I fully admit to not having any idea who this guy was nor spending more than .034 seconds thinking about his death. Do I get a cookie?
I am no Crown Royal when it comes to my tastes in pop music, but Good God, Lemon what the fuck is up with the Grammy nominations this year?
As if the 'EDM' community needs any trolling. My microwave makes more interesting noises than most of the nominees in that genre.
Making steak for grad student girl, she's a self-proclaimed foodie so this can only end well. Don't fail me now cooking skills.
Am I that touchy? I guess, yeah. Although on-the-level the Grammys have the same name to music as the Oscars do to movies, they do not have NEARLY the prestige. No award ceremony is perfect, I DARE you to watch the American Music Awards without screaming into a couch pillow. (Anybody remember the Blockbuster Awards? The Golden Popcorn trophy? I man could dream.) I believe the Grammys have sucked for a LONG time, ever since Jethro Tull won for for hard rock album is friggin' 1990. Nowadays they look like the front three rows in an late 80's boxing match, freaks dressed like freaks drunk and high off their ass. Would Katy Perry be getting nominated for pop album the same year as Thriller? Cee-Lo looked like Birdman Koko B. Ware burst out of the closet like The Hulk a few years ago. Granted, sometimes people who deserve to win get the trophy, but they have to stop making their nominations based on popularity from Billboard and more from people who actually know about music-- like the musicians. It used to be that way.
Are we supposed to give a shit that Kate is pregnant? Can we stop pretending that monarchies aren't completely useless? It's a lucky sperm contest. That alone should be insulting to every other citizen.
I just hope they get a white person to announce the categories where Niggas in Paris is nominated, because we haven't had a good awkward cough pause in foreeeever
By and large, all awards for Art or Music are not relevant. More often than not, it takes years for an album to be truly digested as far as being great, and I suspect it's the same with painting, or movies. Ultimately, finding a 'best' about a subjective thing like art is pointless. You know what you like. As far as 'greatness' - in music it reveals itself years later. Just because something wins a Grammy doesn't mean it's great, and just because it doesn't win a Grammy doesn't mean it isn't great. Certain albums musicians will know about as great - mostly because of influence. 'Pet Sounds,' 'Sergeant Pepper's,' 'Led Zeppelin IV' are all universally acknowledged as 'Great' for a reason: because they've stood the test of time. Strangely enough, I don't particularly like two of those albums, but as a musician, there is no doubt in my mind they are some of the greatest albums ever recorded.
I think you're mostly right, but I've found that a decent enough amount of times the Oscars can pass muster. It's becoming less the case with the affordability of movie making going way up, but the Best Picture still tends to be one of, if not the best of the year, the Best Cinematography probably looks really awesome, Best Sound Mixing probably sounds really cool, etc. Indie film is much more accepted than indie music is in their respective professional, big budget worlds. Not to mention, making a really good movie is HARD. There are so many scripts, so many movies shot and edited, and still a small percentage of them are at the level of "really good." Not so with music, Top 40 radio is about 4 different variations of chords, which then somehow wins awards.