WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROCLAMATION TO MAKE

Did you know mayoral proclamations are actually rather easy to come by? It is true. There is even a helpful online guide where you can apply for it. Quaint. BUT some proclamations are much harder to come by - there are no forms, no application fees and no committee to decide: only the dictatorship of the one (and, sadly in this case, no actual certificate of proclamation). As it is now December, the month in which many an arbitrary best-of list is proclaimed, we are no exception to the rule of declaring things. As the month unfolds, you be treated to our list of the 50 best tracks to come out of Houston this year, culminating with the announcement of all of the winners of THE SAMMIES, including your picks for Best Band, Best Record, Best Live Performer(s) and Best Thing Ever. We're stoked - are you?

BUT BACK TO THE PROCLAMATION! By the power invested in us by register.com, we hereby declare this week, the first week of December 2007, to be BY THE END OF TONIGHT WEEK. Yusss. We're so far behind in reviewing the aces slew of hits cargo-dropped by this Alvin quartet (six in all), that we're dedicating an entire week to the review of their records, starting today with the first of four of their solo EPs released earlier in the year (Kiss style). Yes, by the end of each day you will have just a little bit more know-how about By The End of Tonight, and by the end of this week you'll be completely current with their catalog and ready for whatever number of thousands of records they release in 2008. Slammin. Get to celebrating.