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Drew: K-man, let’s pause here for a moment. So you’re right about the Grammys being a blowhard event nowadays (well, always, but even more so nowadays), but let’s look at Mr. Charles’s wins a little more fairly. The duet with Norah Jones? Contrived, yes, but worse duets of its nature have been conceived—touching or not, I still think Natalie Cole and Father was a dumb idea. At least Jones and Charles are interesting as a pairing, since they’re both pianists, they...
...okay, Genius Loves Company probably wouldn’t have picked up album of the year without the industry’s collective guilt over Mr. Charles’s untimely demise, but it was at least a full-fledged concept album—and in that sense, a unified document in music—not just another case of “slap on another voice to old tracks.” Then again, it was promoted/sold heavily at Starbucks, so I’ll buy into your anti-commercial argument. But for both Charles wins, this isn?...
...paean to…Nintendo? This 4-track internet-only EP (intended as a hors d’oeuvre of remixes before next month’s full length Guero) is singularly devoted to the noise of obsolescent gaming technology. The rainbow electronics and 8-bit rhythms back Mr. Hansen’s characteristic non-sequiturs, just like the chaotic but impeccably-produced sounds of his past ventures into noisy, guitar-driven rock (Odelay) and funk-rooted, accessible but left-field jams (Midnite Vultures...
Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: Good morning Mr. Salgado. Yes, Gloriana is still in the shower and that’s why she can’t come to the phone...
...diligent reporter. I take my assignments seriously. I collected my notebook, swallowed my pride, and donned my usual professional attire: unwashed hair in a ponytail, no makeup, and the clothes I had been wearing for the past 36 hours. I’m diligent, sure, but not that diligent. Mr. President and the occupants and staff of Winthrop Dining Hall would have to deal...