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Wednesday
February 26, 1997
Entertainment

Grammys go digital

Mainstream music's night-of-nights brings its honk and strum to the Web. The "39th Annual Grammy Awards," airing tonight on CBS at 8 p.m. PST, will sound off in cyberspace with the help of Apple Computer and The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

What does this mean exactly? The Grammy WebCast turned on its Grammy LiveCam at Madison Square Garden as of the wee hours of this morning, eyeballing behind-the-scenes Grammy pre-prep, rehearsals, and the like. Then at 1 p.m. PST, the WebCast gears up for a hosted backstage look at the Grammy show, featuring an awards posting and coverage of a VIP party.

As Grammy doesn't know the meaning of the word "contained," the week has seen a veritable oil spill of pre-Grammy Web events with a Tracy Chapman chat, tribute to Phil Collins, and the Fugees live, among a tanker-full of other slick offerings.

From the Gin Blossoms to Celine Dion to Babyface, the Grammy WebCast center serves up a complete listing of nominees. If the Webmasters had truly done their homework, you'd also find a dazzling array of links. There isn't a one, so it's left to Music Previews Network and CBS to mop up. And while the site isn't particularly awe-inspiring, it does proffer some Grammy historical trivia and a forum for posing questions to the nominees.

Be prepared. The Grammy Webcast counsels users to have at the ready Netscape Navigator 2.0 or better, 16 MB of memory or greater, QuickTime 2.5, and 28.8 modems for live video feed. Collect your tools in advance of the Webcast to avoid the rush.

Take note. If this live music-biz love-in fails to fill your eardrum, there's always The Grammys CD-ROM and "Ninety Six Grammy Nominees," the album.

-- Merrill Gillaspy

Image credit: © 1997 Apple Computer, Inc., The Recording Academy

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