Speaking of American Idol--and isn't everybody?--I need to give a thumbs-up to Chris Daughtry's album, "Daughtry." I listened to the clips on iTunes several weeks ago and liked them all, so I downloaded the whole album. And I tell you--it's really good. A solid, hard-rocking, "no compromise Chris" album.

I would go see Taylor Hicks perform. But I'm not sure I'd want to listen to his album recreationally. But with Daughtry's album, I can fire up Photoshop for a design project and crank up the volume, and all is well in my world.