I just realized this. Dave Grohl of The Foo Fighters just set a record with his appearances (as musical guest) on Saturday Night Live. This past Saturday was his 10th time on the show - playing with a bunch of different people since the early 1990's (In case you missed it this past weekend, he played drums with Them Crooked Vultures, his band with Josh Homme and John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin.)

Let's break it down slightly. In his 10 spots, he has played drums with TCV, Nirvana twice, then sang and played guitar with The Foo Fighters five times. He has also played drums with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers once as well as Tenacious D (Kyle Gass and Jack Black) on one show.

Grohl should actually host the show. He is very funny - evidenced with the Foo Fighters videos for the songs "Big Me" (the Mentos one), and 'Learn to Fly' (with Grohl and Taylor Hawkins playing several characters, including female flight attendants). He also played the devil in the Tenacious D movie Pick of Destiny, although you can't recognize him.

With his talent and his funny and goofball demeanor, Grohl is one of the most well-liked and respected musicians playing today. He has parlayed that into playing with several bands and with legends including Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin; Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney, to name a few.

Here are the two songs that Them Crooked Vultures played on SNL over the weekend. Mind Eraser, No Chaser and New Fang

The Hotel Cafe continues to feature up-and-coming and/or unknown singer/songwriters and they're doing it again Saturday night - hosting a CD-release party by the pleasant and sweet-sounding Beth Thornley.

Thornley's music is mostly of a piano-based pop style, but sometimes she'll incorporate other things - like some hip-hop or strong grooves not found in the singer/songwriter format. Her style could be compared generally compared to Carole King or Aimee Mann with a little twist

Her new album - her third- is out and called Wash U Clean. It comes after "Beth Thornley" in 2003 and "My Glass Eye" in 2006.

If you have the time, she goes on at 9pm Saturday - between Maia Sharp (at 8) and Jules Larson at 10.

You can find Thornley on facebook, myspace and at her own site.

Ashton Kutcher is the host of SNL this weekend - which might be interesting save for the obiligatory Punk'd sketch - but Them Crooked Vultures is the musical guest. That'll be the best part. Dave Grohl (of The Foo Fighters), John Paul Jones (from Led Zeppelin) and Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) together live. They're playing at Coachella in April too

Look for that.

Don't know why I didn't realize this earlier. Of course we know its Colts vs. Saints this weekend for Super Bowl.

But did we realize that also pits E! reality stars Kim Kardashian (who is dating Saints Reggie Bush) against Kendra Wilkinson Baskett - who is married to the Colts' Hank Baskett.

I bet the NFL planned it that way. I'd be suspicious if Joan Rivers does some of the pregame.

Did you watch Lost the other day? Pretty cool, wasn't it?

The show has just started its sixth and final season and there are several podcasts you can listen to for clarification of the storytelling. Jorge Garcia - who plays Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes - just started one with his girlfriend Beth and they try to explain the episodes after just reading the scripts. It's very entertaining, even though it doesn't help much in regards to explanation. At times, they seem to be as confused as we are. Whatever, its still fun to listen to.

If you're interested in hearing it, go here and download it for your MP3-playing thingy. They also have a blog and they talk about other things other than Lost.

For a more informative (and an insider) look try Jay and Jack, who have a podcast you can get by subscribing on iTunes. Or you can go here. They take their time going through that week's episode, take questions and explain it out. Very helpful after you watch the show and wonder what it was you just saw.

Grammy winning artist T-PAIN and Adult Swim have joined forces for Freaknik: The Musical, a one-hour animated special premiering March 7, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (ET/PT) on Adult Swim.

Freaknik: The Musical is voiced by an all-star cast headlined by T-Pain and featuring Andy Samberg ("I'm on a Boat"), Big Boi (from Outkast), Bill Hader (SNL), Bootsy Collins (George Clinton's band), Cee-Lo (singer in Gnarls Barkley), Charlie Murphy (The Chappelle Show), Christopher "Kid" Reid (Kid 'n' Play), DJ Drama, DJ Pooh, George Clinton, Kelis, Lil Wayne, Lil Jon, Poo Poo Man, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, Sophia Fresh, William "Clip" Payne and Young Cash. T-Pain also serves as the show's executive producer.

Ten years after the city of Atlanta shut down Freaknik, the biggest spring break party known to man, a group of kids searching for fun successfully resurrect the spirit of Freaknik, who appears in the form of a party ghost voiced by T-Pain. Students from all over America once again descend on Atlanta to perform in Freaknik's Battle of the Trillest.

"Back in the '90s, Freaknik was Atlanta's version of the ultimate block party," says T-Pain. "It was Mardi Gras meets spring break at your crazy cousin's bachelor party and anything could happen. A decade later, I'm bringing it back for people like me, who didn't get to experience it the first time around. We've recreated Freaknik's vibe and energy with amazing animation, new music and an all-star cast of characters."

Freaknik: The Musical is created and executive produced by Carl Jones and Nick Weidenfeld.

One thing is for certain. The lead character will probably look something like this :

The week before the Grammys is always filled with events, mini-concerts and parties leading up to the awards show, which in this year's case - is on Sunday the 31st at 8pm on CBS.

The event on Thursday night was for The Grammy Foundation - which is specifically in support of its efforts to preserve the history of music and its archive of interviews of music pioneers and legends.

The proper name of the event was "Cue the Music: A Celebration of Music and Television" which is the Grammy Foundation's 12th Annual Music Preservation Project and a joint venture with the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. The Grammy Foundation and the Paley Center have worked together in the past and are planning on doing it more and more in the future. Which is good for everyone.

For the event, the Grammy Foundation was the focal contributor and the Paley Center supplied the music-themed television clips that were shown in between the musicals acts and amongst the comments by the evening's MC, Shaun Robinson of Access Hollywood.

Robinson's evening consisted of talking about the importance of music and television, the histories of both as well as the the blending of the two starting in the late 1940's; the history of the Grammy Awards (that started in the late 1950's) and the evolutions of music, television and technology and how each medium has helped the other. The topics that were mentioned most or were the most detailed were the start of television, the music of the I Love Lucy show; variety shows in the 1950's and 1960's, television theme songs throughout the years (and the composers who wrote them); MTV - which started in 1981; the importance of music and songs heard on television programs and the technological advances in music distribution in the 2000's.

During Robinson's narrative story emceeing, performers would come to the stage and sing songs accentuating her points. In chronological order, the performers were Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat singing a medley of Sonny and Cher songs; Jorge Moreno singing a Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz) Cuban-themed tune from I Love Lucy; Solomon Burke performing the theme from The Sopranos - which is called 'When I Woke Up This Morning' and was originally recorded by the group Alabama 3 (or 'A3'); Melanie Fiona, who performed the Paul Williams-written, Kermit-the-Frog-sung "Rainbow Connection" track from several incarnations of The Muppets; Pat Monahan, singer from the band Train, belting out the tune that was the first video on MTV "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles and the band closed the show with two songs, one of which was "How to Save a Life," which got its wide exposure from being featured in four television shows - Gray's Anatomy, Cold Case, One Tree Hill and Scrubs.

All of the evening's performers have either been won or been nominated for Grammys - including Caillat, who is nominated twice this year in the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal category; once singing with Mraz and once with Taylor Swift.

If any of the above singers come to your area in concert, try to see their shows - in particular Mraz, who is a fabulous performer. Here are photos of him with Caillat - on the red carpet and live.