Grammy awards

I missed the award show, which sounds like it had some, er, interesting performances (Lady Gage emerging from an egg, Gwenth Paltrow singing "Forget You" with Cee Lo Green and some Muppets), but the awards themselves further affirm the Grammys irrelevance to the industry . . .

Best new artist was awarded to a jazz singer no one has heard of, Esperanza Spalding, instead of phenom Justin Bieber.

Album of the year went to an indie rock group no one has heard of, Arcade Fire, instead of Eminem.