Desperate Houseflies Top Sites: HumorFeed About.com I Love Bacon Mad Kane Studio 8 Ironic Times Jon Stewart Mark Fiore More linkage >> More Stuff: netbook Ad information >>		Grammys Reflect Disappointing Year for Dilettantes New York City, NY  |  The dismal lack of National tragedy in 2002 left a noticeable void in Madison Square Garden at this year's Grammy Awards ceremony. Only veteran performer Bruce Springsteen was able to cash in on catastrophe. Mel Gadmons, honored last year for "Suckiest 9/11 Song" knows just how hard it is for artists to get their big break. And 2002's good news was bad news for the majority of aspiring songwriters. "Nothing happened," he complained. "Absolutely nothing! There wasn't even a major plane crash. Oh, I tried to get motivated by that disco they blew up in ...where was it? Bali, right? But I finally had to admit I just didn't give a crap." Gadmons says he briefly considered doing a Columbia Space Shuttle disaster ballad, but it happened too late to submit for consideration this year. "By the time the 2004 Grammys roll around, nobody will remember," he predicted. "Something really needs to happen during the Summer or Fall. Otherwise, why bother." Great White is rumored to be rushing a track into production about the carnage in Rhodes Island. But few industry-watchers expect it to get much airplay. War with Iraq remains the only hope in the foreseeable future. With the absence of amateurs in the running, the 2003 Grammy for "Most Pitiful Attempt to Get Noticed by Releasing a Sucky Album" went to Rod Stewart.
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