Whoever said laughter is the best medicine, never had gonorrhea.

Alright, I know that every year I maintain that I have no faith in the Grammys and that they are completely worthless and yet every year they find a new way to piss me off. This year it’s just knowing that, in the Best Group Pop Performance, Death Cab for Cutie’s gorgeous and haunting “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” is going to be beaten out by the worthless Black Eyed Peas “My Humps”. Of course it’s going to happen. And it’s going to make me want to find the a-hole who voted for “My Humps” and cause them permanent hearing damage because they do not deserve to listen to music ever again. On the other hand, maybe “My Humps” won’t win. There’s a small but decent chance that the Pussycat Dolls might win with “Stickwitu”. Urge to kill rising…

Once again the only category that I find slightly validating is the lone “Alternative” Music Album award where the nominees are the Arctic Monkeys, the Flaming Lips, Gnarls Barkley, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Thom Yorke. Gnarls Barkley will win obviously win.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the Gnarls album and it will probably win lots of awards if only so that all those worthless voters can prove how “hip” they are.

Other thoughts;

Anyone else notice that John Mayer’s “Waiting For the World to Change” is just the main riff from Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing”?

Academy please note: Imogen Heap is not a “New” Artist. Also she’s much much better than James Blunt.

I love Dylan and his new album is very good but I’m pretty sure he could cough into a microphone for an hour and get nominated for a Grammy. Please note this rule also applies to Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Tom Petty and anyone who achieved musical fame pre-1980 and is still alive.

Seriously, “My Humps”? You nominated “My Humps”? The fu-

If you haven’t seen it yet, enjoy:

I’m so happy this show is back.

News and notes:

So ND vs. LSU? Interesting…

Ouch to Michigan. But come on, you had your chance. And wow, USC. Way to blow that one. You putz!

Hey, look at that! The Giants won a game! Knew they had it in them.

Comeback award of the year: Timothy Busfield on Studio 60!

Sam Raimi moves from superhero to, well, superhero as they announced he’ll be helming a new movie of The Shadow. Recast Alec Baldwin! He can do better this time!

“My hump, my hump, my hump! My lovely lady humps!” Seriously!?

Until next time:

“I was so obsessed with getting my J.D. that I never got a chance to do the things I really wanted to do. Start a family. See the world.”

“Punch a whale.”

“Nah, I punched a whale. Right in the face. Down he went, like Liston.”