Graham Ease

So, for the must part, the Grammys have been a celebration of all that is spectacle and money-making in commercial music, and, for the most part, a pretty big letdown. What I didn't know,was that Dan Wilson (MN musician/lead singer of the now defunct Semisonic/totally sweet), co-wrote the Dixie Chicks song that won 9,000,000 Grammys. That's pretty sweet. And that said Dixie Chicks album, which was a big "F-you" to all of the people that poo-pood their anti Bush/war sentiment, won so many awards, is pretty sweet.

And since when was Mary J. Blige a big deal?

And am I the only one who noticed that there's exactly one guitar chord in James Blunt's "Beautiful"?

But yet I could not keep from watching. I feel like a schill.

Additions:

Al Gore + Queen Latifah? Presenting Rock Album of the year?
Quentin Tarentino + Tony Bennett? Record of the year?

Who gets these ideas?

How the heck do they choose the nominees? Take the Rock Album category for example: Neil Young, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty, The Racontouers? the John Mayer Trio? I didn't even know there WAS a John Mayer Trio. He was terrible enough by himself.