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by anders pearson Tue 15 Feb 2005 00:43:38

i guess i should mention that "music (for robots)(for robots)":http://music.for-robots.com/ didn't win the "PLUG":http://www.plugawards.com/ award. "Pitchfork Media":http://www.pitchforkmedia.com beat us :( we weren't really surprised. after all, pitchfork (and the other sites nominated) actually have things like... a "staff":http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/staff/... and a budget. mfr has a free copy of MT, some donated bandwidth, and the spare time of a couple music geeks. seriously, we were incredibly surprised and honored just to be nominated for the same award. hell, we were nominated for an award on the "same page":http://www.plugawards.com/award_nominees.php as artists like Tom Waits and Nick Cave. Nick Cave was nominated for a PLUG award and lost too! company doesn't get much better than that. we did get free VIP passes to the PLUG "awards ceremony":http://www.plugawards.com/event.php in new york last week which was pretty cool. much cooler than the grammies. i have "pictures":http://thraxil.org/images/2005/02/plug/ up (including our celebratory pre-awards dinner at our "favorite japanese place":http://www.newyorkmetro.com/pages/details/10230.htm). we didn't really meet anyone famous (Christina Ricci's on the PLUG advisory board so i had my hopes up), but getting to watch from the VIP lounge as Dillinger Escape Plan terrified a hall full of hipsters was pretty sweet. (go see DEP if you ever get a chance. they were nominated for the 'live act of the year' award for good reason)