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July 9, 2025

#273 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #33: Beastie Boys vs. Cardiacs

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Hey folks!

First pic: A photograph of a street corner in New York. There is a store called Paul's Boutique on the corner, as indicated by the sign that hangs over the sidewalk to the left. Above the store is a tall brick edifice, presumably apartments. On the sidewalk are clothes hanging from awning as a display, as well as a table with all sorts of objects on it, but difficult to identify any one object. There are two additional signs on the building, just below the brick edifice: "Lee's Sportswear" and "Ben's Shoes.”  Second pic: The cover is (I believe) a photo collage. Most of the left of the picture is a phot of an outside scene, a large leafless tree with many many branches in the middle of a grassy field. Just beyond there are more trees and bushes. Superimposed over this on the right side are pictures of six people, five white men and one whie woman. The men wear jackets and ties, the woman a black dress. The colors are desaturated. One of the men has a black bar over his eyes and something written in white print on it, but I can't make out what it is. Presumably these are the band members.
Beastie Boys, PAUL’S BOUTIQUE vs. Cardiacs, ON LAND AND IN THE SEA

Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is:

#2 Beastie Boys, PAUL'S BOUTIQUE

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vs.

#127 Cardiacs, ON LAND AND IN THE SEA

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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, #44 Soundgarden, LOUDER THAN LOVE defeated #85 Skid Row, SKID ROW 91-75-3.

Thanks for the surprisingly close match!

Kent

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