Heh

I would have liked to see Spin, normally a magazine unafraid to call performers on their shit, actually take the Grammy's and the industry to task for the standing ovation for Chris Brown (and, as others have noted, it would be nice to see the folks who are calling out Brown also doing the same for Polanski, Sheen, etc).

That said, they get some nice snark points for their takedown of the country act du jour:

For the second year in a row it was not fully explained why this nondescript, milquetoast trio whose name sounds like a slavery-era, soft core porn star is such a crucial musical force, or more pertinently, why they seem to have been chosen to represent the the pop-music industry’s reflexive desire to legislate inoffensive mediocrity. Whatever the reason, they continue to win and present awards with their meticulously melodic, assembly-line songs and bland personalities and shiny skin and $300 haircuts and shirts unbuttoned just a little too far and drawls polished just a little too unctuously. Captain & Tennille were the MC5 by comparison.

(And yes, I know Spin criticized the move before the show, but the ovation Brown got is worth noting, too).

Heh

I would have liked to see Spin, normally a magazine unafraid to call performers on their shit, actually take the Grammys and the industry to task for the standing ovation for Chris Brown (and, as others have noted, it would be nice to see the folks who are calling out Brown also doing the same for Polanski, Sheen, etc).

That said, they get some nice snark points for their takedown of the country act du jour, Lady Antebellum:

For the second year in a row it was not fully explained why this nondescript, milquetoast trio whose name sounds like a slavery-era, soft core porn star is such a crucial musical force, or more pertinently, why they seem to have been chosen to represent the the pop-music industry’s reflexive desire to legislate inoffensive mediocrity. Whatever the reason, they continue to win and present awards with their meticulously melodic, assembly-line songs and bland personalities and shiny skin and $300 haircuts and shirts unbuttoned just a little too far and drawls polished just a little too unctuously. Captain & Tennille were the MC5 by comparison.

(And yes, I know Spin criticized the move before the show, but the ovation Brown got is worth noting, too).