ILM Ballot Polls for 2014 and beyond -- order, timing, "I would have voted if I'd known about it," etc

i can't do The Boo Radleys right now because of work. so i think that will be coming around February of 2015 after we do all the end of the year stuff.

Your POLL's got a little machine: ILM Artist Poll #71 • Pixies (Voting Thread)

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did you get mine?

I did.

Phew, thought I'd missed p-funk

can't really wait to see what to see the best internet music buffs come out with this years list, is gonna be a doozy. go get 'em boys

just my $0.02

fuck it, at some point I'll do a Cardiacs & Affiliated ballot poll and I don't care how many of you vote

can you move "Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs)" into that vacated # 81 spot? then can you add The Jesus and (fucking) Mary Chain into that 104 slot? thanks.

I was just going to redo the numbering, but you want to jump 23 places in line? I'll open the floor to opinions on it.

Meanwhile, a Chic poll isn't happening without a volunteer. An Iggy/Stooges poll isn't happening without a volunteer.

it was not about jumping the queue, it was more about filling in the blank spot. redoing the numbering works too as it looks like those two poll will be dropped?

lol

so uh what's going on with the order here? The Pixies jumped 8 spots or something? I am still into doing the P-Funk poll (which will take a good deal longer than the XTC one I just did, I expect).

Shakey is burning through these XTC results with great haste. Whose poll is nominating next?

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, October 15, 2014 5:53 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Maybe you can get an answer out of somebody, I've gone all invisible.

― warning, #4 can't be unseen (WilliamC), Wednesday, October 15, 2014 6:15 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Will someone send me a mail when it's time for me to start the Stereolab poll? Or any estimate dates?

― Moka, Wednesday, October 15, 2014 6:26 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

If no one steps in, I'm gonna slide my Pixies poll up.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, October 15, 2014 6:28 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

JF, no objection from me.

― warning, #4 can't be unseen (WilliamC), Wednesday, October 15, 2014 7:07 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh I see. no worries I can do P-Funk next I guess.

Make my funk the right now.

I'll post an updated list later today. If nobody volunteers for Chic or Iggy, they're going to the bottom of the list. And won't the Chic and Iggy fans be mad then, at something they could have done something about.

Well, write me up for a Tropicalia/MPB poll after them. I'll spend the next three years pushing brazilian music to drum up excitement and get people to vote.

A. Pavement - Johnny Fever (finished)
B. Manic Street Preachers - Jamie_ATP (finished)
C. Blur - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)
1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)
2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)
3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)
4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)
5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)
6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)
7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)
8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)
9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)
10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)
11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)
12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)
13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)
14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)
15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)
16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)
17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)
18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)
19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)
20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)
20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)
21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)
22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)
23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)
24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)
25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)
26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)
27. The Neptunes - V79/some dude (finished)
28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (finished)
29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (finished)
30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP (finished)
31. Madonna - Johnny Fever (finished)
32. Miles Davis - WmC (finished)
33. The Fall - Mark G (finished)
34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short (finished)
35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre/LeRooLeRoo (finished)
36. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier (finished)
37. New Order - Bee OK (finished)
37B. The Doors - Ismael Klata (finished)
38. The Clash - Gukbe (finished)
39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy (finished)
40. Jay-Z - some dude (finished)
41. Elton John - Johnny Fever (finished)
42. Stax - seandalai (finished)
43. Disco - Tuomas (finished)
44. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope (finished)
45. Tom Waits - chap (finished)
45B. Velvet Underground and Solo Careers (finished)
46. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (finished)
47. Elvis Costello - kornrulez (finished)
48. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h (finished)
49. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom (finished)
50. Steely Dan - Bee OK (finished)
51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra (finished)
52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain (finished)
53. Outkast - Spottie (finished)
54. Autechre - Leee (finished)
55. Brian Eno - WmC (finished)
56. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom - on hold until fall 2014
57. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)
58. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza (Wednesday, July 1, 2015 from 9:30-10 a.m. EDT)
59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)
60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK
61. P-Funk - Οὖτις
62. Italo - daavid
63. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy
64. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt
65. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee
66. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life
67. Extreme Metal - Viceroy
68. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
69. Pixies - Johnny Fever (IN PROGRESS)
70. Metallica - Pleasant Plains
71. Spoon - Bee OK
72. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds
73. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods
74. Queen - charlie h
75. Can - Z S
76. Tom Petty - rogermexico
77. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished)
78. Jimi Hendrix - some dude
79. John Coltrane - Tarfumes the Escape Goat
80. Stereolab - Moka
81. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK
82. Genesis + solo - NickB
83. The Smiths - nate woolls
84. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl
85. The Burt Bacharach songbook - WilliamC
86. Dead C - Raymond Cummings
87. Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve
88. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?
89. Rush - Matt #2
90. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one
91. George Michael - Ismael Klata
92. Talking Heads - Bee OK
93. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan
94. Van Halen - Johnny Fever
95. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino
96. Low - aldo
97. Nine Inch Nails - chap
98. REM - rogermexico.
99. Bjork - Eric H.
100. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie
101. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK
102. Covers - kornrulez6969
103. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee
104. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever
105. No Wave - sarahell
106. DFA - Van Horn Street
107. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080
108. Beatles solo careers - WilliamC
109. Erykah Badu - Eric H.
110. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h
111. Herbie Hancock - crüt
112. Aphex Twin - Stevie D
113. Blondie - Bee OK
114. Electroclash - soref
115. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie
116. Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo
117. AM Radio Gold - Jeff W
118. Eurovision - nxd
119. Steve Albini - nate woolls
120. Yellow Magic Orchestra - frogbs
121. Elvis Presley - Euler
122. Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969
123. Cardiacs + affiliated - imago
124. Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B
125. Chic Organization -
126. Stooges/Iggy Pop -

so Boo Radleys are next?

or is P-Funk next?

FITE

P-Funk next.

i can't do The Boo Radleys right now because of work. so i think that will be coming around February of 2015 after we do all the end of the year stuff.

― Bee OK, Wednesday, October 15, 2014 8:17 PM (1 week ago)

ah right yeah I thought I saw that somewhere recently

P-Funk poll gonna be epic

have begun listening to the entire P-Funk catalog in chronological order to prepare, see you guys in a week or so lol

I wish I knew anything about P-Funk beyond "Maggot Brain."

don't worry I'm sure that will be either no. 1 or no. 2 depending on who turns out to vote. I assume top 3 will be Flashlight, Maggot Brain, and Atomic Dog in no particular order.

Oh man, P-Funk, I do need to prep for that. Know about four or five of the Parliament records really well, but Funkadelic I've barely explored.

this is one where I really think the nominations thread will be helpful, because just compiling a comprehensive discography is a bit of a task, and there's loads of quality material buried in the catalog.

Holy shit, that list just scared the fuck out of me.

Heh, so we'll be going from Stephen Merritt to Metallica. There's a transition.

Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom - on hold until fall 2014

isn't it the fall of 2014?

^^^ northern-hemispherist

lol, you have been on a roll tonight mookie.

Elvis is here with me in Los Angeles.

it is always summer here though.

Ghost of Polls Past: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VR2ndExR8gM

I guess I'll start the Italo one in about a week or so. It is my first ILM Ballot poll so If someone can share some guidance on how to do run things (timelines, vote counting, scoring) I'd appreciate that.
(totalpop AT gmail DOT com).

Genre polls should definitely have an extended voting period. Like, no less than 3 weeks. Ballot size and scoring should be based on how much you're comfortable tabulating. 100 track ballots, unless you want to spend A LOT of time putting together final results, are probably over the top for a first time pollrunner.

Agreed. My disco poll had 50 track ballots, and even those were a whole lot of work to tally. Presumably the Italo poll will have less voters, but still...

You might also consider doing a nomination thread first, because even with a relatively narrow genre like Italo, you could end up with a ridiculously large xls list if you let people vote freely without a predefined list. Also, before you start the nomination/voting thread, you need to a good definition of "Italo", so people won't start arguing what track is eligible and what's not. Is "Italo" defined by having been produced in Italy, or by a specific sound? Limiting the voting to tracks released in a specific period of time might be a good idea too, to stop people from nominating questionable entries. (My disco poll was limited to the years 1972 - 1984 so that people wouldn't nom stuff like proto-disco or house music.)

Thanks JF and Tuomas. I think I'll follow the nominations suggestion. I've given some thought to it and feel like it's too hard to put time and geographical constraints on Italo though (I want more recent acts like Italove or Sally Shapiro to be eligible), so I'm just gonna go with whatever people think is Italo and let think sort themselves out. Also I think I'll do 40 track ballots.

*let things

Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a POLL: ILM Artist Poll #69 • Pixies (results!)

Recommend not starting too soon lest you step on the P-Funk poll turnout. Starting a new poll while the previous one's results are being rolled out is cool and recommended, but two open voting periods going at the same time seems like it could cut into the turnout for both. Also, if you're going to accept everybody's definitions of Italo, no need for a nominations thread, right? One thread for voting/campaigning/kibitzing, then a thread for results.

can i cut in line since Johnny Fever got to cut in front of me

like, idgi, you know how to get in touch with me, it seems really shitty for people to jump ahead in the queue when some of us have been waiting for 2 fucking years

that was the whole point of doing things this way

i'll start it tonight since it's a free-for-all

plz to see upthread where the next two polls were abandoned and moved to the end of the line and others were being delayed by their runners, so it seemed like a good time to try and fill a vacuum. Check the thread more often.

I was waiting for my turn like a respectable human being!

I apologize for not emailing you, crüt. I should have checked with everyone in the 61-68 range before I said go ahead.

thanks Wm. sorry for throwing a tantrum.