Most of the time I'm disappointed because I really do not listen to this genre' of music. Rock and or classical music for me. But it's always nice to see the other side of the coin and there were three performances that BLEW ME AWAY!
Of course trying to FIND the videos is not going well.
First (in no order) were Chloe x Halle (not a clue who they are). blah blah blah not really listening and then they pulled me in with their SPOT ON PERFECT unison rendition of a song I'm not really in love with but "Where Is the Love" which for a death metal kind of guy is not really on my radar.
BUT
OMG can those to sing. I do not believe I have ever hear two people sing in unison so perfectly. Amazing.
But the first performance this "Grammy's for Woman", Brandi Carlile. WOW! She just smacked me across my face and I stopped EVERYTHING I was working on and she had my whole attention.
I'm not a Country Music fan but HOLY CRAP she was amazing! Whenever I can find the videos from the Grammy's (owned by CBS) I'll post them as I thought that was the #1 BEST performance of the night. What a set of lungs!
And of course near the end of the night was St. Vincent and Dua Lipa with the steamiest performance of the night. They had a double appeal with an awesome song and ROCKIN guitar and . . . . . .
As for male singers . . . . were their any? I don't recall.
I WISH I could find audio of TV performances. For instance on Austin City Limits Nine Inch Nails performed and it was fantastic - I WANT that performance . . . . yet . . there is nowhere to purchase it.
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STORM STORM STORM #1 is coming. Looking at 6-11 inches of snow Tuesday - My gut feeling is near 7 inches but it will be hard to measure with blowing snow and drifting. I doubt there will be school tomorrow AGAIN.
The good news is Thursday and Friday is only looking at 2-6 inches now but let's get past this one first. It calms down after Friday and we have a sunny but cold week NEXT week.
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There was a poll or 110 Mayors from large cities,
85% said throwing money at business to get them to come to their city was a good thing.
85% said throwing money at business to get them to come to their city was a good thing.
44% said it was unpopular with the residents BUT good for the city
40% said it was popular with the residents and good for the city
14% said unpopular AND bad for the city
2% said popular and bad.
HOWEVER - MOST agreed with his statement
"other cities tend to offer too many tax breaks and other incentives to companies in pursuit of economic development."
I think it is stupid to offer $$ in tax breaks (ShopKo? FoxxCon?) to risk bringing a company into a town. Who is to say if they will stay and flourish with a vague promise of jobs? PAYGO TIFS are OK as long as there is no risk to the city.
There are better ways. If you have residents that are happy the business will come organically (with some nudging).
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In St Mary Newfoundland, Canada, a tiny town of 400. A fish sauce plant open in 1990 and then closed 17 years ago leaving 150 vats of rotting fish sauce. SEVENTEEN YEARS.
The stink is so bad even rodents will not go near it as they know what TOXIC means. It will cost $700,000 to get rid of it.
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Right now Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar could be the #1 candidate to win the Democratic nomination. You heard it here almost first.
As for Liz Warren and her Indian thing. TOTALLY understandable. I thought I was an American Indian for 63 years of my life until I got my DNA checked. sigh Just a mutt like everybody else. My dad was adopted as an infant by a 100% Indian family.
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According to ELO (Nate Silvers prognostication thing) there are 2 teams with a +37% chance of making into the finals in the NBA to lose to Golden State. The Milwaukee Bucks and The Toronto Raptors.
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A guy on Bovada won over $1000 on a $2 bet in the Super Bowl. he bet there were be no touchdowns in the first half AND Tom Brady would throw an interception on his first pass. But before you say how lucky he was remember that I bet in his life he has had more then 500 other stupid bets that he lost.
Even a blind monkey can make stupid bets and win sometimes.
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have a great day - get things done today as tomorrow will be a cluster F
I think it is stupid to offer $$ in tax breaks (ShopKo? FoxxCon?) to risk bringing a company into a town. Who is to say if they will stay and flourish with a vague promise of jobs? PAYGO TIFS are OK as long as there is no risk to the city.
There are better ways. If you have residents that are happy the business will come organically (with some nudging).
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In St Mary Newfoundland, Canada, a tiny town of 400. A fish sauce plant open in 1990 and then closed 17 years ago leaving 150 vats of rotting fish sauce. SEVENTEEN YEARS.
The stink is so bad even rodents will not go near it as they know what TOXIC means. It will cost $700,000 to get rid of it.
+++++++++++++++
Right now Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar could be the #1 candidate to win the Democratic nomination. You heard it here almost first.
As for Liz Warren and her Indian thing. TOTALLY understandable. I thought I was an American Indian for 63 years of my life until I got my DNA checked. sigh Just a mutt like everybody else. My dad was adopted as an infant by a 100% Indian family.
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According to ELO (Nate Silvers prognostication thing) there are 2 teams with a +37% chance of making into the finals in the NBA to lose to Golden State. The Milwaukee Bucks and The Toronto Raptors.
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A guy on Bovada won over $1000 on a $2 bet in the Super Bowl. he bet there were be no touchdowns in the first half AND Tom Brady would throw an interception on his first pass. But before you say how lucky he was remember that I bet in his life he has had more then 500 other stupid bets that he lost.
Even a blind monkey can make stupid bets and win sometimes.
++++++++++++
have a great day - get things done today as tomorrow will be a cluster F
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLgzxizPTzM
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