05.21.2008 9:19 pm
04.22.2008 10:00 pm
David Cook wins ‘American Idol’?
What do I know? But I did think he was awfully good on “Music of the Night,” from “Phantom of the Opera,” on Andrew Lloyd Webber night — a theme that must have been chilling for everybody but David Archuletta…

Here it is, my live, minute by minute account of the “Idol” finale. Didn’t watch? I guarantee you’ll feel as if you were there — torture, tedium and all.