1.   SHINING PATH  s/t 
2.   AUTOUR DE LUCIE  immobile 
3.   MASSIVE ATTACK  mezzanine 
4.   12 ROUNDS  nothing 
5.   DANKO JONES  s/t 
6.   GRASSY KNOLL  3 
7.   GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR  s/t  
8.   JUNKIE XL  saturday teenage kick 
9.   FIREWATER  the ponzi scheme 
10.   TARWATER  rabbit mix revisited  

TOP 10 of 1997 

1.   PHOENIX THUNDERSTONE  stained glass trash 
2.   INVISIBLE PAIR OF HANDS  disparation 
3.   LONG HIND LEGS  long hind legs 
4.   ILLYAH KURYAHKIN  count no count  
5.   SCORN  zander / white irises blind /  
      deliverance 
6.   VARIOUS ARTISTS  drug test two 
7.   THREE COLOURS RED   pure 
8.   PIGEONHED  the full sentence 
9.   BLONDE REDHEAD  fake can be just as good  
10. SWELL  too many days without thinking 
11. TARWATER   11/6  12/10 
12. SOLARUS   empty nature 
13. LAIKA   sounds of the satellites  
14. PORTISHEAD  s/t 
15. NEGATIVLAND  ipsdesip 
16. CALVIN PARTY  lies, lies & government 
17. DUMB   thirsty  

EP of the Year... 
     ONE INCH PUNCH   "Angela Davis" 

MARK SWINDLE

Although I am no longer available for music selection, here are my favourites for 1997...and a few from 1998. 

Julie A: Leans toward lyrically-dark, somewhat industrial-to-ambient/dub/trip hop of PORTISHEAD and TRICKY, but fuzzed-out guitar rock is not out of the question. 

Ray: Intelligent, mondo-superguy. Likes his music dark, heavy, well-produced and humorously twisted (at times). Whether it be headz/trip hop/experimental/modern rock/techno...Mark and I will most likely agree on it. 

Randy: Hmmm...why now do the cameras keep breaking whenever pointed in the general direction of his mug? That's the answer to this one: it is the only one that came out. I see him nearly every day and I still can't see the resembleance between the photo and the real thing. What exactly is it that he likes? God knows he's always glued to the monitor, composing code for your benefit, dear surfer. Every so often we see him sneak down, toss a CD in the player. We have invariably never heard of this loud alt rock band with the tortured vocals, but dammit it is loud and pounding no doubt. The only title anyone can recall him playing more than once is Scorn tho he might just slap you and deny it if you stepped up to him now with that.