So it appears to be music award season here in Dallas, and we've decided to get in on the action. Of course the Dallas Observer awards are the big ones, but we thought that our readers might want to choose their local favorites without having their votes diluted by Flickerstick and Johnny Lloyd whatever fans. So heres the scoop:

For the next two weeks we'll be taking votes for the J.R. Awards. There will be eight categories, and you can vote by posting your choices in the comments section of this thread, which we will create a permanent link to on the sidebar. Post with your name, or as anonymous, or whatever you want. I think you might have to register with Blogspot to be able to post comments, but if you do its really not that hard and you shouldn't be so lazy. Just register and vote ya jerk.

We'll also be having a contest: submit your own award category and nominate a winner. The category can be anything as long as its related to local music. The creator of the funniest category shall receive two free tickets to a Dallas/Denton show TBD later, and will be famous among the few hundred people that read this blog. We can assure you that your prize will be for a show that we would want to go to , and we'll probably give you a list of a couple bands to choose from... we just aren't sure which ones yet. If you create a category, you'll either have to post with your name or send us an email telling us who you are.

Maybe everyone will like this idea, or maybe no one will even respond. But its worth a shot. You can vote in all categories, just one category, or whatever. We don't care. Here they are:

Best Band Overall
Worst Band Overall
Best New Act
Best Venue
Worst Venue
Best DJ
Best Experimental Group or Musician

GO!

Best Band Overall: the theater fire
Worst Band Overall: strange boys (don't believe the hype!!)
Best New (almost too new) band: Pegasus Now (they ARE worth the hype)
Best Venue: the cavern
Worst Venue: the cavern
Best Experimental: treewave / mazinga2
(tie)
Best DJ: Nature
Best way to get publicity: Police brutality + digital camera = 6 o'clock news

Black Tie Dynasty is the Greatest BAND EVER!!!

damn there's a lot of hostility here. take it easy...

voting twice for yourself is for homosexuals?

yeah I wanna see if my band won that I voted on here twice for as anonymous. rock!

yeah. it's been a bit more than 2 weeks.

dude please tally the votes

Best Band Overall: Red Monroe
Worst Band Overall: The Kansas City Faggots, definetely.
Best New Act: Prayer for Animals
Best Venue: The Cavern/Haileys/Rubber Gloves
Worst Venue: Liquid/Curtain
Best DJ: Mwanza
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Mazinga II/Silk Stocking
Best Way to Get Publicity: Speak softly and carry a big stick

Best Band Overall: Silk Stocking
Worst Band Overall: See Curtain Club schedule
Best New Act: Jack with One Eye * Shiny Around the edges
Best Venue: The Doublewide
Worst Venue: Curtain Club/Liquid Lounge/Clearview
Best DJ:Me(Wanz Dover)
Best Experimental Group or Musician: The Great Tyrant
Best Electronic/DJ:Laptop Deathmatch
Best jazz/improv:Unconcious Collectve
Best Soul Band:The Black Arm Band
Best Garage:The Ravens
Best Punk/Post-Punk:The Strange Boys
Best Country:Warren Hearne & The Gloomadeers
Longest running bullshit feud:Denton vs Dallas. Denton Sux!!Dallas Sux!!! this crap is pointless. Both are uphill battles for up and coming artists. We need some Unity between these places. I have lived in both places and they both have their plusses and negatives.

Best Band Overall: The Undoing of David Wright
Worst Band Overall: Black Tie Dynasty (glad to see many of you agree with me on this one)
Best New Act: Eat Avery's Bones
Best Venue: The Eighth Continent
Worst Venue: Inferno in Denton. Clearview in Dallas.
Best DJ: DJ Nature
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Lazer
Best Way to Get Publicity: know The Undoing of David Wright

Best Bands: Undoing of David Wright, You are the Universe, Fra Pandolf, iDi* amin, Notes from the Underground, Record Hop, Terry Horn, Birth to Burial, Dan Paul, Shiny around the Edges, George Neal, Night Game, Chimeneas,Akie Takada, Jeff Cooke Ensemble, Heath, Sparrow Hawk, Andrew Michael, Warren Jackson Hearne, Black Lights, The Angelus, Baptist Generals, Lo fi Chorus, Tree Wave, Chief Death Rage, Strange Boys,

Best Venue: 8th Continent, Rubber Gloves, J&J's, Untitled

Best Band Overall: Birth to Burial
Worst Band Overall: Not one in particular
Best New Act: Opaque
Best Venue: Rubber Gloves
Worst Venue: Andy's/Curtain Club
Best DJ:Wild in The Streets
Best Experimental Group or Musician: The Angelus
Best Way to Get Publicity: Promote, duh!

Don't know if it's too late to do this or not, but here's my two cents...

Best Band Overall - Happy Bullets
Worst Band Overall - eesh.. anything self-labeled as southern rock?
Best New Act - Voot Cha Index
Best Venue - Rubber Gloves
Worst Venue - Tom Cat's... mos def.
Best Experimental Group or Musician - Eat Avery's Bones

Best Band Overall: Red Monroe
Worst Band Overall: Belafonte
Best New Act: Voot Cha Index
Best Venue: The Cavern
Worst Venue: Curtain Club
Best DJ: ???
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Theater Fire

Best Band Overall : Flight of the Intruders

Worst Band Overall : ?-?-? Don't wanna knock anyone down that makes music for the right reasons.

Best New Act : Bloodline

Best Venue : The Darkside

Worst Venue : Nokia Theater (Overpriced beer, expensive parking and expensive tickets)(I'm poor and still want to see some of the bands that play there)

Best DJ : Dunno... Don't hit that circuit.

Best Experimental Group or Musician : Wanz Dover

Best Band Overall - Shibboleth
Worst Band Overall - any other band that needs to put someone down to validate their efforts under the screen name "anonymous"
Best New Act - Strange Boys
Best Venue - Dan's Silverleaf
Worst Venue - Deep Ellum
Best DJ - Wild in the Streets
Best Experimental Group or Musician - what's that?

Best Band Overall: the angelus
Worst Band Overall: fra pandolf
Best New Act: cartwright/the drams
Best Venue: hailey's
Worst Venue: the cavern (overrated)
Best DJ: wild in the streets
Best Experimental Group or Musician: my friends and me
Loudest Local Group: notes from underground

Best band Overall: Red Monroe / Record Hop
Worst band Overall: Black Tie
Best New Act: Eat Avery's Bones
Best Venue: Double Wide
Worst venue: Darkside Lounge (sound)
Best Dj: Cee Pee Cp cPC
Best Experimental Group / musician: Prayer for Animals
Best Costumes: David Wright
Worst Costumes: {DARYL}

Best Band Overall Pinebox Serenade/Spitfire Tumbleweeds
Worst Band Overall There are so many.
Best New Act Phalanx/Medicine Window
Best Venue Dan's Silverleaf
Worst Venue RGRS/lighting Hailey's /sound
Best DJ ?
Best Experimental Group or Musician B.O.B.
Best Singer Songwriter Audrey Lapraik
Best in Progressive Rock Record Hop.

Best Band Overall: recordhop

Worst Band Overall: demerit7

Best New Act: fra pandolf

Best Venue: j&js

Worst Venue: cavern

Best DJ: those dudes who do axis at hailey's

Best Experimental Group or Musician: you are the universe

Best Band Overall: The Undoing of David Wright
Worst Band Overall: Sleezus Fist
Best New Act: Fra Pandolf
Best Venue: Hailey's
Worst Venue: The Cavern (when it's packed)
Best DJ: Wanz
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Notes From Underground

Best Band Overall: Jetscreamer
Worst Band Overall: The Mad Scientists
Best New Act: Fra Pandolf
Best Venue: Rubbergloves
Worst Venue: The Cavern
Best DJ: Wild in the Streets
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Notes from Underground

Best Band(s) Overall: The Shapes and The Strange Boys
Worst Band Overall: Too much crap out there. I'll focus on the good stuff.
Best New Act :The Black Arm Band
Best Venue(s): Hailey's,Double Wide and Rubber Gloves
Worst Venue: The Cavern when it's over sold.
Best DJ(s): DJ Tiger Bee,DJ Wild in the Streets and DJ Wild Bull
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Aaron Gonzalez and Wanz Dover

Best Band Overall: The unconcious collective
Worst Band Overall:Pimpodelic
Best New Act:David Wright
Best Venue: double wide
Worst Venue: Cavern..venue sucks, booking sucks
Best DJ: mr wanza dover
Best Experimental Group:silk stalking
Best radio show: Paul Slavens

Best bands Overall:
Record Hop/Theater Fire

Worst band:
Black Tie Dynasty
Just a blatantly contrived turd...

Best New Acts:
Fra Pandolf/Strange Boys

Best venues:
Rubber Gloves/Double-Wide

Worst venue: Liquid Lounge

Best DJ: Wild in the Streets
I hear Wanz is dope, but I haven't seen him do it yet...

Best Experimental:
Undoing of David Wright

Best Way to get Publicity:
Hell, I guess myspace.
It's how I found this blog!

Best Band Overall: The Tah-Dahs

Worst Band Overall: S-1 Committee

Best New Act: Ashburne Glen

Best Venue to see a band: Hailey's

Worst Venue to see a band: Nokia

Best DJ: The guy who spins 80s night at Hailey's and the Cavern...is that DJ G?

Best Experimental Group or Musician: The Undoing of David Wright

For what its worth...

Best Band Overall: Record Hop
Worst Band Overall: Shiny Around the Edges
Best New Act: Bosque Brown
Best Venue: Haileys, Dan Silverleaf
Worst Venue: The Cavern
Best DJ: Lisa Bush
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Theater Fire
Best Way to Get Publicity: Myspace, House shows

Best Band Overall: Ghostcar
runners up: Chimeneas, Shiny Around the Edges
Worst Band Overall: Faux Fox
Best New Act: Notes From Underground
Best Venue: Rubber Gloves
runners up: small Gypsy Tea Room side; J & J's
Worst Venue: Texas Stadium
Best DJ: Wild Bull Wanz (music); Terry Horn (art)
Best Experimental Group or Musician: iDi*amin
Loudest Band: Notes From Underground

Best Band: Midlake / Theater Fire (tie)
Worst band: the Sparrows
New Act: mescaline face
Experimental: mescaline face
Best venue: DWide
Worst venue: The Door
Best DJ: Kidd Kraddick
Best way to get Pub: Anything but embracing fascism

Best band Overall: Grizzly Adams and The Mountain Men
Worst band: The Gillettes
Best New Act: Band of Beards
Best venue: The Mountain Room
Worst venue: the ones with expensive beer
Best DJ: DJ Dentron
Best Experimental: Robot Film Patrol
Best Way to get Pub: Pretend that you are living in 1980- something or grow a beard and throw around a bunch of obscure folk bands as references

Best Band Overall: Midlake
Worst Band Overall: I agree with all of the above, plus Millicent Friendly.
Best New Act: Is Man Factory new? If so, them. Birth to Burial is also pretty great, and pretty new.
Best Venue: Tea Room side of GTR, Doublewide
Worst Venue: Cavern is not the worst, but the most disappointing; it has great booking but the sound, stage height, and upstairs DJs conspire to make it a terrible place to see a show. Galaxy is, hands down, the worst.
Best DJ(s): Jason Harris
Best Experimental Group: Silk Stocking
Best way to get publicity: Try being good, for once.

Best band Overall: Red Monroe
Worst band: Black Tie Dynasty
Best New Act: Voot Cha Index
Best venue: Doublewide
Worst venue: Curtain Club
Best DJ: CeePEE
Best Experimental: Undoing of David Wright
Best Way to get Pub: Pretend that you are living in 1963

Best Band Overall: Record Hop
Worst Band Overall: Sleezus Fist and the Latter Day Taints
Best New Act: Fra Pandolf
Best Venue: Hailey's
Worst Venue: Andy's
Best DJ: DJ Nature
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Notes From Underground

Best Band Overall: Salim
Worst Band Overall: Belafonte
Best New Act: Washing Machine
Best Venue: Rubber Gloves

Best Band Overall: PRAYER FOR ANIMALS
Worst Band Overall: PRAYER FOR ANIMALS
Best New Act: PRAYER FOR ANIMALS
Best Venue: PRAYER FOR ANIMALS
Worst Venue: PRAYER FOR ANIMALS
Best DJ: DJ PRAYER FOR ANIMALS
Best Experimental Group or Musician: PRAYER FOR ANIMALS
Best Way to Get Publicity: Be PRAYER FOR ANIMALS

Best Band Overall: Record Hop
Worst Band Overall: Current Leaves
Best New Act: Notes From Underground
Best Venue: RGRS
Worst Venue: Andy's
Best DJ:
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Fra Pandolf

Best Band Overall: the chimeneas
Worst Band Overall: demerit 7
Best New Act: idi*amin
Best Venue: J&J's old dirty basement
Worst Venue: venues are rad in general
Best DJ: johnny grahm
Best Experimental Group or Musician: all my friends (shiny around the edges, idi amin, notes from underground, fra pandolf, the chimeneas, sparrow/hawk, you are the unvierse, gym mat nap, hotel hotel, can(d/t)a, pablo st. chaos)

Best Band Overall:Shiny Around the Edges
Worst Band Overall: Man Factory
Best New Act: Fra Pandolf
Best Venue: Rubbergloves
Worst Venue: Cavern
Best DJ: dont care
Best Experimental: Fra Pandolf
Best local show for the year:Fra Pandolf, Steers, Shiny Around the Edges, and You are the Universe at Hailey's

Best Band Overall- The Undoing of David wright
Worst band Overall- Shadow Reichenstein(or however it is spelled)
Best new act- Eat Avery's Bones
Best Venue- The Eighth Continent, Rubber Gloves
Worst Venue- Club Clearview or pretty much anything in Dallas except Doublewide
Best DJ: DJG
Best Experimental group- The Undoing of David Wright
Best way to get publicity- Get footage of yourself giving GW Bush Head and make a TV commercial out of it.

Best Band Overall- The Undoing of David wright
Worst band Overall- Shadow Reichenstein(or however it is spelled)
Best new act- Eat Avery's Bones
Best Venue- The Eighth Continent, Rubber Gloves
Worst Venue- Club Clearview or pretty much anything in Dallas except Doublewide
Best DJ: DJG
Best Experimental group- The Undoing of David Wright
Best way to get publicity- Get footage of yourself giving GW Bush Head and make a TV commercial out of it.

Best Band Overall: Fra Pandolf!
Worst Band Overall: Minority
Best New Act: Fra Pandolf
Best Venue: Haileys Denton. All of the best shows I've seen this yr have pretty much been here.
Worst Venue: The Cavern. How are people voting this best venue? WAY too small, TOO loud, TOO smokey. I don't get it!
Best DJ: DJ Nature
Best Experimental Group or Musician: You are the Universe!

Best Band Overall: Notes From Underground
Worst Band Overall: Current Leaves
Best New Act: Fra Pandolf
Best Venue: J&J's
Worst Venue: J&J's
Best DJ: Me.
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Notes From Underground

Ha! (really, this is the last non vote comment on this thread).

Best Band Overall:The Theater Fire

Worst Band Overall:Strangleweed's an easy target. How about Black Tie Dynasty?

Best New Act:Bosque Brown

Best Venue:Sons of Hermann Hall, Dan's Silverleaf, Hailey's

Worst Venue:The Cavern--sure the booking is great. The sound is even good when people are quiet--which is never. Anybody that thinks this is a great venue is fucking kidding themselves.

Best DJ:DJ CeePee

Best Experimental Group or Musician:FREEDOM HATERS, DeVinyl Countdown

Best Way to Get Publicity:Join some stupid roller derby league, get beat up by a cop while wearing the cute skirt that shows off your shitty rockabilly tattoos, and then post the pictures on myspace.

Strangest Trend:Texas dudes that saw DIG!, thought Anton Newcombe was a genius and decided to start their own band. I'm looking in your direction Black Prayer for Veldt Angels Society.

Best Band Overall: Mazinga II
Worst Band Overall: Last Of The V8s
Best New Act: The Veldt (Prayer For Animals)/Lights Of Dragna
Best Venue: Cavern/Doublewide
Worst Venue: Liquid Lounge/Curtain
Best DJ: Panda Flower/Tiger Bee (Cavern)
Best Experimental: Mazinga II
Best Way to Get Publicity: holding charity dick-sucking marathons in your own hometown, invite local media, radio stations, et al.

Best band Overall: The Strange Boys
Best new act: Eat Every's Bones
Best Venue: Double Wide
Worst venue: The Granada
Best experimental: Eat Every's Bones
Best way to get pub: Play often.

Best Band Overall: Bosque Brown

Worst Band Overall: Journey

Best New Act: Daniel Folmer

Best Venue: The Cavern

Worst Venue: My shower (No guarantee and the beer is ALWAYS watered down)

Best DJ: Wanz Dover

Best Experimental Group or Musician: The Wild Bull or You Are the Universe

Best Way to Get Publicity: Hire a publicist for $5K for six months!

Best Way to Spend $5k to Ensure Your Average Band is in National Magazines for Six Months and then Forgotten?
Hire a publicist!

beard society!

what are you talking about? And also, we'd like to keep this comment thread for votes only, so anyone else that posts a non vote comment on here will be erased. You can talk whatever kind of shit you want in any other comment thread (really we don't care), just not in this one. Thanks

please someone,take these denton f**ck**er's off of here.
everything is always strictly "denton".
I want things strictly "Dallas."
i've seen people laugh at every one of you guys on here.Roll their eyes and talk shit,but still come here & play. I bet all of you have trouble booking anything there too.
blah blah..denton needs a razor

Best Band Overall: The Abiqui
Worst Band Overall: The Short Term Locals
Best New Act: The DO Kissers
Best Venue: the one run by the elite scenester dude who only books the same roster of 5 bands
Worst Venue: the one run by the elite scenester...yeah, yeah, you know how it is
Best DJ: DJ Potato Head
Best Experimental Group or Musician: the one where the kids are sullen and have spiky black hair and there is some gimmick like jumping in unison, making the sun come out while wearing racoon headed masks or candle licking- THAT band! they're awesome!
Best Way to Get Publicity: let the N64 nerd have your phone number and it might help if you're a female of some sort

band overall:yells at eels
worst band overall:the wee beesties
best new act:nouns group
best venue:1919 runner up:metrognome
worst venue:black cats
best dj:vomitnoise
best experimental:you are the universe
best publicity:it should be sweet posters but probably myspace

Best Band Overall: The Shapes
Worst Band Overall: I once heard of a band from around here called Bozo Porno Circus.
Best New Act: Voot Cha Index
Best Venue: The Cavern
Worst Venue: The Door
Best DJ: Wild in the Streets
Best Experimental Group or Musician:

Best Band Overall: Blackheart Society/ The Happy Bullets
Worst Band Overall: Strangleweed
Best New Act: Blackheart Society, Prayer For Animals, The Happy Bullets.
Best Venue: The Cavern,Double Wide & Darkside, Gypsy Tea Room
Worst Venue: Galaxy Club
Best DJ: Mwanza/ cjmacphie & elmacho, pretty much all the dj's at the Cavern are all good.
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Mazinga/
Best Way to Get Publicity:
Talk shit about every band in Dallas! Preferably behind other peoples back. Ha!

Best Band Overall: Hendrick
Worst Band Overall: Belafonte
Best New Act: Valentines
Best Venue: Gypsy Tea Room
Worst Venue: Galaxy club
Best DJ: El Macho
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Red Monroe

Best Band Overall: Shiny Around the Edges
Worst Band Overall: The Angelus
Best New Act: Bosque Brown
Best Venue:Dan's Silverleaf
Worst Venue:The Inferno
Best DJ: DJ Wild in the Streets
Best Experimental Group or Musician: The Theater Fire

Best Band Overall: Undoing of David Wright
Best New Act: need a clear definition of "new" but i'll say Strange Boys b/c i gotta fit them in somewhere
Best Venue: Avenue Arts Center (When it's $5 instead of $8)
Best DJ: Dj G
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Undoing of David Wright

Best On-Stage Mic Check: Ryan Sambol of The Strange Boys.

Best Band Overall: Zest Of Yore
Best New Act: Violent Squid
Best Venue: The Metrognome
Best DJ: Wild In The Streets
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Violent Squid

Best Band Overall: Jetscreamer
Worst Band Overall: I'm sure it's a goth/industrial act here.
Best New Act: Lights of Dragna
Best Venue: Rubber Gloves
Worst Venue: Darkside Lounge
Best DJ: sebastian (me)
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Unconscious Collective

Coolest footwear on stage : Mazinga Phaser II

best band overall: the strange boys
worst band overall: the alexander
best new act: refusing to vote for my own band, i just won't vote.
best venue: rubber gloves
worst venue: the door
best dj: dj vomitnoise
bext experimental group: the undoing of david wright

best way to make your sound unique: mic up vaccuum cleaners, toasters, televisions and babies during your live show.

Best Band Overall:Mazinga PhaserII
Worst Band Overall: chao?
Best New Act:great tyrant/jack with one eye
Best Venue:rbc
Worst Venue:liqiuid/curtain lounge!in the worst way-
Best DJ:Wild Bull
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Silk Stocking

Best Band Overall: Baby Buck Four featuring Danny St. Tourmaline and Lafiama
Worst Band Overall: TIE between Kansas City Faggots, anyone who plays at the Lollipop Shop, etc.
Best Venue: Char Bar's can
Worst Venue: Double Wide
Best DJ: Char Bar Jukebox tied with Out of Touch
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Screaming Bloody Burgers, the Emil Rapstine cover band
Best Way to Get Publicity: Staying at home and eating cheeseburgers

best band overall: Theater Fire
worst band overall: Lazer
best new act: Bosque Brown
** runner-up for best new act: The Drams
*** second runner-up: Man Factory
best venue: Sons of Hermann Hall (when they actually hold shows)
worst venue: the complex that is Curtain/Liquid/Clearview, who collectively dilute the booking pool of Deep Ellum because they don't compete against each other at all whatsoever
best dj:
best experimental group/musician: Silk Stocking

best concert of 2005: Autolux at the Gypsy Tea Room, opening for the Raveonettes. Autolux is the best touring band in America right now, no question.

Best Band Overall: Tree Wave
Worst Band Overall: I'll pass on this one
Best New Act: Mazinga Phaser II
Best Venue: The Cavern
Worst Venue: We need all that we got. They're all going away too fast.
Best DJ: DJ Sista Whitenoise
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Wanz Dover

see, even we can log in as anonymous if we wanna!

yes, this poll probably won't be scientific, but we really have no other way to do this right now... that being said, in the next couple of weeks, we might just have what we need. So keep voting.

Best Band Overall: Mazinga Phaser II
Worst Band: M.P. 2
Best Venue: The Double Wide
Worst Venue: We need all the Venues we can get.
Best DJ: Da Wild Bull
Best Experimental Group: Mazinga 2

Best band Overall: The undoing of david wright
Worst Band: deathray davies!!
(worst bullshit pop ever.)
Best New Act: can't think of any that are new.
Best Venue: rubber gloves
Worst Venue: the door (not that i even go to the door, its just so terrible that it deserves the worst. is it even considered a venue, because its so shitty? i mean selling bottles of gatorade for 3 dollars is totally reasonable right? and that everyone there wears a backwards baseball cap? and smells like burnt cigs and penis? i didnt know christians smoked.)okay i'm so angry at the door now, lets just say tomcats is the worst.
Best DJ: dj vomitnoise
Best Experimental Group: Undoing of David Wright
Best way to spice up live act:
human sacrifice

how many bands are going to repeatedly vote anonymously for themselves?

best band overall: prayer for animals
worst band overall: burden brothers
best new act: prayer for animals
best venue: cavern/darkside/doublewide
worst venue: liquid lounge/thomas cats
best dj: panda flower
best experimental: M.P.II
best way to get publicity: play well and often

best new genre in town:

Best Band Overall: Happy Bullets
Worst Band Overall: Belafonte, or any of those awful wannabe metal bands
Best New Act: Bosque Brown
Best Venue: DoubleWide
Worst Venue: Curtain Club
Best DJ: DJ Nature
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Mazinga Phaser II / Wanz

Best Band Overall: Prayer For Animals (formerly The Veldt)
Worst Band Overall: Belafonte
Best New Act: Prayer For Animals
Best Venue: Cavern

Best Band Overall: Prayer For Animals
Worst Band Overall: Belafonte
Best New Act: Prayer For Animals
Best Venue: Darkside Lounge
Worst Venue: fuckin' Tom Cats

Best Band Overall: The Shapes
Worst Band Overall: the ones who don't promote themselves so you never hear about them- which is probably for the best
Best New Act: Theater Fire
Best Venue: Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios
Worst Venue: see Deep Ellum
Best DJ:DJ Panda Flower
Best Experimental Group or Musician: whatever Aaron Gonzalez is calling his band these days-
Best Way to Get Publicity: myspace

Best Band Overall:Happy Bullets
Worst Band Overall:
Best New Act:ManFactory
Best Venue:Cavern
Worst Venue:Cavern
Best DJ:Tiger Bee
Best Experimental Group or Musician:Mazinga

Best Name for Mazinga Phaser to change their name to next time around:

you can log in under anonymous to post your stuff, and if you want to submit an idea for the contest but don't want to give everyone your name, simply post on here and then email us at weshotjr@yahoo.com and tell us who you are and what you said.

I do not want to be negative! Just want to support cool bands.
Best band Overall: The Strange Boys
Worst Band: (trying to be nice)
Best New Act: Voot Cha Index
Best Venue: Cavern
Worst Venue: CURTAIN CLUB. Hands down.
Best DJ: CP (CEe Pee)
Best Experimental Group: Undoing of David Wright
*Best way to hide the fact that you, yourself, are a failed artist or musician: Start a podcast!

shouldn't we have a way of doing this discreetly? we need a website with a form to fill out... i dont want to bias anyone else

Best Band Overall: none
Worst Band Overall: Belafonte
Best New Act: my next project
Best Venue: Darkside Lounge/Metrognome
Worst Venue: Ave. Arts
Best DJ:Jason Harris/The Smoke
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Silk Stocking
Best Way to Get Publicity: break up on stage

Sure, I am a bit prejudiced with bands I've worked closely with in the past year. In the same respect, I've seen their progression & am sincere. If I get ambitious, I could do this same list to cover the Austin area. I'm refreshed at the great stuff coming out of there lately!

Best Band Overall: The Black Arm Band
Worst Band Overall: Strangleweed
Best New Act: Blackheart Society (also, Prayer for Animals, formerly The Veldt)
Best Venue: The Cavern, runners up: Double Wide & Darkside
Worst Venue: Tom Cats
Best DJ: DJ Tiger Bee
Best Experimental Group or Musician: Mazinga Phaser II/Wanz Dover
Best Way to Get Publicity: Write a bulletin on myspace bemoaning the Dallas music scene & threatening to never play here again. In turn getting more people talking about you now than ever. Good move!