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12/31/04 Tour In
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12/29/04 The National Enquirer
STUDENTS BACK TEACHER SUSPENDED FOR
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12/15/04 The Charlotte Observer repeats the Monica Yant Kinney CNN/SI Clay Aiken went big-time ... and now he's our Idiot of the Week WCNC Carolinas News Channel Have You Heard? Teacher suspended over Aiken 12/15/04 Teacher suspended over Aiken e-mail just when we thought it was over Charlotte Observer brings it back |
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12/12/04
Regarding the Yant Rant 1. One teacher used profanity in writing. Great example she sets for the students she teaches. She should have been fired for that. 2. Clay “berated” the students for “unclear” reasons. I have yet to read why Clay and his people were upset with the kids. No one is talking to that yet they are condemning Clay. Interesting. My question is what were the students doing? Clay’s people have not made a statement about that, probably not to embarrass the school and the school has not made a statement about that, probably not to embarrass the school. You think maybe the kids deserved it? I do! 3. A teacher was ejected by security. Whoa! Now that should be a headline! Teacher of the Year Ejected by Security at Aiken Rehearsal. Bet there is a good story behind that. Now that deserves a Yant Rant. Where is her story on that one? 4. Dinner was late by an hour and a half. That to me indicates that the rehearsal was way behind schedule. This leads me to believe that there were behavior problems with the students. This was not apparently a problem in other concerts. The school has some explaining to do on this front. And what is wrong with getting Happy Meals? McDonald’s was a sponsor and kids love that food. Did they expect Surf and Turf? I attended the performance at Madison Square Garden and the choir had a lot to learn. I would suggest that this very one-sided story is totally devoid of crucial details. What kind of behavior would it take to provoke Clay? Quite a bit of very bad behavior I would venture to say. 5. The check that was not in the envelope may have been written for a larger amount and a decision was made to write a smaller one later. Maybe they deserved nothing at all. Maybe someone stole the check. Maybe there was a mistake in the check. Maybe this is not true as the school administration would have received it and they are not talking. Wonder why that is? These issues should have been raised. The silence on the part of Clay’s management is understandable as they do not wish to criticize a school and its students and staff. The silence on the part of the school administration leads me to believe anything they say would be incriminating against their own. They cannot speak out against Clay without having to answer some tough questions themselves and they are not coming clean on that, are they? Case closed. Marie Beyer
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12/12/04 Monica Yant rant she puts down the "Claymates"
and defends the story. If you want to read what she said without giving
her hits you can go to the info I have compiled
click here . If you need to see it
for yourself there is a link on that page. Also picked up by Newsweek and St Paul Press Added emails sent to the ClayReport |
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12/11/04 quote from CH Here is an exact transcript taken from this morning's Fox & Friends (copied from "TVEyes" script - which is why it looks funny, but I didn't want to make any changes): Quote: next, page 6 reporting today clayaiken is the devil? i think we have all met him and know he is a great guy. but they are saying, they are saying that this is confirming what they believed for a long time. they call him sexually ambiguous, their words. they said when he went to a new jersey school he refused to sign autographs that he sicked security people on a someone who snapped a photo and reneged and a $500 donation to the music. his handlers can't be reached. i can tell you and so can juliet because we have met all of the idol people over and over again this guy is one of the most genuine nice guys. >> he has been at ""fox & friends"" many times. always great and gracious. >> so happy to be a star. >> seems very grounded. >> we think so. >> when he was here. >> i hope it is not true. >>
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12/10/04 In email I received the following:
The NJ story about Clay stiffing the children wreaks of a
pre-fabricated
story. NBC10Entertainment provided a link to (see
below if you don't want to give them hits) Clay
Aiken Hates The Little Children
This shows the accusations were made by a person who
obviously dislikes Clay
for some reason and even calls him a "f___ little turd." And,
I find it
hard to believe that a child would say, "I felt like a
prostitute, except
that even a whore would've gotten paid." Sure, a youngster is
going to say
that!
How can we, as Clay fans come to Clay's aid on this?? A
negative story like
this will turn people against Clay as it is an unfortunate
human nature to
want to see and believe a negative more than a positive about
such a fine
person as Clay.
As the ClayReport I believe in "we report you decide". I personally don't know the right thing to do, should we be quiet and let it die or request further information? I do know that many people just want to understand what is going on so I have compiled all the info onto one page. I have copied from the two offending pages so that you don't have to feel guilty giving them hits. I also added a copy of google with all the websites that have repeated the story. Just so you can see how widespread this is. If you want to see the info I have compiled click here If you don't want to know anything go to the Clayboard. They have banned discussion about this. |
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11/14/04 AMA' quest star revealed ...from OMC: by the way of the Clayboard AMA Watercooler speculation: I was watching local (NYC) ABC news a little before 7am and they had an interview with Dick Clark discussing the AMAs. After the clip, their reporter, who was very excited to have actually sat down to talk to DC, said that he had told her who the the watercooler-fodder guest was going to be. After a few clues, one of the anchors guessed Jamie Fox and the reporter confirmed that he was the "superstar" who would be making an appearance, apparently performing with Twista. So, if there is extra-Clay on the AMAs, this won't be how its delivered. Sigh. |
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11/13/04 Dick Clark Announced Surprise Singer at AMA's from The Clayboard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK...Dick Clark was on was on E! tonight (11/12) and said they would have a surprise singer at the AMA'S...it's a male and one of the hottest singers around now. Who is not on the list of performers that would qualify? |
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9/30/04 Clay turning down AI Christmas Special? From the Clackhouse to the ClayBoard endersgirl wrote: An interesting Clay blurb in The Honolulu Advertiser from Show Biz columnist, Wayne Harada: "Hawai'i won't have an 'Idol' Christmas." (Sorry I can't link it, the online section is still on Tuesday.) Apparently there were talks about an Idol Christmas concert at the Waikiki Shell scheduled to tape October 23 to air in December. It would have included the top two from the past three seasons. Quote: The concert would have featured all the winners from the pop-music talent search the past three years, so Fantasia Barrino and Diana DeGarmo from this year and, presumably, Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini from season one, and Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken from last year, would have explored the joys of the season. Quote: Show producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick were very cognizant of Hawai'i's response to "Idol" mania, so they were eager to stage the holiday show here, but in the final wash, two holdouts--Clarkson and Aiken, two vital components necessary to boost sales--apparently declined participation. And without their presence, the hopes evaporated. The columnist goes on to talk about Clay's Christmas CD, his own Christmas concerts and that he does have aloha for the state (the lei given out at concerts). There's another mention of a promoter trying to bring him here and a cute picture of him that I can't place, but I know someone here could. |
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9/23/04
They have, in their hot little hands, a copy of LEARNING
TO SING by GBB at the Clackhouse Lurking Publisher Buddy comes through yet again. They have, in their hot little hands, a copy of LEARNING TO SING. (No, LPB doesn't have a split personality; I'm avoiding gender pronouns here *g*) I've just spent the last hour or so listening to LPB read me portions of the book. We'll be posting a few particularly interesting/touching/funny blurbs in the Chatter section later today -- far enough away so people can avoid being spoiled if they want, but not hidden in the Den, so non-members will still be able to read it. For now, I'll just mention a few very cool (for me) things: 1) IT DOESN'T SUCK!!! :) From what I've heard, it's very much in Clay's voice -- it's funny, snarky, self-deprecating and, at times, very painful. 2) It is not overtly religious in tone. In fact, Clay makes it very clear that his faith works for him but that he doesn't expect everyone to share it or need to. He addresses YWT explicitly in a way that I think will make some here very happy. 3) It will surprise you. There are things about his life and family experiences that many of us, I think, believed to be different. 4) It will break your heart at times. I'm going to post a scene in Chatter that literally sent chills over my whole body. I'll never watch Solitaire again without crying. 5) You'll love Clay more than ever. (Okay, that's no surprise). Non-spoilery mini-quote: "If I had a halo it would be crooked." Warning there are spoilers from the book. If you want to know more here is a link to the Chatter room Learning to Sing - Beyond here be spoilers... |
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9/11/04 New Info about Clay and
possible Christmas Special
ClaySiempre from the Clayboard OK gang! I found this on another artist's site in the Other Artist's forum. I was shocked about the mention of a Christmas special on December 8th. If this has already been mentioned.....mods....please lock. I hesitated to post this. Also, I don't know how reliable this info is so please don't shoot the messenger but here is what someone posted: Clay Aiken’s new CD goes on sale November 16th. (Is that the date we have been hearing?) To coincide with the release of the CD, NEW MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS! •Clay Aiken’s three day national media tour begins Monday November 22nd •Appearances on CBS-TV’s “The Early Show” and CNN “American Morning” with more still to come. •An additional tour and promotions will begin through Christmas •Clay Aiken’s Christmas special will air December 8th! •More national publicity December 6th thought 7th, details to come! |
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9/9/04 Clay performing on this year's Miss America Pageant.
Roxforclay from the Clayboard Clay will be performing on this year's Miss America Pageant. Since the next question everyone will be asking me is: How do you know this? Answer: MAP connection. He will be on.
9/9/04 Clay's 2nd
Raleigh Show-WRAL News tonight @11pm
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9/7/04 Clay will be on the Kidd Kraddick show from RHT TAiken Clay will be on the Kidd Kraddick show sometime tomorrow ( the 8th ) between 6 and 10 AM Central time The station does stream so listen here tomorrow: http://www.kiddlive.com/listenlive.html |
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8/31/04 Very interesting post from the Clayboard: by way of RHT QUOTE I've got to tell you guys something. I was kind of upset with the Milwaukee Threatre as I was the first one to call for tickets for Clay's concert. I was told wheelchairs were not allowed on the main floor. When I got there, there was about 35 wheelchairs on the main floor and I ended up getting one of the worse seats in the house. So today I call to tell them that I was upset by this. After our conversation, I told the person how the security didn't run things very well out back when Clay came out. This is what is interesting. The woman told me that Clay's firm called them and told them that they needed security outback, because Clay was going to greet and meet some of his fans out back after the concert last Friday at the US Cellular arena. They didn't know how to handle this. The woman said in 28 years in concerts, she has never had a request as such. No star has ever wanted to shake hands with their fans. If anything the stars told the Milwaukee Theatre to keep the fans away from them. They admitted that this stunned them. I told them to get use to it as Clay was getting bigger every day and even when he was huge, he wouldn't change. He will still want to meet his fans who put him there. He will never forget us. If this was a wonderful impression that our man Clay left on the productions minds. I bet they will start admiring our man too. |
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8/30/04 Message from Nick's Mom from the Clayboard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello to Everyone! Though I have lurked here occasionally, I decided to make a post today due to a story going around about my son, Nick. Actually there are two stories I would like to clear up. First, the story that my son divulged personal information about Clay including his living arrangements, etc. is totally untrue. Nick has been best friends with Clay since high school and he takes his job as Clay's assistant very seriously. He simply would not share private information regarding Clay and his personal business. Nick is indeed working towards a Masters in Education, and is only one semester away from his goal. When Clay offered him his current position he was more than happoy to take it and he and Clay are really enjoying spending so much time together. Of course as a mother, I hope he will come back and finish his Masters of Ed. and I have complete faith that he will in the future. He is having a great time meeting all of Clay's wonderful fans and he is happy. That is the important thing. As of last night he still was undecided on what he would be doing when Clay's tour ends. 8/30/04 interesting post from CH from the ClayBoard interesting post from CH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My friend's son knows Nick and he met them at the MN concert. Son got to tour the Clayton's bus (Mom was not happy), but Clay did send an autographed pic out for her. And here's what she learned from Nick, (who is adorable, she says): His gig with Clay is a paid internship for a Master' Program for which he is receiving credits. from CH: Nick went to visit her son at a camp where Adam is a counselor and Nick used to be when they were in Maine. Clay was going, but changed his mind at the last minute. Clay bought a house and Nick claims he is still rooming with Kim. Clay has sneaked in and out of movies on occasion Clay's bus sleeps 6 and each bunk has it's own TV, DVD and Playstation. And the best for last: Nick says he is so happy because Clay's confidence is soaring, especially with the women!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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8/25/04 Radio Max dumps
Clay #30 REMOVED FROM PLAYLIST
RHT Note From Radiomaxmusic Staff, from post on the Clayboard The ClayBoard Clay removed from RADIOMAX Ron Kovacs just posted this on Bolt...about Radiomax... QUOTE Topic: RadioMax & Aiken Aug 25 2004 9:55AM I am really tired of this debate and not going to waste the time I have on this. I will explain why he was taken off the Top 70 Poll and my reasons for dropping additional support, and I want you to thank yourselves for this decision. 1. RadioMax is NOT a CLAY AIKEN exclusive station. It is an Internet Radio Station currently ranked in the Top 50 in popularity. We have been around for over 6 years and have tremondous support across genres. 2. The constant commentary and accusations I receive in email, Toll Free voice line, and forum postings have pushed me to make a decision. 3. Last week up to Sunday afternoon, there were over 4,000 votes received on our Top 70 Chart. Over 2,300 for the number one tune and 435 for Clay Aiken. 4. This is a business not a place for artist fans to comment and manipulate our services for personal benefit. 5. We provided Clay specific programming for YOU with the hopes that you would listen. There were banners and numerous postings that it was available and or playing at specific times. There was NO interest as we received the LOWEST listen times in over a year. 6. There are 7 specific people who burden our voice lines with the same requests 3 and 4 times a day. Emails that are NOT re-written but carbon copies of the same, " I want to hear my new favorite tune The Way etc... from my new favorite artist Clay Aiken" Day after Day. 7. I have personally extended my time and programming hours for support of your artist and the only thing I have gotten out of it are bad mouthing and negative commentary. 8. With all of this and more, I see no further need to participate in the antics and bullshit that surround this artist. It is abusive and far past my expectations and support. 9. I do not want to blanket these comments to the entire supportive and caring members of the community. If not for this community, I would not have met the love of my life, BRS aka Jamie. For that alone it was worth all of the nonsense, but there comes a time to say enough is enough. 10. There are many to thank and I know that have gone out of their way to support RadioMax, MixNJude - Claytyme - Songbird, LRClay, Hisyous, Mona Lisa, Mannknows, Jenny, and countless others. 11. We will revisit this situation at our next staff meeting during the beginning of September and I will let you know what support we will or not provide. 12. A Word of Warning - If what we have gone through at RadioMax is any indication of what others have or are going through, you can forget about and type of support for Clay Aiken. 13. Lastly for those that will respond with negative comments. We are not the biggest thing on the planet, but I think we do have influence and a platform to reach more people than you. Please don't provoke me to make this a part of my next program. 30,000 people a week listen to what I have to say and I can take this up a notch if you want. Regards - Ron |
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8/20/04 Clay NOT in L.A. on Sept. 4 from the Clayboard I drove down to the venue and just got back. The lady confirmed to me that Clay is NOT going to be there. There is an 80's cover band that night. I explained to her the situation about Clay and she said, "No wonder all the phones are ringing off the hook" and they were ringing as we were speaking. Apparently somebody at Stubhub got some wrong information. The names of the Lubbock venue and this dinner theater were similar. But... IT'S NOT HAPPENING. Clay will not be appearing at The Canyon Club in California from RHT Here's something I recieved via e-mail form a Yahoo group. Make of it what you will, Just thought it was interesting QUOTE have already been on the phone with The Canyon Club here in California. Clay will not be appearing there. The woman said that she has been told that the new concert is in Texas at The Canyon Theatre(she was sure about the name). This makes so much more sense. The theatre here in California is much to small a venue for Clay. Plus it makes sense all the way around for it to be a Texas venue for logistics alone. I am actually kicking myself as I type for even considering that this could possible be true in the first place. I guess Clay Hope Springs Eternally update ****SORRY FOLKS...I feel like such a dumbA$$!! I thought I heard Nelly sing about Clay. I must have poured the coffee in my ears instead of my mouth! West Coast folks taped it and said they did NOT hear Nelly sing about Clay. SORRY to get everyone's hopes up. Next time, I'll be sure to get the wax outta my ears! Nelly Sang About Clay, on Good Morning America Today from RHT GMA concert summer series featured Nelly today (one of his songs is Shake Ya Tailfeather). He sang a song called "MY Place." He's singing about a girl he wants back because she left him for another man. In the recorded song he sings come on over to my place because anything he can do I can do it better for you. During the GMA concert, he changed up the words... he sang, "Anything that Clay Aiken dude can do, I can do better." (Nelly wishes!  )
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8/19/04
Lubbock cancelled - venue closing from the ClayBoard Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am SO sorry everyone! Especially all of you with travel plans..the Lubbock show has been cancelled. The Canyon Amphitheater has "gone under" and is closing immediately. AEG canceled the show as of about 10 minutes ago. This news comes from my friend at Select-a-seat. The local TV news is on their way to do the story. Select-a-seat will start issuing refunds Monday Aug.. 23rd. You will have to mail your tickets back or fax a copy of them torn in half before they can refund your money, unless you can go in person in Lubbock to the main office. Please don't call select-a-seat as they cannot do anything until Monday (my friend said to say that.. haha, I know none of this is funny). Needless to say, I am devastated and am so disappointed I won't get to meet all of you..unless you come to Lubbock anyways and need a tour guide. Anyways, thought I'd break the news ASAP. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Official site for CANYON AMPHITHEATER
I'm glad I bought the Blue Banner Bio of CLay Aiken from the
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8/17/04
Blue Banner Biographies, Don't waste your money!! from RHT I don't know if anything has been posted on this subject. If so, I'm sorry. I just received my Amazon order. I had ordered the Arthur audio tape and a book called, "A Blue Banner Biography: Clay Aiken" by John A. Torres. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. This book is ridiculous. There is nothing in it that anyone with access to google couldn't find in 5 minutes. Anyone that's ever heard the name Clay Aiken could have done a better job on this. Ruben's name is misspelled throughout the book, one time it's Stoddard, next time Studdard. This helps show what a shoddy piece of work it is. Todd is mentioned in passing, but it's certainly not worth $16.95 to see it. [QUOTE] An Arizona man named Todd Venice started an online fan club for Clay. Within a few weeks the club had more than 5,000 members. Venice had a good explanation for Clay's appeal. "Clay touches the geek in all of us," he told Nick Marino of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, "We watched him bloom like a flower almost. His first appearance on American Idol was so opposite a pop star. You could never imagine him being a sex symbol- it was just the opposite." [QUOTE] This book is a phenominal waste of money and time. Save yourself the trouble of printing out a return label and heading for the post office, don't order it in the first place!! In my return box, I told them if they needed it re-written, my 10 year old was available. |
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8/16/04 Bad Stuff about Clearfield concert from idolforums.com Cause I need to get this off of my chest.... While the Clearfield concert was AWESOME, a lot of crap was going on behind the scenes...the local TV station who sponsored the show even bad mouthed Clay! There is a thread about what went on here: http://p219.ezboard.com/ftheclayboardfrm42...icID=1540.topic Someone posted on his official website that she was promised backstage passes but that when she got there, she couldn't get backstage because Clay had too many rules. He supposedly only wanted 9 people back there at a time, which to me, makes sense since there was no real backstage area and he had to stay in a trailer. Would you want mobs of people surrounding you in a trailer? She said that Clay demanded 60 armed security guards and get this? that he had originally threatened to cancel the concert unless they built a cement wall so that nobody could see him. Yes, I did just say A CEMENT WALL. Clay may be crazy but he isn't stupid. Another person heard the fair workers say he was acting like a diva and that he would only allow 6 (not 9) people backstage and that two girls who won Meet and Greet passes were in tears because they weren't going to get to go meet him. Apparently the fair workers get to go backstage first and meet him and since he was only allowing 9 (or 6 or whatever) people in at a time, the girls who won the passes almost missed out until two fair workers gave up their spots to them. Why would the fair people even get to go backstage if half of them had no idea who he even was to begin with? BUT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT SECURITY!!!! It was bad enough that anyone could just walk up to the buses and nobody stopped them, but hear how they talked to a disabled fan! In that thread on the clayboard, this fan, who is in a wheelchair, talked about how she was treated like crap. Apparently she was under the impression that she would get good seats because she's in a wheelchair but when she got to the concert she realized that she had bad seats where she wouldn't be able to see anything. So she and her sister asked a security guy if he could move them closer. He was refusing too and was not cooperative, and when the lady in the wheelchair said that they need to learn how to better accommodate people in wheelchairs, he WENT OFF on her. He called Clay names, complained about what they had to pay him, that he had too many demands and that he would never be asked to come to Clearfield again. She started yelling back at him, telling him how thankful they should be that they got Clay to play there and how upset Clay would be if he knew how they were treating his disabled fans, and she was so upset that she started crying and shaking. He eventually moved her closer, but geez, these people are nuts! One security guy did yell at a fan to get away from the bus saying, "He doesn't want to meet YOU!" and then proceeded to flirt and get his picture taken with some of the females backstage. Another guard told a fan that Clay was obnoxious and she said, "Oh so you met him?" and he said, "No, and I don't want to!" If I were him I may have cancelled the show and definitely not have done a meet 'n greet. Anyone and I mean anyone could walk backstage at anytime and most of the time the so-called security wasn't paying any attention. That disabled lady is going to write a polite letter to the fair, explaining to them the problem, and how they need to handle situations like hers. Someone made a good point and told her to try to get something in the local paper. They'll probably be more willing to make changes if it's brought out into the public eye and hey, if the fair has no problem with bashing Clay to the press, then she may as well try to use the same press to do something productive. They've never seen a concert this big (according to fans who have been to the fair previously and according to someone who's brother works there) and I think they were overwhelmed and have never dealt with a pop star (or their fans) of his size. But wow, the fair even told a fan, "We hope you enjoy him, because we won't have him back" and I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that they didn;t even know really, who Clay was. They probably thought he was just a guy from a reality show and that he would go along with all of the fair's expectations, like all of their other headliners. I doubt very much that they expected Clay to put his foot down and say NO to them on a few things. I knew these people were clueless as to how big Clay was but it's horrible how they treated his fans and then slammed him not only TO the fans but even the press slammed him! One fan was right...they're just too small town in their thinking. Some fair personnel even complained about the ticket prices saying, "Who does this guy think he is, charging $28? We saw Brad Paisely for $18!" |
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8/5/04
From the Clackhouse:
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