MB awards 2020: nominations
 

Best Avatar: exo
Best Signature: ant
Sexiest Member: chio
Howard The Duck Memorial Award for Most Inane Member: mindfulness
Biggest Fanboy / Fangirl of the Year: elph - post-punk in general
Best Writer: jwb
Nicest member: ribbons
Smartest poster: bat
Funniest member: Marie
Angriest Member: bat
Best Mediator: Marie
Best Site Contributor: frown
Biggest Music Contributor: ant
Best Media Forum Contributor: ros
Best Taste in Music: exo
Most Improved Member: elph
Most Underrated Poster: lisna
Best Thread Starter: cuthbert
Most Missed Poster: chula
Most Diverse Music Taste: frown
Most Mainstream Music Taste: mindfulness
Thread of the Year: covid
Moderator of the Year: Marie
Best Journal 2020: battle axe riot grrrl
Best New Member 2020: ando
Member of the Year 2020: elph
Best Rivalry: hateful elph vs liberal elph
Biggest Lounge Lizard: bat
Virtuoso of the Year: kiii
Best Member Music Album (Released in 2020): what we know - cars with hats
Lifetime Achievement Award: wolf

I'm not even going to complain about the lack of comments because 'hateful elph vs liberal elph' is ****ing funny

Comments:

ant’s signature links to his review threads
jwb’s blog is special
you don’t waste time on bad jokes you wait until you really have a winner

It’s a toss up between frown and ant for music recs but ant goes further outside my wheelhouse so I gave site contributor to frown but it’s also for music recs

ros still does those radio shows plus when he links to something and you don’t know it you know you need to learn it / plus he gets info early

exo got best taste because he’s been killing it with the jazz (I’m secretly a little threatened tbh)

kiii’s **** is the most next level - I think frown has got some **** in his pocket though

wolf has a great arc to her post history - not just the classic down spiral

You easily have me bested as far as post 1980 jazz knowledge.

Got you for MOTY bro

I didn’t really have anyone for most improved

So how do we stack up 1945-1980 in your opinion?

I know you go to jazz school everyday at work and I’m ****ing around listening to slushwave and bandcamp ambient releases

even though you rec some unassailable **** I haven’t heard I’m not sure if you have the foundational knowledge I have - what composers they listened to - their philosophies - who played with who played with who -

Oh I don't claim to have more knowledge in pre 1980 jazz either, only that I REALLY haven't stepped into more contemporary jazz at all. I definitely need to read more about jazz and the artists of the 50's and 60's. I have Coltrane books waiting to be opened but I just can't focus on books recently.

I've considered getting an Audible account cause I can't focus on books very well a lot of the time too but I love podcasts. And I used to be able to crack out on books until a a few years ago but it's never come back so keep an eye on that **** cause it might be permanent. Something about life sapping your energy or spending too long on the internet and destroying your concentration.

That would be me.