Hot shit from the Grammys:
-Blink-182 is back! (silence)
-Kanye’s outfit during his performance with Estelle bolsters my growing excitement over a hip hop artist hanging out at Lanvin, Marc Jacobs, and haute couture week (fuckin’ hero went to the shows in Paris this season). That said, all this culminates to is actual excitement over a rapper’s clothing line. (whole lotta nothing right now but, for future reference: http://www.pasttellmuseum.com/)
-U2 is a solid contender for worst band in the world (I’m not even going to trouble you with a video of this bullshit).
-I enjoyed watching over and over how uncomfortable Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood were during the announcement of their Album of the Year nomination. Anyways, Radiohead killed it and I still <3 Jonny Greenwood over Thom Yorke unless Thom Yorke is ranting about world conditions.
-I’m gonna admit it, because it happens all the time, but I always get goosebumps when ‘Viva La Vida’ opens and Chris Martin starts the song. What does this mean? I don’t really know if I want to think about it too much. It’s just fun and innocent right now.
-For some reason, I really want to say something about the Staples Center nearly collapsing, however, I’ve forgotten what that’s related to. On a relevant note, M.I.A. was adorable and ‘Swagger Like Us’ was fantastic. However, I will admit that I was a little saddened by the relegation of the gist of M.I.A.’s presence to the hook. I kinda wish she got more ‘Paper Planes’ action. Despite this, she always manages to make that shit legit and I want to go to there. (ps was the black and white shit on purpose? Like some homage to the rat pack or something? I thought it was a technical problem because nothing about its execution was elegant).
The Grammys were funny in the sense that I had to come to grips with a few things. First, I think I’m a bigger fan of Coldplay than I thought I was and I think it’s cute. Second, 364 days of the year I kinda lull around when I listen to Radiohead; however, on this night I knew ’15 Step’ like I’m the President of the Hail to the Thief Radiohead Booster Club of America. I’m not. Finally, when M.I.A. took the stage, I realized how much of an unabashed fanboy I can be and really questioned my integrity as a cultural critic.
//Vladimir Sorokoskev
Alrighty Mr. someone please Sorok my Skees here is the $3 question of the Grammys… What type of shoes was Kanye wearing during his Michael Jackson’s Glove jacket performance?