Archive for the ‘Noting David’ Category
A Star is Born
Thanks to Clee1107 from IDF via Snarky for the concert shots. After seeing the range of fan-cams and hearing from folks who were there, I’m ready to speculate that something very special happened on Wednesday night. It looks as if David has re-integrated. Over the course of the year, he has been developing different aspects of ...
Works for Me
Thanks mamezamd on YouTube for the video Shop Around David is back. The pressures and gravitas, the need to accomplish something: gone. Pure fun, the sheer joy in performing, that’s what is front-and-center at this performance in Sacramento — even the hand flourishes have returned, and that works for me. The success of Crush and the decent ...
A Crack in the Seal
David may be keeping the lid on, but there sure are moments when the pressure seems to be mounting. Click for a larger view.
Keeping the Lid On
These AOL Sessions are a strange hybrid. They contain all the trappings of a live performance but without an audience, and the control of a studio set-up but without the finesse. I’m not convinced that this is a worthy trade-off. The interests of those performers for whom only a massive amount of audio manufacturing will ...
Happy Feasting
Just in time to give thanks to all the passionate and creative Archies who contribute their own talents so that we can celebrate David’s talent, a set of wonderful new works from Rabid. Get a super XXL version of the above image here. Thanks, James! Have a wonderful holiday weekend, everyone. I know you will all ...
American Music Awards
Click the image for a larger view. Backstage No matter how high his star rises, I get the feeling that David Archuleta will always be as graciously focused on what other are doing, on what others represent, than what his own particular role may be. I can even foresee a time, decades from now, when David himself ...
The Virtues of Two
In this his first professional year as a musical artist David Archuleta has been specializing in second. Runner up to the first-place finisher on American Idol, his debut single peaking at No. 2, and sales of 183,000 putting his freshman album just behind the top spot on the Billboard Album chart for the week. If ...
Underestimate Him at Your Own Risk
Kathy & David Archuleta This is easily one of the most jaw-dropping segments of David Archuleta “in action” ever captured. Even though they both happen to be favorites of mine, it is inescapable that David Archuleta and Kathy Griffin could not be more opposite kinds of people. Just seeing them together is slightly earth shattering to me. ...
Ode to Joy
One of our loyal and beloved notingDavid regulars emailed me earlier today and gently suggested that I might turn my gaze to joy. Fair enough, I replied. And so, to joy. The joy of discovery in new music. One of the blessings in being a fan is that the surprise of new material is married to the ...
The Jive Strategy
By virtue of their selections about what was included on the different issues of the CD, Jive tipped its hand about what it really thinks of David relative to the marketplace. The most telling example of this was their decision to relegate “Somebody Out There”–one of the most moving, one of the most David of ...
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