Hey y'all, At the behest of list mummy Honey, I've decided to take my "Top..." list requests to personal e-mail correspondence. This should prevent clogging the list with arguments that proceed as such: "Blur's "13" is shite. Mogwai's "Come On Die Young" is much better because they have shirts to prove it!" The first list for you constructing pleasure is "The Top 15 Albums of 1999". Therefore, please mail a "Top 20 (N.B. 20, not 15) Albums of 1999" list (in numerical order, of course, with "1" being the best album of the year and "20" being the twentieth best album) to markniciu@hotmail.com before the 1 November (this deadline is flexible and may be extended depending upon the quantity of contributions). I will tabulate the results by assigning a score as follows: #1 receives 20 points, #2 chalks up 19 points, #3 marks 18 points, etc. The final results will be posted to this list; I will also construct a web page with the results of our lists reified for all eternity to the adulating or excoriating eyes of all Sinisterines, unbelievers, Steps fans, etc. A few words of interest regarding this list, and, more specifically, what the title "Best Album of 1999" precludes from consideration. First, only LPs may tabulate votes; thus, any votes for Godspeed You Black Emperor!'s "Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada", no matter how fucking top this masterpiece is, will be for naught, as it is an EP. Second, the album must have been released in its country of origin in the year 1999 C.E. (or A.D., depending upon one's devotion to a wandering, itinerant Jew who strode the earth approximately two thousand years ago). Therefore, any votes for Manic Street Preachers "This is My Truth..." from U.S. fans will also be for naught as the Welsh trio ("Richey, Richey, where are you?") released this album in the British Isles in 1998 albeit it was released in the U.S. this year. As I probably will not be familiar with every item voted for in this list, can you please do some homework and ascertain that you are voting for an album released this year in its country of origin(or surrounding countries, as the case may be) in 1999? I simply don't have the time or the patience to check every single record. If this list is a success, viz., more than 50 respondents, the next list will be a "Top X Reissues, EPs, Singles, etc., of 1999". I promise that you'll have the opportunity to vote for "Tigermilk" in this list! Peace, Mark ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+