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Youtube Video of the Day:
Idol Fav - Lakisha Jones

I didn't see American Idol this week, but the buzz is that the going-away favorite is a singer named Lakisha Jones, from Flint Michigan. Last night she sang the Dream Girls song, And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going. Lakisha's performance isn't on the American Idol website, but for a while, at least, there's a performance of her singing the same song in a different competition on Youtube.com. No question, Lakisha knows how to bring it. The Youtube performance is from a Houston, Texas area competition called Gimme the Mike.

Lakisha finished SECOND in that competition to a country singer named Christy Suggett who also had songs on Youtube. In my opinion, Christy can carry a tune, but she projects the appearance of a generic NASCAR-country singer, happily selling the virtues of redneck life. It's everything I hate about modern country music.

Note that these videos are a good example of the giant wealth transfer engine that is Youtube.com. Copyrighted songs, copyrighted performances, billions of Google dollars going to the Youtube insiders, and nothing going to the artists or the people who created the content.