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Top Ten Video Picks for 2005

An Eye for an Ear (Regional Cable)
Charles Russell
Denver, CO

  1. Black Dice - "Smiling Off"
  2. Skinny Puppy - "Protest"
  3. Audio Bullies - "Shot Me Down"
  4. Why - "Rubber Traits"
  5. Hella - "Live in Japan"
  6. Gorillaz - "Fell Good Inc."
  7. Missy Elliot - "Lose Control"
  8. VHS or Beta - "You Got Me"
  9. Bright Eyes - "At the Bottom of Everything"
  10. Rammstein - "America"

Athens Music Video (Regional Cable)
Kevin Holy
Athens, OH

  1. Beck - "E-Pro"
  2. Bjork - "Triumph Of A Heart"
  3. Chemical Brothers - "Believe"
  4. The Decemberists - "Sixteen Military Wives"
  5. Jason Forrest - "War Photographer"
  6. LCD Soundsystem - "Tribulations"
  7. The Presets - "Are You The One?"
  8. Rubber Johnny
  9. Sigur Ros - "Glosoli"
  10. Supergrass - "Low C"

AV Fuzz (Regional Cable)
Ryan Soule
Victoria, MN

  1. The Early November - "Mountain Range In My Living Room"
  2. The One AM Radio - "Witness"
  3. Pinback - "Fortress"
  4. The Shins - "Pink Bullets"
  5. Death Cab for Cutie - "Soul Meets Body"
  6. Bright Eyes - "Easy/Lucky/Free"
  7. Sigur Ros - "Glosoli"
  8. Early Day Miners - "Comfort/Guilt"
  9. The Album Leaf - "On Your Way"
  10. Mason Jennings - "Sorry Signs on Cash Machines"

Blank TV (Internet)
Smitty
New York, NY

  1. Street Dogs - "Back to the World"
  2. J. Page - "Unlucky in Cards"
  3. The Dwarves - "Salt Lake City"
  4. The Transplants - "Gangsters & Thugs"
  5. Sun Eats Hours - "Endless Desire"
  6. Ramallah - "The Horror and the Gag"
  7. Cruiserweight - "Permanent Things"
  8. HORSE the Band - "Bunnies"
  9. The Soviettes - "Multiply & Divide"
  10. The Welch Boys - "617"

Capital Chaos (Regional Cable)
Zoran
Sacramento CA

  1. Demons & Wizards - Terror Train
  2. Hard Fi - Cash Machine
  3. Bloc Party - Helicopter
  4. Corrosion Of Conformity - Stone Breaker
  5. Children Of Bodom - In Your Face
  6. Mastodon - Blood & Thunder
  7. The Phenomenauts - Mission
  8. Shortie - Truth
  9. Nightmare Of You - Buried in Your Backyard
  10. High On Fire - Devilution

Channel Zero (Regional Cable)
Jeff Clark
Atlanta, GA

  1. ADULT – “In My Nerves”
  2. YOURCODENAMEIS:Milo – “All Roads to Fault”
  3. Kinski – “The Wives of Artie Shaw”
  4. OOIOO – “Grow Sound Tree”
  5. Bobby Conn & the Glass Gypsies – “We Come in Peace”
  6. Efterklang – “Swarming”
  7. Gogol Bordello – “Start Wearing Purple”
  8. LCD Soundsystem – “Losing My Edge”
  9. Fight Paris – “Complete Heat”
  10. Clutch - "Burning Beard"

ClubCom (Retail Pool)
Al Jones
Pittsburgh, PA

  1. The Bees (aka: A Band of Bees) – "Chicken Payback"
  2. Green Day – "Jesus of Suburbia"
  3. Max Graham VS. Yes – "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
  4. Fall Out Boy – "Sugar, We’re Going Down" (Concept Version)
  5. Carbon Leaf – "A Life Less Ordinary"
  6. Kanye West – "Gold Digger"
  7. The Shout Out Louds – "Very Loud"
  8. Jessica Simpson – "These Boots Are Made For Walking"
  9. 3 Inches Of Blood – "Deadly Sinners"
  10. Gorillaz – "Feel Good, Inc."

ETV (Regional Broadcast)
Ron Packard
Studio City, CA

  1. Gorillaz - “Feel Good Inc.”
  2. Gwen Stefani – “Hollaback Girl“
  3. Killers – “Mr. Brightside”
  4. Black Eyed Peas - “Don't Phunk With My Heart”
  5. Pussycat Dolls – “Don't Cha”
  6. Greenday – “Holiday”
  7. Chris Brown – “Run It!”
  8. The Postal Service – “We Will Become Silhouettes”
  9. Kelly Osbourne – “One Word”
  10. Pitty Sing - “Radio”

Make It or Break It (National Broadcast and Cable)
Leonor Cohen
Las Vegas, NV

  1. 50 Cent
  2. Eminem
  3. 2-Pac
  4. Nickel Back
  5. Jay-Z
  6. Beyonce
  7. Mariah Carey
  8. Nelly
  9. Missy Elliott
  10. Rage Against The Machine

Mania TV (Internet)
Stefan Goldby
Culver City, CA

Major Label Top Ten

  1. Goldie Lookin' Chain "Guns Don't Kill People, Rapper's Do"
  2. The Bravery "An Honest Mistake"
  3. Morningwood "Nth Degree"
  4. Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc."
  5. Kanye West "Diamonds From Sierra Leone"
  6. Audioslave "Doesn't Remind Me"
  7. Common "Testify"
  8. Korn "Twisted Transistor"
  9. James Blunt "You're Beautiful"
  10. Esthero "We R In Need Of A Musical Revolution"

Mania TV (Internet)
Stefan Goldby
Culver City, CA

Indie Label Top Ten

  1. Chemical Brothers - "The Boxer"
  2. Pete Miser - "Scent Of A Robot"
  3. Bright Eyes - "At The Bottom of Everything"
  4. Ross Golan & Molehead - "Stand Up"
  5. M.I.A. - "Galang"
  6. The Decemberists - "16 Military Wives"
  7. The White Stripes - "The Denial Twist"
  8. Bloc Party - "Banquet"
  9. Cloud Room - "Hey Now Now"
  10. Dresden Dolls - "Coin-Operated Boy"

ME Television (Regional Broadcast and Cable)
Valli Irvine
Austin, TX

  1. Okkervil River - “For Real”
  2. Bjork - “Triumph of a Heart”
  3. White Stripes - “Blue Orchid”
  4. Of Montreal - “Wraith Pinned to the mist and other games”
  5. The Decemberists - “16 Military Wives”
  6. Single Frame - “Exact Copy of this in the Basement”
  7. The Heavenly States - “Pretty Life”
  8. Interpol - “Evil”
  9. Sage Francis - “Escape Artist”
  10. Gogol Bordello - “Start Wearing Purple”

Mic Check (Regional Cable)
James Nicky
Chicago, IL

  1. Kings of Leon - “The Bucket”
  2. Common - “Go”
  3. Beck - “Girl”
  4. LCD Soundsystem - “Daft Punk Is Playinh At My House”
  5. Dizzie Rascal - “Dream”
  6. The Postal Service - “We Will Become Silhouettes”
  7. Franz Ferdinand - “Do You Want To”
  8. Death From Above 1979 - “Romantic Rights”
  9. Colleen - “The Happy Sea”
  10. Sheryl Crow - “Good Id Good”

Musical Mayhem (Regional Cable)
Anne Sielaff
Portland, ME

  1. Strappy Young Lad - "Love?"
  2. COC - "Stonebreaker"
  3. Meshuggah - "Shed"
  4. Kreator - "Impossible Brutality"
  5. Slipknot - "The Nameless"
  6. God Forbid - "Gone Forever"
  7. Arch Enemy - "Nemesis"
  8. Chimaira - "Nothing Remains"
  9. Fear Factory - "Moment Of Impact"
  10. Unearth - "Useless"

Playing @ a Theatre Near You (Regional Cable)
Harry Awdey
Armada, MI

  1. Tyler Hilton - "When It Comes"
  2. Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc"
  3. Pat McGee - "Must Have Been Love"
  4. Bright Eyes - "At The Bottom Of Everything"
  5. Death Cab for Cutie - "Soul Meets Body"
  6. Plain White T's - "Take Me Away"
  7. Todd Snider - "Alright Guy"
  8. Opeth - "The Grand Conjuration"
  9. Coldplay - "Fix You"
  10. Seether - "Remedy"

PostModern (Nightclub)
Todd Blumenthal
Atlanta, GA

  1. LCD Soundsystem - "Tribulations"
  2. Lemon Jelly - "Shouty Song"
  3. A Band of Bees - "Chicken Payback"
  4. Kasabian - "Clubfoot"
  5. Maximo Park - "Apply Some Pressure"
  6. The Go! Team - "Lady Flash"
  7. Minus the Bear - "The Game Needed Me"
  8. Mando Diao - "God Knows"
  9. Oasis - "Importance of Being Idle"
  10. Sun - "Romantic Death"

Rage TV! (Regional Broadcast)
Paul Carchidi
Boston, MA

  1. Fiona Apple - "Oh, Sailor"
  2. Scissor Sisters - "Laura"
  3. Nada Surf - "Always Love"
  4. Dresden Dolls - "Coin Operated Boy"
  5. Of Montreal - "Wraith...."
  6. All American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret"
  7. Kaiser Chiefs - "I Predict a Riot"
  8. Mike Doughty - "Looking at the World"
  9. Weezer - "We Are All On Drugs"
  10. MeWithoutYou - "January 1979"

Refused TV/ Split (Regional Cable)
Cathy Pellow
Los Angeles, CA

  1. My Chemical Romance - "Helena"
  2. My Chemical Romance - "Ghost of You"
  3. Ok Go - "Million Ways"
  4. The Streets - "Blinded by the Light"
  5. The Streets - "Dry Your Eyes"
  6. Mindless Self Indulgence - "Shut Me Up"
  7. The Kinison - "You'll Never Guess Who Died"
  8. Death from Above 1979 - "Romantic Rights"
  9. Kasabian - "Club Foot"
  10. Hope of the States - "The Red, The White, The Black, The Blue"

RESFest/RES DVD
Sandy Hunter
Toronto, Canada

  1. Chemical Brothers - "Galvanize"
  2. Dizzee Rascal - "Dream"
  3. Alias - "ixes Last"
  4. Chemical Brothers - "Believe"
  5. White Stripes - "Denial Twist"
  6. LCD Soundsystem - "Tribulations"
  7. Jason Forrest - "War Photographer"
  8. Bright Eyes - "At The Bottom Of Everything"
  9. Jamiroquai - "Don’t Give Hate A Chance"
  10. Royksopp - "What Else Is There"

The Review
Minneapolis, MN

  1. Morningwood - "Nth Degree"
  2. Shout Out Louds - "Very Loud"
  3. OK Go - "A Million Ways"
  4. The Mars Volta - "L'Via L'Viaquez"
  5. Nic Armstrong & The Thieves - "Broken Mouth Blues"
  6. Velvet Revolver - "Come On, Come In"
  7. Avenged Sevenfold - "Bat Country"
  8. K-Os - "Crabbuckit"
  9. Mando Diao - "Down In The Past"
  10. The Dandy Warhols - "Smoke It"

Robb's Metal Works (Regional Cable)
Robb Chavez
San Antonio, TX

  1. Black Label Society - "Suicide Messiah"
  2. Machine Head - "Imperium"
  3. Seether - "Seether"
  4. Behemoth - "Conquer All"
  5. God Forbid - "The End Of The World"
  6. Devil Driver - "Hold Back The Day"
  7. Soulfly - "Frontline"
  8. Dope - "Bitch"
  9. As I Lay Dying - "Confined"
  10. Submersed - "Hollow"

SacXtra (Regional Cable)
Philip Caine
Sacramneto, CA

  1. Enslaved - "Isa"
  2. Demons & Wizards - "Terror Train"
  3. Ill Nino - "What You Deserve"
  4. Kreator - "Impossible Brutality"
  5. Dope - "Survive"
  6. Wednesday 13 - "I Walked With A Zombie"
  7. U2 - "Vertigo"
  8. The Great Kat - "War"
  9. The Vanity Project - "Wilted Rose"
  10. The Like - "What I Say And What I Mean"

ScreenPlay (Retail Pool)
Leslie Beattie
Seattle, WA

  1. Feist - “Mushaboom”
  2. The White Stripes - “My Doorbell”
  3. Pinback - “Fortress”
  4. Gwen Stefani - “Cool”
  5. The Dandy Warhols - “All The Money Or The Simple Life Honey”
  6. B.R.M.C. - “Ain’t No Easy Way”
  7. Brendan Benson - “Cold Hands”
  8. Graham Coxon - “Spectacular”
  9. Amerie - “1 Thing”
  10. Doves - “Black & White Town”

The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow (Nightclub)
Jon Whitney
Arlington, MA

  1. The Juan MacLean - "Give Me Every Little Thing"
  2. Four Tet - "Smile Around The Face"
  3. Low - "Monkey"
  4. Out Hud - "It's For You"
  5. ADULT - "In My Nerves"
  6. Dresden Dolls - "Coin Operated Boy"
  7. Why? - "Rubber Traits"
  8. Caribou - "Yeti"
  9. Devendra Banhart - "I Feel Just Like A Child"
  10. Antony & the Johnsons - "You Are My Sister"

Spark! Music Entertainment (Regional Cable)
Steve Roberts
Fort Collins, CO

  1. Low - "Monkey
  2. Smoosh - "La Pump"
  3. The Early November - "The Mountain Range In My Living Room"
  4. The Gathering - "Monster"
  5. Brand New - "Sic Transit Gloria"
  6. The One AM Radio - "Witness"
  7. Gogol Bordello - "Start Wearing Purple"
  8. Sparta - "Breaking The Broken"
  9. Copeland - "Walking Downtown"
  10. King Gordy - "Nightmares"

The Stage (Regional Cable)
Sean Partner
Allentown, PA

  1. The Soviettes – “Multiply and Divide”
  2. Alkaline Trio – “Mercy Me”
  3. The Dandy Warhols – “All The Money or The Simple Life Honey”
  4. Morningwood – “The Nth Degree”
  5. Coldplay – “Fix You”
  6. VHS or BETA? – “You Got Me”
  7. The Comas – “Invisible Drugs”
  8. Houston Calls – “Exit, Emergency”
  9. The Juliana Theory – “This Is A Lovesong…For The Loveless”
  10. The Kills – “The Good Ones”

TV U (National Cable)
Nikki Cantu
Westerville, OH

  1. Showbread - Mouth Like A Magazine
  2. Kids In The Way - Apparitions Of Melody
  3. Relient K - Be My Escape
  4. Falling Up - Escalates
  5. Blindside - Fell In Love With The Game
  6. John Reuben - Nuisance
  7. Project 86 - The Spyhunter
  8. Flyleaf - Breathe Today
  9. Switchfoot - Stars
  10. Anberlin - A Day Late

TVTonic (Internet)
Andy Anderson
New York, NY

  1. OK Go - "A Million Ways"
  2. Madonna - "Hung Up"
  3. White Stripes - "The Denial Twist"
  4. A Band Of Bees - "Chicken Payback"
  5. CocoRosie - "Noah’s Ark"
  6. Supergrass - "St. Petersburg"
  7. Lene Lovich - "Sleeping Beauty" (Live At Joe’s Pub—Rawdio Exclusive)
  8. The New Pornographers - "Use It"
  9. Devendra Banhart - "I Feel Just Like A Child"
  10. The Dandy Warhols "-All The Money Or The Simple Life Honey"

Undiscovered TV (Regional Cable)
Dean Camara and Brian Melesky
Modesto, CA

  1. Aquaduct - Hardcore Days & Softcore Nights"
  2. Okkervil River - For Real"
  3. Hard-Fi - Cash Machine"
  4. Against Me! - Don't Lose Touch"
  5. Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body"
  6. Pinback - "Fortress"
  7. Rise Against - "Swing Life Away"
  8. Why? - "Rubber Traits"
  9. The Cloud Room - "Hey Now Now"
  10. Bloc Party - "Helicopter"

Unheard TV (Regional Broadcast)
Nick and Eric Puzo
Orange Park, FL

  1. Zao - "The Rising End"
  2. Hewhocorrupts - "Master Of Profits"
  3. The Bronx - "They Will Kill Us All"
  4. Coheed and Cambria - "Devil In Jersey City"
  5. Seemless - "Lay My Burden Down"
  6. From Autumn to Ashes - "The Royal Crown vs Blue Duchess"
  7. Madball - "Heaven and Hell"
  8. The Willowz - "Ulcer Soul"
  9. Armor For Sleep - "My Town"
  10. Codeseven - "All The Best Dreams"

The Video Lounge (Nightclub)
Ron Stanley
Dallas, TX

  1. LCD Soundsystem – “Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
  2. M.I.A. – “Bucky Done Gun”
  3. Fatboy Slim – “Slash Bot Dash”
  4. The Chemical Brothers f/ Q-Tip – “Galvanize”
  5. The Crystal Method – “Born Too Slow”
  6. Daft Punk – “Robot Rock”
  7. Weezer – “Beverly Hills”
  8. The White Stripes – “Blue Orchid”
  9. Nine Inch Nails – “Only”
  10. Bloodhound Gang – “Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo”

Video Vault (Regional Broadcast)
Chris Palo
Philadelphia, PA

  1. Ok Go - "A Million Ways"
  2. Gogol Bordello - "Start Wearing Purple"
  3. Trac Adkins - "Honky Tonk Badonka Donk"
  4. Snoop Dogg - "Ups and Downs"
  5. Band of Bees - "Chicken Payback"
  6. Nelly and Tim McGraw - "Over and Over"
  7. Shakira - "La Tortua"
  8. Handsome Boy Modeling School - "The World's Gone Mad"
  9. Kaiser Cheifs - "I Predict A Riot" (orginal)
  10. Daft Punk - "Robot Rock"

Wave Wikiki (Club)
Alex Oshiro
Honolulu, HI

  1. Chemical Brothers - Believe
  2. Daft Punk - Technologic
  3. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
  4. LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
  5. Armand Van Helden - Into Your Eyes
  6. The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
  7. Audio Bully's - Shot You Down
  8. M.I.A. - Galang '05
  9. Missy Elliot - Lose Control
  10. Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To

Wealth TV (Regional Cable)
Laura Kunsman
San Diego, CA

  1. Black Eyed Peas - “My Humps”
  2. Kayne West - “Gold Digger”
  3. Ozzy Osbourne - “In My Life”
  4. Gwen Stefani - “Hollaback Girl”
  5. Brad Paisley - “Alcohol”
  6. Nickelback - “Photograph”
  7. Gretcehn Wilson - “All Jacked Up”
  8. Beck - “Hell Yes”
  9. Joe Nichols - “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off”
  10. Lindsay Lohan - “Confessions Of A Broken Heart”

xdTV Music Video Show (Regional Broadcast and Cable)
David Klug
Watertown, WI

  1. The Decemberists - "Sixteen Military Wives"
  2. Of Montreal - "Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games"
  3. Supersystem - "Born Into The World"
  4. Chromeo - "Rage!"
  5. The Heavenly States - "My Friends"
  6. Pinback - "Fortress"
  7. Plain White T's - "Take Me Away"
  8. The Starting Line - "Bedroom Talk"
  9. The Cloud Room - "Hey Now Now"
  10. The Soviettes - "Multiply and Divide"

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