Couple more Grammy observations: The new president of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Neil Portnow gets some kudos for being gracious, humble and brief when he addressed the audience: “The music industry and music itself is very much alive,” noted. This contrasts with the incredibly arrogant former president Michael Greene. His obnoxious behavior to a member of former Rudy Giuliani’s assistants was one reason that the Grammys weren’t in New York in recent years. Last year, he lectured the home audience (i.e. the buying public) that downloading was destroying the industry (as opposed to the poor product and stupid business decisions that the industry has made). He mentioned how his college-age interns were able to find hundreds of songs off the Internet in just a few days. When it was revealed that he was making a $2 million salary with an RIAA-provided house and car, he ended up looking very petty. Oh and sexual-harassment charges didn’t help either. Portnow is, so far, a breath of fresh