The Grammy nominees were announced yesterday - http://www.grammy.com/awards/grammy/47list.TXT. Do you think that, in 30 or 40 years, our grandchildren will get all misty-eyed when the oldies station plays Hoobastank?

At the suggestion of a grandson, I've been listening to Linkin Park. Not bad, although I'm still pretty much a three-chord rock-and-roll guy. The mash-up (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:cln8b5b4xsqa~T1) with Jay-Z is also pretty good.

On 8 December 1980, I was working at a small newspaper when the news of John Lennon's murder came over the wire. It was late in the evening, so there was just one other reporter in the editorial room. He and I sat in silence for a time and then went home.