Sorry this took so long, but life butts into the blogosphere and while SOPA exists, I'm daring myself in even doing this Vspot, but it's been three days coming. Back to lightheartedness, since Golden Globes are always so touch and go, I thought it would be fun to put up a Vspot list in honor of the award show that had a musical number, the Hatha Madonna, and a subdued British bastard.

Emma Stone Abuses My Favorite Colors and Kills It

I'm never one to solidly be for the fashion, but since March 2010 when I started this confounded blog (I say with love) I find myself focusing on the dresses this award season -- and if its a beautiful dark wine purple, damn it, I will comment on it!!! 

Emma Stone, brought to you by the folks from justjared (*smiles robotically at Congress*), wears my number one favorite look of the night wearing a tulle dark plum and fuscia Lanvin aka. my future wedding dress... without the eagle belt and the lacy cap sleeves. 

According to Kelly Osbourne on Fashion Police, if I may paraphrase, said that a lot of the pictures don't do the color justice, that much of it made it look like a "blood clot" as Joan Rivers jokes but I'm in love with the coloring technique, as the stripes on the side is actually this year's biggest trend, showing everyone's body type at their best with the light colors creating your shape as it should, and mostly made for the curvaceous. Like I said, future wedding dress.

Careful Glee, Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy Are Better Than You!

This doesn't even need an introduction or my criticism. Seriously.



Revolutionary War Globes; Madonna vs. Gervais

Although at this rate, Madonna is only British in voice. As someone with musical .. training ... ahem (I was musically trained on Disney like every other choir member from the late 80s/early 90s). But I digress. But we all know what happened, Madonna won the Best Song Award for "Masterpiece" for her self-directed movie W.E. which is the B storyline from The King's Speech. What happened next is just a piece from the canon of what I consider funny -- abrupt physical comedy.


The real-British person out of the two won -- and Elton John cried like a baby.

The Artist Half-Sweeps
 
"This seals Dujardin going to the Oscars or shall we call them Oskars this year? Yay The Artist!!" I screamed on the twitter feed in absolute happiness. Despite the fact that Djuardin has been struggling to learn English in the past three weeks, or rather perfecting it because (well d'uh) they are going to the Oscars. 

How can I love this movie the way I do and not having seen it? Well, because as a devoted cinephile who believes film should always include a little old school (I just read that The Dark Knight will have a little Fitz Lang in it) attached to it. And the fact the movie has got fantastic reception, plus a win for Dujardin, Best Comedy or Musical, and Bource for the Musical Score (suck that Kim Novak). What The Artist actually does, making its appearance in the Oscars will show that maybe what the college-level film historians consider uncool now (German and French film is now considered blase and all Asian film is praised higher than any other international film) is back in vogue.

How Much I Won in the Golden Globe Pool 

If every biased prediction I made in December 19th's Warm and Fuzzy Vspot cost me five bucks, I would have won twenty five bucks getting Best Actress (Meryl Streep for "Iron Lady"), Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer for "Beginners"), Best Comedy/Musical, Best Actor in Comedy/Musical, Best Supporting Actress in Television and Best Director (Marty for "Hugo, cinephiles are allowed to only call him Marty at this point.). Where's my money?

Second Place for Best Dressed
 
At first glance, Nominee Charlize Theron looks like a boring pale mess in this faint blush Dior number but the more you stare at, the more it looks almost punkish. Call me insane, but after Emma Stone, she's runner up for Best Dressed of the night. 

Assisted with Cartier jewelry, the super-amazing headband that makes me wish my hair was in its long state so I could steal that headband and wear it just as good, and those Givenchy shoes which are more hard against this pixie-like dress, hence making it look very punk. Oh Charlize, I think I have fallen in love with you after seeing you rock out to The Gossip in the Dior commercial.




Cecile B. DeMille Award Makes Me Hot

Best tweet of the night "i love to take a bath in a casket... I think I just got a female boner. Morgan Feeman" and forgetting how sensuous Sidney Poiter's slow speaking voice really is (hot damn), the Cecile B. DeMille award last night was poignant, moving, adorable/adorkable, and sexual done by three geniuses, including Helen Mirren who wished to play a penguin in Freeman's narrated film "March of the Penguins." After being the narrator of Glee's Becky Jackson's internal mind, Mirren could get away with being a penguin. While there were tears of gratefulness for one of our greatest actors, this clip from The Electric Company got more hits than Lady Gaga's Bad Romance. Better him than her, I think.

 
I like my British Men Rude

Hugh Grant, misinterpreted Colin Firth (rawr, wait that's just sexy), the few times Jack Davenport got "douchey" (as much as I hate that word) on Coupling and Ricky Gervais. I like my British men rude and a little crazy. so honestly, if Gervais had to subdue himself to appease the oversensitive Hollywood Foriegn Press, or Hollywood in general, then he did what he sought out to do. 

  • The physical comedy with Madonna, hysterical (although Elton John's face of "Bitch please" also solidified the moment).
  • "They actually gave me a list of rules. I'm going to ignore them, but I thought it would be good to read them out. This is real, ok? No profanity. That's fine. I've got a huge vocabulary. No nudity. See, that's a shame. Because I've got a huge ... vocabulary. But a tiny penis. No, no. Doesn't matter. It works. Don't worry about it. It's fine." (Self-beration is funny, Hollywood)
  • "What's with all the divorces? What's going on? Arnold and Maria, J-Lo and Mark Anthony, Ashton and Demi. Kim Kardashian and some guy no one will remember. He wasn't around long. Seventy-two days. A marriage that lasted 72 days. I've sat through longer James Cameron acceptance speeches." (Because James Cameron is an egomaniac)
  • "[Boardwalk Empire is] about a load of immigrants who came to America about a 100 years ago and they got involved in bribery and corruption and worked their way up into high society. But enough about the Hollywood Foreign Press ... They do a lot of charity work and they’re a nonprofit organization -- just like NBC." (because it's OK to pick on the channel it's on, just not the other channels)
But it's not for any of us to defend his jokes, he had good moments just sometimes rudeness has a piece of truth in it. So please Hollywood, if you dislike Gervais so much and force him to go to Entertainment Weekly and have to write one huge defense article picking apart every joke of his for Hollywood to understand -- what is he doing? Hire someone else if you don't fucking like it. I, just happen to like it 'cos I have a lot of British friends. <end of rant> 

PUPPEH!!!

Because this is the best moment to end on. 
Seriously. Uggie, thou'rt adorable beyond words and words!



In descending order (because twitter operates like that), some of the epic moments through twitter tonight on both my personal twitter, retweets, and the voguegasm feed. If you have twitter, you should probably add my feed for the Oscars because since Dujardin and The Artist won, I'll have plenty to say.

 

watching Matt Leblanc verbally sliding the panties off of Giuliana Rancic. Good Lord, get a room.
 

Tilda Swinton is exactly like you & me, only instead of eating food, she takes dainty sips of honeysuckle nectar with her vaginer for energy
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I think Sofia just propositioned Selma. OK, I think I just got another female boner.


Before the end of the night Angelina Jolie will adopt Peter Dinklage
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I'm dancing so hard to this Morgan Freeman thing right now.

 

The fact that the Golden Globes is on at the same time as Downton Abbey is racist to both women and gays.
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Uh, I'm not gonna lie, Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy just gave me a boner.
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i love to take a bath in a casket... I think I just got a female boner. Morgan Feeman.
 

can we give helen mirren an award tonite just for being the best at everything?
 

Reese Witherspoon playing the role of Jessica Rabbit
 

starting to think Paul Giamatti's eyebrows are Muppets... maybe they sing mah-nah mah-nah


Golden Globes is basically like a celebrity bar but instead of karaoke they're given awards.

 

Go, Chris Plummer! Now sing Edelweiss!
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O.M.G. RT Mark Wahlberg just blew kisses at me & Ross is having a panic attack
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I know it's been too long with one of these posts and dammit, it took awhile to test drive all clothes bought over the Holiday Season. Thank God I survived. Or perhaps with the new camera, thank God for "coming back to modeling."


I didn't have too much faith in this sweater initially which was apart of the Great Maurices deal of 2011 (went to The Tanger Outlet outside of Iowa City, and saved almost 89 dollars on my gift card, including a few 15 dollar off coupons AND the punch card, I'm still dazed) but I knew it had to be worn with something graphic and badass underneath. The thing about shopping at Maurices is you have to mentally go through your own closet and figure out what would look good with the tough-girly continuum. This works. Plus, the rose Union Jack was a total steal at Ragstock for 10 dollars.





Fun with textures, the sweater which was also apart of the Great Maurices deal of 2011 (I talk about this like I talk about natural disasters...) It has fantastic detailing on the sleeves in being sheer. Good for just being a shirt I picked up for my new ushering gear. Pairing it with a snake-skin like vest that my brother actually picked up for a Christmas present works perfectly than with the other shirt he chose to go with it. I keep saying if you have something girly on, you have to balance it with a little tough. It was all girly, it made me vomit. So pairing the lace with the snake skin was perfect and even my pre-Christmas present to myself, the carpet designed green scarf, rounds it all out on how to pair textures obscurely but oddly look good.. Take that, little brother, for telling me my fashion sucks and that I'm too fat for the clothes I wear. 






 I have at last achieved one fashionable trend in the past year, colored jeans. And done in a fashion that it worked perfectly with my Thrift shopping self. Hello 22 dollar red jeans from Revival, you're pretty, you're my new best friend! And paired with the impossible sweater and a black shirt I had to tuck in and then pull out to a probable length (as red jeans, they will shorten you so you have to pull every lengthening trick in the book: pin-stripes, up and down buttons, suit shirts etc) but I compensated in breaking that rule a little with my favorite motorcycle boots, it doesn't look too horrible. With red jeans, you also want to get a little boring with accessories, so bitch boots and '60s inspired earrings will do.


I really love the wintery texture of this vest but wearing it is a bit of a problem. It was also apart of the Maurices day, which is another hard thing. See, without the belt, it'll completely hang and I don't have short enough shirts to oppose it's length. So while this belt is probably not the best because it is deteriorating, a much wider belt would work for this. And the jeans which probably also don't help given its dimensional shade, but give me a few more blog posts and maybe I'll find something redeemable to wear this shirt as. And yes, it matches my comforter.











This shirt will be the death of me. Normally you don't know phrases at their fullest extent, well I do now. The vertical stripes are almost invisible under the vintage wall paper like effect which is a perk, but my relationships with button down shirts is indefinitely nil. When you have a fear of looking like your old body type you wear everything close to skin -- button down shirts don't do that. Button down shirts have excess fabric on the front around the stomach area which means it can either fatter or flatter you (headpalm to the pun). But I think with the elongation of of the boots and the thinner jeans help the shirt. This took awhile to come up with a good outfit for this shirt so I am relieved this worked. And let's call it for these jeans, at last jeans I can wear boots over and doesn't wrinkle at all! The only downside to this skinny flare (I'm looking at you Maurices) is that it's a low-cut and no clingy shirt is safe with low-waist jeans. Dammit.
So what goes on in the deep recesses of my brain, or really closet? Well either way I have nothing to hide, so ladies, this is my closet. Starting from the bears, this is how I run my closet (as of Sunday, since it's a New Years tradition for this freak-of-nature to clean and reorganize the epicenter of all my fashion) starting with the bears up in the corner.

1. The Organizational Area

Old stories, novels, computer software, even lap top in a bin, as well as (what else?) Nylon and Bust Magazines from the past years to discard and keep them all up to date in my living room. Including also my socks and my "memory box" (where I keep pictures, pamphlets from events and other obscure items), and my "ahem" box and at last, my goodwill bin that is always filled with fashion that didn't quite work.

2. The Clothes

Placed on those organizational racks that really aren't much good considering they do fall off whenever they want to, but every so often I find a silver lining of use. They're perfect for organizing clothes by type then overall texture (oh shut up, I hear you shaking your head) starting with tank tops and ending with dresses and skirts. Hey, it used to be worse, when I lived at my parents house I used to organize by color.

3. Accessories

If this doesn't give you inspiration to clean and organize your own closet, I don't know what will. Clothes hanger with necklaces is actually very effective, as is putting some nails (or just those tape-on hooks) and hanging your purses and scarves to the other side of your closet. And yes, the scarves are organized by thickness. There are some crevices of the closet you can't see fully, pictures are my request if you want to see more. Like I said, I'm not afraid to show it off.
Although I am reserving outfits for another blog post, this calls for the accessories to take a stand.

2011 was the year of scarves scarves scarves... *Tourettes twitch* and hair pieces done by local artists (case in point, this kickass head band which I bought at the local holiday pop up store. Unfortunately the store is closed down until next year, so looks like Christmas headbands, you just wait!









5. Glitter Polish

... Or aptly named, "Shoot-me-now-why-isn't-this-coming-off" polish (it only came off if I damaged my enamel by biting it off), as amazing as it looks, don't be fooled. But we all make our first fashion mistakes and learn from them -- so in that process, never again. But for the time, this 1.99 polish at CVS, Spoiled Polish had my heart for a week.





4. Peacock Earrings

Another wonderful 3 dollar purchase from Silver Spider in the lieu of Post-Christmas shopping, where nothing is really wrong because dammit, I got paid too! Anyway, although the base color is gold (although you can't see that because of the flash), and me and gold don't seem to look too well together, but I forgive that because this is like feather earrings -- which are on the outs in 2012 in fashion -- but not necessarily an actual feather. Works for me, but I do mourn the ending of my awesome red feather earrings. :(









3. Silvery Cluster Earring

I know what you're thinking "OMG squeeee, she has tiny hands." Yes, I know this, let's move on. This ring is probably my top favorite out of all of the fashion rings I own (3 plus a gigantor class ring that I'll never wear ever again) because it doesn't look cheaply made. But the downside is that this 3 dollar ring from Silver Spider is that it's harder to size, as my finger's weight really does fluctuate. The others are easier because they are made with plastic, but that doesn't deteriorate my love for this super-sparkly ring, and surprisingly, I don't get distracted by its glitter, at all. 








2. Essie's Midnight Cami Nail Polish

Under harsh sunlight showing the bad brush job I did, this dark-dark blue almost black polish seriously is my new favorite color. Not just because it feels like applying butter onto my nails, making them feel ten times smoother than with any other polish but because only took 2 and a half coats to get it completely covered. Did I mention this was the best textured Essie I've encountered yet? Ms. Essie, I am a devoted follower, now please put out that Nylon color!
1. Bath and Body's Forever Sunshine Cologne

Is it possible that a cologne could possibly get ones... ahem .... sexyback back? Because Bath and Body's Forever Sunshine (the clear opposite of my Vanilla Raspberry-something cologne I had which I ran out of over the summer) has been doing this to me. A little spicy in a chai sort of way but smells like heat and warmth, this polish actually is a huge confidence raiser. Women, take note.









Sure, New Years was surprisingly active, work has me by the balls and I haven't done a Vspot from last year, but I'm sure you can forgive me. If you're out there reading anyway.

Le Kid Explains Human Behavior


This is my number one favorite thing in the new year; Le Kid cannot suck, not even doing a cheap job like making a theme song for a TV show, the Swedish-aired "Paradise Hotel." While the title sounds rather 80s, the song "Human Behavior" sounds, like Scandipop released which is so spot-on as "a cross between ‘Bigger Than Jesus’ and ‘Escape.'" Oh I second this. Check the full song on soundcloud and hope that there's a free mp3... like saaay, Mr. Brightside?








Josh Groban... oh Josh!

The audio-visual love continues with the Groban Brothers Comedy Hour, yes you heard it right. Josh and Chris make a vlog on Josh's site to explain the progress of his studio time, Chris's music video he shot for Josh, and other silliness. It's more than I could ever describe, just watch here!














One Life to Live says Goodbye

I don't know what my life will be like as of January 16 as ABC screwed itself once more realizing the loss of the soaps after firing Brian Frons, President of ABC daytime TV (or maybe he quit since his contract just expired at the beginning of this year). They attempted sealing up the wound a little bit by allowing OLTL favorites Roger Howarth, Kristen Alderson, Kassie DePaiva, and Michael Easton to meld into General Hospital; but what if another network shows interest in reviving it? Sadly, there's no good way to look at this, just cry your eyes out as Kristen Alderson sang last Friday the soap's theme in the 90s, extended and without schticky 90s accompaniment on soundcloud and pray to God you won't cry for two hours after the show on Friday, like I did last Friday. 

HelloGiggles Continues to be Woman's Best Friend

How can HelloGiggles get anymore love from me? Easy, if Lauren Owen continues this "Adventures in Thrifting" where she calls bullshit on clothing sizes. This makes me jump back to my Shopping Guide:3 Ways to Try Clothes Without Stepping in the Dressing Room post minus the hate for the baggy arm styles that's going on lately. Let me refer to it with the main rules: 1. Know your Body. 2. "The Tug Rule" 3. The Seam Ripper is your new best friend! 

It looks like the sentiment is shared in her latest post. But I'm looking at Clothes Sizes Are Stupid, Part 2 where she sticks to the legalities. "So basically, companies deliberately have their own unique sizing; they’re hoping you’ll be comfortable with their particular fit and be frustrated when you shop elsewhere." She sums up on NPR's article "From Body Scan to Body Form: Sizing a Clothing Line" which attempts to explain why sizes are inconsistent from store to store. I'll stick to Revival and my instincts, thanks department stores.
Happy Merry, Merry Christmas, Gary Crimble (as Lennon says), Happy Yule, Y Nadolig (as I say), and other assorted winter holiday wishes inserted here. 
 
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Fashion
Despite being under fire recently for being pro-rape through fashion by way of edgy punk style (which found its way into my heart via E! News... surprise surprise), H & M has officially put out a 30 piece collection inspired by Larsson's heroine Lisbeth Salander. Which is exactly why why all feminists would be up in arms, like blogger Natalie Karneef in her Open Letter to H&M from Rape Survivor which she makes good points. 

"And now, H&M, you have created a line of clothing based on her character: a woman who has suffered a lifetime of abuse, who is violently raped, and who is hunting down a man who violently rapes and kills other women.  Lisbeth has been through hell, and her clothing is her armor.  That's her choice, and it's an understandable choice.  But you glamorize it, putting a glossy, trendy finish on the face of sexual violence and the rage and fear it leaves behind."  
To which H&M says to the Wall Street Journal.
“The collection is based on and inspired by the film and character Lisbeth Salander and though we think Lisbeth is a strong woman who stands up for her ideal, we are not trying to represent her specifically. Our goal is to rather offer a collection that we see in today’s trend picture that will appeal to many customers.”
I love these clothes, it's hard and tough and should have no bearing on the character. If anything this clothing is represented from, it's the plot. That's what so many complainers (yes I will go under fire for this, but this is outside of the feminist/rape issue) mean, people focus too much on the character itself, modern day movie viewers want to identify with a character versus seeing analytical rights and wrongs of the plot and how pop culture adapts this. Karneef, you can be annoyed as much as you want, some of us look at this stuff as simply fashion and it's not a big deal.But then what do I know? I've never been raped.

What piece am I most in love with? It was love at first sight when I saw the collage American and Swedish flag shirt (also available in black and gray) representing some Scandinavian love. For a closer look of the individual pieces, Fabsugar has you covered there.



Mission Creek 2012 Lineup

March 27th to April 1st is a magical time in Iowa City, spring is at large (at the risk of snow at any given second, cue eyeroll), the students more annoying than ever on a Friday night, and Mission Creek is underway. What is Mission Creek Festival? It is a magical time of the year where all Indie acts the festival can get their hands on performs once or maybe twice (via Little Village or Java Blend) during the week depending on their schedules. It's not just one venue either, the whole town is on it and that is the beauty of this music festival. 

The Lineup this year had the ability to make me cry like a little girl. The Magnetic Fields, William Fitzsimmons, The War on Drugs, David Cross of Arrested Development fame, Rhys Chatham, Dirty Beaches, Bowerbirds and wait for it... SHARON VAN FUCKIN' ETTEN! Yes, folks, the woman that turns my ears into butter will be ten feet from me from either Gabes or The Mill (I have a gut feeling it's one of the two) as I tremble like a total girl and attempting to come up with something witty and unsexual to say to her that doesn't sound creepy when she signs her new CD for me at the end of the concert. Oh be still my beating heart, even typing this caused tears. *flutter*


Dressy Bessy does Christmas Again 

Tammy Ealom and crew must really love Christmas from their first original carol, All the Right Reasons, back in 1999 for the record label Kindercore's Christmas album. Twee perfection. Then last year it was the witty electro Hopped Up (on Xmas) [Which I commented on the first link on December 3rd "Oh my God, this is the best birthday present to me, which is tomorrow" and Tammy, on her personal account graciously wished me a happy birthday and called me by my nickname which only meant she remembered me when we met about 2 or 3 years prior. What a moment and seriously, it made my entire year.]  What more can the DB gang do to completely rock Christmas this year? How about slowing it down a little Zooey Deschanel style and being totally adorable in Mister Kringle? Yes, Dressy Bessy continues to inch towards making a Christmas album in which Tammy is signing when they come back to town.They are also giving away Mister Kringle for free on their facebook.


Sleigh Bells New Single

 Alexis Krauss got some rest in the past year of hipster hibernation and looks more sexier and beautiful than before both in their promo and new single exclusively on Spin.com "Born to Lose" but in the negative title, they are so completely winning in a non-Charlie Sheen kind of way. Still in the similar vein of "Treats" where it was all sound and blast your eardrums into deafness, it's still the same on Born to Lose but definitely more polished. Perfection.



HFPA's Golden Picks for the Golden Globes

Always saving the awards for last, for I get long winded -- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association finally picked the nominations for the Golden Globes last Thursday and apparently it's the most snubbery season, according to closed-minded critics who wished Melissa McCarthy got it for "Mike and Molly" or at least "Bridesmaids" or Kirsten Dunst for "Melancholia". But one snub I have to agree with is why the hell Elizabeth Olsen didn't get nominated for "Martha Marcy May Marlene" but she'll get hers in time. So for now, here's a watered down score card with my predictions.

Movies
Best Motion Picture - Hugo (obvious win, The Help)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Tie between Meryl Streep for "Iron Lady" and Tilda Swinton for "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (obvious win, Viola Davis for "The Help")
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Tie between Leonardo DiCaprio for "J. Edgar" and Michael Fassbender for "Shame" (although I lean more heavily on Leo) (obvious win, George Clooney for "The Descendants")
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical - No competition, The Artist, The Artist, the Artist. Suck on that Bridesmaids.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Comedy or Musical - Maybe I'm biased but Charlize Theron for "Young Adult" (obvious win, Kristen Wiig for "Bridesmaids")
Best Performance by an Actor in a Comedy or Musical - Tie between Jean Dujardin for "The Artist" and Ryan Gosling (you may die of shock) for "Crazy Stupid Love" (obvious win, Ryan Gosling
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Berenice Bejo for "The Arist" (obvious win, Jessica Chastain or Octavia Spencer for "The Help")
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Tie between Christopher Plummer for "Beginners" and Kenneth Branagh for "My Week with Marilyn" (but my money is more on Plummer) (obvious win, Christopher Plummer)
Best Director - Tie between Marty Scorsese for "Hugo" or Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist" (but a little more for Hazanavicius) 
Best Screen Play - Motion Picture - Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist (obvious win, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon for "The Ides of March")

Television
Best Television Series - Drama - American Horror Story (obvious win, Boardwalk Empire or Game of Thrones)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - Julianna Marguiles for "The Good Wife" (obvious win, Julianna Marguiles)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama - Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire" (obvious win, Buscemi)
Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical - NEW GIRL NEW GIRL NEW GIRL! (obvious wins, Glee or Modern Family)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical - Tie between Zooey Deschanel for "New Girl" or Amy Poehler for "Parks and Recreation") (obvious win, Tina Fey for "30 Rock" or Amy Poehler)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical - Johnny Galecki for "The Big Bang Theory" (obvious win, Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock") 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television - 
Tie between Jessica Lange for "American Horror Story" and Sofia Vegara for "Modern Family" (obvious wins, Vergara and Maggie Smith for "Downton Abbey") 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television -
Eric Stonestreet for "Modern Family" (obvious win, Stonestreet and Peter Dinklage for "Game of Thrones"
Courtesy of indierockcafe, probably the kickass thing a musicphile... and Christmas nerd... could ever love. 




Twas the night before Christmas
"Christmas Eve" - The Sugarcubes

And all through the house
"Our House" - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Not a creature was stirring
"Creature of the Night" - Arthur Dodge & The Horsefeathers

Not even a Mouse
"Quiet as a Mouse" - Margot & The Nuclear So Sos

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
"Hanging Up My Stockings" - Squirrel Nut Zippers

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
"Little Saint Nick" - The Beach Boys

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
"Children" - The Delta Spirit

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
"Put Some Sugar On It" - Half Japanese

And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
"Feather in Your Cap" - Beck

Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
"I Go To Sleep" - The Kinks

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
"Come On Let's Boogie to the Elf Dance" - Sufjan Stevens

I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
"We Awoke" - Between The Pine

Away to the window I flew like a flash,
"At My Window" - Lessons in Time

Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
"Shutter" - City & The Horse

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
"Fallen Snow" - Au Revoir Simone

Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
"Shine A Light" - Wolf Parade

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
"Eyes" - Rouge Wave

But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
"Reindeer Ride" - Roger Lavern & The Microns

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
"Drive On, Driver" - The Magnetic Fields

I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
"Donde Esta Santa Claus" - Guster

More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
"The Reindeer" - The Headcoats

And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Look at the Reindeer Rock" - Jimmy Boyd

"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
"The Happy Reindeer" - Dancer, Prancer and Nervous

On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
"Donna and Blitzen" - Badly Drawn Boy

To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
"Wonderwall" - Oasis

Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
"Dash After Dash" - Matt and Kim

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
"Maple Leaves" - Jens Lekman

When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
"Fly" - Nick Drake

So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
"The Roof" - New Bomb Turks

With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
"Santa Claus is Coming To Town" - Bruce Springsteen

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof,
"On The Roof" - The Feelies

The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
"The Hoofs" - Why?

As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,
"Cold Hands" - The Sun

Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
"Father Christmas" - The Kinks

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
"Fur Soft As Fur" - The Boy Least Likely To

And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
"Ashes to Ashes" - David Bowie

A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
"All The Best Wooden Toys Come From Germany" - BSS

And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
"Jump Into This Sack" - Daniel Paquette

His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
"In the Twinkle of an Eye" - Eerie

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
"Rosy Cheeks" - Her Majesty's Orchestra

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
"Close Your Mouth It's Christmas" - The Free Design

And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
"Santa Claus" - Belle and Sebastian

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
"The Pipe" - Vulture Whale

And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
"Cinder and Smoke" - Iron and Wine

He had a broad face and a little round belly,
"Belly" - Swanton Bombs

That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
"Jelly Belly" - The Smashing Pumpkins

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
"Jolly Jolly Ego" - Dirty Projectors

And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
"If I Laugh" - Cat Stevens

A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
"One Wink at a Time" - The Replacements

Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
"Darlin Do Not Fear" - Brett Dennen

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
"Did You See The Words" - Animal Collective

And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
"Santa Left a Booger in My Stocking" - Aqua Teen Hunger Force (w/Neko Case)

And laying his finger aside of his nose,
"Nose" - Mailbox

And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
"Jingle Hell (Stuck in the Chimney" - Soundtrack of Our Lives

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
"Sleigh Ride" - Reliant K

And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
"Milk Thistle" - Conor Oberst

But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
Look at the Sky" - Ulrich Schnauss

"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."
"Happy Christmas (War is Over)" - John Lennon
"Good Night" - The Beatles

(Still waiting for Peace on Earth)
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