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Who's that sitting next to the Weeknd? Because... - Mop Feb 15, 21:10 2
- link to B2 conversation about her -- (link) - trish Feb 15, 21:11 [Backboard] 1
  - If she's 19, then she's clearly made up of lost time in her two brief years as an adult. - Mop Feb 15, 21:15
I've heard Girl Crush before. Where? -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 21:04 3
- It actually created a bit of controversy in country music when it came out. -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 21:10 1
  - It's the angriest everyone's been about music since Counting Blue Cars. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 21:14
- its what happens to you in elementary school when you step up from candy -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 21:06
WWE: Gerald Butler at ringside at Raw. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 21:00 1
- "Could you tone it down a little, Gerard?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 21:01
So basically we watch Demi Lovato dance as some people sing Lionel Ritchie songs? -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 20:59
what are the Grammy cut off dates on Album of the Year? -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 20:56 3
- Sept 30th. -- (link) - Mop Feb 15, 21:01
- Iirc, it's an October 1 to September 30 year. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 21:01 1
  - Gracias. So if you want an album to build up momentum for an award, you release it in October -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 21:03
Who was the black lady that presented Record of the Year? -- nm - Under the Influence Feb 15, 20:52
I've been told on twitter than Taylor's bitchfest has to do with Kanye. Battle of the entitled divas. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 20:46 5
- You've been told? How have you not seen the video of Kanye Wacko jumping on stage as she was getting her first award as a teen, grabbing the mic from - zeitgeist Feb 15, 21:11 1
  - You tube -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 15, 21:17 [youtube]
- female empowerment? That's been her message for years regardless of an individual. -- nm - Max Feb 15, 20:48 2
  - If a series of songs whining about her jerk ex boyfriends, followed by showers of awards, is empowerment. -- (edited) - loosi Feb 15, 20:52 1
    - hums a little "haters gonna hate, hate, hate ..." - JenBro Feb 15, 22:30
ah, new season of Hottest Werewolf Ever -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 20:44
There are times when Pitbull looks like Professor Farnsworth dressed in black. -- nm - Max Feb 15, 20:31 1
- "I should rock...but I am already in my pajamas." -- nm - David Feb 15, 20:33
We'll cap off this evening of tributes to greats like David Bowie, Glen Fey, B.B. King and Maurice White with a great performance by Pitbull and Robin - pmb Feb 15, 20:31 7
- but I was worried Pitbull was plagued by self-esteem issues, so when he said "This is history in the making", I fet reassured. -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 20:36 2
  - Well, it's true, you're not going to see that on Modern Family. -- nm - Max Feb 15, 20:40 1
    - if the ratings ever dip.... -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 20:43
- if only that had stopped at Robin -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 15, 20:33 3
  - The Date Raping Duo. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 21:05
  - I'm catching up on The Walking Dead but pretty sure that should be Robyn - JD Feb 15, 20:36 1
    - I'd be fine with a misspelling. It's the folowing that I object to. ;) -- nm* - nic to be determined Feb 15, 21:01
See they should have just said dancing Sophia Vergara. -- nm - pmb Feb 15, 20:29
When Max and Reagen are letting me down, you know it's clusterfuck. -- nm - David Feb 15, 20:27 19
- who gave you the name again? -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 20:38
- Oh I see now. I second Max. -- nm* - Reagen Feb 15, 20:32 14
  - oh, I didn't see. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 20:39
  - (I think the bigger crime is the person who voted the *11th highest* grossing film of the year into Overlooked) -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 20:37 11
    - Don't get me started. - David's iPad Feb 15, 20:41 7
      - If it's any consolation - Max Feb 15, 20:42 2
        
        Oddly, that helps. - David's iPad Feb 15, 20:44 1
        
        I'm actually very interested in the coding for my purposes so I'd love to be involved or informed, it that could be arranged. -- nm - Max Feb 15, 20:45
      - That's what she said -- nm - JD Feb 15, 20:42 3
        
        You don't want my undivided attention right now. - David's iPad Feb 15, 20:43 2
        
        I thought that was the voting system being forward thinking - JD Feb 15, 20:48 1
        
        You get to pick which category you think fits best, but you have to pick one or the other. -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 21:01
    - No one ever wanted to cap it as low as I wanted to cap it. -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 20:40 1
      - I think I saw 1 film under your cap this year - Reagen Feb 15, 20:57
    - snort. Someone is a bot! -- nm - Max Feb 15, 20:38
  - Bigger buzzkill than Buzz Killington -- nm - budice Feb 15, 20:35
- I blame Hollywood! -- nm - Max Feb 15, 20:31 1
  - It's the proverbial "You had one job!" - David Feb 15, 20:32
- Youll be voting for Trump before you know it. -- nm - budice Feb 15, 20:30
I want to see Beyonce dressed only in her voodoo gown and hat wherever she goes. -- nm - Max Feb 15, 20:24 1
- ~And be a single lady.~ -- nm - budice Feb 15, 20:28
She's talking about you, Kanye. -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 20:23
I didn't know Lynn Anderson had passed. She probably was my first concert worthy of the name. -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 20:16 2
- She probably found her Rose Garden -- nm - amoxy Feb 15, 20:18 1
  - My grandparents took me to see her perform at a rodeo. I keep forgetting that was my true first concert. -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 20:20
So Lucasfilm put out a teaser for Episode 8 on the first day of shooting. This is worse that an election! -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 20:15 7
- um, link? -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 15, 21:02 1
  - Sorry, here. -- (link) - Mop Feb 15, 21:09
- They filmed that footage at the end of shooting on Force Awakens, or shortly thereafter I think -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 15, 20:20 4
  - Yup. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 20:24 3
    - But with the new director there? -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 20:27 2
      - It was actually last fall, they wanted to do that location before winter set in. -- nm - Ender Feb 16, 06:34
      - Yes - sweet baboo Feb 15, 20:42
They lose any remaining credibility when they say "Finale featuring Pitbull". Ugh. -- nm - pmb Feb 15, 20:06 5
- I like Pitbull. -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 15, 20:30 1
  - Go sit in the corner and think about what you said. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 21:05
- Who's this Finale guy? Never heard of him. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 20:13 2
  - Just realized how awesome it would be if that were actually a guy's name. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 20:16 1
    - Hey, if "Common" can make it work ... -- nm* - Beryllium Feb 15, 20:21
i would have lost the over/under on how many scarves Depp would wear. -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 19:57 2
- i'd have been more interested in this performance if Depp had come out dressed like Jack Sparrow -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 15, 19:58 1
  - he did a speech in the middle of the tune that sounded a little like Capn Jack. -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 20:00
so 11.22.63 is just Groundhog Day in Dealey Plaza, right? -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 15, 19:56 1
- Depends on how far they depart from the book -- nm - JD Feb 15, 19:59
They keep saying a band featuring Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, and Joe Perry like that's something I want to see. -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 19:47 2
- I think it's great these guys all get together and just play covers. They're not trying to be like this big supergroup. They're just having fun. - pmb Feb 15, 20:04
- The Wrinkles? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 15, 19:54
Gaga Bowie was a mess. -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 19:32 12
- and Nile Rodgers! -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 15, 20:59
- it tried to fit in too much for the time allotted. -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 19:34 10
  - it was a bit packed. she was great, the sound mix was ass. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 19:36 9
    - This. She was magnificent. It was way too much for TV. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 20:22
    - No other Pop star could have done that performance. Wasn't amazing but I liked it enough. -- nm - MDH Feb 15, 19:41 7
      - Agree. Although half the songs twice as long would have served better. -- nm - zunk via drone Feb 15, 19:48
      - it was rushed and schizoid. I'd love to see her do an entire long format performance of his stuff. -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 19:45 4
        
        I was distracted by the thought of shaking down her presenter, Ed Sheeran, for the One Ring. -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 19:50 3
        
        bitch tried to act like he didn't have it. -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 19:52 2
        
        sheeran's a full ginger and you'll have to fight me before you talk bad. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 20:39
        
        I bet his first gig was The Prancing Pony in Bree -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 19:54
      - totally agree. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 19:44
most of the stuff i'm seeing on the Grammys is making me want to flee to country music, and that's saying somehting because ... - call me Ishmael Feb 15, 19:26 13
- I'm trying not to be a cranky old man about this stuff - crash davis Feb 15, 19:42 12
  - Congrats to you and Trish, it's hard to believe I've known you two for 15 years. :) -- nm - Under the Influence Feb 15, 20:07 11
    - Thanks. We probably shouldn't mention that number ever again, makes us seem old :) -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 20:09 10
      - Nah we're just getting better. It's Darcy growing up that makes me feel old. :)- -- nm - Under the Influence Feb 15, 20:27
      - Even moreso, I just checked some dates - some of us should be planning a 20-year community anniversary this year. - Meg Feb 15, 20:12 8
        
        right around May 10th, 1999 for me -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 20:28
        
        I think I created my port in 1999, but it could have been earlier. But it was a couple of years before I actually started to play and visit the boards -- nm - Under the Influence Feb 15, 20:22
        
        July 97 for me -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 20:21 1
        
        Ms. Devlin introduced me over Thanksgiving '97 and I created my port when I got home. -- nm - Meg Feb 15, 20:25
        
        I was a Founder's Cupper -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 20:14 3
        
        I don't recall - were you at the K.C. gathering for the Godzilla opening? -- nm - Meg Feb 15, 20:20 2
        
        I was not. -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 20:59 1
        
        Ah, I think Reagen's the only one left that was there. -- nm - Meg Feb 15, 21:01
Hey 2016, I wouldn't miss Kanye West one bit. Just sayin -- nm - Bacon Feb 15, 19:26
"Meghan Trainor wins Best New Technicality" -- nm - Tim Feb 15, 19:19 3
- ? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 19:24 1
  - Her big hits were in 2014 and All About That Bass was up for two major categories last year. she benefited from the Gaga Rule. -- (edited) - Tim Feb 15, 19:28
- I look at James Bay and keep wondering if Hannibal Lector killed Jack White and started wearing his skin -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 19:23
I thought the Grammy performances had gone pretty well... and then came Bieber (and I like the studio versions of those songs) -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 19:17 1
- I'm not ashamed that I really like Love Yourself. -- nm - Tim Feb 15, 19:18
anyone here played the cardgame "Codenames"? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 19:13
the second to last paragraph of this news story on rare minerals brought up so many questions for me that the reporter never intended - crash davis Feb 15, 19:12 3
- he what discovers it gets to name it. which is not to say he wasn't pressured into naming it that, but generally speaking that doesn't happen. -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 19:25 2
  - If there was no pressure, its the ultimate suck up. That raises the question, what was that student's final grade? -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 19:28 1
    - I suspect grad student, and he directed the research. that's not uncommon. -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 21:43
Where the fuck is the airstrike? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 19:11 3
- even his lyrics are douchy... - Mel Profit Feb 15, 19:15 2
  - I am happy to report that I sat all the way through a Beiber song. Thats off the list and I'll never have to do it again. -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 19:20 1
    - Unless you get pulled in for interrogation. -- nm - Max Feb 15, 20:15
So I think I just realized that in Deadpool (major spoils) - JaxSean Feb 15, 19:10 2
- Yes. -- nm - kelly Feb 15, 19:13 1
  - I think I blocked it out due to the cracks on Jacksonville. >:-[ -- nm - JaxSean Feb 15, 19:24
Gilmore Girls season 1 (spoilers) - amoxy Feb 15, 19:07
Huh, they let AJ Styles talk on Raw. - Tim Feb 15, 19:06 3
- That chant is so annoying. - Will Hunting Feb 15, 19:07 2
  - yet it continues to remain relevant .... -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 15, 19:22 1
    - Nah...it's just audiences wanting to make teh show about themselves. - Will Hunting Feb 15, 19:27
I think this Adell? person might have a future in the business. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 19:03 17
- Not every song can be a winner, but the fact Bruno Mars cowrote this goes towards proving David's thesis on the Super Bowl halftime show. -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 19:14 3
  - so see 2016 continues the year of David being wrong. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 19:17
  - That Bruno was awesome? - Will Hunting Feb 15, 19:15 1
    - the song sounded formulaic to me -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 19:18
- I just tuned in midway through the song, Sounded like she was struggling vocally -- nm - Znufrii Feb 15, 19:09 2
  - technical issues.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 15, 19:23
  - *jabs throat with a pin* -- nm - Kanye with an Adele voodoo doll Feb 15, 19:11
- I actually thought she really struggled on that. She had trouble finding and holding some notes. It was surprising. -- nm - pmb Feb 15, 19:08 5
  - same here, I think her time off has hurt her.She's freaked out about matching past success. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 20:40
  - this aside from the surprise part. -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 19:14
  - Mind reader. I'll guess there were problems with sound monitors. -- nm - zunk via drone Feb 15, 19:12 1
    - Sounded more like exhaustion to me -- nm - Znufrii Feb 15, 19:15
  - Suge Knight has issued a hit on you for this. - Will Hunting Feb 15, 19:09
- Hot Take! -- nm - David Feb 15, 19:05 2
  - tremendous *crinkles paper* absolutely incredible. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 19:16
  - Stephen A. got nuthin on me. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 19:08
- the lady who sung the Frozen song? -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 19:03
I ordered an item online at 3:20 this afternoon. I received shipping confirmation (with tracking number) at 3:55 pm. - kelly Feb 15, 19:02 1
- clearly amazon. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 20:41
I feel like I've lost the musical category narrative...upon this award. - Will Hunting Feb 15, 18:58 3
- The Grammys have long been worse than the Golden Globes at slotting things. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 19:02 1
  - which is kinda amazing seeing as how many categories they have. -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 19:06
- heh -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 19:00

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