I admit it... I've been a fan of Kris Allen for months! I was thrilled that he won Americal Idol last night, but not really surprised. I figured that there are plenty of folks out there like me who could listen to him for hours and ... more importantly! ... buy his music.

The question is whether anyone cares whether a middle-aged mom like me voted for Kris. I'd never heard of many of the songs that the competitors sang; and I don't know most current recording artists, much to chagrin of my totally with-it daughter. My thought is that American Idol can help us not-so-with-it folks catch up on current music a little bit... At least, I'm already a fan of the next (potentially) big star.

Think I'll head over to iTunes and buy a copy of "The Way You Look Tonight." And that proves that some record producer somewhere should care!