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

Hendrix when?

some dude doesn't believe in clocks.

Devastating head-fake.

my polls are always awesome and they're awesome because i do them when i'm ready to

tough to argue with that

<3

Cause my life is dope and I do dope polls.

Fucksake

In two weeks I can run the Can poll if you want and there's noone working on a poll.

I'm not in charge of this process, but consider it penciled in!

Come on who is up next? We gotta keep this moving. I can start Hendrix or Fairport tomorrow if need be. I'm tired of waiting.

maybe some dude will communicate his demands

y'all are weirdos for acting like this isn't something we do for fun at our convenience

Yeah, somebody just do one. How many people on the list even visit the thread anymore?

would it be a good idea to start a new thread and get people to reaffirm that they still want to run the poll(s) they're down up for? seeing as some people signed up years ago and have probably forgotten about it and are no longer checking this thread? (not suggesting that we start removing people from the list if they don't respond immediately, give them some time obv, but the current system doesn't really appear to be working?)

In two weeks I can run the Can poll if you want and there's noone working on a poll.

Can't wait to see your graphics!

is anyone planning on starting something soon? if not, can I start a Devo ballot poll? I don't want to step on the toes of people who have been waiting, but it seems like nothing much is happening at the moment?

Is the Merritt one happening? If no one is doing it I volunteer to do it about a month from now.

Should I take over and run the Oasis poll? (is ILM really interested?)

Sorry! Remember that bar that I'm in on our national fair? We moved location and we've just opened this weekend and it's doing great so I'm very busy :/ not sure I'll have time soon to make the Can poll :/

Here's images from Saturday

http://m.imgur.com/aTmj2cc,slcTdyX,oOACT13,4YJJmUE,sBliOMr

Ahh yeah pleease someone do the Merritt poll, it's the one I'm most eagerly anticipating

I can start the Devo poll today if nobody else is planning on doing a poll for the next couple of weeks, I'll wait of course if Gukbe wants to start the Merritt poll, or if anyone else who's been waiting in the queue is good to go

DE-VO
DE-VO
DE-VO

Devo? They have more than one song?

flag post

;)

I'll start this later on today then, if nobody else pipes up?

Please do.

ilm DEVO BALLOT POLL aka unconPOLLable urge (voting closes 10 July)

yeah finally a new poll, i was beginning to wonder if we would ever have artist poll number 76.

I'm so tired I feel like I haven't sleep in a month. Next week I'll be in Mexico city working with Corona beer (can't tell much but it's music related and I'm very excited!) and since all the people I know there are workaholics I'll have all week free in the evening. I could run the CAN voting thread and roll results when the Devo poll is over (who the hell is Devo!?)

*slept not sleep

Ok, just putting this out there ...

Should we do a Can poll? I might even volunteer to run it if folks wanted to do is ASAP ...

Yeah, Poll 77 - Can

Can we do a Should poll?

Whoops! I must have missed that. I guess it's hard to do a word search for the word "can."

Question: could we get this done this summer? Love these polls when I have time to stalk them.

Is this list now completely out the window? I've been patiently waiting years for the chance to do my covers poll.

I say just do your covers poll!

The whole purpose of the list is that, once upon a time, so many people wanted to run polls that it was mayhem trying to have them all going at once. Now, nobody wants to run polls and the list is basically a relic/reminder.

I can do one next week.

the list is still there, it just fell off. it sounds like Devo, and then Can and then i was going to do Oasis (i think). but since it has been so dead lately that if you are ready to do your poll you can pretty much do it at any time. just so long as one is not running when one is going on.

I say put the word out on here and give it a week for people to respond. Whoever says they are still interested just start a new list with those and move the others to the back with no name attached. If people volunteer to run an 'unspoken for' poll then cool that one is back in at the end of the 'spoken for' list .

One thing I used to like was how people would bump this thread (or its ancestors) when a poll got going. It was an easy way to know when some hott poll action was happening.

Psyched for the Can poll!

One thing I used to like was how people would bump this thread (or its ancestors) when a poll got going

^ I think this is essential for those of us who just pop in every now and then and see which bookmarked threads have been posted to, rather than diligently scrolling down through ILM new answers once an hour

Yes, the Can poll has not been done.

time for an old fashion update:

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 - Shakey Mo Collier (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. Radiohead - nate woolls (finished)
57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom (finished)
58. "Epics" - Leee (finished)
59. XTC - Οὖτις (finished)
60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK (finished)
61. Yo La Tengo - Van Horn Street/clemenza (finished)
62. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt (finished)
63. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished) *was originally 79 but fits here with the other no number polls
64. Italo - daavid (finished)
65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished)
66. Metallica - pplains (finished)
67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished)
68. Queen - charlie h (finished)
69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished)
69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished)
70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy (finished)
71. Tom Petty - rogermexico. (finished)
72. The Smiths - nate woolls (finished0
73. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK (finished)
74. Stereolab - Moka (finished)
75. Van Halen - Johnny Fever (finished)

76. Devo - soref - voting has been extened: ilm DEVO BALLOT POLL aka unconPOLLable urge (voting closes 10 July)

77. Can - Z S Moka
78. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one Bee OK

Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080
Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods
Jimi Hendrix - some dude
Genesis + solo - NickB
The Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCain
Dead C - Raymond Cummings
Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve
John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?
Rush - Matt #2
George Michael - Ismael Klata
Talking Heads - Bee OK
Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan
Van Halen - Johnny Fever
Billy Joel - Doctor Casino
Low - aldo
Nine Inch Nails - chap
REM - rogermexico.
Bjork - Eric H.
Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie
Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK
Covers - kornrulez6969
New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee
They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever
No Wave - sarahell
DFA - Van Horn Street
Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080
Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις
Erykah Badu - Eric H.
Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h
Herbie Hancock - crüt
Aphex Twin - Stevie D
Blondie - Bee OK
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie
Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo
AM Radio Gold - Jeff W
Eurovision - nxd
Steve Albini - nate woolls
Yellow Magic Orchestra - frogbs
Elvis Presley - Euler
Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969
Cardiacs + affiliated - imago
Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B
Chic Organization -
Stooges/Iggy Pop -
French/Francophone - Van Horn Street
Smashing Pumpkins - Bee OK

I'll start the Can voting poll next week when the Devo thread is over. So Devo can roll results while I do the vote count. How many weeks for voting do you guys feel is ok? Two weeks?

usually it is a 10 day window but two weeks should be fine.

Need more time to savor those sweet sweet Can epics...

Since it looks like the Can poll is covered, one other suggestion I could run is Tim Buckley if people think there's an appetite for that. Short career but nine albums' worth of material.