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So now you can win a Grammy in the "best spoken word" category by reading your autobiography?

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 07:01:28 PM EST
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They had that one for years. Bill Clinton's won three of them, and Hillary won one for It Takes a Village.

It wasn't the biography one, though, I believe. It was the recent one.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 07:04:52 PM EST
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Sure, but a spoken word grammy for an audiobook recording is an insult to true spoken word artists like, say, Sherman Alexie (to name just one I have had the plleasure to see live).

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 07:06:54 PM EST
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You lived in Southern California, center of the Bizarro World that is the entertainment industry, for a few years and yet you really think these Hollywood award shows decide based upon actual merit?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 07:14:24 PM EST
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I will totally concur with Migs about Sherman Alexie. Brilliant writer, very funny. He became a friend during the development of "Smoke Signals," directed by Chris Eyre, which won Sundance. Being on set for last days of shooting was one of the high points in my life. The wrap party was over the top.

Sherman was always great at readings, and he sparked many Native kids to develop their writing.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 07:34:04 PM EST
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