The Brain
  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.
ALBUM
OF THE
YEAR
 The top 10 notches...
  1. Coil, "Musick to Play in the Dark, Vol.1 "
  2. Nurse with Wound, "An Awkward Pause"
  3. Autechre, "EP7"
  4. three way tie:
    Tom Waits: "Mule Variations"
    To Rococo Rot: "The Amateur View"
    godspeed you black emperor: "Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada"
  5. Stereolab, "Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night
  6. Labradford, "E luxo so"
  7. two way tie:
    Low, "Secret Name"
    Nine Inch Nails, "The Fragile"
  8. two way tie:
    Trans Am, "Futureworld"
    Jim O'Rourke, "Eureka"
  9. four way tie:
    Mogwai, "Come on Die Young"
    Add N to (X), "Avant Hard"
    Sonic Youth, "Goodbye 20th Century"
    Plaid, "Rest Proof Clockwork"
  10. six-way tie:
    Angels of Light, "New Mother
    People Like Us, "Hate People Like Us"
    Pan Sonic, "A"
    Mouse on Mars, "Niun Niggung"
    Plateau, "Spacecake"
    Flaming Lips, "The Soft Bulletin"

BAND
OF THE
YEAR
  1. Coil
  2. godspeed you black emperor!
  3. Legendary Pink Dots
  4. two-way tie:
    Stereolab
    Squarepusher
  5. Low

SONG
OF THE
YEAR
  1. Aphex Twin, "Windowlicker"
  2. Coil, "The Dreamer is Still Asleep"
  3. godspeed you black emperor!, "Moya"
  4. Mogwai, "Stanley Kubrick"
  5. godspeed you black emperor!, "Blaise Bailey Finnegan, III"

MUSIC
VIDEO
OF THE
YEAR
  1. Aphex Twin, "Windowlicker"
  2. Bjork, "All is Full of Love"
  3. three-way tie:
    Add N to (X), "Metal Fingers in My Body"
    Beck, "Sexx Laws"
    Leftfield, "Afrika Shox"
  4. three-way tie:
    Lamb, "B-Side"
    U.N.K.L.E., "Rabbit in Your Headlights"
    Meat Beat Manifesto, "Prime Audio Soup"
NEW
BAND
OF THE
YEAR
  1. Angels of Light
  2. five-way tie:
    The Beta Band
    Cyclobe
    Plone
    Pole
    The All Seeing I

CONCERT
EVENT
  1. Labradford/godspeed you black emperor! (notably in various combinations including Low, Mogwai and Matmos)
  2. Trans Am / Pan Sonic
  3. Tom Ze with Tortoise
  4. Current 93 NYC
  5. four-way tie:
    v/vm
    Stereolab / Papa M
    Legendary Pink Dots
    Man... or Astro-Man??

BEST
LABEL
  1. Warp
  2. Kranky
  3. three-way tie:
    Thrill Jockey
    Mute
    Matador
  4. World Serpent
  5. Fat Cat
  6. Soleilmoon / Staalplaat

BEST
PRODUCER
  1. John McEntire & Jim O'Rourke
  2. Timbaland
  3. Jack Dangers
  4. Steven Stapleton
  5. Howie B

WORST
BAND
  1. three-way tie:
    Nine Inch Nails
    Limp Bizkit
    Backstreet Boys
  2. Korn
  3. six-way tie:
    Coil
    Britney Spears
    Blink 182
    Plone
    Marilyn Manson
    Kid Rock

WORST
ALBUM
YOU
BOUGHT
  1. Nine Inch Nails, "The Fragile"
  2. Tricky, "Juxtapose"
  3. Mogwai, "Come on Die Young"

BEST
COMP
  1. Warp's 10th Anniversary collections
  2. Reach the Rock Soundtrack
  3. v/vm, "AuralOffalWaffleTenPintsOfBitterAndABagOfPorkScratchings"
  4. five-way tie:
    Fight Club Soundtrack
    Matrix Soundtrack
    Eyes Wide Shut Soundtrack
    Matador's 10th Anniversaty
    Soundbombing II
BEST
MOVIE
  1. two-way tie:
    Blair Witch Project
    Being John Malkovich
  2. Eyes Wide Shut
  3. Fight Club
  4. two-way tie:
    American Beauty
    The Matrix
  5. two-way tie:
    Run, Lola, Run
    Dogma
  6. Sixth Sense
  7. two-way tie:
    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
    Sleepy Hollow
  8. three-way tie:
    Princess Mononoke
    Iron Giant
    eXistenZ
  9. The Straight Story
  10. Man on the Moon
  11. American Pie

BEST
TV SHOW
  1. The Simpsons
  2. Futurama
  3. South Park
  4. That 70s Show
  5. X-Files
  6. two-way tie:
    Law and Order
    Just Shoot Me
BEST
BOOK
  1. The Onion Presents, "Our Dumb History"
  2. "Wreckers of Civilization," by Simon Ford

BEST
ACTOR
  1. Kevin Spacey
  2. Ed Norton
  3. three-way tie:
    Johnny Depp
    John Cusak
    Tom Cruise
  4. John Malovich

BEST
ACTRESS
  1. Christina Ricci
  2. three-way tie:
    Nicole Kidman
    Heather Donahue
    Annette Benning
  3. three-way tie:
    that chick in Run Lola Run
    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Cameron Diaz
BIGGEST
DISAP-
POINTMENT
  1. Star Wars
  2. Y2K and all the other hype
  3. Blair Witch Project
  4. The Haunting

EVENT
  1. Columbine High
  2. Seattle Riots
  3. New Year's Eve
  4. Coachella Music Festival

WEBSITE
  1. brainwashed
    geez, can't you get more original!
  2. Superbad.com
  3. Pitchforkmedia.com
  4. Disinfo.com
  5. hamsterdance.com

HERO
 nobody got more than one vote
VILLAIN
  1. Bill Gates
  2. A four-way tie: Milosevic
    the Media
    Richard D. James
    George W. Bush

MOST
ANNOYING
TREND
  1. Pokemon
  2. gay teen bands (N'Sync/Backstreet/98 Degrees) / teen popstars (Britney Spears)
  3. three-way tie:
    Y2K fever
    Millennial surveys/polls
    Piercings
  4. two-way tie:
    Emo
    Cargo Pants
We'll return next week with an all new issue of THE BRAIN.

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