Tidbits 12/18

• Clay's upcoming role in Spamalot was mentioned in today's Birmingham News today ... thanks to the CB's BamaClayBelle for the information and thanks to loveOMC at the CB for the scan, above.

  I always see someone here say that "pigs are flying." Well, I really thought that today when I was reading the Birmingham News. On the page with tonight's prime time TV schedule, there was a rather large article entitled "Clay Aiken anything but idle." Then it said "'American Idol' runner-up on TV; prepares to star in 'Spamalot' on Broadway." You will just never know how surprised and excited I was to see this. We just NEVER have ANY press in our paper about Clay--and the few times we have had any, it was just "o.k." This was by John A. Zukowski, Newhouse News Service, and he says some nice things about Clay and then refers to an interview that he had with Clay from Albany, N.Y. They used the gorgeous "All Is Well" photo. All in all, it is a great bit of publicity. I'll scan it in for you if I can remember how to do so.
  

• The ConCLAYve - Clay a "storyteller" in his music -

  Clay sings with his entire upper body on these songs through an oddly effective combination of movement and isolation. A good friend of mine commented that it is like he conducts himself, but I think he is conducting the words and the spirit of the song around the room. It is like it flows out of him and around him. You can almost see the words written in light, like something out of a Harry Potter movie.
  
  He's also gotten incredibly good at telling a story while he sings. Again in Albany, we saw this with a new song that I had never heard called Welcome to our World by Chris Rice.