"If we’re imagining—pure speculation here, folks—that the awards are not doled out purely on the basis of aggregated votes and are possibly (speculation!) jiggered around to serve various constituencies, then it might have been necessary to give Kanye all the rap awards in sight, since his exquisite album, ‘My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy’ was not given a Best Album nomination. Much as we’re rooting for Adele, her modest, solid album ‘21’ was in no way equal to West’s combination of patient craft and impatient, airy visions. So, to forestall a showdown and give Adele the awards she is due (according to the implicit laws of NARAS) West was conveniently excluded. With West removed, the Grammys were able to make room for the night’s most puzzling and persistent guest, Foo Fighters, who released an album called ‘Wasting Light’ in 2011, which the band, and almost nobody else, thought deserved an Album of the Year nomination. West, perhaps taking the high road or simply practicing realpolitik, didn’t bother to attend."

SF-J on Grammy politics.

EDIT: one more. “Woman-beating rage-broccoli Chris Brown lip-synced his single ‘Turn Up The Music’ (without being threatened by Sir Elton John) and danced roughly as well as a third-rate Chicago footwork dancer. He ended his performance by back-flipping off the stage, though sadly not off the earth.”

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