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| | Salon | Sharps and Flats: And the Winner is ... SOY BOMB! |
 | | After having girded myself for war, and after having snickered to myself for days over the fine show I was going to make of things when the time came to start lopping heads, this year's ceremony turned out to be fairly dignified and just. |
 | | The Grammy process, remember, has traditionally been so narcissistic, and the awards so vapid, that it wouldn't have been beyond the pale for folks like Paula Cole, Sarah McLachlan, and Shawn Colvin to have gotten their nominations for appearance's sake alone, only to be trod into the mud for the sake of someone like Jewel. |
 | | But with Colvin having snagged the record of the year award (for "Sunny Came Home"), the only complaints one could have are purely technical. |
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