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...prove it. Herbie Hancock and Vince Gill for album of the year? A record of the year nod for Corrine Bailey Rae's Like a Star, which isn't just aggressively dull, but was first released in 2005? A best new artist nomination for veteran singer Leslie Feist? As pop cultural statements go, these are the equivalent of "Who stole my glasses...
Feist Shut out of the big stuff, Leslie Feist at least got nominated for best new artist (heretofore known as best artist new to Grammy voters) and best pop vocal album. It's a nice capstone to a year in which she went from indie-folk darling to the Top 10 (thanks largely to Steve Jobs' using "1,2,3,4" in iPod...
...iphone the Best Invention of 2007, you forgot about Windows-based PDA phones [Nov. 19]. Touch interface? Big deal. As you noted, it's been done before. A miniaturized operating system? Done. Windows-based phones are everything the iPhone is and more. The phones can text, mms, email (through pop, imap and Exchange), surf the real Web at broadband speed on evdo networks and open, edit and save documents. The iPhone is for kids. Windows Mobile pda phones are for adults who need to do real work. Eagle Bear Morgan, Seattle...
Where to Stay Built as the headquarters for an insurance firm in 1889, the central Elite Plaza Hotel is now a rest stop for pop idols like Robbie Williams and Justin Timberlake. But push past the paparazzi and you'll quickly realize it's the hotel - and not its A-list guests - that's the real star. With pillared and polished granite hallways, and 130 rooms (which start at $275 a night) boasting high stucco ceilings and marbled bathrooms, the Elite Plaza is the epitome of Old World elegance. 3 Västra Hamngatan; www.elite.se...
...farm animals that Gordón has been collecting from all over rural Spain and Portugal for his little restaurant. After a life of flavor-building labor, they are boarded here until they become sleek and relaxed from eating hay and grain, avoiding heifers, and listening to Latin disco pop. After sending them to that big pasture in the sky, he ages the meat at 32ºF (0ºC) for between 40 and 100 days...