While I was busy daytripping to vineyards and pirate stores, that out-of-touch trainwreck we call The Grammys Nominations thrust its spotlight on a new crop of overrated "crossover" artists and recently deceased dudes. Album Of The Year and Best New Artist are the only outcomes I tend to remember (not counting Jethro Tull's Best Heavy Metal win in '87), so let's focus our derision on those categories...
Album Of The Year
- Ray Charles & Various Artists Genius Loves Company
- Green Day American Idiot
- Alicia Keys The Diary Of Alicia Keys
- Usher Confessions
- Kanye West The College Dropout
- Los Lonely Boys
- Maroon 5
- Joss Stone
- Kanye West
- Gretchen Wilson
I also wanted to write about the CDs I picked up at Aquarius (Japanese acid-folk oddity L and Animal Collective fave Ariel Pink) and tell you about the burrito place Byron recommended, but this Hilton computer sucks. Do you hear me Paris? NOT HOT.
So Grammys ... who wuz robbed? (Full list here.)
