Thanks for the promote!

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
Epic folk.

>> ^Taint:

That was really great.
Mumford and the Avett brothers killed it, and even Bob didn't sound so bad once he cleared his throat out a little.
Funniest moment is Jennifer Lopez's face at the end.


hahahahaha! I hadn't seen that before, she looks entirely lost. What a faker

"This was, indeed, a Grammy Awards show. Coming back from commercial, Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand came onstage, without introduction, from opposite sides. The audience, fully aware of the huge hit that this song was, knew what was coming. What they didn't know was that this would be a moment of Grammy and television magic. The next day this was the talk at water fountains across the country! Remember before cable when there were only three networks and we watched TV together, all of us." -YouTube comment

He left a spammer style comment on my member page. Don't know him, just random. Perhaps this isn't ban worthy?

"I have been in the music business all my life . It was my 70th birthday and I decided to record this song entitled Old Dogs and share this with my Boomer friends . So far the response is to cool . it’s scheduled for Growing Bolder PBS /TV /Radio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8inY6flQFaE&feature=youtube_gdata

All the best with your creative adventures
Mickey

Mickey Carroll
Grammy Nominee
Gold Record Recipient
"


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Hello my friend.

I found your ban of..., I would like to support you but am find pause. I could not establish a line to you via the mentioned Boomer reference. The Red P did not post a vid on the Sift but included one in a profile comment to you so no self link. Can you help me on this so I can proceed?

it didn't just win 1 grammy either....

Doesn't winning a Grammy make you less cool to the hipster set?

Speculation from medical experts: What she experienced was probably a serious neurological episode, and she should have gone to a hospital:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1357247/Serene-Branson-DID-suffer-stroke-Verdict-Grammys-journalists-garbled-report.html

edit: And now, closure, her ACTUAL doctors say it was a migraine not a stroke
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/17/doctor-grammy-reporter-suffered-migraine-is-back-to-normal/?hpt=C2
But they emphasize that the symptoms are indistinguishable from a stroke, so you better get yourself to a hospital if this happens.

>> ^blankfist:

Local news said they don't think she suffered a stroke. They said a stroke doesn't typically make words incomprehensible. Likely this was anxiety.
So feel free to laugh without remorse.


I think you might have skipped over other people's comments before posting that. The official statement from the station is that there was a medical cause which was not a stroke. Others have speculated about the possible cause, there are a few and I think they've covered just about everything. The only things publicly known is that it wasn't anxiety or a stroke.

I've completely got sympathy for people who didn't understand what was going on and thought it was just nerves. I thought so too a few seconds into the video. But since that wasn't the case, it's a bit like laughing at Michael J. Fox. Something best left for Rush Limbaugh.

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Holy crap that's awful! Same sorta thing happened to my Mom -- it's not well known that migraines can often mimic a stroke.
>> ^TheFreak:
So yeah...I had this happen to me once.

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This brought back some bad memories. I watched my mom go thru something similar just before having a seizure due to a brain tumor that we were unaware of. It is certainly not comedy.>> ^kymbos:

Amazing how differently you come at this when you hear she had a possible stroke before you watch the video. Actually, after hearing that news I couldn't even bring myself to watch the video. My mum had a stroke and her speech was affected, her typing - and she didn't know she'd had it. It was pretty terrifying.
Downer that it is for those of you wanting the comedy tag, I think that's why it's not comedy for some of us.

>> ^blankfist:

Why's everyone being so anal about the use of a comedy tag? I'm sure people aren't trying to mock a serious medical condition. At first watching this I found it funny, but that's not because I thought she was experiencing a stroke, it's because I thought she just got nervous which is pretty damn hilarious.


Hear hear. I'm proud to say I did not recant like a child scared to death of being caught smoking behind the shed.

In fact, yep...it's still funny.

From CBS Los Angeles Web site:

Update on Serene:

As many of you know CBS2 reporter Serene Branson experienced some health-related problems last night during our post-Grammys newscast.

She was examined by paramedics on scene immediately after her broadcast. Her vital signs were normal. She was not hospitalized.

As a precautionary measure, a colleague gave her a ride home. And while Serene says she is feeling better today, she wants us to know she followed-up with a visit to the doctor for some medical tests.

Serene thanks everyone for their concern and good wishes and hopes to be back on the air very soon.