We have not yet watched The Grammy Awards, which were broadcast across the country last night. We recorded them, but intend on skipping through the 3-hour + broadcast over the course of the week. So please, don’t tell us who wins for Best Flamenco Bagpipe Recording – we will be devastated!!

What did we watch instead, you ask? Well, even if you didn’t, we ended up watching a couple of previously recorded shows on our PVR.

We cleared off a broadcast of Austin City Limits, the long-running PBS concert series, recorded somewhere in Texas I believe - they’re never very clear about that in the show. Wherever it is recorded, this one was terrific – Nick Lowe performing a solo acoustic set, and "The Swell Season", essentially the amazing couple from the recent movie “Once”. Their song won the Academy Award last year (Best Musical Performance In A Drama Or Musical NOT Featuring Flava Flav), and we have become fast fans. I wonder when THEY might come to Calgary…

Then we watched what I suspect may be a little known movie with Helen Hunt and Bette Midler. A bit of a melodrama, but overall very well written and performed – we really enjoyed it. Where exactly has Helen Hunt been lately, anyhow? Ever since Mad About You went off the air, you barely see her in anything! She is a very enjoyable actress, and with this film she co-wrote, directed, produced and starred. Surely to Pete if she just added “Knocked Up”, or “Pineapple Express” to the title of her movies, people would find out about them?? It is a darn shame, let me tell you…

So, there you have it. We weren’t watching anything in particular, but we also weren’t watching The Grammy Awards. But we will. That’s a fact. I do love me my fast-forward...

Chow for now!!