You've seen William Hung sing 'She Bangs' and George W. Bush sing 'Gay Bar.' But have you seen Sean Nelson sing 'Like a Virgin?'

You could.

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Best releases of 2003, in the opinions of the imaginary staff...

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Although some folks couldn't rank their lists {igChar}... which is fine... you know... if you just can't bear to proclaim to the world, "THIS WAS THE BEST FUCKING ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!!" but some of us could. And albums that have such an exclamation bestowed on them deserve a special note. So here they are... the albums that our voters deemed "THE BEST FUCKING ALBUM OF THE YEAR!"

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at The Crocodile

Doing Christmas right this time, with all these wonderful bands who learned all those kick-ass holiday songs!!!! The Divorce, the Pale, the Malinks, the Amazombies, the Senate Arcade, Sushirobo, Alien Crime Syndicate, Love Hotel, and the Lawnmowers!

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Good clean livin' with Malinks frontman Chris Lorraine.

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at The Green Room

The Malinks live Dennys... erm, we mean, the Green Room at the Showbox!

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Since the top five on this list all also appear on our Top 10 overall imaginary albums of the year list, we've added some Honorable Mention local bands!

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Hey kids! It's the end of '02, so welcome to the first ever Imaginary Recap. Hold onto your seats kids, it's gonna be a bumpy year-long ride of favorite, in triplicate. Because the best things always happen in threes (ho ho ho...)

{And yes, we have included shameless promotion links to our affliated Insound and Amazon affiliate programs, where you can listen or buy. So sue us. Or buy something, and help us support our excessive web page habits...}

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at EMP's Liquid Lounge

The vocals were supported by strong — nearly surly at times — indie-pop guitar-driven tunes, with sweet songs on themes of love and loss, longing and kisses.

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