From: Jonathan Dacey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
hey there..
i held out on this for awhile cause there's still abit o time left but i
dont think anything phenomonal will occur so here it is:
all are of 95.. not necessarily of all time..unless otherwise stated...
best east coast bands:
1: the motes ... hands down no question...
2: thrush hermit..
3: sloan
best non east coast bands:
1: guv'ner
2: pavement
3: polvo
honorable mentions to gbv
best east coast albums:
1: gesner.. the motes
best non east coast albums:
1: alien lanes ..guided by voices
2: wowee zowee ...pavement
3: ejector seat reservation... swervedriver
best east coast ep..single
1: thrush hermit ..the great pacific ocean
best non east coast ep/single
1: polvo ..this eclipse ep
2: pavement.. ratled by the rush 7"
3: push kings ..slow down this is not monte carlo 7" (95?)
best east coast vids:
1: buddha ..al tuck... were there any more? other thAn 10lbs..
2: the action figure battles the motes made
best non east coast vids:
1: guided by voices...auditorium/motor away
2: pavement ..rattled by the rush
3: 3way tie between the 3 helium vids
after watching the wedge best of 95 all week i remembr how many shitty
vids came out this year...yikes
best live performance:
1: pavement... new york city
2: tie the motes at the pop explosion and the motes in truro... truely
demented and inspired ...
3: pie.. mideast boston
best read:
1: chris ware's acme novelty library...hands down the best comic of the
year...consistently amazing.
2: robert and aline crumb's self loathing comics .. both crumbs get
better and better.. its not fair...
3: max anderson's carboy stories from zero zero.. truely demented comix
best zines:
1: destroy all comics.. jeff levine...
2: left hip ..gordon b. isnor... wooo ... hilarious...
3: mojo action companion unit ...marc bell.. great messed up mini comix
best flicks:
1: Crumb..terry zwigoff... hands down the absolute winner of 95..
amazing... an amazing protrait of a true artistic genius
2: kids.. larry clark... clark puts his amazing photos right up on the
big screen and makes one of the best first films ever... best quotes of
the year too...
best tube:
1: party of five blows 90210 out of the water as most enjoyable of 95..
especially with the nail in the coffin that was last and this weeks
episodes (including jessica from much missed class of '96).
2: beverly hills 90210.. slugs along but is still good.. especially colin
on the blow tonight..
3: ER... not to shabby... clooney on the spliff was a great moment of the
year...
ok i guess thAts it.. the year was pretty good.. not alot of good stuff
but what 3was good was pretty damn fine!!
later
jon dacey
From: Per L}ngstr|m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
hej.
here's my votes based on the stuff i have heard this past year:
1) best east-coast band
sloan. eric's trip. the state champs.
(to be taken with a grain of salt. i haven't seen any of them live. but
they seem to be nice and friendly bands who are also really good on
record/tape :) )
2) best non-east-coast band
shellac. superchunk. guided by voices.
(shellac where seriously so unbelieveably good live. superchunk made this
year's best album. and guided by voices are from the sixties and still
making great, great music. to be compared with, for example, the kinks..
;) and, mmm, dinner is ruined did almost make it on here. dave and dale
are the friendliest.)
3) best east-coast LP
the motes-gesner
state champs-back to the billions
elevator to hell-s/t
(three words: gesner, ant records ;) )
4) best non-east-coast LP
superchunk-here's where the strings come in
pitchblende-au jus
guided by voices-alien lanes
(au jus was released here in europe by matador in '95 and archers of
loaf's "vee vee" & tar's"over and out" are still competing fiercly with
gbv to get on top-three :) )
5) best east-coast EP or single
thrush hermit-great pacific ocean
sloan-stood up/same old flame
state champs-nevada downs
(the et and elevator to hell 7-inchers were good too)
6) best non-east-coast EP or single
the grifters-eureka ep
polvo-new radiant storm king 7"
starmarket-your style ep
(i haven't heard the new polvo ep yet. would probably have been there
if i had. mmm starmarket is actually a swedish band! kind of like a
ninties husker du with *a lot* of energy and enthusiasm (and a liking of
superchunk). a "hardcorier" thrush hermit maybe?)
7) best live performance (a single date, a single band please!)
shellac at the pukkelpop festival hasselt, belgium on the 26th of august.
(unsane, dinner is ruined, six finger satellite, starmarket, stereolab and
guided by voices where *really* good too)
8) best video (EC or non)
-
(watching bands pretending to be rocking out backed up by their own
studio-recorded song makes *me* feel dumb. so. shouldn't all this
miming in front of the camera making *the bands* feel, at least, *a
little* dumb too??? anyway. because of this, videos usually just
suck. :P )
and that's all. god jul allihopa! (merry christmas everybody!)
.per
From: L Foss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Well, here's my votes:
1) best east coast band
Thrush Hermit
2) best non east coast band
Mollys reach
3) best east coast LP
Superfriendz- Mock up scale down
4) best non east coast LP
mollys reach- persephone
5) best east coast ep
Thrush Hermit- TGPO
6) best non east coast ep
???
7) best live performance
Thrush Hermit- The Rev- June sometime
8) Best video
10 lbs- Superfriendz- it's so cheesy it's great!
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