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Happy Belated Birthday, Casey James!

2010 June 1
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by TopIdol

Happy belated 28th birthday, Casey James!

Our Beloved Goatboy (as well as fellow contestant Michael Lynche, who also shares a May 31st birthday) is looking forward to a big summer doing the whole American Idol tour shebang. What better birthday present could you ask for? Semi-fame, sizable pittance and stuffed animals is one helluva fraking summer if you ask me! Its a good thing Casey loves playing guitar and performing more than anything else, as it might alleviate some things he’s likely to encounter during his post-Idol career.

Like being groped at a radio station.

Tribute videos set to classic tunes…

Faux-inspirational posters…

Crocheted goodies…

from → American Idol

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  • haiwatched

    ahhhh! I love casey he’s so cute he has the killer cheekbones!! hes like constantine minus the vd star the greasy smarmy ocd crap and the tendency to be self centerd n douchey but like constantine he will have the old hags drooling and they will be willing to give their lives for him.

  • muzikizmi

    CaseyEJames I finally got air conditioning in my house in Texas!! My cousin says my dogs are loving it!! What a blessed life I live!!!
    28 minutes ago via Echofon

    Awww! Goatboy got airconditioning. Did we know that he is a hick? Some of my best friends (and family) are hicks, so I am not holding that against him. How does anyone live in Texas without air conditioning?

  • pinkee

    I bet he gets a lot more tail on tour than constantdouche did. All I hope is that the ladies blog about it. It’s about damn time!

  • wino

    this photo makes me incredibly uncomfortable, especially when i look at casey’s tense smirk. dude should grow some balls and learn to swat away these old hags. take a page from David Cook’s book and send out an anti-frauen psa video. or maybe he’ll pull a Lambert, and hide in his trailer. stories from this year’s concert should be interesting, with both Lee and Casey being cougar bait. good luck boys.

  • RarelyC

    I think less of Casey for allowing that hand up your shirt, take off your shirt for Kara, thing happen. Grow a pair and stand up for yourself. Don’t let yourself be so blatantly objectified. Women find a way to do it gracefully all the time. Would we find it acceptable for a female AI contestant to put up with that b.s.? (On the other hand, if he secretly likes a cougar sticking his hand up his shirt, then whatever — gross — but we don’t need a picture of it.)

    And he’s 28?? Isn’t that a little old for this American Idol thing? (I know it technically is not too old, but it’s still too old.)

    • RarelyC

      Clarification: women find a way to fend off that kind of objectification (when they want to).

    • et

      I would guess – and it’s a guess, I clearly don’t know – that being 27/28 would make him more likely to do Idol because he may have felt like he was running out of time to get a break. Who knows. I know my brother hit that age when he was a hip hop artist (ok, he was a white rapper, it was awesome) and really started amping it up because he felt like if he hit 30 he’d be too old. And when it didn’t work out, he went and got a “real job” at 30, lol.

      Just a guess :)

      • JaneRochester

        The cutoff for AI is 27. He turned 28 about three days ago.
        And he tried out because his mom put a gun to his head and
        told him to get in the damned truck.

  • Kathy

    I wonder if the poor guy has realized yet what kind of summer he’s in for?

    • Verbally Dyslexic

      He’s probably learning all about it via twitter right now.

  • Verbally Dyslexic

    Heh, being fanhandled is like a rite of passage now for the guys who come off of Idol. Goat Boy is gonna have to either grin and bear it or tell them to shove off, but I get the feeling he’s too polite to do the latter.

    Is it just me who feels sad about not having Glambert-y levels of crazy to read about from this season?

    • Verbally Dyslexic

      “Heh”? I typed “Heh”? WTF?

    • auntieaimee

      “Fanhandled”. :) That’s funny!

  • muzikizmi

    Beloved Goldilocks Goatboy has a twitter. It is @CaseyEJames

    • Blue Eyes

      How do you know that’s the real Casey James? There’s more than one Casey James Twitter accounts.

      • muzikizmi

        MJ retweeted the original tweet from @andrewgarcia. Garcia’s account is Twitter verified, so it must be the real thing.

        • Blue Eyes

          OK, thanks!

  • Rach

    That picture with Casey being groped, for some odd reason, reminded me of those pictures of David Cook with Lana Jade (I think it was because of the haircut the chick had). Anywho… moving on.

    So lesson to Casey, grow a backbone.

    • Rach

      Anybody seen this t-shirt? Haha. This t-shirt is my favorite though. LOL

      • Rach

        Okay. Link fail.

        • Lauren

          It’s actually kind of normal looking if you don’t read the words.

  • songkat7

    Love Casey, but oy why does he allow this? I think he’s much more talented than he’s given credit for as well.

    But photos like this? Just no.

    Ugh, watch for it. The chick who insists on taking photos of her groping all the AI male contestants’ asses every year is probably lying in wait for Casey when the tour hits her town this summer.

  • CayKat

    And it begins…

    Been through a year of this shit. I don’t know how you do it TI! I am weary, tired and tattered after enduring these batshit crazy “fandoms” since Season 8. I am so glad that I have no real interest in any of the contestants this year or I might go insane.

    I hope I can find the place in my heart that used to be able to just laugh at this crap. It will be hard since I have been exposed to the dark underbelly. Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” takes on a whole new meaning when you really reflect on the stuff that happens within the bubble, “The Horror! The Horror!”

    Of course, I see the silver lining when there’s shit like S9 idols performing in a giant M&M – who the fuck wouldn’t be laughing their ass off after seeing that?! CROCHET and DILDO THROWING FOR THE WIN!

    • sj

      Ha! I’m the same way. Discovered the underbelly after S8. I was jonesing for S9 and thank god it stunk. I am so relieved things are letting up. What WAS that obsession? Came out of it a Kris Allen fan. I do like Casey and will keep my eye on his “progress” heh, but nothing like that S8 ride. It was worth it (lots o’ fun) but so glad it’s calming down for me. It’s all SO VERY WEIRD!

      I like this blog a lot. It’s sane, for the most part ;)

  • sj

    Aw, I always get wistful when I hear Karen Carpenter. What a voice she had. *snif*

  • Blue Eyes

    Why are women allowed to grop men? But, if Casey were a women, sexual harrassment charges would be filed so quick, it would make your head spin.

  • auntieaimee

    I give him three weeks before he’s about ready to kill himself.

  • jeydawg

    Don’t ask me why, but I watched that Top 10 visit to that If I Can Dream house thing, and I was actually surprised at how good of a guy Casey seems to be. I really do think he got the short end of the stick this year on his Idol run – I mean, if you think about it, he was basically written off as “there because he’s cute” every single week. I don’t think he’s any kind of ultra supreme talent, but he did have good weeks that were constantly overshadowed by all the jokes about Kara wanting to screw him. And truth be told, the second Kara asked Casey to take off his shirt in auditions, I was cold towards him and that feeling never went away. If Casey had been a female contestant and those kind of jokes were being made by, say, Simon? People would have been throwing a fit about inappropriateness. I still don’t plan on buying his music or anything, but I feel a bit bad for him. Plus being saddled with frauen is a special kinda punishment D:

    • et

      I watched the If I Can Dream stuff, too, since I apparently like to be punished. I think Casey did get written off as the pretty guy, when he’s a great guitar player and a pretty darn good singer too. All I could take away from the If I Can Dream videos is that a) Didi is nuts, b) Katie has a pretty darn good voice even if she’s not terribly likeable, c) Andrew really can’t sing so good, and d) Casey has the best, biggest laugh. Oh, well, and that Alex Lambert is a little twit, but I’d already decided that prior.

      • Dickory Dock

        Didi is crazy with an extra side of lunatic sauce.

  • magnacarta

    Wait… that woman’s hand is on his nipple :O

    • summersnow

      Poor goatboy being attacked by a cougar lol.

  • burnthis

    One does wonder why someone would put up with the AI BS, but I suppose after a decade playing bars in and around Ft. Worth and saving up your money to buy a TV and PlayStation 3 to “watch fancy movies,” the summer tour may seem like a godsend. Fraus making macrame likenesses of you versus drunks throwing up on your amp? Fantard video tributes versus driving twenty hours for $50 and a free meal? You have to feel a little sorry for the dedicated musicians out there, especially with the music business being what it is (on life support). Still, I really like Casey and think I would actually buy a CD of his except I now assume TPTB will muck it all up.

    • deez

      I have every intention of buying it as well… hopefully, they won’t care enough about him to muck it up.

    • MaryS-NJ

      I don’t fault any working musician for taking advantage of an opportunity like American Idol. There are so many talented people who never get a break and the way the music biz is structured, they’re probably never going to get “discovered” (unless they are cute pre-pubescent boys who can sing well on YouTube). I admire all of the former musicians who have worked hard in bars, coffee houses and busking to try to make a living at a music and I like the idea that these artists can get a break on American Idol. What’s the downside? At worst, wasting a couple of days to go to a cattle call and not getting put through to the next round. At best, gaining a national (even international) audience and possibly getting signed a record contract that requires compromise. Having to put up with cheesy publicity events and dealing with aggressive fans who love you too much probably beats putting up with agressive drunks who would fight than listen to live music.

      Still, I bet Casey (and Lee, etc.) will become a little stand-offish towards stalkerish and demanding fans by the time the tour is over. There’s only so much anyone can take of that kind of behavior. Tim Urban tweeted that the guys weren’t able to eat dinner in peace last night in NYC because fans kept interrupting them (until Security intervened). So it begins…

      • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

        Really? That sucks. I really wish people could eat in peace.

  • jukejoint

    Anybody male who goes on Idol must have to sign away any right to not be treated like a piece of meat.

    By virture of appearing on the television show produced by the party of the first part, hereinafter referred to as Producer, the party of the second part, hereinafter known as Contestant, promises and agrees to accept in good humor, preferably with smiles, any and all groping and/or caresses and/or kisses; sexually explicit giftage; requests for the removal of clothing; cries, screams or demands for pictures or to look a certain way or to allow said groping caresses or kisses, even when in somewhat private circumstances such as arriving or departing at airports, eating in restaurants, having drinks in bars, etc., even when accompanied by an actual “date,” girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse, even when in the presence of parental units, in perpetuity through the universe.

  • Lauren

    Happy Birthday Casey! Have fun with the crazies :)

  • nerdgirl

    Happy Birthday, Casey James! This sounds like a sitcom title. So, who has more frauen – Casey or Lee?

  • et

    Oh, Beloved Goat Boy. Good luck with the tour, I think you’re going to get fondled often by people who you’d rather not have fondle you.

  • deez

    Now ’tis the season for the crafting frau. Casey needs to stock up on 39 gal lawn & leaf bags in which to stow all the macaroni portraits, homemade goodies of indeterminate recipe, macrame goat hair vests, and love letters from “daughters”. There are always plenty of dumpsters between cities.

  • Blue Eyes

    Is that fraus’ hand in goat boy’s shirt? WTF? He doesn’t seem to mind either. Something tells me goat boy is another Cumstain. I can just imagine he’s going to try and bag as many groupies as possible while on tour.

    • Mithra

      I don’t get the Constantcrap vibe off him at all. He’s just mellow/chill/STONED and will put up with it. I look forward to hearing reports of Lee losing his shit though ;)

      • Blue Eyes

        We’ll find out soon enough if he’s a douche. The tards always post about someone’s doucheiness on their tard boards.

    • JaneRochester

      Some reports have him as a true believer. So there may not be too many groupies in his future. If memory serves, the groping photo was from one of the radio stations he stopped at on his home visit. She isn’t a random frau. I guess she’s a frau-j or something.

      • justpeachy

        A true believer?

        • JaneRochester

          An actual Christian.

    • pigawwt

      he’s actually red in the face. probably embarrassed by what the frau is doing and just can’t smack the frau’s hand off! casey please be mean sometimes!

      • auntieaimee

        I would say that he should play up the gay rumors but that’s never stopped the Glambots.

  • Dickory Dock

    Wickedosity?

    Doilies?

    Close To You?

    Really?

    Goat Boy is in for a very long summer, methinks.

  • JaneRochester

    Casey, you have both the patience of a saint, and my sympathy. Happy Birthday and good luck.

  • barado

    Hah, poor Casey with the frauen. Maybe it’s good that he came in third, less of a chance he’ll be Bo Biced. I hope he gets to go the blues/country/southern rock route.