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:
\nMODEST PROPOSALS for NEW CATEGORIES:
\nBEST TOUR, or LIVE ACT
\nLIVE DVDS
\nBEST REMASTER
\nOUTSTANDING PROGRESSIVE RADIO CONTRIBUTION (DJ or producer)
\nBEST REMASTER INTO DOLBY DIGITAL 5:1 (PET SOUNDS, anybody?)
\nBest Comeback
\nBest Marketing Campaign
\nMOST EGREGIOUS OMISSIONS:
\nWillie Nelson’s CRAZY: DEMO SESSIONS
\nTriumph, the Insult Comic Dog, COME POOP WITH ME, not nominated for comedy album
\nSIGNS OF LIFE:
\nDave Holland Quintet nom for EXTENDED PLAY, Jazz
\nYeah Yeah Yeahs FEVER TO TELL for Best Alternative
\nWhite Stripes ELEPHANT for Best Alternative
\nDavid Cross nominated for Comedy
\nMOST INEXPLICABLE NOMINATIONS:
\nGeorge Harrison: BEST POP VOCAL?
\nDave Matthews: BEST ROCK VOCAL?
\nShania Twain UP!: BEST COUNTRY?
\nFountains of Wayne, WELCOME INTERSTATE MANAGERS: BEST NEW ARTIST?
\nSHUT-OUTS:
\nRosanne Cash, RULES OF TRAVEL
\nSteely Dan, EVERYTHING MUST GO
\nStrokes, ROOM ON FIRE
\nNew Pornographers, ELECTRIC VERSION
\nNada Surf, LET GO
\nBruce Springsteen, LIVE IN BARCELONA
\nDwight Yoakam, POPULATION ME
\nNeil Young GREENDALE (+DVD)
\nMISSING IN ACTION:
\nSheryl Crow
\nDixie Chicks
\nNelly
\nBeck
\nRANK TOKENISM FOR THE DECEASED:
\nGeorge Harrison, Warren Zevon (like the Grammies ever gave a hoo-hah about either of these guys before they died)
\nBEGGING TO BE SHOT:
\nBarbra Streissand, Kenny G, the Eagles, Steve Vai, Earth, Wind, and Fire, The Oak Ridge Boys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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