Monika's Blog

I am fortunate to live in such a great state. I am even more fortunate to be visiting my Grama in Arizona this weekend! However, the Grammys have decided to treat us all, in the Mountain Time Zone (edit: and Pacific Time Zone), as people who do not matter. Why? Because we are the ONLY time zone(s) that does not get to see the Grammys performed live!

Why does this matter? In case you didn’t realize, it is 2012. If you are 27 minutes late with the news, you are old school. Add another 33 minutes on to that? Chopped liver. So, why do the Grammys insist on treating everyone in the Mountain (and Pacific) Time Zone(s) like we do not deserve to watch these shows in real time?

When the Grammys go from show to commercial, they pride themselves in saying “Follow us on Twitter and Facebook!” but that just screws us all in these states which do not matter as they are posting all the winners as they happen…live! Which means EVERYTHING is already ruined for me.

This is not just a problem with the Grammys, but many awards shows (*ahem* Emmys *ahem*) are shunning these time zones. They need to realize that it is all or nothing these days. If you aren’t watching it/reading it/tweeting it live, then you are so “30 seconds ago.” Sports get it! The Superbowl wasn’t tape delayed. That would be stupid, right? Why doesn’t music get the same respect?

The music industry as a whole is seeking more respect for their craft and artistry, but the same must be reciprocated. People that view the Grammys are the die-hard fans. The loyal ones. These people are also living in a digital age and issues like this matter. People will not continue to put up with this bullshit, they will find other means to either watch or they will boycott these shows.

Grammys (and all “live” award ceremonies) what do you say? Can we fix this delay ‘problem’?

People of the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones (and those that believe in equality) let’s show the Grammys that we DO matter! Please RT this and tag @TheGrammys on Twitter (#grammys) and post on Facebook/TheGrammys to show them we are sick of being treated like this!

I have had the pleasure of seeing Mike Doughty two times now, once was a Question Jar Show. What exactly does that mean? Well Mike allows the audience to ask any question they want and put it in a jar that he has on stage. In between songs, he will select a few and answer them. It’s kind of like a VH1 Behind the Music. It was one of the most entertaining shows I have been too. Just so intimate, and I love that you feel like you actually get to know Mike as a person, not just a musician. Bummed you missed his show? You should be, but luckily Mike has recorded one of his Question Jar Shows and the CD came out today! So go listen and learn more about this Soul Coughing artist.

Plus track 3 has Mike trying to name 27 Jennifer’s (first name and last). What is more entertaining than that?

There are only a few days left to go vote for the video Hot Wild Girls in the Dorito’s Crash the Superbowl campaign! This video was created by Denver’s own Brad Scott (who has done work with Tickle Me Pink, which is how I met him).

Brandon from My Body Sings Electric (and Dirty Rotten Rhymers) even wrote a catchy song to go get you to vote:

Confused because you haven’t seen the video yet?

Let’s show the world what great talent we have here in Denver!

…that make me happy.

When listening to Jimmy Eat World this morning I clicked on similar artists, and there was Tickle Me Pink!! I was so excited to see them listed with such great artists.

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Drumroll….

Congrats to…

The Heyday!

My Body Sings Electric!

Churchill!

Churchill // Change from Tim Twinem on Vimeo.

Can’t wait for Saturday!!

So, it is clear that there are some things I really dislike about this new new Twitter (*ahem* usernames *ahem*), but I have found a few things I actually like!

My cousin asked me the other day if there was a good way to see replies to a given tweet (I had asked Twitter a question, and she wanted to know the answer). I told her there wasn’t, except to search for @Sativabella and look at responses. Now there is an easy way! In your stream, click on a tweet, and if there is a response, you will see it pop up below the tweet:

Pretty nifty, right? I know that I will be using that feature.

The other thing that I love? Embedded tweets! They now make it REALLY easy to embed a tweet or conversation! Hallelujah! No more taking screenshots and uploading images to my blog. Look how pretty it looks:

@theblogfrog me, without a doubt. It is usually faster for my parents to tweet or email me than call me to get an answer. #addicted

— Monika Runstrom (@SativaBella) December 14, 2011

Also, you can Follow, Retweet, Reply or Favorite the tweet all from the embedded tweet.

I am sure there are more features out there that make new new Twitter better, so what are they? (trying to focus on the positive here, so please don’t tell me what you hate)

Well I didn’t do too bad with my picks for Hometown this year! Here are the Top 12:

The Heyday
My Body Sings Electric
Beats Noir
Saints
Monroe Monroe
Eldren
Reno Divorce
Fierce Bad Rabbit
Swayback
Churchill
The Photo Atlas
In The Whale

Hear Alf read all the winners here:

Yes, Kaila and I were a bit excited about who got in.

Now, DO NOT forget to sign up for the surveys! You have until Friday at 5:00 PM.

Who do you think will make it into the top 3?