Best Internet Artist

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Tom Ewing notes on his site that U2 was awarded the title "Best Internet Arist" tonight at the American Music Awards, and asks, rightly and eloquently, "What fresh nonsense is this?" I looked around U2's website for awhile, just to be a good sport, but I am forced to the conclusion that the AMA believes that we are presently suffering from a lack of ill-conceived and ill-given awards in music, and that what we need is an injection of Tzara-level meaninglessness to spice things up. My own new AMA category is Best Optimization of an Enhanced CD's Web Content for IE 4.0. Anybody else?

― John Darnielle, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Best Tracking of Fan Downloading From Other Sites to Let the RIAA Dogs After Them.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Best Use of MP3 ID3v2 Tags to Mislead Curious Downloaders.

(My nominee - Formerly Known as Oedipisaurus Rex, uploading their charming pop song, "Ollie the Otter", as a Sesame Street song featuring Ms. Britney Spears.)

― David Raposa, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Best Artist Website That Artist Is Contractually Obligated To Have Nothing To Do With.

― Michael Daddino, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Best Software Cover-Up Of An Artist's Deficiency

― Brian MacDonald, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Best Use of Enhanced CD Web Content to Initiate Blue Screen of Death.

Best Record Label / Performer Website Time Capsule.

― David Raposa, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

("Best Internet Artist" would have been a lot more pleasant if Wilco had won.)

― Nitsuh, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Best anonymous post from a publicist on a genre-similar band's message board

― maura, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Best use of internet, video, press kit, or other promotional tool to divert attention from "artist's" lack of talent.

― Dave225, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Most Spectacularly Intrusive Advertising Cross-promotion

― Lord Custos, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh, what about...
Most Inane Shoutout?

― Lord Custos, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

How about Best Javascript Abuse? (Remember Geri Halliwell's site?)

― Dan Perry, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Best Displayed Mastery of HTML 2.0 Programming Skills; Frames / Tables / Flashing Text.

― David Raposa, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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