BEST LOCAL SHOW
Greg Beets: Pong/Masonic/Coco Candissi, MercuryJim Caligiuri: Weary Boys CD release, Continental Club
Michael Chamy: Fivehead, Hot Freaks
Christopher Coletti: The Broke, the Vibe
Christopher Gray: Coco Candissi, Privilege
Raoul Hernandez: Okkervil River CD release, Emo’s
Andy Langer: Patty Griffin, Stubb’s
David Lynch: Terry Bozzio, One World Theatre
Margaret Moser: Cornell Hurd’s anniversary party, Jovita’s
Jerry Renshaw: Redd Volkaert & the Twangbangers, Continental Club
Jay Trachtenberg: Alejandro Escovedo’s By the Hand of the Father, Texas Union Theatre
BEST ROADSHOWBeets: The Jerry Lee Phantom, Mercury
Caligiuri: Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Backyard
Chamy: Sonic Youth, Stubb’s
Coletti: Prefuse 73/Aesop Rock/El-P, Anti Pop Consortium, La Zona Rosa
Gray: Andrew WK, the Engine Room, Houston
Hernandez: CSNY, Erwin Center
Langer: MC Paul Barman, Mercury
Lynch: Bleach, Elysium
Moser: The Killdares, Austin Celtic Festival
Renshaw: X, Emo’s
Trachtenberg: Phil Lesh & Friends, Backyard
LOCAL VENUE YOU VISITED THE MOST
Beets: Room 710Caligiuri: Cactus Cafe
Chamy: Mercury/Emo’s
Coletti: Plush/Mercury
Gray: Beerland
Hernandez: La Zona Rosa/Mercury
Langer: Antone’s
Lynch: UT Performing Arts venues
Moser: Mother Egan’s
Renshaw: Hole in the Wall
Trachtenberg: Continental Club
LOCAL BAND YOU SAW THE MOST
Beets: PongCaligiuri: Roger Wallace
Chamy: Fivehead
Coletti: Hip-Hop Humpday
Gray: Gourds
Hernandez: Li’l Cap’n Travis
Langer: Bob Schneider
Lynch: Victrola
Moser: Cluan
Renshaw: The Converters
Trachtenberg: Redd Volkaert
BEST NEW LOCAL ACT
Beets: Oh, Beast!Caligiuri: South Austin Jug Band
Chamy: Halley
Coletti: Ballistix
Gray: Fluffers Union
Hernandez: Octopus Project
Langer: Manatee
Lynch: The Newmars
Moser: Cluan
Renshaw: Rodney Hayden
Trachtenberg: Ruthie Foster
BEST SONG
Beets: “Lose Yourself,” EminemCaligiuri: “Sometimes I Wish I’d Never Heard the Rolling Stones,” Michael Hall & the Woodpeckers
Chamy: “Relative Ways,” Trail of Dead
Coletti: “Flowers,” Dudley Perkins
Gray: “Osama Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” Bob Rivers
Hernandez: “Hate to Say I Told You So,” the Hives
Langer: “How You Remind Me,” Nickelback
Lynch: “Cannibal Emptor,” the Newmars
Moser: “Tennessee Whiskey,” Shelley King
Renshaw: There wasn’t one.
Trachtenberg: “Castanets,” Alejandro Escovedo
NOTABLE PASSINGBeets: Jam Master Jay
Caligiuri: Don Kalmbach of Ginny’s Little Longhorn
Chamy: Hot Freaks
Coletti: Jam Master Jay
Gray: Waylon Jennings, Jam Master Jay, Hole in the Wall
Hernandez: Joe Strummer, John Entwistle, Jam Master Jay
Langer: Hole in the Wall
Lynch: Napster
Moser: Dee Dee Ramone
Renshaw: Joe Strummer, Hole in the Wall
Trachtenberg: jazz bassist Ray Brown
BEST BOX SET/REISSUE
Beets: Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra in HollywoodCaligiuri: Dwight Yoakam, Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years
Chamy: Pavement, Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe
Coletti: Latyrx, The Album
Gray: Belly, Sweet Ride: the Best of Belly
Hernandez: Alejandro Escovedo, Gravity/Thirteen Years
Langer: Rolling Stones, Forty Licks
Lynch: Golden Hornet, CD-R Series; They Might Be Giants, Dial a Song: 20 Years of …
Moser: Joe “King” Carrasco & El Molino
Renshaw: Rolling Stones remasters
Trachtenberg: The Complete Miles Davis @ Montreux 1973-1991
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Beets: 8 MileCaligiuri: The Rookie
Chamy: 24-Hour Party People
Coletti: Brown Sugar
Gray: 24-Hour Party People
Hernandez: The Truth About Charlie
Langer: 8 Mile
Lynch: Philip Glass & Yo Yo Ma, Naqqyqatsi
Moser: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Renshaw: The Last Waltz remastered
Trachtenberg: Y Tu Mamá También/Monsoon Wedding
This article appears in 2002.