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The Brain
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the year in review
THE WINNERS!
Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's poll. There were a lot of entries, a lot of great choices, but we proudly give you here the highest ranking ones.
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ALBUM OF THE YEAR
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The top 10 notches...
- godspeed you black emperor!, "Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven"
- Coil, "Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 2"
- Radiohead, "Kid A"
- Sigur Rós, "Ágćtis Byrjun" [despite the release being in 1999, the international distribution through Fat-Cat will qualify this release for 2000]
- Yo La Tengo, "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out"
- Current 93, "Sleep Has His House"
- two way tie:
Broadcast, "The Noise Made By People"
Legendary Pink Dots, "A Perfect Mystery"
- Antony & the Johnsons, "Antony & the Johnsons"
- two way tie:
Amon Tobin, "Supermodified"
Trans Am, "Red Line
- two way tie:
Kid 606, "Down with the Scene"
Primal Scam, "Xtrmntr"
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BAND OF THE YEAR
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- godspeed you black emperor!
- Coil
- Radiohead
- Sigur Rós
- Legendary Pink Dots
- Current 93
- Kid 606
- Low
- Yo La Tengo
- Antony & the Johnsons
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SONG OF THE YEAR
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- Coil, "Batwings (A Limnal Hymn)"
- Boards of Canada, "In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country"
- Radiohead, "Idioteque"
- Antony & the Johnsons, "Cripple and the Starfish"
- Current 93, "I Have a Special Plan for This World"
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MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
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- Outkast, "B.O.B."
- MDMFK, "Missing Time"
- Add N to (X), "Plug Me In"
- Eminem, "Will the Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up"
- Radiohead - all those little short video clips
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NEW BAND OF THE YEAR
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- Antony & the Johnsons
- Goldfrapp
- A Silver Mt. Zion
- The Damage Manual
- Cex
[note: Sigur Rós actually got the most votes but since their first album was released in 1988, they were disqualified. Their current album is their third album.]
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CONCERT EVENT
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- Legendary Pink Dots/Dead Voices on Air
- godspeed you black emperor!
- Nine Inch Nails
- Coil at the Royal Festival Hall (2nd time)
- Wire
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BEST LABEL
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- Kranky
- three-way tie:
Constellation
Thrill Jockey
Warp
- World Serpent
- Soleilmoon
- two-way tie:
Mille-Plateaux
Ant-Zen
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BEST PRODUCER
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- John McEntire & Jim O'Rourke
- Steve Albini
- Steven Stapleton
- Christoph Heemann
- Frank Verschuuren
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WORST BAND
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- Limp Bizkit
- Creed
- Moby
- Radiohead
- U2
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WORST ALBUM YOU BOUGHT
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- Radiohead, "Kid A"
- Download, "Effector"
- Coil, "Constant Shallowness Leads to Evil"
- Chicks on Speed, "Will Save Us All"
- Badly Drawn Boy, "The Hour of Bewilderbeast"
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BEST COMP
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- Wild Planet
- OHM - The Early Gurus of Electronic Music
- Attitude
- Xen Cuts
- Chicago 2018
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BEST MOVIE
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- Requiem for a Dream
- Dancer in the Dark
- Gladiator [??? don't our readers have any taste?]
- High Fidelity
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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BEST TV SHOW
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- The Simpsons
- South Park
- Futurama
- The Daily Show
- The Sopranos
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BEST BOOK
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- Neal Stephenson, "Cryptonomicon"
- "Apocalypse Culture 2"
- Dave Eggers, "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"
- Naomi Klein, "No Logo"
- Bill Drummond, "45"
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BEST ACTOR
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- Russel Crowe
- John Cusak
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Ed Norton
- Kevin Spacey
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BEST ACTRESS
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- Bjück
- Ellen Burntsyn
- Christina Ricci
- Kate Hudson
- Angelina Jolie
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BIGGEST DISAP- POINTMENT
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- US Presidential Election
- Y2K and no armageddon
- lame year for films
- miserable lives of the readers who think their lives suck
- Dancer in the Dark
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EVENT
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- Endless US Presidential Election
- New Year's Day 2000
- Coil live
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WEBSITE
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- brainwashed
yuck!
- theonion.com
- nosepilot.com
- amihotornot.com
- heavy.com
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HERO
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- Ralph Nader
- assholes who voted for themselves
- George W. Bush
- Jon Whitney
- Dan Rather
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VILLAIN
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- George W. Bush
- assholes who voted themselves
- RIAA
- Al Gore
- Jon Whitney
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MOST ANNOYING TREND
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- Scooters
- Rap Rock
- "Whassssup" greeting (shouting or text messaging)
- cell phones
- Who let the dogs out
We'll return next week with an all new issue of THE BRAIN.
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