PARODY-PROOF (via The Mother Judd):

At the After-Grammys, Sampling the Heat (LOLA OGUNNAIKE, February 10, 2004, NY Times)

It was perhaps not the first place one would have expected to find Senator Orrin G. Hatch, and yet there he was, not on Capitol Hill worrying about judicial nominations, but rather glad-handing with the likes of Sting and Geri Halliwell of the Spice Girls at EMI Music Publishing's swanky Grammy after-party in downtown Los Angeles. As waiters wielding trays of tuna tartare, crab rolls and caviar-filled minipotatoes scurried about the sprawling rooftop of the Los Angeles County Museum, Senator Hatch gleefully discussed music — his music.

"I'm working on a patriotic album with some of Nashville's greatest producers," he said, hair combed into perfect submission, tuxedo pressed and gleaming. He has a Christmas album due out later this year and has written everything from country rousers to ballads. Senator Hatch, Republican of Utah, or dare we call him MC Hatch, has even tried his hand at rapping.

"When my son heard my demo, he told me to put in a safe deposit box and never take it out." Good idea.