…and the wieners are…
BEST SUB-GENRE
MOST EASILY FORGOTTEN SUB-GENRE
- million-way tie between all of them; subgenres are like viruses. you just have to wait it out until they disappear
MOST ANNOYING PERSON ON THE INTERNET
MOST OBVIOUS ATTEMPT AT COMMERCIAL GAIN 2010
- kanye west’s apology to to george bush
WORST PUBLICATION
- rolling stone: this publication is the fox news of the left. sensationalist celebrity news and stupid one-sided political coverage. if i were a tree father and my tree children were chopped down to be made into taylor swift rolling stone covers, i would commit tree-suicide
BEST PERSON/ PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET
- kudos for kanye to recognizing the “POWER” of honesty in marketing (electric yellow blog, candid twitter feed) and the value of incalculability in calculation. there is something very refreshing about someone whose love of self equates with a REFUSAL to let web designers and marketers make these raw aspects into something more easily digestible to the public. or, at least, the new-agey willingness and slapdash brilliance of the marketing team who put together kanye’s “totally raw and amaterish” image. maybe my answer for the last question should have been “anybody who works in the online media,” except then that would make ME annoying.
PEOPLE WHO SAVE TWITTER FROM BEING A SUPER WEIRD COLLECTION OF BITCHING AND OR DIGITAL DIARY DOCUMENTING WHAT YOUR CAT HAS OR HASN’T EATEN THAT DAY (BEST TWITTERERERER)
SEXIEST WOMEN ALIVE IN 2K10
- tie: Nicki Minaj / Andrea Estella (Twin Sister)
BEST BAND AESTHETIC 2010
- gayngs. though relayted wasn’t always great, i respect a band who sees-through a ridiculous concept so obsessively
BEST ALBUM ART 2010
- tie: sleigh bells, treats (perfectly communicates what the band does: defaced cheerleading)
gayngs, relayted (finally, a band combines prince’s androgynous symbology with a pot leaf)
BEST BAND 2010
Deerhunter. they “made the leap.” good times ahead.
BEST EP OF 2010
- Shabazz Palaces S/T & Of Light
BEST SONG OF 2010 (more on that here)
- Ariel Pink – “Round and Round”
BEST HIP HOP RECORD 2010 (more on that here)
- Big Boi, sir luscious leftfoot and the son of long album name
BEST ALBUM OF 2010 (more on that here)
- Beach House – Teen Dream
MOST GOD-AWFUL SHIT I WISH I NEVER LISTENED TO IN 2010, FUCK.
- lil wayne, rebirth. the most confusing 20 minutes of our lives… close second, Salem’s “Night King”
MOST EXCITED FOR IN 2011 AWARD
- Battles new album, Avalanches & Ariel Pink collab, King Tuff’s second album
Let me tell you bout this Super fly dirty dirty Third coast muddy water 2010 award
- joanna newsom, “sex harp”
BEST KISS
- KISS, “i want to rock and roll all night”
THE FREDDIE MERCURY AWARD FOR FLAMBOYANCE IN SONG
- Diamond Rings, special affections
BEST MULDER
- david duchovny, “fox mulder”
BEST AWARDS 2010
- 2010 Seizure Chicken awards
Milwaukee Awards ////////////////////////////
MILWAUKEAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
BEST CLUB VENUE
BEST CLUB SHOW 2010
- Harlem @ Mad Planet
BEST CLUB SANDWICH 2010
- the best club sandwich of 2010 is in my hands right now
BEST LOCAL (MILWAUKEE) BAND 2010
BEST LIVE SHOW 2010
- The National @ Pabst Theater
WORST LIVE SHOW 2010
- Neon Indian Turner Hall Ballroom
