Twitter Updates for 2010-02-01

• NP “Sixty Eight Guns” by The Alarm. Am I the only person to notice how much Green Day’s “21 Guns” sounds like this song? #
• And it’s Taylor Swift for Album of the Year beating out Beyonce et al. #grammys #
• Once again I am reminded just how much about hip hop I just don’t get #grammys #
• Seven second delay kicking in pretty liberally #grammys #
• Les Paul tribute with Jeff Beck totally dead spot on. #grammys #lespaul #imeldamay #
• And it’s been a tough year in folk music – first three in memoriam Kate McGarrigle, Mike Seeger, Mary Travers #grammys #
• My local CBS station’s news team is investigating butter flavoring. #
• RT @joekirk: Why are all the artists on the grammys wearing plus signs? Is addition the latest music biz cause? #
• Watching Dave Matthews “dance” is painful. He looks like he studied under Pee Wee Herman #grammys #
• Maxwell with Roberta Flack? That should be worth staying up for. #grammys #
• For my money, Bridge Over Troubled Water is the best song from one of the best pop albums of all time. #grammys #
• Disappointed that “I’m on a Boat” didn’t win. It was the funniest thing I’ve seen on SNL in ages. #grammys #
• Nice that Mos Def brought his varsity jacket out of mothballs for the occasion #grammys #
• Placido! #grammys #
• Was there really any doubt that it would be “Living on a Prayer”? #grammys #
• Wow – somebody pulled a lot of pop tabs to make Beyonce’s dress. #grammys #
• When I think of Michael Jackson, I think of Celine Dion. NOT! #grammys #
• Banjos make just about everything better RT @MissMusicNerd: I prefer this banjo/reggae version of You Belong With Me” #grammys #
• Disappointed that Stevie Nicks didn’t get to go into full twirl for us #grammys #
• If a tree falls at a televised awards show and it doesn’t hit Ryan Seacrest, did it really fall? #grammys #
• Which one is Zac Brown? The guy in the toque? #grammys #
• Wait a minute – the band doing patriotic music is the only one not wearing epaulets. Didn’t they get the e-mail? #grammys #
• 68 guns will never die! 68 guns our battlecry! 68 guns! #grammys #greenday #thealarm #
• RT @alyankovic: Patton Oswalt and I are sitting in the audience, texting each other like a couple of 12-year-old girls. #
• Whoever bet the over on epaulets this year in the Grammy pool is winning big! Big I tell you! #
• Wow – this is like Les Miz gone horribly, horribly wrong. #grammys #
• Somehow I managed to not hear the Record of the Year at all this year #grammys #
• Norah looks cute with short hair #grammys #
• It appears that the cantina scene from Star Wars has erupted on the stage #grammys #
• And stormtrooper night at the GRAMMY Awards continues #grammys #
• Sorry Zac Brown Band for the downward spiral your career will soon be taking. #grammys #
• And Loretta Lynn is long overdue for a lifetime achievement award as well #grammys #
• Now she’s a sPrINKler! #grammys #
• Wait a minute – Cirque du soleil just showed up? #grammys #
• Leonard Cohen is long overdue for the Lifetime Achievement Award #grammys #
• 68 Guns! Dang – now I can’t get that song out of my head and I’ll have to listen to the Alarm tomorrow. Thanks, Green Day #grammys #
• RT @MsJBell: Way to ruin the surprises #Grammys How about you NOT tell us who is gonna show up on stage with others in the previews? #
• Crotchgrabbing – not just for Madonna anymore! #grammys #
• Beyonce + stormtroopers = spectacle #grammys #
• Beyonce apparently has an oar inspiring career, per Simon Baker #grammys #
• Was there any doubt that Taylor Swift would win best Country album? I mean, really? #grammys #
• 68 guns our battlecry! Wait a minute, still the wrong song. #grammys #
• 68 guns will never die! Wait a minute, wrong song. #grammys #
• I’ve lost count – Beyonce 4 for 5 or is it 5 for 6? #grammys #
• “have a good time, honey. Stay away from Katy Perry.” Stephen Colbert to his teenage daughter #grammys #
• Hope Elton doesn’t have to actually see out of those rhinestone covered specs #grammys #
• Wow – Lady Gaga’s dress is something else. how’s elton john’s dress going to top that? @grammys #
• And we’re done withe pre-tel. See y’all in an hour. #
• Booker T with the GRAMMY #Grammys #
• Bela Fleck with second grammy today #grammys #
• Kings of Leon 2 for 2 #grammys #
• AC/DC with a grammy #grammys #
• Broooooooce wins for his lamest album in years #grammys #
• Phoenix with Best Alternative Album. Viva La France! #grammys #
• Beyonce now 4 for 4. #grammys #
• maxwell 2 for 2 #grammys #
• beyonce again? 3 for 3 #grammys #
• Beyonce 2 for 2 #grammys #
• And once again folks not named are accepting GRAMMYs – if you’re the manager, it’s not your award, guys #grammys #
• And Jay-Z is 2/2 as well #grammys #
• For those keeping score – Beyonce 1/1, Gaga 2/2, Swift 2/2 and now Maxwell 1/1 #grammys #
• And now Beyonce is 1 for 1 #
• And Mavis Staples STILL has not won a GRAMMY #grammys #
• Derek Trucks Band wins Contemporary Blues Album #grammys #
• Contemporary blues upnext #
• Probably the first ever GRAMMY shout out to Elko, Nevada and the Cowboy Poetry gathering #grammys #
• Ramblin’ Jack Elliott wins trad blues #grammys And he’s in the house! #
• Traditional Blues up next #grammys #
• Not everyone can rock a rhinestone covered orange fedora like Charlie Wilson #grammys #
• That is quite some string section backing Charlie Wilson #grammys #
• Blues categories up next after a performance from Charlie Wilson #
• Will Kimbrough singing “Yo Yo Ma” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCIeqRLEYGY #
• I can’t hear the name Yo Yo Ma without thinking of the Bis-Quits song about him #grammys #
• Sharon Isbin with a GRAMMY – we know she’s in the house #grammys #
• Probably the first shout-out to Beethoven ever at the GRAMMys #grammys #
• Hey! Someone wants one of those classical GRAMMYs! #grammys #
• so far nobody has shown up to accept a classical award #grammys #
• I honestly can’t imagine what it would take to engineer a Mahler recording #grammys #
• Classical awards up next #
• Holy cow. Rosanne Cash is now following me on Twitter. I’m not worthy! #
• Taylor Swift, like Lady Gaga, is now 2 for 2. The race is ON! #grammys #
• Was hoping for Sarah Jarosz to win best country instrumental. She’s all kinds of awesome #grammys #
• Actually, now that I think about it, it’s pretty cool that Taylor Swift showed up at the pre-tel #grammys #
• “This is my first GRAMMY you guys. I mean, this is a GRAMMY!” – T Swift #grammys #
• Taylor Swift now 1 for 1 #
• Tribute albums 2 for 2 in folk categories – Steve Earle wins for Townes Van Zandt tribute #grammys #
• Quite a week for Loudon Wainwright – his ex-wife Kate McGarrigle dies of cancer and he wins a GRAMMY #Grammys #
• Tribute albums 1 for 1 in Folk categories #grammys #
• Loudon Wainwright with Best Trad Folk for Charlie Poole project #grammys #
• John McEwen of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band accepting for Steve Martin #grammys #
• Bluegrass winner – Steve Martin. Believe it or not, this is a good choice. The album is really good. #
• Levon Helm with his second grammy in three years, winning for Americana #grammys #
• Folk categories next up to be awarded – Americana, bluegrass, trad folk, and contemporary folk #grammys #
• RT @earcandyblog: Neil Young just won his FIRST Grammy and it was for best packaging? Say it ain’t so. #grammys #
• Where does one get a green and blue plaid tux? #grammys #
• And now Lady Gaga is 2 for 2 #grammys #
• And Lady Gaga with her first win of the day #grammys #
• mac powell with a nice fedora #grammys #
• Third Day with best rock or rap gospel album #Grammys #
• Donnie McClurking and Karen Clark Shears win Best Gospel Performance GRAMMY #grammys #
• Gospel categories up next #
• Somebody give Tonex a penknife so he can open the envelopes #grammys #
• Best spoken word album #grammys – Michael J Fox. Fox not present to accept GRAMMY #
• Banjo player Alison Brown is the founder of Compass Records #
• The song is by Bob Wills. #grammys #
• It’s a bluegrass hootenanny live at the GRAMMYs #grammys #
• And now, live Sharon Isbin – she’s awesome – I saw her perform with Columbus Symphony a few years ago #
• Bela Fleck wins best contemporary world music GRAMMY for Africa album #
• Mamadou Diabate with best traditional wold music GRAMMY #GRAMMYS I’ve not heard this album, but I’ve heard other Diabate – he’s awesome #
• Buckwheat Zydeco with Cajun/Zydeco GRAMMY #grammys #
• “I will carry this with honor. I will carry the message of hope and reconciliation throughout the world” Bill Miller #grammys #
• Bill Miller wins Best Native American Album GRAMMY #
• IIRC, compilation albums have won most of the Best Hawaiian Music GRAMMYs awarded to date #GRAMMYs #
• Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar vol 2 wins Best Hawaiian music GRAMMY #GRAMMYS #
• “We spent less producing this record than I spent parking the car last night” – Buck Howdy #grammys #
• Buck Howdy is just an awesome stage name. #grammys #
• Ziggy Marley just won a GRAMMY for Children’s Musical Album #grammys #
• Wow – Imogen Heap is wearing quite an outfit. Looks like she’s wearing an air filter. #grammys #
• And the ceremony is back. Let the people rejoice! http://grammy.com/live #grammys #
• Much rather see the awards ceremony than our backstage hosts at http://grammy.com/live Please restore the pre-tel feed. #
• Glitch – grammy.com/live has cut away from the pre-telecast awards ceremony #
• Pre-telecast awards ceremony now airing live on http://grammy.com/live #
• “Can’t wear a gown so I gotta wear a lid” – Elvis Costello at the GRAMMYs #grammys #
• Elvis Costello being interviewed at http://grammy.com/live #
• Phoenix being interviewed at http://www.grammy.com/live #grammys #
• Program for Pre-telecast GRAMMY ceremony at http://www.grammy.com/files/pdf/52PreTel_web.pdf #
• Sharon Isbin os performing at the pre-tel GRAMMYs. Awesome! #GRAMMYS #
• Two laptops – one on TweetDeck and one at http://grammy.com/live Let the hoopla begin! #GRAMMYS #
• Reminder that the non-televised categories for #GRAMMYS will be streamed via http://www.grammy.com/live #

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