So, the Grammy nominations...

It's still not a good list, but the Evanescence album is fine for what it is, and I like it more than the other album nominations, actually, which includes three other albums that I also like a lot.

I mean, you've got Neptunes, Missy, Jay-Z, White Stripes, Radiohead, 50 Cent, Johnny Cash, Clocks by Coldplay, Lose Yourself, Foo Fighters, Eyrkah Badu, Anthony Hamilton, R Kelly....seems like alot of these artists are either highly regarded or much discussed on ILM (give or take Anthony Hamilton and the Foo Fighters, but I like them both).

I haven't heard the album, so I can't comment. But my question wasn't that of disgust, but of surprise. I had no idea they'd made such an impact?

She's a Broadway-type; I think she was Nala in "The Lion King".

Personally, I'm sitting here feeling very smug about being right in a mini-argument I had this morning about whether Clay Aiken would get nominated for a Grammy.

The compilation album of this year's nominees wouldn't be too bad, I've picked up cut-out copies from the 90s and thought "were these peopleo n the same planet as me?".

What kind of stuff does Headley do solo? Is it broadway tunes?

I wonder if there's a way to eliminate enough variables to figure out how much your death increases your odds of being nominated?

-I want to hear Eric Idle read Charlie & the Chocolate Factory(!)

-Fountains of Wayne (had no idea they'd gotten so big in the mainstream).

So, was Clay not nominated? I'm a little disappointed, I like Clay. I might be the only one.

Heather Headley's solo stuff is largely in the contemporary R&B genre, kind of like mid-90s Toni Braxton in terms of production. She's also ridiculously gorgeous.

Ruben's album is supposed to come out in early 2004. I think he's got a single in circulation right now which is... all right. Too much "I'm sorry", but DAMN IS IT SMOOTH.

(Matt, most of my Juggalo friends also like musicals! We are Juggapussies.)

zevon got FIVE nominations for a perfectly mediocre album that nobody bought. i wouldn't call that being canceled out!

we proudly present:

The Great Milenko: A Musical
starring
Violent J
Dan Perry
Mandy Patinkin
The Kottonmouth Kings

and

Kathleen Turner as Mrs. Robinson

Music by Sir Elton John, Tim Rice, and Shaggy 2 Dope

[Mind you I don't agree with the aesthetics of Uncut that is overloaded with drab'n'dull: Americana/ Alt.Country/ Singer-Songwriters]

al: i doee your point. zevon would've been an easy old-fogey to nominate for album of the year!

Seriously, this is one of those years that the Grammys probably had no choice but to skew young... like 1999. I think I'm happy that all the alternative choices in Album of the Year went towards the choice I would've made... i.e. Elephant instead of Hail to the Thief, Justified instead of Stripped, and two hip-hop albums instead of two sentimental favorites (any comination of Zevon & Harrison & Vandross).

Jeez, do I hate "Where is the Love." I don't say this often, but where is "In the Club"?

The "Alt" trend is over, so they (finally) moved on to rap?

http://alarmweb.org/2003/

Didn't there used to be a metal album category? I remember the scandal when Jethro Tull beat out Metallica's And Justice For All...Did they just chuck that and make it alternative when alternative was big?

I think they got rid of metal after Soundgarden won and threw a bitchfit screaming that they weren't metal. Losers.

soundgarden was sooo metal, too.

God, I remember being really excited when U2 won best alternative album for Zooropa and Bono said that it was ludicrous but they'll continue to "fuck with the mainstream." I was like a lil' Jim DeRogatis at 14 I tells ya.

But this year's selections are fairly awesome! At least way more interesting than a Steely Dan renuion.

Field 4 - Rock
Category 18 - Best Metal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles
or Tracks only.)

• Did My Time
Korn
[Epic/Immortal Records]

• mOBSCENE
Marilyn Manson
Track from: The Golden Age Of Grotesque
[Nothing/Interscope Records]

• St. Anger
Metallica
Track from: St. Anger
[Elektra Entertainment Group]

• Smothered
Spineshank
Track from: Self-Destructive Pattern
[Roadrunner Records]

• Inhale
Stone Sour
Track from: Stone Sour
[Roadrunner Records]

Field 5 - Alternative
Category 22 - Best Alternative Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Fight Test
The Flaming Lips
[Warner Bros. Records]

• Hail To The Thief
Radiohead
[Capitol Records]

• Untitled
Sigur Rós
[Fat Cat/MCA Records]

• Elephant
The White Stripes
[V2/ThirdMan Records]

• Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
[Interscope Records]

... does this mean it's dead?

Cash not only got nominated but actually won a Grammy last year for American IV (despite it actually coming out after the deadline).

As for Fountains of Wayne, it looks like the Academy is fitting them in under that malleable "first recording which establishes the public identity of the artist" language.

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

New Killer Star
David Bowie
Track from: Reality
[Columbia Records]

Down In The Flood
Bob Dylan
Track from: Masked And Anonymous - Music From The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
[Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax]

If I Could Fall In Love
Lenny Kravitz
[Virgin Records America]

Gravedigger
Dave Matthews
Track from: Some Devil
[RCA Records/Bama Rags]

Return Of Jackie & Judy
Tom Waits
Track from: We're A Happy Family: A Tribute To Ramones (Various Artists)
[DV8/Columbia Records]