From: Diana Arens <diana.arens AT olywa.net>
Subject: Top 20 of 1996, sans Built to Spill/Perfect, agenda in full view
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 12:27:12 -0800

Diana Arens's top 20 of 1996:

Beck                    Odelay (DGC)
Sleater Kinney          Call the Doctor (Chainsaw)
Stereolab               Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Elektra)
Dub Narcotic Sound System       Boot Party (K)
Modest Mouse            This Is A Long Drive For Someone With 
                        Nothing To Think About (Up!)
Built to Spill          The Normal Years (K)
Dub Narcotic Sound System featuring Lois        Ship to Shore ep (K)
Elliott Smith           Speed Trials 7" (Kill Rock Stars)
Buffalo Daughter        Captain Vapour Athletes (Grand Royal)
Lois                    Snapshot Radio ep (K)
Low                     The Curtain Hits the Cast (Vernon Yard)
Scenic                  Aquatica (World Domination/
                        Independent Project Records)
Love as Laughter        The Greks Bring Gifts (K) 
Unwound                 Repetition (Kill Rock Stars)
Versus                  Secret Swingers (Caroline)
Miranda July w/ The Need        Margie Ruskie Stops Time 7" (Kill Rock   
				Stars)
Bikini Kill             Reject All American (Kill Rock Stars)
Satisfact               The Unwanted Sounds of (Up!)
Mocket                  Bionic Parts (Punk In My Vitamins)
Sandman                 A Rap History of (Loner Records)

My list may seem tainted by the fact that I live in Olympia, but I live
here because I like it here, so what can I say? 

I should note that there are three records on this list that I worked
on: both Dub Narcotic Sound System records, and Love as Laughter/The
Greks Bring Gifts (K). Rock agenda in full view: I like them, I think
they belong here.  -Diana Arens.