I don't watch the Grammys anymore. I haven't in years. Because I'm in the music industry I actually know how this stuff works, and quite frankly the Grammys are all about rewarding public profiles and record sales - not the quality of the music. Yeah, some good stuff does get through and does win (Pentatonix's wonder version of Dolly Parton's Jolene being a good example this year) but most of the nominees are safe. Most of the winners are safe.
Adele over Beyonce is safe.
To give you some perspective, the song above was nominated by the Independent Music Awards for best rock song by a group or duo. I was asked to buy tickets for a table for the awards ceremony. $6,000 that I didn't have at that moment. I do not know the behind-the-scenes mechinations of how the winner was finally picked, but I do know that the winner bought a table.
A lot of money is put up to get to the Grammys. And I don't think you should call something "best" because it has a lot of money behind it. So, no Grammys for me. Instead I watched this unfold, hoping we don't wind up with another New Orleans in Central California...
Monday CHEAP SHOTS:
"no challenge is to great"
INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons superfine sugar
1 lemon wedge
3 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) Cognac
2 tablespoons (1 ounce) Cointreau or other Triple Sec orange liqueur
1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce) fresh lemon juice
1 cup ice
PREPARATION
Spread superfine sugar on small plate. Rub lemon wedge halfway around rim of chilled martini or coupe glass. Dip moistened side of glass in sugar to lightly coat outside rim of glass. Set aside. In cocktail shaker, combine Cognac, Cointreau, and lemon juice. Add ice and shake vigorously until well chilled, about 30 seconds. Strain into prepared martini or coupe glass and serve.
If you ever needed a listing of great, off-beat romantic comedies, this is it. That the list includes The Tall Guy should give you hope for the world.
I think that Trump has finally found his Otto Dietrich.
Interestingly enough, it would also be illegal for Kellyanne Conway to pitch this. Even if it is better.
Hey, that 2-year-old kid in tow behind the man in the bathrobe is all growed-up!
Here is how to make a proper Sidecar:
INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons superfine sugar
1 lemon wedge
3 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) Cognac
2 tablespoons (1 ounce) Cointreau or other Triple Sec orange liqueur
1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce) fresh lemon juice
1 cup ice
PREPARATION
Spread superfine sugar on small plate. Rub lemon wedge halfway around rim of chilled martini or coupe glass. Dip moistened side of glass in sugar to lightly coat outside rim of glass. Set aside. In cocktail shaker, combine Cognac, Cointreau, and lemon juice. Add ice and shake vigorously until well chilled, about 30 seconds. Strain into prepared martini or coupe glass and serve.
I didn't give you the Mimosa recipe because you might be tempted to throw it at this man, and I am against the spilling of alcohol on general principal.
If you have free time at 6PM PST on Monday nights, this is a fun way to waste your time.
It's a fair point - it doesn't help their fascist cause that the guy they detained is a hipster-hottie, NASA scientist, US-Born (citizen!), eco-warrior who travels the world so frequently for work and his hobbies that he is "enrolled in Global Entry — a program through Customs and Border Patrol that allows individuals who have undergone background checks to have expedited entry into the country." Who immediately reported what his own government did, to his own employer.
Wow. This Faux News Special Correspondent makes a good point. The California drought must really be over!
Just to be clear, it's not the dam that is failing. It's the earth around the dam. See the drone footage for yourself.
Dudes, dudes, dudes. The problem isn't the goddamned leaks. It's that it goddamned HAPPENED.
Twitter just made the list.
Where's my damned L&O twist?
I still say that calling these fuckers Nazis is fair game.
And because I love you, A Tribe Called Quest!
(rip Phife)
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