During last night's Grammy Awards - did you watch?! - a few winners "with strong Bay Area ties" took home trophies. Neil Young won best rock song for "Angry World"; Berkeley Repertory Theatre's "American Idiot," which transitioned to Broadway last year, won best musical show album; and Pixar's Toy Story 3 won composer Randy Newman a Grammy. Outside the Bay Area, Canadian pop toddler Justin Bieber failed to win Best New Artist, with the award instead going to Esperanza Spalding, who now faces the collected wrath of angry teenagers. [Chronicle] more ›

The Grammys are considered the lowliest of the four biggies (Oscar, Emmy, Tony rounding out the block) because they typically award old people or Alison Krauss. Most Grammy Award-winning music is, for better or for worse, KOIT music in its nascent stage. more ›

The nominees for the 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced yesterday in Hollywood, with homeboys Green Day earning an impressive six nominations. That's four less than Kanye West, two less than Alicia Keys and Usher, but one more than Norah, Loretta and Prince. more ›