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Taylor Swift's dancing was hilarious. I think she was hankering for some dark meat that night, was the impression I got. I was too after that Beyonce performance. I'll stop. 

I agree about Lorde. I thought Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragons blew everyone else out of the water, though. I love Macklemore, but I do agree Lamar should have gotten more recognition for rap. Macklemore is kind of a pop/rap hybrid with his newest album, though his old stuff is definitely more towards rap, and arguably even better.

I have Trombone Shorty's CD in my office. at least the one w/"Fire and Brimstone" on it. 

As someone who studies this stuff, I have to contend that while Hollywood always gets labeled "clueless," the public is at least just as guilty for what gets produced. Look up the term "demand characteristics" and a Psychologist named Orne (1969), which I'm getting from my Mass Media Research book by Wimmer & Dominick (Tenth Ed., 2014, p. 28), which says "research studies seeking to find out about respondents' listening and viewing habits always find subjects who report high levels of NPR and PBS listening and viewing. However, when the same subjects are asked to name their favorite NPR or PBS programs, many cannot recall even one." ... granted, it doesn't cite any of those studies. I'm gonna ask my professor about that. Still I tend to believe a large portion of trite crap that gets produced is based on the fact people buy trite crap, and doesn't just get created because Hollywood is "out of touch." Granted, I'm not arguing that that's not a part of it; I am however saying the public has a bigger role in this than they're willing to admit. Anyway, off my ... is it a soap box if I'm not necessarily firmly planted on any side? I mean, I don't necessarily believe media researchers exactly have their fiunger on the pulse at all times, either. Well, anyway ... 

I am still with you on sci-fi. I think it could use some freshening up, and I'm glad you've found some stuff to do that. 

I'd love to see both old Sonic themed pics and the new Zelda ones. 

I'll be the yawning man in a few, but I have to read and watch Obama's SOTU first. 

Oh yeah, the Metallica vs. Jethro Tull thing is still far worse in my opinion, at least Led Zep is a rock band. 

Whoe were the nominees? The grammys.com/nominees page only wants to tell me Zep won. 

Daft Punk. Pherell Rogers gave the acceptance speech along with Nile Rogers on stage with the robots. They won a few awards where they had the same on-stage set-up when accepting. 

I didn't even know that happened. I grew up on pop culture like The Simpsons and Eminem that really never had much respect for Grammys, and I tend not to either really, so I don't pay too much attention to who wins unless it airs on the show.

On the face of it, I have no problem with Zep getting Best Rock album, but if mothman is saying it was for 70s stuff, I also wish it were more current. I don't know how many Grammys they've won, so maybe it's a make up, like when Scorsese won the Oscar for The Departed.

I remember enjoying the old Rugrats games (granted, I was damn little), so I could see myself liking a new one. 

$70 is too steep for me, but it does look awesome. My older brother was the one who owned the SNES.

I was skipping around and heard Pikachu at one point, was that one of the guys' ringtones or did I dream that while awake?

Well, that's one good thing. I also like the aesthetic, but I can't say anything about the game, since I haven't played it.

The Nintendo thing isn't that exciting, but I'm glad their marketing/advertising at least is beginning to move into the 21st century. 

As for Google Play, I'm once again off to score some freebies. Thanks for the heads up!