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The briefest of reviews presented in the form of an awards ceremony:

I should like to offer awards in the following categories...

Good-time music: Rezurex (despite the silly name). Feelgood zombie rock'n'roll. With a double bass.

Forgettability: Christians Death. "There's some bloke on stage, mumbling!" I complained to Greg[*]. "Yes," he said, "that's what Christian Death sound like."

Controversially appearing to have fun on stage: Specimen. They're not dead yet.

The Rogue award for services to hairstyles: Specimen's keyboard player.

Runaway success: Voltaire. Second on the bill and playing to the largest audience I've seen at Whitby in a while.

Life-sucking tedium: Wayne Hussey. And he was on stage for about a week.

Serious bastard coldness: the weather on Friday.

And for individuals...

Long-running quality flatmate award: shared between

davefish and

keris.

Seriously ill-advised clothing:

naranek. Deliberately, fortunately. I hope there are no photos.

Comedy genius:

tukie for waving his arms about on Saturday morning in a sufficiently humorous manner that it still made me giggle when I thought of it last night.

[*] Note for Oxgoths: Greg. He still exists.