Hey folks!

Here it is! The final day to submit nominations for the upcoming Best Album of 1988 tournament is tonight, by 11:59PM Central. Here is the link. If there’s going to be some trouble getting your ballot in, let me know on Bluesky or at [email protected] and we can work it out (Beatles).

Speaking of trouble, yesterday’s newsletter didn’t go out! It didn’t arrive in everyone’s inboxes, but it did publish to the archive, and you can find it here. Inside you can find a reminder about today’s deadline, a link to a video of (some of) the Power Point Party, and I suggested you listen to and/or nominate Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir’s LE MYSTÈRE DES VOIX BULGARES VOLUME TWO.

As I write this, I have no idea if this newsletter will go out. If it doesn’t, I may extend the deadline by another day or even two. Of course, if it doesn’t go out, you won’t be able to see that information, and I’m just talking to myself. If this newsletter does go out, then I’m extending this bit past the point of tolerance. Isn’t that right, Bluesky readers?

Since I need a visual, I want to recommend a 1988 album I just heard. It’s Saint Vitus, MOURNFUL CRIES, and you can find it on YouTube here. (Strangely, Apple Music has only half the album. What’s that about?) It’s doom metal, which in 1988 means it sounds almost exactly like Black Sabbath. Like Sabbath? You’ll like this.

See you tomorrow!

Kent