Very sad news today. Soul Train creator Don Cornelius has passed away from what is being reported as a self inflicted gun shot wound. It’s hard to imagine music today without his influnence. He will be missed.

There have been so many songs written about the weekend but a precious few about Monday. This is probably due to the fact that most musicians are just too tired from the weekend and aren’t really hitting on all cylinders until Tuesday morning.

Bob Geldoff and the Boomtown Rats penned probably the most well known ode to the first day of the week. “I Don’t like Mondays” is a classic, and it comes to mind every week when we roll out of bed on our way to work.

We are happy to hear that Merl Haggard is on the mend after coming down with a case of double pneumonia that put him into a Georgia hospital last week. Get well Merl!

American Idol returned for its 11th season last night to a much smaller audience than last year. Idol suffered a 27% drop in viewership. Ouch!

Even though American Idol is the original, there is a lot of singing competition competition out there these days- The X-Factor, The Voice, and America’s Got Talent, just to name a few. Can you even remember who won Idol last year? That’s what we thought.

You can always tell who Idol is getting behind early. They’re already pulling for Dave Mathew’s imitator Phillip Phillips. Why do the DM copy cats always not only sing like him but wear their guitars like him and do that silly foot shuffle as well? It’s a mystery.

Phillips is not our thing but you should go do your best Jennifer Lopez impression and judge for yourself.

Seacrest out!

Last night Jimmy Fallon broke out his football gear and face paint to portray “Tebowie,” a mash-up of rock icon David Bowie and Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. After turns as Neil Young, Jim Morrison and Justin Bieber, Fallon has proven again he the best music mimic on late night television.