Just announced, Coldplay will make a stop at Xcel Energy Center on July 8th BUT you can win your tickets before they go on sale (May 17th). Listen for Riddlin' Ryan Monday night at 7:45pm and if you're the first one to answer the riddle you're going to see the father of Moses LIVE!!! To give everyone a fair play at these awesome tickets Monday's riddle is WAY easy...as intended...but the rest of the week...oh' boy...it's gonna be TOUGH! So good luck and here we go:

"RIDDLIN' RYAN/KS95"

MONDAY: What's the first thing you know?

;-) Good luck, Ryan@Night

This girl is a WOW...maybe even a Whoaaa...WOWZA!!!

Here's Leona Lewis doing "Bleeding Love" on Idol...

I got the phone call today that my parents are coming to the cities this weekend to look at RV's!!!! Really??!?! Are my parents finally at that age where they pack up the RV and make one last good "run for it"? Is this the last big 'hurrah' before they start taking their pills in applesauce and hiding their own Easter eggs??? Oh' wait?! Regardless, it's still unsettling to think about Larry & Twyla heading out onto the open road with their 3-pound dog in their 'fancy' RV because they ARE getting older and this IS it. So this weekend I'll be escorting them around the city RV shopping...sooo cool, right? And I imagine my Saturday night will involve sitting around the table eating pie from Costco (cuz Twyla just LUVS it), drinking O'Douls and playing cards. What's that??? You're wondering if that's Ronnie Milsap you hear in the background...sure is...mom's fave...oh' yes...this weekend...I Am the King of Cool!

Yep! He let's the dogs out in the morning to relieve themselves and ultimately joins them. He admits, "That's probably my least appealing habit. I just feel like I'm connecting with nature. I bond and feel like a caveman". But this isn't all that odd coming from the same house where Demi flys to Europe to have leeches suck her blood for purity. (see previous post)

Last Wednesday "American Idol" had its lowest- rated episode in 5 years. Idol numbers are still huge, but producers are throwing around ideas on how to freshen it up. One of the ideas is to cut out the audition shows. Instead, the season would begin with the Hollywood round and they'd show audition footage here and there until the actual live competition started. They also, asked a recent Idol audience some questions. Two of the questions were, "Is the banter among the judges too much or too little?"  And "Do you want to see more of host Ryan Seacrest, or less?"

And what would a blog post be these days without a mention of Miley Cyrus and her Vanity Fair photos. A publicity stunt well done. Congratulations to the Cyrus family on another exploitation of their 15-year old. The blame can't fall on anyone but her parents who apparently will do anything to create the next Britney. With billions of dollars at stake who would care to notice this little girl may not know who she is, but rather is trying to be who she thinks she needs to be. I feel sorry for her...she's being used and nobody will stand up for what is best for a 15 year old.

The "New York Post" just put together a list of "The 35 Best Shows on TV...Ever."  Here are the top 5

1)    The Sopranos

2)    All in the Family

3)    The Oprah Winfrey Show

4)    American Idol

5)    The West Wing

These lists always drive me a little crazy because can you fairly judge the best TV show ever in the same grouping with a talk show, comedy and a reality show? Okay, if so what is the criteria? I'd like to think they considered the show's cultural influence, technical writing, production, acting and longevity or in other words the show's ability to create new viewers even after the show has gone off the air by ways of DVD sales, etc.

A fair top 5 list, in no particular order because they are all in a dead-tie for #1, would be:

-The Oprah Winfrey Show...Wow - talk about power. i.e. "Oprah's Favorite Things". She's not just a talk show host but a cultural icon and will forever be a peacemaker. Which I think could be the greatest title ever given to a human being.

-Sex & The City...It will never go out of style. Five women looking for love in the city and the details of their heartbreaks will forever have an audience ready to feel their pain. It's cliche, bubble gum TV that strikes raw human experience better than most. It's episodes are re-runs for life and every girl I know has a "Samantha friend" that drives 'em crazy.

-The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson...He was the Oprah show of his day...a mega powerhouse that would either make or break you! Many actors/comedians will admit that their career took off after their first "Tonight Show appearance". Find a single late-night host that isn't doing their own version of Johnny's Tonight Show! He set the standard and will forever be the King of Late Night.

-LOST...one word: Brilliant! The only thing holding back this beast is it's inability to draw in new fans. You can't just pick up and start in on the storyline...like it or not you have to start with the Pilot forward. BUT - once you get 3 episodes deep you won't stop. LOST brings into question so many issues about faith, God, reality and the human experience. In my opinion this show has it all...now go get Lost.

-(you fill in the last spot...leave your comments or e-mail: ryan@ks95.com)

***Why not American Idol?*** Let me respond to that question by simply saying, just because Hershey's makes and sells more chocolate than anyone else doesn't mean they produce the finest chocolate in the world.