Feeling a Bit Defensive, Are We?

Barbra Streisand burns up "valuable" space on Page One of her online screed site website - a place where most artists hawk their wares, like her new album of interminable formulaic ballads recycled from forty years of movies I generally hated songs from movies, to take a swipe at Matt Drudge:

NARAS ISSUES STATEMENT VERIFYING STREISAND GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR "THE MOVIE ALBUM" AND REFUTING MATT DRUDGE AND CINDY ADAMS LIES

(Note: articles were run by columnists Matt Drudge [the Drudge Report] and Cindy Adams [the New York Post] stating that the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences was considering disqualifying the Grammy nomination of Barbra Streisand's "The Movie Album," the articles asserting it was released too late. Adams flat-out claimed that such disqualification had taken place. There was, of course, no truth to their stories, and their charges were refuted by the National Association of Recording Sciences, which issued the following statement:)

"We are diligent about protecting the integrity of our process, especially prior to announcing nominations. According to our records, all of this year's nominations have met the necessary criteria, and we wish all of our nominees the best of luck."

Glad we got that straightened out, aren't we?

The album's been out that long, and I still haven't bought it?

Go figure.