The Grammys: Purple Haze
I didn't watch the Grammys last Sunday night. Most awards shows rarely have any surprises, and the decades-long trend toward politicizing them shows no signs of letting up. But after reading this analysis in the WaPo, I wish I'd seen it (or at least taped it for later viewing).
Setting aside the author's Grammy-derived advice to the Democratic Party, he makes some accurate observations about how we may have a lot more in common, whether "red-staters" or "blue-staters," than we might otherwise think.
Brother Ray is gone now. But Jamie Foxx might be available.
Read the whole thing. The only quibble I'd have with the article is the author's failure to acknowledge that the Grammy-winning opening act, Los Lonely Boys, hails from west Texas (San Angelo to be exact), and that Jamie Foxx was born in Terrell, Texas.
Tip o'the hat to Joel Achenbach.
Jeff, I noticed several SAST articles about LLB, as you might expect. And, apparently, asking permission to link to a newspaper's content seems to be a wise thing to do nowadays. ;-)
Posted by: Eric at February 17, 2005 01:01 PMAbout the publisher
Random Abbye photos...
Random Thursday: The Abbreviated Tuesday Political Edition
More rattler than meets the eye
Poop happens. And then disappears.
How the West was Won
Beware of Vampire Dog
Tieing? There's no tieing in gymnastics!
NBC Bungles Web Video
Random Thursday: The Monday Olympics Edition
On Holiday
Random Thursday
Chair Play
Book Review: "The Road"
Education is paramount. Well, next to jet skiing.
Warbirds, Old and New
The Neighborhood:
West Texas Blogs:
[Midland unless otherwise indicated]
Other Texas Blogs:
The Business:
The Church:
The World:
Eric, thanks for the heads-up regarding Los Lonely Boys. Did not watch the Grammys, and did not hear the news about their award. The website for San Angelo Standard Times has a good article on 'the Boys' (in fact, I'm waiting for permission to link to that article).
Posted by: Jeff at February 17, 2005 12:57 PM