I try not to overlap albums and singles top 10s too much
if it's just a ballot of 10 i try to stick to the no-overlap rule ruthlessly. several contenders this year though - miguel (for "do you...", obv), carly rae (was not expecting the album to be so strong) and weirdly nicki, whose album is in my top 5 but who made SO many singles-i-jammed-as-singles-incessantly in 2012 ("stupid hoe", "pound the alarm", "the boys", "come on a cone", "starships" AND WHAT, and that's not even counting the actual best song on the album "gun shot")
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
google search results for "matte black truck" + kalenna: approx 54,100
google search results for "losing you" + solange: approx 1,130,000
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:43 PM (9 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_;
for reeeaallll this is such an injustice, at least dawn gets SOME props
try hanging out with shitty indie bands kalenna :(
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
this is my first year having spotify for this process, looking forward to being able to blast through the tracks nominations without any hassle
― ciderpress, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
just got my ballot too
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
maybe "matte black truck" is cool but i was too freaked out by her lips and had to stop the video.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
oh god, Jessie J did that with the "Do It Like A Dude" video and that is probably the number one reason why I detest her
it just looks diseased
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
i AM annoyed that kalenna only made a "teaser" video for half the song - the full song is essential because it completely changes midway through but i guess she couldn't be bothered to finish the video? she did the same for "go to work". bad media strategy kalenna.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
Miguel will most likely make both my album and song list, though "Arch n Point" remains my miguel single of choice.
― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Thursday, December 13, 2012 4:50 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yup! i was like i can stick with this for less than two minutes but turns out i couldn't.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
this is the full song without the weird lips!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVKncaDUxeY
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
"Matte Black Truck" (Rampaging Herpes mix)
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
(I do like "Matte Black Truck" but I can't help but feel that it would be much more at home in 2002 than 2012)
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
thanking u lex
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
just got my P&J ballot e-mail btw
― some dude, Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:41 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
they're probably sending 'em out to all same people as last year?
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
i assume so, don't know how much effort has been made at updating/expanding address book but they usually seem to start w/ the previous year's pool
― some dude, Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
*awaits ballot*
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
try hanging out with shitty indie bands kalenna
Solange's last name is Knowles, don't know if that means something but I think it might
― men, ugh (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
it seems to mean more than it did last time
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
Kalenna is related to Canadian PM Stephen Harper tho.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
"Losing You" is a better overall song/performance than "I Decided"
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
About 557,000 results (0.23 seconds) for "i decided" + solange
ugh no xp
― The Reverend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
hmm i don't rep for "i decided" particularly but no way is the torpid dullness of "losing you" better than "sandcastle disco" or "t.o.n.y." or "would've been the one"
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
I don't even particularly like "Losing You" all that much and think it's being overpraised but at least it isn't wholly repellent and awful
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
when everyone was freaking out over "I Decided", I seriously thought half of ILX had gone deaf
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
all solange praise makes me feel like i'm taking crazy pills
― some dude, Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
What kind of pharmaceuticals you getting in Baltimore
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
I will say though, Solange's version of "Stillness Is The Move" is great
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
I tried out the genre of "I ~see through~ this naked emperor b/c i am a superior listener so let's pop-psychoanalyse all the people who don't" posturing when it first came out, and I was underwhelmed then, and in 2012 it just seems really tired and old in my opinion... It's all just reconstituted whining from old ILM threads, only fit for solitary parlour games amongst sad rapidly aging young men who don't get invited to dinner parties.
― Tim F, Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:14 (6 hours ago) Permalink
great post fight the bullshit ilm 2012 \m/
― flopson, Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
I like some Kalenna OK but don't like "Matte black truck" at all at all
― men, ugh (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't realize I was still on the P&J mailing list! (Haven't voted since 2007.) Could probably throw together a list, but I'm not an "active" "critic" and would prefer not to sully the waters.
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
Did you get a ballot last year?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
Comments for the Guardian trax list are (predictably) a treat.
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
So, is there any kind of groundswell I'm out of the loop on of people opting out of voting in Pazz & Jop? I just got my ballot, too, and still haven't decided what I'm doing.
― xhuxk, Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
It looks like I did, I just didn't remember.
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Thursday, 13 December 2012 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
poll-nullification would be better
1500 ballots all for 'call me maybe'
― j., Thursday, 13 December 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
there we go ballot arrived
are some people boycotting it this year or something?
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Thursday, 13 December 2012 23:16 (eleven years ago) link
not sure if there'd really be a boycott as much as one big "ugh i don't really care anymore"
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (zachlyon), Thursday, 13 December 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
i voted. hastiest/laziest ballot i ever sent in. didn't even bother ranking my albums
― Mordy, Thursday, 13 December 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
wasn't there a "vote for hinder" effort the last time this happened?
― The Reverend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
there has been a general apprehensive "i'm gonna vote...unless you're not gonna, why, have you heard anything?" vibe about it all this year. if Jackin' Pop was on i'd throw my support behind that but as is i still feel like throwing my 2 cents in to see how it goes this year, who knows what'll be going on with it a year from now.
― some dude, Friday, 14 December 2012 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
i voted. hastiest/laziest ballot i ever sent in. didn't even bother ranking my albums --Mordy
You show them.
― epic album: the pluto (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 14 December 2012 00:23 (eleven years ago) link
this is different than when they fired xgau because the voice was still doing good work then... not sure i want to implicitly throw my (however insignificant!) weight behind "hmm i wonder which black person white people will vote for this year" blog posts
― salute me or crut me (J0rdan S.), Friday, 14 December 2012 00:43 (eleven years ago) link
i love showing ppl up by being lazy. it's the easiest revolution
― Mordy, Friday, 14 December 2012 00:54 (eleven years ago) link
i guess i must be master class showing ppl up, i got exhausted just looking at the email
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (zachlyon), Friday, 14 December 2012 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
i'm still gonna vote idc
― D-40, Friday, 14 December 2012 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
the world is fucked up & there are greater injustices
i realize thats a fallacious argument but eh
Ah, there's my ballot - sent to my old email address.
― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 14 December 2012 01:23 (eleven years ago) link
I voted in the prez election this year, might as well vote for P&J. Plus, Obama doesn't want to read my comments about him.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 December 2012 01:51 (eleven years ago) link
who is the morbz of pazz & jop
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 December 2012 02:07 (eleven years ago) link