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Fast-forwarding through the inspiration

I was out and about tonight, listening to other singers, and so had to skip the play-by-play, but having now fast-forwarded through all the boring parts -- i.e., Ryan -- I do have a  few "Idol" thoughts: -- What is it about &q

I was out and about tonight, listening to other singers, and so had to skip the play-by-play, but having now fast-forwarded through all the boring parts -- i.e., Ryan -- I do have a  few "Idol" thoughts:

-- What is it about "Inspiration Week" that turns Randy into Mr. Crankypants?

-- I think it's extremely sad that we'll never know what Danny Noriega would've chosen to inspire us. Extremely sad.

-- I've given up on "Idol's" having a protest-song week, but maybe in honor of Brooke White, who seems way too young to be hooked on the album I pretty much wore out in high school,  and, of course, Carole King, they could do a whole  "Tapestry" night. (Hey, it's being re-released this month.) That should work on Randy's last nerve.

-- Didja know that Mike Darnell, the diminutive Fox exec whom Simon referred to as the "dark lord of 'American Idol,'" is from Northeast Philly? I wouldn't call him a suit, exactly -- I've never seen Mike in a suit, though I did see him in boxing gear once for a press conference  -- but he is Fox's president of alternative entertainment. Which means, among other things, that he can get tickets to "American Idol" anytime he wants.