The Goose's Grammy Wrap-Up

Sunday night marked the fiftieth time the Recording Acadamy gave away those trophys of the thing the RCA dog used to stick his nose in. It wasn't a bad show but in my opinion it wasn't great either. Bringing back Frank for the intro was cool and Carrie Underwood definetly caught my attention and kept me tuned in through the first ten minutes. Kanye gave a tribute to his mother that of course no one saw coming and then became the punching bag for everyone elses acceptance speaches. We got more performances than ever but I could have gone without that guy singing with John Legend, sorry Fergie. As a matter of fact the whole Black Eyed Peas Bunch shit the bed. Will.I.AM did what appeared to be a rap he originally wrote for Yo Gabba Gabba my favorite part being him rhyming Jammy with Grammy and then Slammy and who was at all suprised when he started spelling it out. Gander on for the rest. Amy Winehouse was the usual uninspired performance, all night we were told she was coming live via satellite and it was some kind of big deal, why didn't you just say we've got that crackhead that can sing real good coming up. John Mayer waited half the night to do a thirty second solo, There was a triute to a violinist and a drummer that featured two guys playing the piano for what seemed like an hour and A keyboard on the runway for Alicia Keys to play for all of two notes. The highlight for me was the reuniting of the Time and Daft Punk playing the mutant pads was pretty sweet too. Overall the show kept my attention but I could have gone for seeing a few more people given their awards live instead of a quick lower third with the name of the award they won in type to small to read. It shows how much the Acadamy really cares about the people who keep them in business Gander On!

At The Airport.

Not many updates yesterday so here is what happened. I arrived for The Roots and saw one of the most memorable shows of the weekend. Next it was Willie Nelson where I got a great shot of Johnny Knoxville and Jay Chandraskar rocking out. Next was Crowded House, during the only song they have that most people would recognize a Rage Against the Machine fan hit him flush in the face with a water bottle, I got some great video after it happened. Manu Chau came out next and rocked the house, stirring the Rage fans into a frenzy. After Seven hours of standing in place and getting squished around I finally made it to the second row for Rage. The crowd was way to calm before Rage and you could feel that it was going to erupt when they came out and sure enough as soon as the first bass line hit the entire crowd began to swirl into a giant mosh pit. I would have gladly stood another day if I knew what I was in for, it was one og the single greatest experiences in my life. Thank You Rage, Coachella, and Everyone else for an amazing three days in the desert. Gander On!

Day one review

Every act has come out ready to rock and have done so. No real let downs and a few surprises. If Brother Ali and Satellite Party's albums are half as good as they were live they are worth picking up. I don't remember any bands having sound problems last year and this year it seems like everyone has some kinks to work out, it's only day one though.

It's funny to see how much music temperature changes in just a year or maybe it's just my tatse in music. Last year was a lot of rock and reggae this year the hip hop is loaded and there is a lot more fem rock as I like to call it. The main thing is that it's all great music and the performers are not letting anyone down.

While I typed this I heard Gilian Welch play some great folk music.

Goose Gander On!