• Lush. I love discovering new bands and Lush have been a well-kept secret for me until now. I'm really crazy about this kind of music and soon they'll be a not unimportant part of my CD collection.
• Lenny Kravitz: "5". After a couple of good but not as good as his talent enables albums by Lenny Kravitz, it's good to find him back in groovy style as we know him. And Thank God (?) he has put his very religious style from the last album behind him.
• I'm listening to a lot of The Beatles at the moment. My interest for them sort of comes and goes and right now it's liberating to listen to their simple and catchy music.
• Mono: "Formica Blues". I just have to put this one on my Hotlist and yet again encourage everybody who loves sophisticated pop music to check this band out. They're numero uno!!

Basically, I don't have any bitching to do this time. I guess I've been too busy to keep track of all the negative stuff happening in the music industry.

Mike Horse has just gotten a new girlfriend, so he hasn't had the time (......) to put together his HOT & NOT this time. But he'll be back next time. If you wish to congratulate him with his luuurve situation, send him an E-mail here.

• New CD's with P.J.Harvey, REM, and Sebadoh within a few months this fall. Amazing !
• The new single "A Perfect Day Elise" by P.J.Harvey
• The band called Gomez. Very promising.
• Alternative Nation on MTV has now got two broadcastings per week (still in the wee hours though)
• Music in general (I just survived a 12 day period without it !)

That music videos is lacking recognition as an art form. Music videos are not JUST advertisements aimed at selling records. They CAN be beautiful, inspiring, mind expanding art, and deserve recognition alongside all other means of expression.