Sonic Youth was already extremely well-represented.
haha should call the poll that
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 06:05 (eleven years ago) link
I am not voting for 50 tracks
― ^loves belaboured seething (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 06:45 (eleven years ago) link
49?
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 10:07 (eleven years ago) link
Remember everyone who only voted for albums you can still vote for tracks.
VOTING CLOSES THURSDAY
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 11:45 (eleven years ago) link
what time?
― some dude, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 12:10 (eleven years ago) link
Midnight UKtime I guess.
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 12:12 (eleven years ago) link
No one needs to leave it too late however. You can do it today!
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 12:35 (eleven years ago) link
well i'm still listening to stuff, so if i can do that til thursday afternoon i will
― some dude, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
when I said 'you' I was meaning anyone who hadn't voted yetxp
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 12:42 (eleven years ago) link
Seandalai I emailed you.
VICEROY REPORT TO BASE
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
If anyone wants to do blurbs for their fave albums either email me if you have it otherwise webmail me.
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
Think we're close to 60 ballot mark for albums - please keep em coming!
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
I wish someone would have nominated Happy Nightmare Baby. But you can't complain when you have missed the nomination period and decide to vote!
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
gah, i wish i would have nominated it! i don't even get the "missed the nomination period" excuse.
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
I've been trawling the blogosphere for rare and OOP 80s recs for this poll, and I ran across a reference to the Tellus cassette magazine series, which I had completely forgotten. after a bit of digging, I found a legit and free archive of all the Tellus cassettes (which are now on MP3). for the uninitiated, Tellus was a NYC-based cassette magazine that ran from '83-'93, and covered a wide range of avant/underground music and sound art. artists such as Sonic Youth, Live Skull, Rat at Rat R, The Scene is Now, Chain Gang, F/i and Rhys Chatham contributed work. the UbuWeb archive also has a huge amount of non-Tellus material from many other avant/underground 80s artists (all of it free). if you're not completely burned out on the 80s, check out the archive.
Tellus index and history:
http://www.ubu.com/sound/tellus.html
UbuWeb archive:
http://www.ubu.com/sound/
(I only found this one ILM Ubuweb thread: Ubuweb tip offs and finds thread)
― Hellhouse, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 03:52 (eleven years ago) link
1 day to go..
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
Who all plans to vote? Apart from some dude
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
I have both ballots p. much finished, but I still have some listening (ie: procrastinating) to do. they'll be submitted before the deadline.
― Hellhouse, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
so what are your shortlists down to?
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
roughly 60 each. still fucking around w/the last spots, mainly.
― Hellhouse, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
That is the problem with leaving ballots to the end. You then realise there's more you want to vote for than you can. So I urge all those who are planning to vote to make a start NOW
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
hope y'all are combining the votes for these two entries
Bad Brains - Bad BrainsBad Brains - S/T
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
That is the problem with leaving ballots to the end.
more like a modus operandi, tbh.
― Hellhouse, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
edward Im hoping seandalai picks that up in voting and combines them and noone is a dickhead by voting for both
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
I'm really looking forward to seeing the results afaik the top 20 is close and of course those albums near the bottom could sneak in the results. It will be a big rollout so don't worry about voting for obscure stuff as your vote might make something sneak in.
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
btw no its not a top 500.
these albums were nommed but are missing from the voting list
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery DisastersDicks - Kill from the HeartDicks - These PeopleSS Decontrol - The Kids Will Have Their Say
apparently no one, self included, nominated SPK's leichenschrei or monitor's self-titled, they would've been top 10 for me
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
that dk's was def on the spreadsheet as i remember adding it.
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
yeah tis there
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
ok it's not on the list at the top of the thread, but it's in the spreadsheet
should prolly delete list from top of thread and replace w/ link to spreadsheet but too late now I guess
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
EVERYONE PLEASE USE THE SPREADSHEETS FOR VOTING AND IGNORE THE LIST PRINTED AT TOP OF PAGE
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
Edward If a mod can do that it would be great but I think it takes a lot of faffing about to correct.
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
prolly just clicking delete and save, but a bit late after 60 ballots have been submitted
there are 4 albums in the spreadsheet, but not in the list at the top of the thread
Angelwitch - AngelwitchDead Kennedys - Bedtime For DemocracyDead Kennedys - FrankenchristDead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
and these 3 I nommed but are missing from both the spreadsheet and the list at the top of the page oh well
Dicks - Kill from the HeartDicks - These PeopleSS Decontrol - The Kids Will Have Their Say
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
Are you sure? I see those 3 in there
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, I forgot to nominate Leichenschrei, the first two Feedtime LPs, anything by Slovenly, most of the Minutemen and Husker Du tracks that I actually would've voted for, and probably a few others, but w/e. nominating 100 tracks for 50 slots is ridiculous enough, and even w/the omissions I could've easily made 100-slot ballots.
― Hellhouse, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah don't mind me
xp
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
yeah leichenschrei so critical tho... loomed as large as atomizer or junkyard imo
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
not even heard of!
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
well, you can vote twice f/Auto-Da-Fe.
― Hellhouse, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
does not, however, include the immortal line, "He tried to give me syphilis by wiping his cock on my sandwich".
― Hellhouse, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
go it down to 50 albs pretty easy, ranking is painful tho. 15 albums want to be in the top 10.
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
5:12
http://youtu.be/ap1nNFDwqz8
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
Can I assume nobody is up for doing album blurbs?
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
don't think anybody's interested in writing a blurb for an album they're unsure is going to place, and the popular favorites will have plenty of opinions to mine from the ILM archives
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
Too much work to mine anything what with the rest I need to do.
― last few days to vote in the 80s rock poll by.. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
is there a blurb deadline? might give it a shot if I have time.
― Hellhouse, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
SPK's leichenschrei
this would have been top ten, possibly top five for me if it had been on the list.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
Probably would have voted for that myself though I don't think of it as something which rocks.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
never heard SPK
give me a deadline & i'll write blurbs for the stuff i voted for and send them along, use if you want
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
i guess it's a nice idea if people want to do them but i don't really see too much of a point in blurbs for these kinds of polls -- if people have something to say the discussion will follow when the album places
― some dude, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:22 (eleven years ago) link