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quote Matt Addison

Ouh! How did you know that this topic would attract me to the thread? I have seen them, but I haven't seen the Australian Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. Has it even begun? Oh, and I think they don't look none to shabby, either.

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Record of the Year:
"Here We Go Again," Ray Charles and Norah Jones.

Album of the Year:
"Genius Loves Company," Ray Charles.

Song of the Year:
"Daughters," John Mayer.

Best New Artist:
Maroon 5.

Best Rock Song:
"Vertigo," Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen (U2).

Best Rock Album:
"American Idiot," Green Day.

Best Hard Rock Performance:
"Slither," Velvet Revolver.

Best Metal Performance:
"Whiplash," Motorhead.

Best Rock Instrumental Performance:
"Mrs. O'Leary's Cow," Brian Wilson.

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal:
"Vertigo," U2.

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
"Code of Silence," Bruce Springsteen.

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
"Sunrise," Norah Jones.

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:
"Daughters," John Mayer.

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal:
"Heaven," Los Lonely Boys.

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
"Here We Go Again," Ray Charles and Norah Jones.

Best Pop Instrumental Performance:
"11th Commandment," Ben Harper.

Best Pop Instrumental Album:
"Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar," Various Artists.

Best Pop Vocal Album:
"Genius Loves Company," Ray Charles and Various Artists.

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
"Stardust ... The Great American Songbook Volume III," Rod Stewart.

Best Dance Recording:
"Toxic," Britney Spears.

Best Electronic/Dance Album:
"Kish Kash," Basement Jaxx.

Best Alternative Music Album:
"A Ghost Is Born," Wilco.

Best Rap Song:
"Jesus Walks," C. Smith and Kanye West (Kanye West).

Best Rap Album:
"The College Dropout," Kanye West.

Best Rap Solo Performance:
"99 Problems," Jay-Z.

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
"Let's Get It Started," The Black Eyed Peas

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
"Yeah!" Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris.

Best R&B Song:
"You Don't Know My Name," Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly and Kanye West (Alicia Keys).

Best R&B Album:
"The Diary of Alicia Keys," Alicia Keys.

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:
"If I Ain't Got You," Alicia Keys.

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance:
"Call My Name," Prince.

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
"My Boo," Usher and Alicia Keys.

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
"Musicology," Prince.

Best Urban/Alternative Performance:
"Cross My Mind," Jill Scott.

Best Contemporary R&B Album:
"Confessions," Usher.

Best Traditional Blues Album:
"Blues to the Bone," Etta James.

Best Contemporary Blues Album:
"Keep It Simple," Keb' Mo'.

Best New Age Album:
"Returning," Will Ackerman.

Best Contemporary Jazz Album:
"Unspeakable," Bill Frisell.

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
"R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)," Nancy Wilson.

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo:
"Speak Like a Child," Herbie Hancock.

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group:
"Illuminations," McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride and Lewis Nash.

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
"Concert in the Garden," Maria Schneider Orchestra.

Best Latin Jazz Album:
"Land of the Sun," Charlie Haden.

Best Female Country Vocal Performance:
"Redneck Woman," Gretchen Wilson.

Best Male Country Vocal Performance:
"Live Like You Were Dying," Tim McGraw.

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal:
"Top of the World," Dixie Chicks.

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals:
"Portland Oregon," Loretta Lynn and Jack White.

Best Country Instrumental Performance:
"Earl's Breakdown," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Jerry Douglas.

Best Country Song:
"Live Like You Were Dying," Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman (Tim McGraw).

Best Bluegrass Album:
"Brand New Strings," Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder.

Best Traditional Folk Album:
"Beautiful Dreamer -- The Songs of Stephen Foster," Various Artists.

Best Contemporary Folk Album:
"The Revolution Starts ... Now," Steve Earle.

Best Native American Music Album:
"Cedar Dream Songs," Bill Miller.

Best Hawaiian Music Album:
"Slack Key Guitar Volume 2," Various Artists.

Best Reggae Album:
"True Love," Toots and The Maytals.

Best Traditional World Music Album:
"Raise Your Spirit Higher," Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Best Contemporary World Music Album:
"Egypt," Youssou N'Dour.

Best Polka Album: "Let's Kiss:
25th Anniversary Album," Brave Combo.

Best Musical Show Album:
"Wicked."

Best Instrumental Composition:
"Merengue," Paquito D'Rivera, composer (Yo-Yo Ma), from "Obrigado Brazil -- Live in Concert."

Best Instrumental Arrangement:
"Past Present and Future," Slide Hampton, arranger (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra), from "The Way -- Music of Slide Hampton."

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
"Over the Rainbow," Victor Vanacore, arranger (Ray Charles & Johnny Mathis), from "Genius Loves Company."

Best Engineered Album, non-classical:
"Genius Loves Company."

Best Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
John Shanks.

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Jacques Lu Cont.

Best Surround Sound Album:
"Genius Loves Company."

Best Latin Pop Album:
"Amar Sin Mentiras," Marc Anthony.

Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album:
Ozomatli.

Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album:
"Ahora Si!" Israel Lopez "Cachao."

Best Salsa/Merengue Album:
"Across 110th Street," Spanish Harlem Orchestra featuring Ruben Blades.

Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album:
"Intimamente," Intocable.

Best Tejano Album:
"Polkas, Gritos y Acordeones," David Lee Garza, Joel Guzman and Sunny Sauceda.

Best Short Form Music Video:
"Vertigo," U2.

Best Long Form Music Video:
"Concert for George," Various Artists.

Best Gospel Performance:
"Heaven Help Us All," Ray Charles and Gladys Knight.

Best Rock Gospel Album:
"Wire," Third Day.

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
"All Things New," Steven Curtis Chapman.

Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
"Worship and Faith," Randy Travis.

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album:
"There Will Be a Light," Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama.

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:
"Nothing Without You," Smokie Norful.

Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album:
"Live ... This is Your House," The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir.

Best Musical Album for Children:
"cELLAbration! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins," Various Artists.

Best Spoken Word Album for Children:
"The Train They Call The City of New Orleans," Tom Chapin.

Best Spoken Word Album:
"My Life," Bill Clinton.

Best Comedy Album:
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents ... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction," Jon Stewart and the Cast of "The Daily Show."

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
"Higdon: City Scape; Concerto for Orchestra," Jack Renner, engineer (Robert Spano).

Best Producer of the Year, Classical:
David Frost.

Best Classical Album:
"Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls," Lorin Maazel, conductor; John Adams and Lawrence Rock, producers.

Best Orchestral Performance:
"Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls," Lorin Maazel, conductor; John Adams and Lawrence Rock, producers.

Best Opera Recording:
"Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro," Rene Jacobs, conductor; Patrizia Ciofi, Veronique Gens, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager and Lorenzo Regazzo; Martin Sauer, producer (Various Artists; Concerto Koln).

Best Choral Performance:
"Berlioz: Requiem," Robert Spano, conductor; Norman Mackenzie, choir director (Frank Lopardo, tenor; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra).

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra):
"Previn: Violin Concerto `Anne-Sophie'/Bernstein: Serenade," Andre Previn, conductor; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin (Boston Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra).

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra):
"Aire Latino (Morel, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, etc.)," David Russell, guitar.

Best Chamber Music Performance: "Prokofiev (Arr. Pletnev):
Cinderella -- Suite for Two Pianos/Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye," Martha Argerich, piano and Mikhail Pletnev, piano.

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor):
"Carlos Chavez -- Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2," Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music.

Best Classical Vocal Performance:
"Ives: Songs (The Things Our Fathers Loved; the Housatonic at Stockbridge, etc.)," Susan Graham, mezzo soprano.

Best Classical Contemporary Composition:
"Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls," John Adams (Lorin Maazel; Brooklyn Youth Chorus and New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic).

Best Classical Crossover Album:
"LAGQ's Guitar Heroes," Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
"Garden State," Various Artists.

Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," Howard Shore, composer.

Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
"Into the West," Annie Lennox, Howard Shore and Fran Walsh, songwriters, track from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."

Best Recording Package:
"A Ghost Is Born," Peter Buchanan-Smith and Dan Nadel, art directors (Wilco).

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
"Once in a Lifetime," Stefan Sagmeister, art director (Talking Heads).

Best Album Notes:
"The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra and Woodchoppers (1945-1947)," Loren Schoenberg, album notes writer (Woody Herman and His Orchestra).

Best Historical Album:
"Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm and Blues, 1945-1970," Daniel Cooper and Michael Gray, compilation producers.

quote mj_da_best

I'm not exactly sure, but I think that Red Symmons used to play saxophone or something like that in a band...can't remember exactly though...