Kanye West

So when I noticed that the Grammy Nominations were announced today, I quickly thought of my Sunday evening plans and wondered if this time I would remember to set the DVR correctly (I was in Mexico for the Mtv Music Video Awards and I simply blanked on the recent AMAs).  To ensure that I don’t miss this one, I head on over to www.grammy.com only to see the horrific real-time countdown for the 5oth Annual Grammy Awards.  The ticker kindly informs me it’s a whopping 66 days, 4 hours, 49 minutes, and some odd seconds away, as if the Recording Industry doesn’t have anything better to do this holiday season than count down the days until mid February.  Another award show I’m destined to miss - which in all honesty is fine given the disappointing fact that Kanye West and Amy Winehouse are the leading nominees.

I’m placing my bets now as to how this one will pan out.  Celine will put us to sleep, Chris Brown will make all of our eyeballs tired with his 18 yr. old dance moves, and Britney will choose to forgo the festivities, opting instead for a trip to a nearby Starbucks.  I’m counting on a heavy American Idol presence, given the fact that Daughtry has sold more records than any other artist in 2007, and Carrie Underwood pretty much snagged every American Country Music Award.

I don’t care who the host is as long as one of the performances is Timbaland featuring One Republic.  The master producer has been responsible for most of the great pop singles of 2007.  It would only be right.