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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Monday, February 28, 2005

Counting Crows at the Oscars

Counting Crows performed 'Accidently in Love' from the Shrek 2 soundtrack last night at the Oscars. Definitely not their best song or live performance, but it was cool to see them get the chance to play such a big event. In true Oscars style, Adam Duritz even managed to get on some people's worst-dressed lists. Also interesting was seeing a big bald dude playing with the band, presumably a replacement for the recently departed Matt Malley.

UPDATE: Rolling Stone has an article about Dan Vickrey's hand-made 'I Heart Scarlett' (Johansson) shirt.

In other Crows related news, Duritz was on a media blitz before the big event. He showed up on several interview shows although my TiVo missed most of them due to the fact that he was often billed as 'Alan Duritz' or 'Adam Durwitz'. No respect I tell ya. He didn't get much love at the Oscars either as Prince managed to mangle most of the band members' names (as well as the names of most of the other nominees he introduced).

If you're bored you can check out the transcript from Adam's recent interview on the Tavis Smiley show can be found here.

"I'm on a losing streak right now. 0 for 2. I expect to pick up a third loss this next week at the Grammys." - Adam Duritz correctly predicts the future on the Tavis Smiley show

posted by Jamie at 9:27 PM