everyone

An absolutely stellar performance of a Michael Jackson song that other artists just don’t touch.

And Melanie pulls it off with complete expertise!!!  What a way to close the show – with a performance that is head and shoulders above anyone else that hit the stage that evening.

And the end of the song – the note she hit was absolutely unbelievable.

LA Reid forgot he was watcing a competition and thought he was at a Melanie Amaro concert and then takes a shot at Simon.  L.A. can’t just pay a compliment and leave at there – he has to take a shot at Simon.

 

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November 22, 2011
10:41 pm
by: davidplatt

My Oh My!!!! Melanie goes to church!!!

Melanie singing “The World’s Greatest” by R. Kelly was absolutely stellar!!!  The power, the range, the intensity is amazing.

And I love the Virgin Islands accent!!!

Two acts go home and Melanie had better not be one of them.

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November 16, 2011
10:33 pm
by: davidplatt

Not crazy about the song – or L. A. Reid

Not crazy about the song choice, “Everybody Hurts” by R.E.M.  It is a rock song but it certainly wasn’t rock style.  She should certainly not be voted off for this performance.  The groups are horrible…

And L.A. Reid is an idiot…

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November 9, 2011
10:29 pm
by: davidplatt

Melanie nails it again

Melanie sings “Man in the Mirror” and shows she is so much better than everyone else on the show.

This girl can sing and is the class of the field.

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November 2, 2011
10:05 pm
by: davidplatt

X-Factor Update – Amaro Nails It — AGAIN

Well – I was surprised that Simon picked Desparado for Melanie – but she absolutely nailed the song.

Pitch perfect and powerful the entire song through – WHAT A VOICE!!!!!  A $5 Million voice…

Posted in David's Posts

November 2, 2011
9:00 pm
by: davidplatt

I admit it – I watch X-Factor

I am watching X-Factor – mostly to see Paula and Simon spar.  But I almost stopped watching it when Simon didn’t put Melanie Amaro through.  Thank goodness he came to his senses.

I’m convinced that the whole “Melanie is out, Melanie is in” was staged by Simon.

But I’m getting ready to watch her perform live and if she goes home I’ll stop watching the show.

Posted in David's Posts

October 31, 2011
8:57 pm
by: davidplatt

Hooray for the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team!!!

I was so glad to see the Cardinals snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in Game 6 of the World Series and go on to beat the Rangers in Game 7.

I am partial to the Cardinals because my nephew lives in St. Louis and he is a Cardinals fan.  But it goes deeper than that – I also hate the Rangers for two reasons:  they were owned by the ex-President George Bush and they used to be the Senators and they also left the DC area.

Posted in Baseball

October 31, 2011
8:54 pm
by: davidplatt

Well the Redskins officially suck again this year

How do you start 3-1 and then end up 3-4 and lose 23-0 to a team that you should beat?

And to add insult to injury I found out my season tickets in club are going up 14% in price.  Not happening – there is no way I’m going to spend over $380 per game to go see the product the Redskins are putting on the field.

Posted in Football

July 25, 2011
1:30 am
by: davidplatt

Washington Kastles Go Undefeated!!! – 16-0 – WTT Champions

I was at all 7 home matches that the Washington Kastles won and they also managed to pull off winning all 7 road matches in the regular season.

Only one other team in WTT history had gone undefeated in the history of the WTT and they didn’t win the championship that year.

The Kastles went off to Charleston, SC and beat the Boston Lobsters to take the WTT Eastern Conference title.

The Kastles then faced the St. Louis Aces in the final – that lasted for 8 hours due to rain delays.  The Kastles won in overtime and solidified their place in history – 16-0.

Posted in Tennis

April 23, 2011
11:39 pm
by: davidplatt

Caps through Round One!!!

Thank goodness the Capitals beat the New York Rangers today and advance to the Conference Semi-Finals.

Posted in Hockey