Word Of The Day - April 28

contrary to what simon cowell thinks, we know many, many people who find david's confessed "word nerd" tendencies to be an attractive quality. as such, we've decided to carry the nerd banner alongside mr. cook by posting a Word Of The Day in his honor. we will define a word each day, as well as using the word in a david-related sentence. feel free to jump in and offer your suggestions!

confluence \KON-floo-uhn(t)s\, noun:
1. A flowing or coming together; junction.
2. The place where two rivers, streams, etc. meet.
3. A flocking or assemblage of a multitude in one place; a large collection or assemblage.

David Cook's rise to frontrunner status on American Idol has been the result of a confluence of many factors, such as his tremendous voice, original arrangements and spot-on strategy.


(one of my personal fave words, btw.)

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A New (Old) David Song!

good news, dcook fans! an enterprising livejournaler found some lovely old photos of david, as well as something even radder - a previously unheard (at least, to this DC devotee) song!

the song plays over this website designed by david for a multimedia applications class he took at CMSU. as the title of the site is a second chance at a first impression (which was a working title for analog heart), i'm guessing (possibly incorrectly!) that this song was one originally recorded for his album that didn't make the final cut.

click to visit his page!


because i'm nice and this song isn't available commercially, i've provided an mp3: david cook - dear heaven

enjoy!

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"Analog Heart" Reappears on Amazon.

so, people in the know might have caught on to the drama over david's self-released 2006 album, analog heart, reaching #1 on the amazon.com mp3 download charts last week. it appeared above hot new releases like mariah carey's E=MC2, much to everyone's surprise. (including, i'm sure, mariah carey. hee.)

mr. cook got himself a good bit of media attention in the process of selling all those downloads, and shortly after the story broke, analog heart was pulled from amazon, presumably by american idol execs.

the good news is - it's back! well, sort of. the album can't be purchased yet, but there's a link to sign up for email notification when it does go back up for sale. in an interesting twist, analog heart is also linked from a page on amazon promoting future albums from the entire top 10. david's is the only one with a title, despite the fact that brooke white, carly smithson and kristy lee cook all have existing music for sale on amazon.

what does that mean? well, who knows? the folks at 19e (the massive company behind american idol) aren't generally known for their altruism, so one could certainly assume some kind of deal's been made to ensure that they will be getting a slice of david's future earnings.

or it could be absolutely nothing, and amazon has just taken it upon themselves to re-organize.

whatever the case, i highly recommend signing up for the aforementioned email alert. as someone who was lucky enough to purchase analog heart while it was still available, i have nothing but sympathy for fans who search for david on amazon only to get an "item not currently available" message.

here, check out "fall back into me" - it's one of my favorites.

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Idol on "The Soup."

the soup has a funny segment right at the beginning of this clip, about andrew lloyd webber and david's hilariously awkward mentoring session.

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Absolute Best Of Tulsa 2007

I've never seen this before, so I don't know if it's been circulated elsewhere... ?

David won Best Local, Indie Produced Album (for Analog Heart) in the Absolute Best of Tulsa awards handed out back in July 2007 by Urban Tulsa Weekly. He also was a runner-up for Best Male Vocalist. They sound pretty psychic now, don't they?

This kid can sing. He may be young, but Cook knows his music. And he's breaking away from Midwest Kings to prove he can hang solo -- and that he has a better voice than Ben Kilgore. With soul in each song and lyrics to boot, we may have a new heartthrob on our hands.

The picture is captioned "New Heartthrob In Town". Haha. (You can click on the picture for a larger version.)

If you'd like to download the whole magazine page that features David, I've uploaded it here. If you want the full magazine PDF, head over to their website.

There's also an article on the Urban Tulsa site from February 2008 where they talk about David being headed back out to California, and having had a camera crew following him around. And they congratulate themselves on their prescience, of course.

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Tour Promo Begins!

the first promotional tour photo has been released. david's looking fly, as usual.

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David Cook & His Mom.

us magazine asked the idols who their biggest supporter is. david's is his mom. aw.

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Tears Of An Idol.

david is featured in the 4/28 issue of tv guide.

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the magazine also includes a photo and quick blurb about david's friendship with 8th-place finisher michael johns. here's the photo; pretty cute.

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Detroit Rock City

david being oh-so-fierce in ok! magazine.

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David Attends BritWeek Kick-Off

April 24 - David and the other 4 remaining Idol contestants attended a champagne reception at the British Consul General’s Residence to mark the beginning of "BritWeek" in L.A. It's a week of events celebrating the British-American relationship, apparently, and it was Nigel Lythgoe's "brainchild", which is how the Idols got dragged into it invited.

More importantly, it gave us these pictures. *fans self* Good lord.

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