Vanilla Grammy's Announced

Year in and year out the Grammy's are simply a bore. The 2008 nominations were announced the other day and Grammy voters are once again serving up tired bubble gum pop and homogeneous hip-hop.

Lil' Wayne scored eight nominations, while Ne-Yo, Jay-Z and Kayne West took six each, which, for the Grammy's, is about as risky as a soy milk latte.

In a world that houses tons of really cool music that is more accessible than ever through iTunes, YouTube and social networking sights, it blows me away that the Grammy's continue to be so damn hum-drum.

One silver lining is Coldplay scooped seven nominations for a near perfectly produced Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends. it was one of my favorite one-to-last-track offerings of 2008.

One glaring you gotta be kidding me Grammy snub went to Ben Folds and Regina Spector. Their collaborative You Don't Know Me was passed over in the category of Best Pop Collaboration, in favor of the Chris Brown and Jordin Sparks ballad, No Air. Brutal.

Nice to see that the Grammy's found a way not to nominate Aerosmith for anything. Those dinosaurs haven't uttered a fresh note in eons, however every year they seem to be nominated for something.

They'll probably be there though, accepting some sort of lifetime underachievement award.