The Special Olympics of Award Shows

Last night I watched Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon and those were 3 hours well spent. So how many of you wish you had the 3 or 4 hours back that you wasted watching the Grammy Awards? Did you really think this year’s show would be any different? The same talent-less “artists”, the same self congratulatory bullshit, the same boring Pop music performances. I didn’t have to see last nights horror show to know that it was gonna suck. The only thing the Grammy’s did was further pollute the environment with the carbon monoxide from all the SUV’s and limo’s that trekked to the Staples Center. Okay, okay maybe I’m not being fair. The Grammy’s also polluted the world with bad music and over-inflated egos.

How can an industry as dead as the music industry still manage to muster up an award show? I guess most people are content with mediocrity. I guess they’re content with dying. Even if you deserved an award (like Wilco), why the fuck would you want it?? It’s like getting one of those gold or platinum records. Big fucking deal. It’s just greedy industry suits thanking you for making them money (or at least, trying to make them money).

In all honesty, I hate Pop music. It’s mass marketed contrived audio shit that serves no purpose other than to make a profit and be the background beat to other Pepsi commercial. And mainstream Hip Hop is just the same. Don’t even get me started on Green Day and “punk rock”. Punk is dead. Punk = Pop music, but "edgier for the younger crowd". It’s all just marketing. There are actually a few mainstream bands that have talent and deserve their limited success. Radiohead instantly comes to mind. That band is genius and a rarity amongst clones and one hit wonders.

So the Grammy’s will never be taken seriously by me or anyone else that knows better. It’s a 3-4 hour comedy show and Mad TV could never do justice to the real deal.