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The Five Types Of Grammy “Album Of The Year” Nominations: 2008 Edition
Last year, as 100% of you recall with pinpoint accuracy, I argued that there are five specific categories of Grammy Album of the Year nominees. The 2008-09-but-albums-from-2007-counted nominees were released today, and while not all five categories were represented in this year's crop, I would like to point out for the quadrillionth time just how predictable the Grammy voters are. Here are your 2008 Album of the Year nominees:
1. The New Album By Rock N’ Roll Band That Grammy Voters Have Actually Heard Of Because They’ve Been Around For 10+ Years:
"In Rainbows" by Radiohead and "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay
2007 Nominee: “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace” by Foo Fighters.
2. The Rap Album By Artist Who We’re Pretty Sure The Kids Are Listening To Because We Saw A Joke On Leno That Mentioned Him/Her, So We Might As Well Give Them One Nomination In a Category Without ‘Urban’ In The Title:
"Tha Carter III" by Lil' Wayne
2007 Nominee:“Graduation” by Kanye West
3. The Album By The Person Who We Heard Is Generating A Whole Bunch Of Controversy So They Must Really Be The Bee’s Knees:
"Year of the Gentleman" by Ne-Yo
2007 Nominee: “Back To Black” by Amy Winehouse (controversy far juicier than Ne-Yo's personal life and gay rumors and she didn't win so he has no shot)
4. The Country Album That We Assume Is Probably Really Popular Because We Heard That Country Is Really Popular Because It Sells A Lot Of Albums:
No 2008 Nominee (They accidentally picked two nominees from category #1)
2007 Nominee: “These Days” by Vince Gill
5. The Album That No One Has Heard Of Or Possesses Any Evidence That It Actually Exists, But Holy Sh*t, We Have To Let It Win:
"Raising Sand" by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
2007 Nominee: “River: The Joni Years” by Herbie Hancock featuring Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, and Tina Turner.
I'm gonna go against the category title of #5, however, and predict Lil' Wayne to win Album of the Year and join the ranks of "Two Against Nature" by Steely Dan, "Supernatural" by Santana, Christopher Cross' self-titled debut album, Toto's "Toto IV", and every Unplugged album ever made.
DISCOVERY: Goats Sound Surprisingly Like Your Grandfather on the Telephone
Our fellow goat lover in crime Stephen Lenz over at Urlesque manages to brighten my life each day with various goat videos found all over the web. For God's sake, there's an actual goat tag on this very blog with more than one entry. I've long been obsessed with goat teeth, which look almost exactly like human dentures. But little did I know that goats also SOUND like people. "Bleeting" is in fact code for "nagging old man." Check out the following video of a confused goat, whose goat balls cause the filmmaker to lose her composure, leaving the goat confused and curious. The sounds that come out of his mouth will one day come out of your own mouth (once they put the catheter in)(spit three times)(but seriously).Madonna’s Louis Vuitton Ads For Flexible Fiftysomethings
Here are Madonna's ads for Louis Vuitton. Madonna is very flexible. That's about all I got to say on this topic. Also, Alex Rodriguez will be buying one of these. Also, I would've masturbated to this picture 700 times if this was the mid-90s. Enough info? Cool. Check out the pics, first impressions in the comments please:
Two more pics after the jump -- I'm pretty sure the second one is actually Evan Rachel Wood standing in as Madonna's stunt double:
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Either Victoria Beckham Took Her Implants Out, Or David’s in New Zealand Again
The Getty Images caption says:
David Beckham of the LA Galaxy shares a hongi with Jackson Peke of the Te Waihono A Kupe Kapa Haka group after arriving at the Auckland International Airport.
Our inner monologue says:
This is what Victoria Beckham would look like naked if silicon had never been invented.
Famous Strip Club Burning Down
The legendary Body Shop strip club on the Sunset Strip is flaming up good right now.The strip club has been a staple in Hollywood for years -- once getting a shout out in the Motley Crue song "Girls, Girls, Girls."No word on how the fire started, but...
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Dave Chappelle — From Hong Kong, No Bong
Filed under: Wacky & WeirdFor a guy who became a living god in stoner culture, it was a little strange to see Dave Chappelle weed out any questions about Mary Jane yesterday at LAX.He was real chummy with one paparazzo outside the terminal -- and our photog was real jealous...
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