God, he was so sweet. And innocent! And he never hurt a soul in his life! He brought so much joy to so many, little David Archuleta, and this is how you repay him? With a humiliating defeat on what should have been the most glorious night of his life?

We should have done more. More charts. More … something! We had an idea for a chart last night that we should have made during week six! It was a pie chart, and the headline was "How Much Do We Love David Archuleta?" and the entire chart was blue and inside the chart it said "A lot!" and it had his smiling picture. What if we had made that chart? Would everything be different now?

When Ryan made the terrible announcement last night, and little David nodded — so gracefully! — and ceded the stage to his inferior, David Cook, that caterwauling amateur, we thought of nothing but the immortal lines from Housman:

Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay,
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.

For us, David, your laurels shall never wither; forever shall they wend 'round our hearts. Farewell, sweet Idolbot 2008. We shall remember you always.

Courtesy of Deitch Projects

On Monday, 50,000 artists, buyers, celebrities, and fashionistas are expected to hit Miami Beach for Art Basel Miami, the U.S.'s largest contemporary art exhibition and sale. And if it weren't already crowded enough, Vulture will be there! Special correspondent Alexandra Peers will be sending us daily dispatches on who showed up, what they bought, and, most important, how drunk they got. We can't wait!

At left is a Basel-themed parody of New York's Dash Snow cover made by the fine people at Deitch Projects. We like it!

Related: The Tribes of Art Basel Miami [NYM]

Courtesy of Showtime

Sadly, there will be no Weeds post today — our recapper got stoned and missed last night's episode. Sorry guys!

You may have noticed something new on all of New York Magazine's blogs today: Each post now has its own comments section! Readers must register to comment, but registration is quick and easy — we know, because we did it in like twenty seconds last night before we left our first comment, insulting Rovzar's musical taste.

Of course, we ask everyone to keep it civil. We have supreme moderation authority around here and won't hesitate to ban trolls, flamers, and out-and-out jerkwads. We want commenting to be fun for everyone. Also: people, it is time to give up on emoticons.

So please, readers, comment away! Are we crazy for liking Cavemen? Do you think Purple Rain is overrated? Is the Charles Schulz biography the best book you've read in years? Are you looking forward to Where the Wild Things Are? Do you believe M.I.A. to be M.I.Awesome? Do you have a tip, a joke, a compliment? Do you want to express your admiration, your ambivalence, or your outright disappointment in us? Let us know! We're eager for the day when we can stop writing lists and just propose list subjects, letting our loyal commenters fill in the blanks.

Have at it!

"It's never as good as the first time... you order the spaghetti Bolognese."Photo: Rhonda Corte

Yesterday, an alert reader sent us this invasive picture of Grammy Award–winning R&B diva Sade enjoying a meal at a Manhattan eatery. But, as much as we love to keep tabs on the whereabouts of our favorite lusty singers from the eighties, we're looking for real intel from you — send your tips, rumors, gossip, hearsay, and leaked government documents to vulture@nymag.com. And please, let Sade eat in peace!

Chances are, if you’re visiting this page, you’re a huge culture junkie. Vulture is New York's arts and entertainment blog, perhaps the only place where you can get the hottest indie-rock single, breaking news when your favorite performance artist straps a dog to his head, critical analysis of the latest fake memoir, and YouTube videos of Joey Lawrence break dancing — all from one source. The day that J.K. Rowling, David Chase, and Timbaland announce they're co-writing a Broadway musical — with Wes Anderson directing and Matthew Barney designing the sets — is the day Vulture will ascend into blog heaven. Until then, look to us for witty analysis of the cultural world, plus original concert footage and exclusive sneak previews of books and comics. We're obsessive fans and skeptical critics. And we love/hate pop culture like we love/hate nothing else.

And who are these culture vultures? Lane Brown is a writer from New York whose work has also appeared in Spin magazine. Dan Kois has been a literary agent and a film executive, and has written for Slate, among other publications. He's also writing a book for Continuum's 33 1/3 series.

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