Album...Part Two - The Endless Not by Throbbing Gristle. It's been a good year, but this album still holds interest and is most definitely TG in the 21st Century
Reissue...Y by the Pop Group
Compilation...Peel Sessions Plus by the Teardrop Explodes
DVD...I liked Zodiac lots, though am waiting for the director's cut - it might not be so good on second viewing too (I suspect the same for This is England). So...the third season of The Wire
Gig of the year...either the Melvins with Big Business/Porn at the Barfly or Silver Mt Zion at the Oxford Zodiac (RIP, it's very Carling now)
Book...It might be Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson, but am not at the end yet, so I'll go with Japrocksampler too - apart from a few 33 1/3 books and Copey's tome, it's been a pretty rotten year for music themed books!
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