[78-L] Greatest addicts

[Michael Biel]

On 7/23/2011 3:38 PM, buster wrote:
> 1.  That there were no Grammy awards in bix's day

There have been many reissues that could have been eligible for Grammys 
in historical divisions.

> 2.  That the Grammy award is commercial rather than merit-based

To the contrary, although the award may now seem to be commercial, the 
award was very clearly originated to NOT be commercially based.  The 
original documentation back in the 50s discusses the merit bases of the 
awards were NOT to be based in any way on sales or popularity

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

>
> On Jul 23, 2011, at 12:33 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>
>> And she won 5 Grammys..how many did Bix win? And what does this tell you?
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 7/23/2011 3:31 PM, Erwin Kluwer wrote:
>>>   I agree that she was 'repellant' with her tattoos and piercings and
>>>> general presence -- drunkenness and drugged out. To some of 'our
>>>> generation' this is rather disgusting, but apparently not to her
>>>> peers.
>>>