Archive for the 'Live Shows' Category


The Brits

Enough with the self-congratulatory backslapping. Despite the stratospheric ratings, the Grammys were positively antiquated, with a ton of duets/medleys and staging that was state of the art ten years ago. Look at this: 2012 – Ed Sheeran ‘Lego House’ (live) The special effects blow everything at the Grammys away. This performance makes Nicki Minaj look [...]

Tonight In Hollywood

1. I saw a man with forty six Lean Cuisines. I counted them. This was actually on Ventura Boulevard, at the Ralphs. I went there in search of Dannon Coffee yogurt, which turned out to be on sale, so I didn’t want to use self checkout, but I’m getting ahead of myself. I wanted to [...]

From Ken Ehrlich

From: Ken EhrlichSubject: GrammysDate: February 14, 2012 4:20:59 PM PSTTo: Bob Lefsetz i don’t know who you are, or what you have against me, but if you think i’m out of touch, putting on a show that features dance music with david guetta and deadmau5, performances by every major contemporary act, and trying together the [...]

Grammy Ratings

What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where the Golden Globes are simulcast, but the Grammys are on tape delay? All the action was online last night. Twitter was aflare. If you think the Grammy ratings spiked because of the show, you probably believe CDs are ripe for a comeback. The [...]