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June 11, 2025

#249 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #13: Tom Petty vs. Negativland

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Hey folks!

First pic: A photo of Tom Petty, a skinny white guy with a long narrow face, playing a guitar. He has an odd look on his face; he may be biting his lip? The photo is tinted rainbow style, going from red at the top to yellow (which covers most of Petty's body), to blue at the bottom.  Second pic: A mockup of a newspaper article. The top reads "Midwest Slayings Keep The Home" then below that "Negativland's 'House Arrest'". Below that is the text of a four column newspaper article, and nestled between is a screengrab of a TV news segment. There is a news reader on the right, a balding white man in a jacket and tie, and behind him is the picture of a smiling white teenager. Above the teenager it says "KILLER SONG." Across all of this, written in pinkish-red and in a way to suggest it was written with a finger dipped in blood, is HELTER STUPID.
Tom Petty, FULL MOON FEVER vs. Negativland, HELTER STUPID.

Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is:

#9 Tom Petty, FULL MOON FEVER

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vs.

#120 Negativland, HELTER STUPID

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To vote, follow this link to the Google Form. You will need a Google login to vote. If you can’t or won’t have one, let me know ASAP (either through this newsletter, my email [kentmbeeson@hey.com] or on the Best Album Brackets Bluesky account) and I’ll see what I can do.

Click here to see the current results for the entire tournament, and click here to see the current results for the prediction bracket contest.

Yesterday, #40 Chris Isaak, HEART SHAPED WORLD defeated #89 Technotronic, PUMP UP THE JAM 74-6-3.

Thanks for voting!

Kent

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