Random Notes
Sorry for the unannounced hiatus. I took the LSAT this past weekend and have just been generally distracted by that and other things. Also, a new blog will be starting sometime soon, authored by yours truly, Wil Oakes, Brian Hall, John Rogers, and Patrick Kelso. More later about that exciting project. But until then, here are my brief thoughts on things that have happened since my last post.
The 47th Grammy Awards
OK, I'm going to go ahead and say it. Green Day got screwed by a dead guy. All due respect to the late Ray Charles and his storied career, but Green Day's great album "American Idiot" fell victim to sympathy. Don't get me wrong here. I like Ray Charles. I think you'd have to be clinically insane to not at least kind of like Ray Charles, but even his biggest fans admit that "Genius Loves Company" is not even in the same league as his best work. "American Idiot", on the other hand, is, by far, Green Day's masterpiece. In an era where the whole concept of the album continues to decline, Green Day came out with a politically charged, intelligent, and coherent record with recurring themes and a storyline - a "punk rock opera" as they call it. An album like this is highly ambitious, but it works. "Genius Loves Company" is a compilation of duets, at least some of which were not written by Mr. Charles. Indeed, Ray Charles deserves to be honored, but lets face it people - Green Day got screwed. They did receive the award for Best Rock Album, but that was a given. I really think the Grammy's dropped the ball on this one. But I guess getting screwed by the man is what punk rock is all about.
Baseball!
Pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training today for many teams, marking the glorious birth of baseball in 2005. Yes, it is still six weeks until the season actually begins, but this is light of hope in the darkness of a winter without hockey. Wait, what's that? Nobody likes hockey? Oh yeah, I forgot. Anyway, baseball, steroids craziness aside, is still pretty glorious, and today marks the inevitability of its triumphant return.
More to come soon, I promise.
The 47th Grammy Awards
OK, I'm going to go ahead and say it. Green Day got screwed by a dead guy. All due respect to the late Ray Charles and his storied career, but Green Day's great album "American Idiot" fell victim to sympathy. Don't get me wrong here. I like Ray Charles. I think you'd have to be clinically insane to not at least kind of like Ray Charles, but even his biggest fans admit that "Genius Loves Company" is not even in the same league as his best work. "American Idiot", on the other hand, is, by far, Green Day's masterpiece. In an era where the whole concept of the album continues to decline, Green Day came out with a politically charged, intelligent, and coherent record with recurring themes and a storyline - a "punk rock opera" as they call it. An album like this is highly ambitious, but it works. "Genius Loves Company" is a compilation of duets, at least some of which were not written by Mr. Charles. Indeed, Ray Charles deserves to be honored, but lets face it people - Green Day got screwed. They did receive the award for Best Rock Album, but that was a given. I really think the Grammy's dropped the ball on this one. But I guess getting screwed by the man is what punk rock is all about.
Baseball!
Pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training today for many teams, marking the glorious birth of baseball in 2005. Yes, it is still six weeks until the season actually begins, but this is light of hope in the darkness of a winter without hockey. Wait, what's that? Nobody likes hockey? Oh yeah, I forgot. Anyway, baseball, steroids craziness aside, is still pretty glorious, and today marks the inevitability of its triumphant return.
More to come soon, I promise.
posted by Scott Davis at 10:39 AM
2 Comments:
1: You are very right about the Grammys! Ray
Charles is amazing... but Green Day's new album is a masterpiece, to say the least! Did you see Melissa Etheridge's performance in tribute to Janis Joplin? I almost cried it was so good...
2. Cancesco's new book.... I bought it. I know, I know... wasted money from my hard-earned check! But, it has been the topic of radio here in Houston for a fucking week now... I had to see the hype. I'll sell it back to a used book store, no doubt ;)
I hope all is well in Nashville... I miss it awful.
agreed, scott. but i thought i could see a screwin' coming for green day a mile off.
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