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All right, so we know that Sunday nights can get pretty busy (reading back issues of recess), and not all of you were able to get around to watching the Grammy's. So we decided to bring you some of the highlights from “the biggest day in music:”

— The Black Eyed Peas have surpassed high fashion and entered the

homeless clown look-alike category.

— We know that music mash-ups are in vogue these days but asking the

Black Eyed Peas, Los Lonely Boys, Franz Ferdinand, Gwen Stefani,

Eve and Maroon 5 to play at once created a wall of sound that would

have Phil Spector spinning in his prison cell.

— Queen Latifah’s uncanny resemblance to the Kool-Aid man in her first

much of today’s music, but no one needs more than one tribute per

awards show.

— What would Kanye West have done if he didn't win for best Rap Album?

We're not sure, but we think it would have involved a glock, a box of

tampons, two dozen eggs and Kevin Bacon.

— We regret that the tribute to Southern Rock did not include a single

washboard or jug.

— We really would have preferred family videos of The Country Bear Jam

boree to the Tim McGraw and Friends performance.

— Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's duet brought out the cheesy

Telemundo soap opera hidden in every award show.

— The tsunami tribute performance: those songs from Live Aid really

weren't that great 20 years ago, so why are Bono & Co. trying again?

— Finally, we'd like to suggest that Stevie Wonder was probably the biggest

winner Sunday because he was the only one who didn't have to see

any of Queen Latifah's outfits.

After a night brimming with artificial excitement and feigned ingenuity, we're actually sorry we missed the Pro Bowl.

— Sean Biederman and Alex Frydman