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