VOTING BEGINS TODAY: THE SAMMIES

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN: PULL OVER THE INTERNET, YOU'VE GOT VOTING TO DO. Announcing the 2007 Sammies Awards, an awards show gala spectacular that has neither a show, nor awards to hand out - just gimmicky end-of-year shenanigans to keep your eyeballs glued to our ultra lucrative advertising banners (PS - we don't have any advertisers right now - anyone wanna be one?) BUT OH SPECTACULAR, SPECTACULAR! Why? Because, just like the National Federation of Board Gamers annual Dicies, you, THE PEOPLE, get to vote in FOUR categories of a seriously pedestrian nature. Yes, we realize it is unfair that our editorial board alone gets to make the call on who wins in categories such as HEART-THROB BASSIST WHOSE SWIMSUIT CALENDAR WE WOULD BUY WITH A QUICKNESS, but atleast you, oh people with choice, get to pick the following:

BEST RECORD:
BEST BAND OR SOLO PERSON:
BEST ON THE STAGE/FLOOR:
BEST THING TO HAPPEN:

And this ain't no Houston Press best-of event, so the rules are both hella strict and hella easy. The record, show or thing that happened must be during the calendar year 2007, and they must be from Houston. People who didn't live here the entire year must have lived here for atleast six months of it. Houston, for the sake of this extremely prestiegious award, includes the greater Houston area, and places like Alvin, Lake Jackson and any other nearby municipality whose bands we have attempted to claim as being part of the 713.

TO VOTE:
Send an email to adifferentryan@gmail.com with your vote for the above four things. Include a photo and a note if you are single, as our intern, Shawn Adolph, needs a date for the winter dance and could really use your help. THANKS. VOTE ONCE. DON'T SUCCUMB TO GROUP THOUGHT. VOTING ENDS DECEMBER 21!