1. Herbie Hancock looks great for 67!
2. Natalie Cole looks great for 58!
3. Tina Turner looks like she can’t move her face!
4. There’s got to be a better system for getting people to stop talking than playing generic music a few seconds into the acceptance speeches. Kanye West scolding producers for trying to cut him off while he was talking about his late mother was pretty upsetting. Maybe if they cut out one of two of the ostentatiously overblown performances, they’d be able to allot for the couple of people who talk a little longer.
5. Speaking of ‘Ye, him singing “Hey Mama” was totally sad.
6. Was Cuba Gooding Jr. the most random possible person they could get to be in London to introduce Amy Winehouse? Did he win some sort of celebrity sweepstakes?
7. Or was Jason Bateman hosting the “My Grammy Moment” segments the oddest part of the show? Not that it isn’t great to see J-Bates in any context. I guess perhaps the logic stems from his role as a wannabe rock star in “Juno” (a reach worthy of some tall guy with a long reach).
8. Herbie Hancock winning Album of the Year is pretty hilariously out of touch, but perhaps no moreso than Steely Dan winning in 2001 - beating a groundbreaking Radiohead album (”Kid A”), Beck and Eminem at the height of his cultural importance. Or any Grammy, really.
9. So not a fan of Nelly Furtado as a blonde.
10. I love how many Grammys they give out, and the fact that they only show about 10 of them during the actual ceremony. Among this year’s winners: The Muppets, Barack Obama, Flight of the Conchords, and, dead since 2003, Johnny Cash.

Get ready to be sad!

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Since the award show itself was greatly stripped down the year, my analysis will be as well. I actually haven’t seen a lot of the stuff that won awards. Does this make the Golden Globes out-of-touch, or me? Or…both? All I know is, if things like “Attack of the Show” won Golden Globes, I’d feel a lot more clued in right now.

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA - “Mad Men”

Never seen it! I think when I heard there was an original program on AMC I got it confused with the British show “MI-5″ on A&E and didn’t check it out and all of a sudden I was hearing that it was the best show ever and then it was all over. Epic fail on my part. I really don’t know anything about this show. Who are these men? Why are they so mad? Mysteries abound.

Both Amazon and TVShowsonDVD have no release date yet for a DVD, either (though it is on iTunes). Dang. But they are starting to replay it on Jan. 21. Yay! I’ll just watch it and pretend it’s a new show. Retro-July 2007-chic! (more…)