These are my favourite albums of the year, in rough order; some of them may,
strictly speaking, be 1999 releases, but I jus' don't care!
Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp
Ten Light Years - Caroline Trettine
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea - PJ Harvey
Beyond Skin - Nitin Sawhney
Bachelor No. 2 - Aimee Mann
>From the Blue House - Lauren Hoffman
How to Steal the World - Helicopter
When the Pawn etc etc - Fiona Apple
Tropical Brainstorm - Kirsty MacColl
The May Street Project - Shea Seger
Favourites films, in order of box office takings - there is a list in this
month's Empire magazine showing every film released here, along with how much
it took - fascinating viewing: the top film, Toy Story 2, took 43 million,
the bottom two, Man is a Woman and Jaya Ganga, took 709 pounds and 662 pounds
respectively! (I saw both of them!)
American Beauty
Erin Brockovitch
Being John Malkovich
Saving Grace
Boys Don't Cry
Holy Smoke
Beau Travail
Jesus' Son
Some Voices
Twin Falls Idaho
Azeem in London
PS I didn't get digest 653 - wha'appen??