COME POOP WITH US: Grammy Nods

Today I filed my Grammy preview for NPR with Renee Graham from the GLOBE, and here are the notes I took looking over the nominees this morning:

MODEST PROPOSALS for NEW CATEGORIES:
BEST TOUR, or LIVE ACT
LIVE DVDS
BEST REMASTER
OUTSTANDING PROGRESSIVE RADIO CONTRIBUTION (DJ or producer)
BEST REMASTER INTO DOLBY DIGITAL 5:1 (PET SOUNDS, anybody?)
Best Comeback
Best Marketing Campaign

MOST EGREGIOUS OMISSIONS:
Willie Nelson's CRAZY: DEMO SESSIONS
Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog, COME POOP WITH ME, not nominated for comedy album

SIGNS OF LIFE:
Dave Holland Quintet nom for EXTENDED PLAY, Jazz
Yeah Yeah Yeahs FEVER TO TELL for Best Alternative
White Stripes ELEPHANT for Best Alternative
David Cross nominated for Comedy

MOST INEXPLICABLE NOMINATIONS:
George Harrison: BEST POP VOCAL?
Dave Matthews: BEST ROCK VOCAL?
Shania Twain UP!: BEST COUNTRY?
Fountains of Wayne, WELCOME INTERSTATE MANAGERS: BEST NEW ARTIST?

SHUT-OUTS:
Rosanne Cash, RULES OF TRAVEL
Steely Dan, EVERYTHING MUST GO
Strokes, ROOM ON FIRE
New Pornographers, ELECTRIC VERSION
Nada Surf, LET GO
Bruce Springsteen, LIVE IN BARCELONA
Dwight Yoakam, POPULATION ME
Neil Young GREENDALE (+DVD)

MISSING IN ACTION:
Sheryl Crow
Dixie Chicks
Nelly
Beck

RANK TOKENISM FOR THE DECEASED:
George Harrison, Warren Zevon (like the Grammies ever gave a hoo-hah about either of these guys before they died)

BEGGING TO BE SHOT:
Barbra Streissand, Kenny G, the Eagles, Steve Vai, Earth, Wind, and Fire, The Oak Ridge Boys