From: christopher severson <christopher-NOSPAM@dtgnet.com>
To: "Doug Orleans" <dougo@ccs.neu.edu>
Subject: POLL: my favorite records of 1998
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 15:37:41 -0600

Hello Doug.  On my way back Chicago last night I remembered I had yet to
turn in a list. . .so here goes. . .and thanks again for taking time to do
this.

In no particular order other than first-letter alphabetic:

*AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark _Hidden in the Stomach_ CD (silkheart)
*Alan Licht / Loren Mazzacane-Connors _Hoffman Estates_ CD (drag city)
*Alastair Galbraith _Mirrorwalk_ Self-released cassette (emperor jones cd)
*Charlie Feathers _Get With It_ 2 CD (revenant)
*Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble _Toward the Margins_ CD (ecm new)
*Gastr del Sol _Camoufleur_ CD (drag city)
*John Fahey _America_ CD (takoma/fantasy)
*John Fahey _Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts_ CD (table of the elements)
*Loren Mazzacane Connors _Evangeline_ CD (road cone)
*Neutral Milk Hotel _In the Aeroplane Over the Sea_ LP (merge)
*Pelt _For Michael Hannas_ CD-R (vhf)
*Peter Brotzman Chicago Octet/Tentet _s/t_ 3 CD Box (okka)
*Robert Wyatt _Shleep_ CD (thirsty ear)
*Roy Montgomery _And Now the Rain..._ CD (drunken fish)
*Sir Richard Bishop _Salvador Kali_ CD (revenant)
*Tall Dwarfs _Fifty Flavors of Glue_ CD (flying nun)
*The Ex _Starters Alternators_ CD (touch and go)
*The Mountain Goats _New Asian Cinema_ One-sided 12" (yo-yo)
*The Renderers _A Dream of the Sea_ CD (siltbreeze)
*The Tower Recordings _Furniture Music for Evening Shuttles_ LP (siltbreeze)

Thanks again,

Chris.