Sidekick predicts winners for 52nd Grammys
By Chris Nguyen Features Editor Let’s not get anything confused. The Grammys are by and large the worst awards show of the four, otherwise known as the EGOT (Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, Tonys) by “30 Rock” fans. They are long, drawn-out and unlike the Oscars or even Emmys, do not try to even have street cred, going for the big industry singers and bands, like Beyonce. However, I love awards show and the totally awesome Lady Gaga is a confirmed guest so count me in. Here are my predictions for this year’s ceremony. Record of the Year “Halo” Beyonce “I Gotta Feeling” The Black Eyed Peas “Use Somebody” Kings of Leon “Poker Face” Lady Gaga “You…
Top songs of decade
By Chris Nguyen Features Editor In the current December of The Sidekick, I listed my picks for the top five songs of the decade. Of course, the last ten years has been filled with thousands of songs that it was heartbreaking to narrow down the list to merely five (sorry, Britney!), so I am here to give numbers 6 to 10. For the best of the best, pick up a copy for The Sidekick. 6. “Last Nite” The Strokes In retrospect the idea that The Strokes were the saviors of rock seems a bit silly. But I cannot blame MTV or Rolling Stone for fawning over them when listening to “Last Nite.” The song was a…
How MTV’s VMAs kinda got its groove back
By Chris Nguyen Features Editor After several years of pain in Miami and Los Angeles with a listless ceremony in New York in between, last night’s VMAs on MTV rebooted itself back in New York City. MTV kept the stage big, the celebrities camptastic and the performances coming. It’s far from the glory of, say Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” performance, but it did keep my celebrity-hungry brain with a lot of nourishment to keep watching. Here’s a recap of the amazingly awesome, the bad and the excruciatingly painful (I’m looking at you, Kanye!): The Good Michael Jackson tribute Madonna opened up the show with a simple and fitting remembrance of pop icon Michael Jackson. She…