I’m gonna do this quickly because I am bone-tired and it’s quite late, and in general, the more time I spend trying to wrap my mind around the Academy’s often-baffling choices, the more intensely frustrated I become.
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names dropped with reckless abandon: Alanis Morissette, Alison Krauss, Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas, Dave Matthews Band, Keri Hilson, Kings of Leon, Lady GaGa, Mat Kearney, Maxwell, MGMT, Robert Plant, Silversun Pickups, Taylor Swift, The Ting Tings, will.i.am, Zac Brown Band
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They invariably end up pissing me off with their unjustifiable inanity, but because I’m a music fan all the way down to my toenails, I always look forward to the annual Grammy nominations. And because I’m an eternal optimist at heart, I always pray that this is the year the recording academy will get it right. Well, I’m not holding out a great deal of hope that the Grammy folks will suddenly correct their typical foolishness tonight by uniformly nominating people who actually deserve the praise, but let me just say this at the outset: if “Use Somebody” doesn’t at the very least nab a nod for Record of the Year, I’m throwing a rock through my television set. Let the concert commence!
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names dropped with reckless abandon: "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip", A, AC/DC, Amanda Peet, Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, El DeBarge, Eric Clapton, Gloriana, Hall and Oates, Harlan Ellison, Isaac Slade, Kelly Clarkson, Keri Hilson, Kings of Leon, Lady GaGa, Leona Lewis, Linkin Park, Mat Kearney, Maxwell, MGMT, Michael Jackson, Nick Jonas, Owl City, Sherry Ann, Silversun Pickups, Smokey Robinson, Steve Winwood, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Fray, The Jonas Brothers, The Script, The Ting Tings, Tom Snyder, Tori Amos, U2, Zac Brown Band
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