ILM Ballot Polls for 2020 and beyond -- the ordering, timing, "I would have voted if I'd known about it," etc

Original (June 2011 - December 2013): Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

Part two (January 2014 - December 2019): ILM Ballot Polls for 2014 and beyond -- order, timing, "I would have voted if I'd known about it," etc

ILM Ballot Polls: where to find the results threads

Precursors to the numbered list:

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. The Beatles - Mark G (finished)
3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)
4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)
5. The 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. The Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)
14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)
15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)
16. The 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)
64. Italo - daavid (finished)
65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished)
66. Metallica - pplains (finished)
67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished)
68. Queen - charlie h (finished)
69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished)
69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished)
70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy (finished)
71. Tom Petty - rogermexico. (finished)
72. The Smiths - nate woolls (finished)
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 (finished)
77. Can - Z S Moka (finished)
78. Oasis - Bee OK (finished)
79. George Michael - Ismael Klata (finished)
80. The Stooges/Iggy Pop - Moka (finished)
81. Leonard Cohen - Simon H. (finished)
82. Talking Heads - Bee OK (finished)
83. Blondie - nate woolls (finished)
84. Van Morrison - kornrulez6969 (finished)
85. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie (finished)
86. Joy Division – Bee OK (finished)
87. The Smashing Pumpkins - ufo (finished)
88. Björk – Eric H (finished)
89. Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις (finished)
90. Elvis Presley - Euler and Moka (images) - (finished)
91. Tori Amos - ufo (finished)
92. They Might Be Giants - sic (finished)
93. The B-52's - Bee OK/Karl Malone (finished)
94. Belle and Sebastian - Nag! Nag! Nag! (finished)
95. Songs Under 2 Minutes - Karl Malone (finished)
96. The Burt Bacharach songbook – WmC (finished)
97. Beck – Bee OK (finished)
98. The Go-Betweens - Nag! Nag! Nag! (finished)
99. Cat Power – Leee (finished)

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Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080
Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods
Jimi Hendrix - C. Grisso/McCain
Genesis + solo - NickB
Dead C - Raymond Cummings
Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve
John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?
Rush - Matt #2
Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan
Billy Joel - Doctor Casino
Low - aldo
Nine Inch Nails - chap
REM - rogermexico.
Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK
Covers - kornrulez6969
New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee
No Wave - sarahell
DFA - Van Horn Street
Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080
Erykah Badu - Eric H.
Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h
Herbie Hancock - crüt
Aphex Twin - Stevie D
The Jesus and Mary Chain - 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
Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969
Cardiacs + affiliated - imago
Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B
Chic Organization - pollrunner needed for this one
French/Francophone - Van Horn Street
The Cars/Ric Ocasek - crüt
Tim Buckley - Naive Teen Idol
The Cramps - Moka
Bristol trip-hop - chap
Wire - kornrulez6969
jungle/drum 'n bass - Le Bateau Ivre
Suede - Bee OK
Robyn Hitchcock - campreverb
Power Ballads - rogermexico.
Grunge - Cosmic Slop
Artists poll - Dan Worsley
Kylie Minogue - BradNelson
Math-rock/Hardcore/Post-Hardcore poll - Odysseus
Phil Spector - crüt
Glen Campbell - ― Spottie
ZZ Top - rogermexico.
QOTSA/Desert Sessions - rogermexico.
T Rex - Naive Teen Idol
Bardo Pond – Leee
Super Furry Animals – poll runner needed for this one
Nu Metal Trax – Mordy
Linda Ronstadt – crüt
New Wave (just can’t get enough) Albums and Singles - Bee OK
easy listening/adult contemporary – dyl
Serge Gainsbourg - Camaraderie at Arms Length
Galaxie 500/Luna - Bee OK

*added since last update:

Girl Groups singles poll - Dan Worsley
Phil Elverum - devvvine
Wussy - clemenza
Broadcast - Nag! Nag! Nag!
The Replacements - Nag! Nag! Nag!

Thought it was time for a new thread considering we are in a new decade and the other thread is quite long. We are also right at 100, which is unbelievable. I pretty much just kept the same name of the thread too. I also put in a few modifications and it does look a bit better.

BTW in the "Where to find the results thread" if you click on mookieproof links you will find each poll's full results list, where they exist and where he could find them.

had been thinking an Underworld poll would be good but i'm not sure at the moment when i'll have time to do a poll this year

i guess you can put me down for it but if someone else happens to have time before me and wants to run an Underworld poll they're welcome to run it instead

would also love to see that SFA poll happen at some point now that Guerilla is finally on NA spotify?

I'd run an Underworld poll, we'd do well to make it happen before the next Drift series starts up and produces another 12 hours of tracks and jams to wrestle with

lol i can't believe it's been 6 years since i signed up to do that herbie hancock poll

I think Tori Amos was the last one of these I voted in, and that feels like five years ago.

glad to see this thread! thanks, Bee OK.

i'm gonna take my name off of the Billy Joel poll. i ran the track-by-track listening thread with the vague idea that we COULD roll from that into a poll or something, but in practice that thread had such a great turnout and discussion that i'm not sure we'd really gain much by doing a poll, even if everyone could muster it. the joy of ballot polls is in the discussion more than the ranking, and we had one hell of a discussion there. if someone else wants to run it i'd totally vote, though!

Is there a thread like this for all the various movie polls? I know the detritus thread each year has links to all the other ones, but I meant the genre and decade polls.

I realize the movie polls don't follow back-to-back like the artist ones do, but it would be nice if there were some place where we could float ideas about movie polls and gauge interest (and let folks know they're going on). There's one I've been thinking about for a while, and it will be some time before I can even entertain the idea, but I wouldn't currently know how I would even go about seeing if people would be into it.

Great idea--start a thread. Anyone with an idea can test it out there--hopefully limited to whether there's interest or not, saving the this-belongs-no-it-doesn't arguments for the actual poll. I think a cumulative results thread would be useful too; some of those movie threads, like the comedy and horror, are really hard to load when you want to check something.

Pitch your ideas for possible film polls here

"New Rose" shuffled up on my phone today and after I was through shouting along I thought a punk rock tracks poll would be fun. Limit it to the period 1974 (Ramones formation) to 1984 (Zen Arcade/Let It Be/Double Nickels).

Would definitely participate in classic punk poll.

Can't wait for the "is this punk or is this new wave?" arguing.

yes lol

We definitely need an Underworld poll

one thing with the underworld poll though would be figuring out where to draw the line with remixes etc., like "dark train" should probably be counted as a separate track to "dark & long" but does that work for all of them, and how do you handle something like "rez/cowgirl"?

if it were me, I'd exclude outside remixes, and combine votes for different versions / recordings / mixes / arrangements, but note votes for specific versions in the results. and probably make an eligibility chart so folks don't split votes from themselves.

Rez and Cowgirl I'd be inclined to list separately since they were such distinct recordings, made over a year apart, but roll together in results if voters demand.

i mean the "rez/cowgirl" mashup that's been a live staple and was on everything, everything. obviously you list "rez" and "cowgirl" separately but then do you allow votes for "rez/cowgirl" as a separate entity or not or combine the votes in some way?

i agree about excluding outside remixes and combining votes for the cases that are more directly alternate versions/recordings/mixes/arrangements of the same track, the edge case is the remixes they did themselves that are basically entirely separate works to the original (most prominently "dark train" but i think there's a few others out there too)

yeah there are five or so fully different Dark & Long "versions" that are sometimes listed as discrete songs / sometimes versions, and most of the dubno singles, plus Pearl's Girl and Born Slippy, have the same casual approach to taxonomy. The Born Slippys are as different as Dark Train from Dark & Long, while the Dirty x-s generally sound like separate recordings of the same song, and so do some of the other Darks. And some of the versions even have different mixes!

The band labelled them all as Song (Version) on the super-deluxe reissues, which is probably a tip worth taking.

C21st Underworld instead seemed to do all the rethinking and reworking off-record, playing some things live for years but waiting until they decided on a definitive version to release one (eg You Do Scribble). Drift finally went back to that early-'90s direction, what with the Necks and no-Necks Appleshines, remixing and re-arranging and re-editing things between single and EP and album, the different Soniamodes and Brilliants...

seeing how the voters prefer to think of Rez and Cowgirl is part of the fun!

i think one of the other dark & long "remixes" is actually a remix of one of the other dubnobass tracks even

See also Rowla and Cherry Pie

I'd still like to do a jungle/dnb poll, as listed above. Not sure if there's enough interest in it though.

I'd follow it, definitely, but I probs wouldn't be able to contribute a whole bunch

I'd join in a d&b poll for sure.

I feel like there was one a few years back. Maybe that was 90s Dance in general. Definitely one I'm more likely to participate in or even help run.

Prefab Sprout poll, thanks.

^ YES. Do it! If only so I can be annoyingly "Swoon is *so* underrated, geez" and stuff.

i think one of the other dark & long "remixes" is actually a remix of one of the other dubnobass tracks even

― ufo, Friday, February 7, 2020 9:14 PM (thirty minutes ago)

See also Rowla and Cherry Pie

― nashwan, Friday, February 7, 2020 9:40 PM (four minutes ago)

my lineball instinct was to separate them like Rez and Cowgirl, but they really are exactly the same piece in different arrangements (and also reminiscent of when they'd do a Soft Mix and a Hard Mix on work-for-hire remix gigs around this time). I guess the only conclusion is not to do an Underworld poll

Just checked: counting the album and 7" version, I have 1 hour 55 minutes and 16 seconds of Dark whatevers. Let's just make them the ballot poll.

Prefab Sprout poll, thanks.

― triggercut, Friday, February 7, 2020 7:22 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

yes please

would also love to see that SFA poll happen at some point now that Guerilla is finally on NA spotify?

put me down as poll runner for super furry animals, i'm not sure what interest there is (probably only around 5 current posters on the main thread), but they can't be pollrunnerless

staggerlee hasn't posted since 2014. If no one objects (or if they just changed usernames), I'd like to step up for the Newpies poll.

Also: I was thinking about doing the Hendrix poll this September, in recognition of the 50th (not 51st) anniversary of his passing.

we haven't done Hendrix yet...?

We didn't, but your mom did!

I'll show myself out...

I was kind of musing about a PSYCHEDELIC ROCK poll but have the feeling that's too hairy a beast to properly corral.

Also, post-rock can/should be its own poll distinct from dream pop/shoegaze.

As far as timing is concerned, keep in mind that the 2019 metal poll is still underway, so maybe wait until it's over? Otherwise these all sound like great ideas.

would love a prefab sprout poll

thanks for taking over SFA for me wtev. i got mad that there weren't on Spotify and was not going to run it until that got corrected. i see now that everything is on there but RATW and PP. those other reissues have all their earlier B-sides on-line so that is a huge plus. can't wait for the Super Furry Animals poll!

BTW, this one is still open: 2019 Metal ’n’ Heavy Rock Poll: VOTING & CAMPAIGNING thread (open until the 21st of February)

Most excited about "New Wave (just can’t get enough) Albums and Singles" and SFA will be such a fun poll.

Is anyone in a position to start something soon? Cat Power was almost 6 months ago now.

I'm thinking of offering my services to do the graphics for the eventual R.E.M. poll (it's 14th on the upcoming poll list)--that is, if rogermexico doesn't want to do them himself.

But here's the gimmick. I would ask all ILM'ers to send me random pictures in an R.E.M. aesthetic (whatever that is). Inscrutable objects, blurry photos you haven't deleted yet, chalk marks on a truck tire, a link to a drawing of some adzes, an old shopping list with a penguin scrawled on it. Or take a picture to illustrate a specific song--but don't tell me the song. I'll slap these bits together haphazardly, paste a wonky font on top and reap the acclaim.

If I do it, I'll probably have to start working on it now to get it done for the reveal sometime next year.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/History_of_Inventions_USNM_15_Adz.png/640px-History_of_Inventions_USNM_15_Adz.png

Now that sounds promising.

one thing with the underworld poll though would be figuring out where to draw the line with remixes etc., like "dark train" should probably be counted as a separate track to "dark & long" but does that work for all of them, and how do you handle something like "rez/cowgirl"?

hmmm not sure why it just made a new post but here's my thought - all those 'remixes' should be treated as a distinct track, since they're basically distinct tracks with almost nothing to do with the originals. if you combine votes then you wouldn't be able to put, say, "Dark Train" along with "Thing in a Book", nor "Tin There" with "Pearl's Girl", even though these tracks are very different from each other. as for "Rez/Cowgirl", idk how you'd want to handle it but I'd lean towards just not allowing it

i'm thinking about running either the Shoegaze poll or the New Wave poll this summer, which should i do?

Shoegaze! Shoegaze!

Here's a bold, bold suggestion while we're seemingly experiencing a lack of "I'm ready to go" bids...

I'd be happy to run a Prefab Sprout poll ASAP seeing there's some interest! (Assuming triggercut wasn't actually offering to run it, of course. I couldn't tell for sure.) I've favoured a quick turnaround on polls in the past and could again get it all done within a few weeks. I could even start immediately, but am mindful of the EOY metal poll still needing some space.

I'd definitely be interested in a Prefab Sprout poll.

:)

No-one wants to veto the suggestion? triggercut? Okay, how does a rollout around the Monday March 9rd sound? (~3 weeks.) I'm guessing that would be well after the metal poll. I'll create a thread shortly if there's still no objections. (A thread with regular reminders to vote in the metal poll as first priority. LOL, I really want to see a Venn diagram now.)

^ March 9th, obviously. No prizes for guessing what date I changed that from.

Metal poll rollout will be next week unless disaster befalls seandalai so no reason why you guys cant start a poll as soon as its done.

Thanks for considering us btw. Appreciated.

well, when i say next week i do mean in a weeks time it starts!

Word. I'll revisit when metal voting period closes.

i'm thinking about running either the Shoegaze poll or the New Wave poll this summer, which should i do?

Shoegaze! Shoegaze!

shoegaze

i think shoegaze is a good one to do this year, as it will mark the 10 year anniversary of Moka's tracks poll. i won't redo tracks fully but have an idea for a side poll with those results.

anyways, i think it's time for a new poll as the Metal poll is almost over and we can open a new poll as those results finish.

who is ready?

I've been ready for some weeks with Prefab Sprout. Can start literally immediately if there are (still) no naysayers.

^ Maybe a slightly 'niche' artist but I never can tell with ILM. Anyway, that's why I offered to get it done soon and efficiently, while others decide on follow-up polls.

go for it!

Okay, I'll post a thread...

Up at the plate. I don't know them but will follow along.

The King of Rock 'n' POLL, completely - PREFAB SPROUT - Artist Poll #100 - VOTING THREAD

I have not been keeping up, but if there have been any polls here since Go-Betweens a couple months back, we should update it here:
ILM Ballot Polls: where to find the results threads

There was Cat Power and then the noughties decade poll. I think the latter is the only one not mentioned there.

i think shoegaze is a good one to do this year, as it will mark the 10 year anniversary of Moka's tracks poll. i won't redo tracks fully but have an idea for a side poll with those results.

Ten years. Oh my god. I think I suggested back then that we should do another poll, but for albums/EPs instead of tracks - I can't remember if that's what this poll is supposed to be.

Yes, you can see on the above list that it will be for Albums/EPs this summer hopefully. i will do some sort of side poll with the tracks results that we got from Moka's part.

So, is anyone close to ready for the next one? I'll hopefully have rolled out the Prefab poll by the end of next week.

I could push Underworld out if nobody on the queue wants to leap into action.

Do it!

Yeah, do it! (I'm not really qualified to vote, but I'd like to see the results!)

I probably should have added that this one is over and no longer any sort of impediment:

I POLLED the Megahertz - ILM Artist Poll #100 - Prefab Sprout - RESULTS

I'm a massive Underworld fan and still extremely daunted at having to try and whittle down some favourites from their extensive library xp

Let's nudge the thread for a couple of days in case anyone who's been on deck for a while gets prompted: I'm ready to roll on Underworld, but have the 2019 film poll going on ILE right now, so want to stagger them a bit anyway. (Being locked inside for months is probably the best time for folks to try and figure out which of five nine-minute versions of different songs are their favourites, to be sure.)

NickB? sleeve? aldo? LJ?

Heh I think the shoegaze poll was one of my first polls so there’s no images, some of the winners don’t really qualify as shoegaze (not my fault! That’s on voters) and I broke the usual tie system into a weird one, I’m sure there’s plenty of mistakes too.

I mean it wasn’t strictly a shoegaze poll...

Grisso / McCain? sarahell? Eric H.? crutis?

i'm so busy at work right now that i can't do anything. work in prescription drug industry. my next poll will be shoegaze albums...

I won't run Cardiacs and such until LSD is a vain hope tbh

I guess I could push up the Hendrix poll, and have it up tomorrow or Friday.

I GUESS YOU COULD

I mean, that would be rad.

Well, I had wanted to run it in September (see upthread) but I've got fuck all going on rn, and I have lately been digging into my Hendrix stuff (currently spinning Electric Ladyland).

sic campaigning worked, nice

Hendrix seems perfect

Good stuff.

I have the 20 vote spreadsheet, but is one programmed for 25?

does this help:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-6UZjUc-eioPify1wTOMXe_dSsjOQ6pBu0ZjT0I7CCQ/edit#gid=0

Yes, thanks!

I'll see about getting this up by this evening.

“Oh, Move Over POLLER, And Let Jimi Take Over!” – ILX Artist Poll #101 – Jimi Hendrix – Voting Thread

cool. Really don't know my Hendrix well enough and this will be a good education.

Should be wrapping up the Hendrix voting this week. Anyone interested in doing images for the tracks rollout?

i could try to find some images on the web but i have no clue how to integrate them with the poll & track information.

I can do them with the caveat that while I can sling shit together, I am not a good designer.

“Oh, Move Over POLLER, And Let Jimi Take Over!” – ILX Artist Poll #101 – Jimi Hendrix – Voting Thread is closing after this weekend, so if you're interested, get those ballots in!

"Not Necessarily POLLED, But Beautiful..."– ILM Artist Poll #101 – Jimi Hendrix – Results Thread

who's next now that the hendrix poll is done? is sic still up for underworld?

(Being locked inside for months is probably the best time for folks to try and figure out which of five nine-minute versions of different songs are their favourites, to be sure.)

― Dollarmite Is My Name (sic), Sunday, March 22, 2020 7:10 PM (one month ago)

I'm now more inclined to think that nobody will be able to concentrate hard enough to even tell a 1994 b-side from a 2019 remix, but the results rollout would make for good decision-free listening.

just looking forward to what is next

How's about that trip hop poll? Though I'd suggest opening it to beyond the Bristol bands.

Bristol & nearby bands keeps a certain elegant purity & focus imo.

anyway UNDERWORLD IS GO!

one-week-in bump

Underworld poll is rolling out at length, top 77 start today: why don't you poll me I feel like flying to... the UNDERWORLD Poll Results thread -- produced by Smith & Hyde for ILM Artist Poll #102

I'd like to bump myself in the mix for a Janet Jackson ballot poll because, really, she deserves her own apart from her family.

Would participate.

would love that

is someone still planning to run a 2010s poll sometime in the next few months?

Not sure what the protocol is for waiting one's turn, but I'd be happy to jump in with Janet whenever soonest available.

I would definitely be up for a Janet poll and the 2010s one.

Oh god, yes please Janet poll asap

With Underworld complete, I'm happy opening up a Janet poll if the people demand it.

I'm there for a Janet poll, but isn't the 2010s hip hop poll happening now?

It is, but I figured there had been concurrent single-artist and broader-topic polls in the past. But I can certainly wait, also.

That's true. Not like any of us have a whole lot else going on right now, I guess.

I actually think a Janet poll is a great idea, this artist poll would finish in plenty of time. The other poll is only in the nominations period.

It's POLL For You -- ILM artist poll #103 -- JANET JACKSON (voting open until July 24, 2020)

It's The Pleasure Princi-POLL -- ILM Artist Poll #103 -- JANET JACKSON Results Thread

am i allowed to list ballot polls that haven't yet been suggested and then volunteer to run them ? i have a few.

is the 2010s decade poll still planned for sometime soon?

oooh oooh, what's next?????

I will be excited about the 2010s poll as soon as it stops being too hot to be excited about anything at all

Who's going to run it? I almost could but I also think someone else should

That is correct budo jeru, add to this thread which ballot polls you want to run. Bee will update the list with you in the queue. Ordering is all out of wack, so you can probably skip to the front if you are ready to go.

oh not quite ready this instant, but thanks for the response !

Who is nest?

Personally I would love to see Super Furry Animals as, finally, all their albums are up on Spotify.

NEXT

Yeah I'd love an SFA poll too

anyone going to run one soon? the decade poll... ?

Gee, things are really quiet in here.

I'm suddenly keen on briskly running the Replacements poll I mentioned last year if there's sufficient interest!? (I notice Johnny Fever signed up for such a thing almost a decade ago before retracting it, and my suggestion here was prompted by chatter on a Replacements thread, so there appears to be at least a few potential voters about...)

I would think you'd get a lot of voters in that one--at least 40.

Just please take a blood oath, here and now, that you won't call it "Polled to Meet Me" (or, ideally, anything involving "poll," but I know that's a lot to ask).

i'm in love what's that POLL? i'm in love with that POLL

cerebral rape and POLLage in a village of his choice

LOL. I will find the pun opportunity hard to resist.

If there no objections after another eight hours or so (there never seems to be, but I'm always mindful that some have been waiting for years) I'll cobble together a thread.

Maybe a solo Westerberg/side-project side-poll would be warranted?

by chance, i've had my very first case of replacements fever recently, so i would be pumped about a poll! i've had a mild familiarity with most of their stuff for a long time, but recently i've been connecting to a couple in a way that i hadn't before, listening to some old ones i'd never really given time to, the recent stripped down Don't Tell a Soul, etc.

i would have no idea on the solo/side projects but would very much love to see a countdown to steer me in some promising directions

in the spirit of the replacements, though, i think it's only appropriate to be inexcusably drunk as often as possible while posting on that thread, so i apologize to everyone on it in advance

"Tonight I'll be doing pull-ups on the toilet POLL"

Tonight I'll be doing pull-ups on the toilet POLL - Artist Poll #104 - THE REPLACEMENTS Voting Thread

It's the ILX All-Time Milm and Foovies Poll! -- Nominations Thread

Oops, just saw this is the ILM thread. Still, nominate stuff!

Okay, this one is finished.

I hate ILoveMusic, it's got too many POLLS - Artist Poll #104 - THE REPLACEMENTS - RESULTS

So... NEXT <INTERROBANG>

If there’s enough interest I might be able to run The Cramps poll. Halloween season seems like a good fit for them.

I would vote in a Cramps poll. Also, since I’m here, Fugazi and a comprehensive NWA + related solo albums polls I would participate in (if they haven’t already been done, I hope?).

I'd definitely submit a Cramps ballot!

rattle: seems Fugazi and NWA+ haven't been done and are not yet in the "to do" list in the first post. How would you feel about doing the numbers for those? :)

i would also submit a cramps ballot. my partner is a cramps megafan, while i am only a strongfan, so i'd like an opportunity to up my cramps game!

Nag! that’s a “neg” from me. Voting and commenting on is far as I’m willing to go....2nd thought, and, yeah: I won’t.

N.W.A and related would be timely this week too, but Cramps at Halloween is a great idea.

OK i'm taking the lead!

https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=111013#unread

https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=111013

I'll be thrilled when there's a generalist "best of 2010's" thread. Maybe it'd be better a year or two from now, though, to better let that decade settle in.

someone (can't remember who) had said they'd run it around July this year but that fell through obviously

ILM Artist Poll No. 105 · THE CRAMPS · Results Thread

Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h

Is charlie h still about? I wouldn't mind such an incentive to absorb more his 21st century material...

I'm about. I'm happy to do this one finally, but would prefer to kick off the voting in about a week's time. anyone keen to jump in before then?

nick cave poll sounds good

Cool! With several hundred tracks under consideration I could probably use a bonus week of thinking time anyway!

sweet. I'll get this started by around the 23rd of this month.

I’m in to help with the images, rollout, whatever I can help with for the decade poll

nice, i'm very excited for the decade poll! when is it planned for?

Noms usually kick off mid-December.

They have NICK CAVE polls now? I want one!: The ILM Nick Cave Poll Voting Thread (#106 in a series)

ILM's 2020 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / NOMINATIONS THREAD

I ain't down here for your love or money, I'm down here for your POLL: The ILM Nick Cave Poll RESULTS Thread (#106 in a series)

MF DOOM?

ILM's 2020 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD

2020 Metal ’n’ Heavy Rock Poll: NOMINATIONS Thread (open until the 8th of January 2021)

Yes! re MF DOOM. Do it!

maybe wait til the year-end shenanigans are thru, but yes co-sign DOOM

I could do the DOOM one if a poll runner is needed (yes, after year end shenanigans). I haven't run one before.

Ok so after year end stuff. we're gonna have the MF DOOM one. then can we run the grunge poll or are we still trying to go in order with the list that was posted a year ago in this thread?

I think its better to go with the order as it was as people have waited years, but obviously some may want to be bumped down the list as well.

I like the idea of the grunge poll coming right after hair metal/hard rock poll though. Maybe we could arrange that?

no rush on my part if I'm doing DOOM

ILM isn’t so busy that we couldn’t do multiple polls at a time, no?

i think anything is open. is bee ok around to update the list? a lot of the users listed to run these arent here anymore

a bifurcated process, interesting

Im on that list under different usernames so it might be the same for others

There are almost certainly further folks quietly observing, keen to eventually run things they suggested in, like, 2014. eg. the Nick Cave poll a few weeks ago!

There is no real order specified up top any more. I mean, I ran two in 2020 that were on the list for a matter of months, if that. BUT they were during periods where many weeks had passed without anyone else declaring a wish to proceed.

i think anything is open. is bee ok around to update the list? a lot of the users listed to run these arent here anymore

this board is a living animal that keeps evolving. DOOM could be next because of the circumstances. this thread sorts of has a handle on the timing, just say you want to run a poll and if no one objects then its a go. i don't like the idea of more than one at a time but i'm only one person. anyways, this is all mute until after the year end polls, this will start up again after that.

i will post an updated list in a few weeks.

I'm still down to do the no wave poll even though a bunch of stuff has skipped ahead ... I just figured someone would contact me or something and let me know it was my turn ... nbd

DOOM should be asap imo

get in before he reveals his death was a hoax

Maybe it's time to reinstate a running order extending several polls ahead. Might help in getting long-delayed polls firmly back on the agenda AND reduce stagnant periods, which have sometimes been quite protracted recently.

If I was in charge I'd actually just allocate a calendar month for each poll. Possibly starting March 1st, seeing as EOY polls seem to extend through much of Feb. And then a new poll from the 1st of each month. Easy. And no guesswork or waiting around. If a poll-runner was contemplating a weirdly bloated voting period or rollout, they'd know to expect the potential* distraction of the next month's poll, which would start regardless. :)

*very few are interested in every single poll, after all.

so you are saying it should read like this?

March: Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080

if gr8080 is still around then he can say i'll do it or ask someone to take his place in running it?

April: Stephin Merritt - Gukbe

i would love another Gukbe poll

Kinda. You'd presumably still need to negotiate who goes into given slots. I'm just wondering out loud whether an actual date rather than "whenever X and Y has finished" might improve turnaround and reduce stagnant periods.

It sometimes feels like the next poll to go ahead has been dictated a little too much by whoever happens to visit this thread in quiet periods. I mean, I've benefited from this myself, but I happily concede that I probably shouldn't have had the opportunity to run 4 polls in 2 years, typically on short notice, while sarahell and charlie rex (for example) have been waiting far, far longer. And seemingly mainly because I've been attentive to this thread when things have stagnated!

the problem has been that a lot of the people who signed up years ago haven't been around so 'everyone just waits their turn' stopped working years ago leading to the current system of people just run one when there's a gap and they want to do it

Some names are surely inactive. But there are plenty of recent signs that others really *have* been waiting patiently. The aforementioned No Wave poll was suggested in 2014. Oor Neechy mentions being on the list under multiple aliases. And the last two 2020 single-artist polls had been on the list for absolutely ages: Nick Cave since '14, The Cramps since '16.

Looking back to the original thread it's striking how tight the operation was in the early days. Amazing.

last day to vote over in ILM's 2020 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD

Precursors to the numbered list:
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. The Beatles - Mark G (finished)
3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)
4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)
5. The 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. The Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)
14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)
15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)
16. The 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)
64. Italo - daavid (finished)
65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished)
66. Metallica - pplains (finished)
67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished)
68. Queen - charlie h (finished)
69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished)
69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished)
70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy (finished)
71. Tom Petty - rogermexico. (finished)
72. The Smiths - nate woolls (finished)
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 (finished)
77. Can - Z S Moka (finished)
78. Oasis - Bee OK (finished)
79. George Michael - Ismael Klata (finished)
80. The Stooges/Iggy Pop - Moka (finished)
81. Leonard Cohen - Simon H. (finished)
82. Talking Heads - Bee OK (finished)
83. Blondie - nate woolls (finished)
84. Van Morrison - kornrulez6969 (finished)
85. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie (finished)
86. Joy Division – Bee OK (finished)
87. The Smashing Pumpkins - ufo (finished)
88. Björk – Eric H (finished)
89. Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις (finished)
90. Elvis Presley - Euler and Moka (images) - (finished)
91. Tori Amos - ufo (finished)
92. They Might Be Giants - sic (finished)
93. The B-52's - Bee OK/Karl Malone (finished)
94. Belle and Sebastian - Nag! Nag! Nag! (finished)
95. Songs Under 2 Minutes - Karl Malone (finished)
96. The Burt Bacharach songbook – WmC (finished)
97. Beck – Bee OK (finished)
98. The Go-Betweens - Nag! Nag! Nag! (finished)
99. Cat Power – Leee (finished)
100. Prefab Sprout – Nag! Nag! Nag! (finished)
101. Jimi Hendrix - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)
102. Underworld – sic (finished)
103. Janet Jackson – Eric H. (finished)
104. The Replacements – Nag! Nag! Nag! (finished)
105. The Cramps – Moka (finished)
106. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al – charlie rex (finished)

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Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080
Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods
Genesis + solo - NickB
Dead C - Raymond Cummings
Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve
John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?
Rush - Matt #2
Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan
Billy Joel - Doctor Casino
Low - aldo
Nine Inch Nails - chap
REM - rogermexico. Hideous Lump added to do images
Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK
Covers - kornrulez6969
New Pornographers/AC Newman - C. Grisso/McCain added as poll runner
No Wave - sarahell
DFA - Van Horn Street
Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080
Erykah Badu - Eric H.
Herbie Hancock - crüt
Aphex Twin - Stevie D
The Jesus and Mary Chain - 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
Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969
Cardiacs + affiliated - imago
Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B
Chic Organization - pollrunner needed for this one
French/Francophone - Van Horn Street
The Cars/Ric Ocasek - crüt
Tim Buckley - Naive Teen Idol
The Cramps - Moka
Bristol trip-hop - chap
Wire - kornrulez6969
jungle/drum 'n bass - Le Bateau Ivre
Suede - Bee OK
Robyn Hitchcock - campreverb
Power Ballads - rogermexico.
Grunge - Cosmic Slop
Artists poll - Dan Worsley
Kylie Minogue - BradNelson
Math-rock/Hardcore/Post-Hardcore poll - Odysseus
Phil Spector - crüt
Glen Campbell - ― Spottie
ZZ Top - rogermexico.
QOTSA/Desert Sessions - rogermexico.
T Rex - Naive Teen Idol
Bardo Pond – Leee
Super Furry Animals – wtev added as poll runner
Nu Metal Trax – Mordy
Linda Ronstadt – crüt
New Wave (just can’t get enough) Albums and Singles - Bee OK
easy listening/adult contemporary – dyl
Serge Gainsbourg - Camaraderie at Arms Length
Galaxie 500/Luna - Bee OK
Girl Groups singles poll - Dan Worsley
Phil Elverum - devvvine
Wussy - clemenza
Broadcast - Nag! Nag! Nag!

*added since last update:

Punk Rock Tracks Poll (1977- 1984) – WmC
Psychedelic Rock – Leee
MP Doom – Chris L. or maffew12?

not sure if WmC or Leee really signed up but there weren't a lot of things added this last year. if you want to be removed just let me know and i'll update.

cramps was recently done by moka

it's there number 105, just didn't delist it. thanks for letting me know.

my spelling error for MF Doom is quite funny to me.

I don't remember signing up for punk tracks. Take me off -- I'm done running polls unless it's to rerun Bacharach every few years.

Can you put me down to do Sparks, seems like a good year to do it.

I suggested MF Doom but am not able to do it myself.

bravo once again Bee OK for keeping up the list!

please mark Billy Joel unclaimed next time around --- i'm definitely satisfied with having run the career-spanning listening thread. i would say just take it off the list, but if someone else wants to do it, they totally should!

Where's Stevie D, can we bump Aphex up?

since the Metal poll is never going to close, anyone ready to go for the next one? i really think MF Doom should go next but open to anything at this point.

or maybe we should do Daft Punk but someone will need to volunteer for that one.

^^ force it onto DJP imo

Have we not done Rundgren? I’m still scared of running a poll but could maybe be convinced.

do it! they are really fun to run especially if you're a huge fan of said artist. i will say it's a lot of work but the rewards are worth it.

I'll vote in that one for sure.

I'll also vote, especially if we have a sub-poll for "Favourite New Cars song".

Ok I’m game. Do I have to wait in a queue? How we do decide these things?

if you want to do it now you probably just can since no one else has volunteered to run one right now yet

The Ballot Of Todd Rundgren

Fuck, I think that's gotta be it.

Ok, I'll put this up tonight. Pray for me (or at least tell me how to run one of these things).

2021 has started:
The Ballot of TODD RUNDGREN: ILM ARTIST POLL #107 Nominations Thread

sorry i lost track here about getting the MF DOOM started. When would be a good time? April 1?

the rundgren poll looks like it'll be done in about 3 weeks so as soon as it's done would be fine

ok sure I'll keep an eye on its schedule

Wonder what would be the interest in a Loudon Wainwright III poll, apart from myself and NTI. I could try to run it (first time will be the charm), might not be able to do it until the summer.

I would follow results, would like to get into him. But wouldn’t be able to vote.

Voting just closed for the Todd Rundgren poll. What are best practices for rolling out the results? I have most of the ballots tabulated already, but will have to prep the results.

Foe instance, are there better days to roll them out (ie, weekdays versus weekends)? And how quickly? I know that I tend to like slower results with more time for people to weigh in and comment. But I also don’t want to drag things out or slow down other polls.

Thx in advance for suggestions.

However the pollrunner feels like or has time to roll them out imo, it's a feature not a bug that people run things differently.

(I always try to have my text and links and images ready at least a day at a time, and when possible to hold off on dropping a result until a bit of discussion on the previous result has had time to roll. Some people like to hit a certain pace of rollout and let the discussion fall where it may. Weekdays are usually better for engagement, but you'll probably catch some different commenters with a few results teased over a weekend.)

i'm always an advocate for slow rollouts. better to have some days that are light on discussion have it all go by in a blur - IMO!

i also don't think there's any issue with a results rollout happening simultaneous with another polls' voting period; the only thing that really necessitates Order And Timing (again IMO) is to avoid having multiple simultaneous *voting* periods, because making a ballot takes time and energy so they end up competing with each other and worsening all the polls. especially key for those of us who like to do some listening as we tinker intermittently with the ballots, or to haunt the voting thread for recommendations etc.

I hate doing fancy images to go with the rollout, so I was putting out Led Zeppelin results within an hour of getting out of bed after the deadline passed. Still took tracks ballots (well, one ballot) while I was rolling out album results.

i have usually done a roll out when i got up on my day off, so around 9 - 10 AM ish on the West Coast. depending on how many you may want to roll out, i usually roll out about 20 - 25 per day and one result every 20 minutes or so. also have run things during the week but have some spill over until Saturday and even my Steely Dan one ran into a Sunday.

think i have been closer to 15 per day. so say, 15 per day and spread out over around 20 minutes each then it would be a five hour rollout. perfect, imo.

This is awesome feedback and advice, thanks, everyone!

alternative: five per day! or three! if i ever do a poll again that's where i'll be. i hate "missing" the rollout convo cause of work or w/e, but also you'll never please everybody, so whatever feels good to *you* is the best standard - you're putting in all the work after all!

Good input for me too--DOOM poll upcoming is my first. I was thinking to wait til right after the Rundgren rollout is done if that's alright.

slot #108 is all yours for MF Doom.

So Daft Punk was a non-starter?

so is the situation now that there isn't any real order to any of these and I can just do my no wave poll whenever, like before we had this thread to organize things?

no-one took it and wanted to run it, so it's still open for someone if they want to run it.

xpost

I'm super busy with work for the next couple months, so it's not like I can do it right away, but ... I've been kinda waiting my turn for lol a few years?

yes no order, just say when you are ready so we only have one poll going at a time. a bunch of people signed up but haven't followed through.

Thanks Bee OK. I meant as opposed to starting during Rundgren rollout.

FWIW, rollout for Rundgren is starting tomorrow. Expect to be done by the end of the week.

Sometimes I Don't Know What to Poll: ILM Artist Poll #107 - Todd Rundgren - RESULTS

Jumpin JePOLLaphat, who's that? -- ILM Artist Poll #108 Daniel Dumile (MF DOOM, Zev Love X, Viktor Vaughn, King Geedorah, etc.) - Campaigning, Discussion, Equivocating until 4/11

so we (by which i mean tuomas and moka) did these a while back:

PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS, DANCING TOGETHER! It's the 1990s TOP 100 ELECTRONIC TRACKS poll results!
RESULTS (of the very nebulously defined) 110 ELECTRONIC DANCE TRACKS of the 00s

unless i've missed it completely, there is no update for the 2010s. and there should be imo

Blessed be the lord who believe any POLL RESULTS they read up on a message board: ILM Artist Poll #108 - MF DOOM

We have not done a Chic Organisation poll, correct?

see first post

(iirc someone (Dr. C.?) self-nommed to run it but has been gone for many years)

i volunteered to run that one but am happy to release it to anyone who wants to do it

What falls under the banner of "The Chic Organization?" I'm assuming it refers to more than just albums and singles released by Chic?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chic_discography

Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards produced for a series of artists in the years 1978 to 1982. They sometimes produced under the name 'The Chic Organization'.

Diana Ross albums and singles, Sister Sledge albums and singles, Sheila And B Devotion, Debbie Harry's KooKoo album, the Soup For One soundtrack - all written by Nile & Nard, produced by them, played by them and Tony Thompson, sung on by Alfa and Fonzi and Luci et al

so who's next?

i was going to open the Shoegaze albums and EPs poll but the last poll went a bit long and my window closed. i might do Super Furry Animals this summer but unsure if there is enough interest? regardless of that i do have something else up my sleeve and will move forward with that next week, i think it will be a lot of fun.

SFA would be great

It sounded like there was pretty good interest in an SFA poll on their thread. I'm excited for it at any rate!

i think the poll will be popular enough, i'm just worried about how many will vote. anyways, i will run in exactly like the Boo Radleys poll that i ran. Ablums/EP's/Tracks. it will take some time to revisit everything. anyways, i will try and run this summer unless something, in real life, prevents it.

anyways, anyone up to run poll #109?

Is sarahell still "super busy with work"? Kinda feel like it's their turn now if desired. (Plus, admittedly, some No Wave immersion is personally appealing at present. :) )

Gearing up to do a Loudon Wainwright III poll over the summer if people are interested, if that works.

Hell yes

i can probably run something starting next week if no one else is stepping up?

so throwing some ideas for polls around that aren't currently taken, is there immediate interest in any of these:
Destroyer?
Sufjan Stevens?
Afghan Whigs (& other Greg Dulli projects)?
Taylor Swift?
The Knife & side projects?
Roisin Murphy/Moloko?
Maxwell?

Kanye is one that should happen someday but i guess now's probably not a great time when he's at a career nadir and everyone's sick of his shit

i would really love to see the 2010s poll happen this year but that'd be too much for me alone at the moment

maybe it'd be a good idea to make a new thread, and have everyone register to run stuff again, with people giving a planned timeframe they'd hope to be able to run their poll. obviously giving people who are on the current list rights & priority if they're still around but clearing out people who are inactive these days? or just go through the current top of the list somewhat and get people to say when they're able to next run something idk

just throwing this idea out for some day:

DEERHOOF

i don't think it would be a huge number of voters, but they have a large catalog with exceptional songs on almost every release.

Whigs/Dulli and Maxwell would be amazing!

Get Your POLL On, Baby: ILM Artist Poll #109 - The Afghan Whigs

Don't Forget The AlcoPOLL (ooh baby! ooh baby!): ILM Artist Poll #109 - The Afghan Whigs - RESULTS

almost done with afghan whigs results

anyone up next?

if it helps it get off the ground i'm happy to do the tabulation & managing nominations etc. for the 2010s poll any time, but images & rollout for that would be beyond me

Any interest in a Dinosaur Jr poll? (Perhaps even a anything-ever-recorded-by-any-D.Jr-member-is-eligible kinda thing?)

Hmm.

Dinosaur Jr. was on this list at one time, but that person asked me to remove them from running it. i would love to go back and listen to some SeBADoh again...

Aha! Makes sense. I was faintly surprised that a text search came back negative on this iteration of the thread.

ZZ Top?

hell yeah

yeah 100% down

rogermexico? Still interested in running the ZZ Poll?

eep I am jammed up with the most intense work period of the year. more or less 24/7 for the next two weeks. please don't let me hold up the train.

I'd like to take over then. I could open up on Monday.

do it!

i have seen Green Knight. those are my bona fides

i'm POLLed, i'm nationwide

It Sure Got POLLED After The Rain Fell: ILM Artist Poll #110 – ZZ Top

I'd still like to do a jungle/dnb poll, as listed above. Not sure if there's enough interest in it though.

― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 7 February 2020 10:50 (one year ago)

I'd follow it, definitely, but I probs wouldn't be able to contribute a whole bunch

― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 7 February 2020 10:53 (one year ago)

I'd join in a d&b poll for sure.

― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 7 February 2020 10:54 (one year ago)

I feel like there was one a few years back. Maybe that was 90s Dance in general. Definitely one I'm more likely to participate in or even help run.

― nashwan, Friday, 7 February 2020 11:54 (one year ago)

Wanna say I'd love to see this one happen.

Yes!

CLOSING THIS WEEKEND

It Sure Got POLLED After The Rain Fell: ILM Artist Poll #110 – ZZ Top

I wish there was a Monkees poll just so it could be called "POLL It."

Randy Scouse POLLt

I POLLed It On The ILX! - ILM Artist Poll #110 - ZZ Top - Results Thread

going to run a Low poll next month

anyone going to run anything before it?

neechy lets get the grunge poll going!

My dads been in hospital for 10 weeks and when he comes home he will need a full care package as he's not able to walk anymore, so unfortunately I wont have the time for the forseeable unless I can get a co-runner who would do all the heavy lifting for the poll, which would be a bit unfair on them, but if anyones up for it, let me know.

no worries, sorry to hear about your pop. i may be interested in running it but prob later this month

i think a japan/solo projects poll would be really good sometime, maybe i'll try to run that next year.

I'd certainly vote! Though I love Japan, I might rate Gone to Earth as the best thing Sylvian's worked on.

It's Halloween season, should I do The Banshees poll ?

I would vote in a Banshees poll.

I’d be into a Japan poll for sure.

going to start the low poll next week

I guess, considering my no wave poll got skipped over a bunch of times, I should just do it whenever I feel like it, as long as there isn't something else major going on?

yeah there hasn't been any real order for years bc a lot of the polls at the top of the waiting list were by people who aren't active here anymore or now too busy to run anything, you can just run it whenever you feel like it & there's not something else on

there are often long periods when no one's running anything so if you see an opportunity, just go for it

Low, NIN and Aphex are polls I'm very excited about. Hope to see the latter two soon at some point soon.

I would also be excited about the Aphex poll ... tho it doesn't seem Stevie D has responded since it was last bumped.

I could maybe do it if there’s enough interest and there’s no problem about me stealing it.

Massively up for an Aphex poll

https://i.imgur.com/j9tWa9b.gif

argh sorry was just doing a test!

EPILEPSY WARNING

Was thinking it'd be cool to do some glitchy animations for the afx poll, but it might be a ton of work and wanted to see if it worked.. seems it does lol

Also sorry I don't know if there's epileptic people on ilm and if this sort of thing might be triggering. please delete mods.

I'm going to sign up to run Daft Punk and try to run it next summer

not epileptic and that gif has me very excited for you to run an aphex poll! seems like you can just hide them behind spoiler tags and won't be an issue, no

Ah yes spoiler tags could be a solution!

not all of them would be as agressively cut, some of them could have calm transitions. I've never done gifs before tbh, still got plenty of tricks to learn.

I think I chased anyone with epilepsy off of ILX years ago :-/

So go for it imo!

LET'S SEE

https://i.imgur.com/kvR4Q5i.gif

JOIN ME

https://i.imgur.com/ivoaXdi.gif

YES. I would be so hype. An AFX poll would be massive and super fun.

Yes please

+1 for afx

Think I'm getting the hang of it now... I might be ready...

https://i.imgur.com/l8VMVjN.gif

what polls are currently lined up?

Still experimenting... Less frantic looks better I think?

https://i.imgur.com/imc7l2A.gif

gives you some time to try and read the info lol... or maybe ditch the glitch and just use a static img:

https://i.imgur.com/0KmzpXI.jpg

i'm starting the low poll on saturday, then it's probably into EOY season

We used to run artists polls thru December

I'm definitely voting in the low poll for "Low, Transient Waves & Piano Magic - Sleep at the Bottom" as my numero uno!

K, I'll come back when low is over and we'll check the schedule.

Gonna need about six months to listen to the SoundCloud dump

You can’t have static type/info boxes over top a glitched image with how your making these? (How are you doing these?)

Also the SoundCloud dump had its moments - a few have made it into my regular rotation.

You can’t have static type/info boxes over top a glitched image with how your making these? (How are you doing these?)

Also the SoundCloud dump had its moments - a few have made it into my regular rotation.

― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall)

Sure can! Actually that’s a good suggestion and what I’ll probably end up with. I did a test with static info/data and the background doing the glitch and it was the best one but didn’t upload.

lol oh shit, I am barely on here these days and will kindly pass on hosting a whole poll but I would be thrilled to pass the torch to Moka and maybe I will even get my shit together enough to whip up a ballot

I wish the Mokaman would deliver my POLL, in the morning.

ha!

Do You Know How to POLLtz?: ILM Artist Poll #111 - Low

We used to run artists polls thru December

― Bee OK, Thursday, 28 October 2021 02:17 (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink

EOY nominations don't close until the start of January so it should be fine to do other things during December

I am thinking of doing a Tinashe poll but maybe it's wishful thinking that there would be enough voters if hardly any r&b has ever been polled ?

yeah and her legacy isnt really set in stone yet. i was gonna do a jam and lewis one at some point. tinashe maybe just create an albums poll and see where it goes.

I'm really in the mood for that Broadcast poll right now. Could even maybe help to run it.

Black cat FTW

I'm sure this would have been asked before--I've probably asked it myself: has there ever been a music-videos poll? I'd love to do that. If anyone ever updates the list, change my entry from Wussy to music videos. Realistically, I'm so far down the list, it'll never get to me anyway. So keep videos in mind if there's ever one of those lulls where no one in sight steps forward. I'm retired, working part-time, so I can step in immediately.

that would be sweet

theres no order anymore just do what you want when you want outside of during the end of year polls

Okay, thanks. After the new year, I'll see if there's an opening.

I'm sure this would have been asked before--I've probably asked it myself: has there ever been a music-videos poll? I'd love to do that. If anyone ever updates the list, change my entry from Wussy to music videos. Realistically, I'm so far down the list, it'll never get to me anyway. So keep videos in mind if there's ever one of those lulls where no one in sight steps forward. I'm retired, working part-time, so I can step in immediately.

i will update the list early next year. i will keep you in the running for Wussy and add Music Videos. there is no order any longer, just a list of polls that people signed up for so it's fluid.

Thanks--just drop Wussy altogether. At this point, I think they'd garner about 10 participants.

Music video poll would be great, clemenza

Music video poll would be amazing. I never had mtv so I missed out on pretty
much all of them. Would love to see ILX’s favorites!

I think it'd be great because they were just so omnipresent for at least a couple of decades...I don't think they are anymore, but it's not like I'm keeping tabs. Balancing the songs themselves and their videos would be interesting (I don't know if you could ever a really love a video if you didn't at least like the song).

The predictable #1/#2 of Dancing In The Street/Friday would be a bit anticlimactic though

I am looking forward to complaining about how Around The World and Star Guitar are both slightly out of sync and therefore bad, not good.

Count me in on the music video poll.

Music video poll is a great idea although I feel I haven’t really watched many of them after 2003 or so.

When I'd catch up on each year for my year-end lists, I was often listening to songs via YouTube, so I came across many good ones. (Even that, unfortunately, came to an end when Pazz & Jop went under a couple of years ago.)

this hasn't been posted yet: Too LOW: ILM Artist Poll #111 - Low - RESULTS

EOY voting is open: ILM's 2021 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD

As I mentioned earlier, I'm interested in running a favourite-videos-ever poll once the year-end finishes. If someone else has been waiting to start something, though, no problem.

I'm really in the mood for that Broadcast poll right now. Could even maybe help to run it.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length)

Still keen on this! Though it wasn't clear that there was a huge amount of interest beyond you and I in the first place. "Modest discography with many not-quite-songs" etc, etc.

A reminder to you folks that you should really vote in the TV poll! All you need to do to vote is submit a ballot including your favorites (3 minimum, 25 maximum, ranked by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail. It'll take five minutes, so why not get to it?

ILX's Best Television of 2021 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 31, 2022

how many of the noms are musical

We never did the Chic Organisation one, did we?

I was listening to my all-in Spotify playlist yesterday and think I just might need to run this thing. Pandemic times need a little Chic Cheer!

I would enjoy it!

I have been annually updating this list after our End of the Year countdown, so it's that time again

Precursors to the numbered list:
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. The Beatles - Mark G (finished)
3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)
4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)
5. The 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. The Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)
14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)
15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)
16. The 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)
64. Italo - daavid (finished)
65. P-Funk - Οὖτις (finished)
66. Metallica - pplains (finished)
67. Spoon - Bee OK (finished)
68. Queen - charlie h (finished)
69. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds (finished)
69B. Pixies - Johnny Fever (finished)
70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy (finished)
71. Tom Petty - rogermexico. (finished)
72. The Smiths - nate woolls (finished)
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 (finished)
77. Can - Z S Moka (finished)
78. Oasis - Bee OK (finished)
79. George Michael - Ismael Klata (finished)
80. The Stooges/Iggy Pop - Moka (finished)
81. Leonard Cohen - Simon H. (finished)
82. Talking Heads - Bee OK (finished)
83. Blondie - nate woolls (finished)
84. Van Morrison - kornrulez6969 (finished)
85. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie (finished)
86. Joy Division – Bee OK (finished)
87. The Smashing Pumpkins - ufo (finished)
88. Björk – Eric H (finished)
89. Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις (finished)
90. Elvis Presley - Euler and Moka (images) - (finished)
91. Tori Amos - ufo (finished)
92. They Might Be Giants - sic (finished)
93. The B-52's - Bee OK/Karl Malone (finished)
94. Belle and Sebastian - Nag! Nag! Nag! (finished)
95. Songs Under 2 Minutes - Karl Malone (finished)
96. The Burt Bacharach songbook – WmC (finished)
97. Beck – Bee OK (finished)
98. The Go-Betweens - Nag! Nag! Nag! (finished)
99. Cat Power – Leee (finished)
100. Prefab Sprout – Nag! Nag! Nag! (finished)
101. Jimi Hendrix - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)
102. Underworld – sic (finished)
103. Janet Jackson – Eric H. (finished)
104. The Replacements – Nag! Nag! Nag! (finished)
105. The Cramps – Moka (finished)
106. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al – charlie rex (finished)
107. Todd Rundgren - Naive Teen Idol
108. MF Doom – maffew12
109. The Afghan Whigs -ufo
110. ZZ Top - C. Grisso/McCain
111. Low - ufo

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Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080
Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods
Genesis + solo - NickB
Dead C - Raymond Cummings
Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve
John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?
Rush - Matt #2
Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan
Billy Joel - Poll runner needed
Nine Inch Nails - chap
REM - rogermexico. Hideous Lump added to do images
Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK
Covers - kornrulez6969
New Pornographers/AC Newman - C. Grisso/McCain added as poll runner
No Wave - sarahell
DFA - Van Horn Street
Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080
Erykah Badu - Eric H.
Herbie Hancock - crüt
Aphex Twin - Moka
The Jesus and Mary Chain - 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
Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969
Cardiacs + affiliated - imago
Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B
Chic Organization - donna rouge
French/Francophone - Van Horn Street
The Cars/Ric Ocasek - crüt
Tim Buckley - Naive Teen Idol
Bristol trip-hop - chap
Wire - kornrulez6969
Jungle/Drum 'n Bass - Le Bateau Ivre
Suede - Bee OK
Robyn Hitchcock - campreverb
Power Ballads - rogermexico.
Grunge - Cosmic Slop
Artists poll - Dan Worsley
Kylie Minogue - BradNelson
Math-rock/Hardcore/Post-Hardcore poll - Odysseus
Phil Spector - crüt
Glen Campbell - ― Spottie
QOTSA/Desert Sessions - rogermexico.
T Rex - Naive Teen Idol
Bardo Pond – Leee
Super Furry Animals – wtev
Nu Metal Trax – Mordy
Linda Ronstadt – crüt
New Wave (just can’t get enough) Albums and Singles - Bee OK
Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary – dyl
Serge Gainsbourg - Camaraderie at Arms Length
Galaxie 500/Luna - Bee OK
Girl Groups singles poll - Dan Worsley
Phil Elverum - devvvine
Wussy - clemenza
Broadcast - Nag! Nag! Nag!
Psychedelic Rock – Leee

*added since last update:

Sparks - Dan Worsley
Daft Punk - Bee OK
Loudon Wainwright III - James Redd and the Blecchs
Dinosaur Jr - Nag! Nag! Nag!
Japan - ufo
Music Videos - clemenza

can we do YMO next and just skip everything? wouldn't it be good if we all got YMO fever this summer? i say this though i will not be doing any work in running the poll, mind you

this is no order anymore, so yes we can if the poll runner wants to do it

no order anymore

https://i.imgur.com/GI0RjpD.png

Someone do Peter Gabriel

moka & i have vague plans to finally run the 2010s poll sometime this year, that's the only poll i'm committing to for now

if anyone wants to do japan/david sylvian etc. they're free to, but it's one i'd consider running further in the future

The year-end stuff is over, right? Asking again about an all-time video poll. I'll get it going right away and finish within three weeks.

i think at the moment if anyone wants to run a poll right now, they can

I'll start a thread, see if the interest is there. If there is, as I say, it'll be three weeks, four at the most, and then one of the others mentioned in the last few posts can jump in.

Is Gukbe around and still keen on a Stephin Merritt poll? Other threads are reminding me that I'd quite like to see that one happen.

would also be very interested in that

aphex twin would rule

Gukbe is no longer around

Looks like it has indeed been a few years. Assuming the Poster Formerly Known As Gukbe doesn't emerge under an new alias I'd be happy to be provisionally penciled in to crunch the numbers on such a Merritt poll. I suspect there would be more enthusiasm for that than any of my existing suggestions in To Do list.

Do it Nag! I've been eagerly anticipating the Merritt poll for years and now seems like a good time for it, what with all the chatter in the Mag Fields thread :)

Martha, My Dear: ILM's All-Time Video-Poll Results Thread

next?

Is anyone thinking of running a poll? If not, I might open one up this week but won't If someone else has something else in mind.

I don't have one currently (work is heavy right now) but in the future I'd love to run a Country poll at some point (which I would definitely name Country-POLL-iton) if there was enough interest. Also if someone was willing to co-run it to help with the images as I have no idea how to do that sort of thing!

So let's raise the bar and our cups to the POLL - ILM Artist Poll #113 - DAFT PUNK (Voting is open until Sunday, April 10, 2022)

Would there be anywhere near enough enthusiasm for a Randy Newman poll? I'd volunteer to collate that too, if there was.

("Was this prompted by the recent Bandsplain episode?" I hear you cry. Yes, I guess it was lol.)

I would vote! I was thinking of starting a 12 Songs poll, because Newman has never had a poll for complete albums or any individual records... but that doesn't bode well for turnout for a career poll. I just had the ominous feeling that the next Randy Newman thread would be post-mortem.

I'll leave the Newman suggestion to simmer for now.

But enough empty talk from me: having found definite support for a Broadcast poll in another thread, I wouldn't mind actually getting that up and running after Daft Punk. So late April, or thereabouts? Possibly a modest affair with a small pool of enthusiasts.

As always, vigorously quash this suggestion if you've been waiting in the queue since 2010 or whatever lol.

I'm really in the mood for that Broadcast poll right now. Could even maybe help to run it.

Camaraderie at Arms Length, how are you with images? I've usually kept that aspect pretty rudimentary but feel like this instance deserves a little more care.

POLLin’ & Scratchin' - ILM Artist Poll #113 - DAFT PUNK (Results Thread)

Would anyone be interested in a Jeff Tweedy poll? Wilco / Uncle Tupelo / Loose Fur / Golden Smog / Minus 5 / Tweedy / solo stuff? I have never run a poll but would be willing to try. There was a lot of revitalized interest in the Wilco threads lately...

would love a wilco poll, i think there would be solid interest

I could probably get a ballot together for Wilco.

Would very much vote in a Tweedy poll.

I'd be good for 10 songs.

^^Underrated Tweedy solo joint.

Would actively participate in a Wilco poll.

Wilco will POLL you baby...

The ashtray says you were POLLED all night...

I wonder why we listen to POLLS when nobody gives a fuck...

His POLL in life was to be an echo.

Meanwhile, post-Daft Punk, I'll cobble together a Broadcast thread by Sunday evening (GMT+10)

OK, I will give a Tweedy/Wilco poll a go when the Broadcast one is complete, unless there's someone else who has been waiting.

Thinking three polls:
Side Projects Albums (all members?)
Wilco Albums
All Tracks (Tweedy as songwriter)

Thoughts?

Thoughts?

Mine:
Wilco Songs(as it will dominate anyways)
Other/Side Projects/Solo Songs
Albums

Though "Side Projects Albums (all members?)" is an interesting concept too.

Yeah, I just deleted a post campaigning for a non-Tweedy side project, but this isn't the place for that. Anyway, I'd have at least one thing to include, in that respect.

there's some edge cases where it's a little hard draw the line, like loose fur's "laminated cat" started out as a wilco song and is still played live regularly by wilco in its loose fur form

Might want wait on Wilco...new double album dropping at the end of May: https://wilcostore.com/products/cruel-country-digital-download

Come On Let's POLL - ILM Artist Poll #114 - BROADCAST (Polling and Lobbying Thread)

It's customary to paste a link in a more timely fashion, but it seemed vaguely impolite to interrupt active Wilco discussion :)

People who have made poll images in the past, can you recommend any free/simple apps or websites that work on PC?

GIMP.

tried that before but seems to be a bit too much of a learning curve for me (gimpin' ain't easy) - and don't know if my ancient laptop can handle it.

This is probably a horrifying suggestion to actual designers, but I always find powerpoint is very easy to use to create cover/image art. You can add pics, shapes, text, etc in all manner of colors and fonts. When done, just highlight the entire field of items, right click, and select save as picture.

That actually could be just what I need.

who's next after broadcast

i would like to try to do the 2010s poll sometime in the next few months, at last, but i'll have to coordinate that with moka if they're still onboard, and with anyone else who wants to help

Yeah I’m on board!

TEARS IN THE TYPING POLL: ILM Artist Poll #114 - BROADCAST (Results Thread)

This is officially no longer any sort of impediment, so go go go

So into a 2010s poll! Don't know what help you need, ufo, but definitely want to if I can

if anyone's ready to run a poll right now, feel free to start & i'll be ready to start the 2010s poll when you're done, otherwise i'll hopefully be ready to start it it sometime in the next week.

i've ilxmailed you Moka, if that's the best way to contact you. i'll let people know if there's any more help needed

sorry is there a better way to contact you moka?

"I would have voted if I'd known about it,"

Obviously a tale as old as time, but having seen a number of people voice this sentiment in the decade poll (and having missed the 2021 tracks and albums polls myself) I wonder if there's some way to make poll threads (or at least their deadlines) stand out somehow.

A moderator could put up a site admin message, but the one time I suggested that it got loud disapproval, probably rightly so.

Yeah, that's along the lines of what I was thinking, but I can see the problems with it as well. Maybe just a separate page, like the Admin Log, but a Poll Log, with columns just being: Poll Title, Submission Deadline, Rollout Dates.

I would have voted, but was trying to improve the quality of the results

Obviously a tale as old as time, but having seen a number of people voice this sentiment in the decade poll (and having missed the 2021 tracks and albums polls myself) I wonder if there's some way to make poll threads (or at least their deadlines) stand out somehow.

the board could really use a pinned threads feature

one option is putting deadlines in the thread titles but they always inevitably get extended which would require chasing mods to edit the title etc.

The NOMINATIONS & then VOTING thread for the 2010s poll were fairly constantly near the top of Site New Answers for a good few weeks so it seemed pretty hard to miss

I definitely noticed it this time, but other people in the thread still missed it somehow.

On the other hand, I had been anticipating the 2021 EOY poll voting thread (which had about half as many posts as the 2010s voting thread) and it just never crossed my screen. I eventually went searching for it and found that the voting deadline had passed.

EOY schedule is the same every year (nominations close early January, voting ends 2-3 weeks later) - you can set a reminder already!

Fair enough.

Are the powers that be ok with me doing a Wilco poll next? Would welcome help with images!

ILM's Top 100 Tracks of the 2010s

ILM 2010s Tracks Poll: stats, ballots, norwegian disco, too much pop, all sound like a dream to me

ILM's Top 100 Albums of the 2010s

ILM 2010s Albums Poll Stats: 1270 Loved Albums

Are the powers that be ok with me doing a Wilco poll next? Would welcome help with images!

― Indexed, Tuesday, August 30, 2022 9:57 AM (one hour ago)

#115 is all yours Indexed as I don't see anyone else ready to do a poll at this time. I will also vote in a Wilco poll.

Wilco will POLL you baby

All right, I will plan to start this up soon. Thanks Bee OK.

im-POLL-sible germany

Random POLL Generator

I Am Trying to POLL Your Heart

it's hot in the POLL places tonight

She Fell in Love with the Drummer: The Wilco Poll.

(Yeah, I know--something's missing.)

Short on long-term POLLS

His POLL in life was to be an echo.

I would POLL if I could come back new.

I dreamed about POLLING you again last night.

POLL, Etc.

Wilco (The Poll)

Yankee...POLLtel...Foxtrot...

Wilco (The Poll)

This is the best. Should be followed by

Wilco (The Results)

When You Wake Up Feeling POLL - ILM Artist Poll #115 - WILCO/JEFF TWEEDY (Voting Open til Sunday, Sep. 18)

Are there best practices on tabulating results captured someplace? Or someone with experience who could answer some questions or share a google sheet with me?

I had planned to just give 1 point to the lowest ranking track/album and the number of tracks/albums to the highest ranking track/album. e.g., in a 5 album poll, 5 points. Is this standard? I am struggling to back into the math used in some of the prior polls but it seems like higher point values were assigned. Not sure if that would make a difference mathematically though.

I also don't totally know how to handle partial ballots. In the above example, if someone only lists 3 albums, would you assign those albums 5, 4, and 3 points, OR 3, 2, and 1 point? Or something else?

Thanks!

5, 4, and 3 in the latter case

here is that original doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-6UZjUc-eioPify1wTOMXe_dSsjOQ6pBu0ZjT0I7CCQ/edit#gid=0

I have always used that formula but added 10 point so number one would always get 50 points: 50, 36, 33, 30, 28, 26, 25, 24...You might need to start at 60 since this is a 40 track ballot.

Number ones always get the same score regardless of how many are submitted.

I have also done both, the same above scoring for albums and the simple 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 scoring but yeah all number ones got the 5 in that case.

Hope this helps.

I'd like to do a Canterbury Scene poll at some point. No time to do it now, and would probably need a bit of help, but maybe next year sometime.

looking at that spreadsheet I have never used the same number twice...so the number would keep going down for each placement: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21 20...

I will add you to the list

xpost

Thanks, Bee OK. So you're saying you effectively give a #1 a "bonus" of 10 extra points, yes? Do you do that for the Albums too?

No, sorry when I say add 10 points I mean the overall scoring. So adding 10 means that the original starts at 40 points but I have always started at 50 points and then worked my way down.

50, 36, 33, 30, 28, 26, 25, 24...

So number one does get 4 more points than number two which gets 3 more points than number three...

Albums too but the simple 5, 4, 3 scoring sort of works better for Albums.

<<squints at explanation. raises eyebrow. closes browser.>>

Taking Sides

50, 46, 43, 40, 38, 36, 35, 34

vs

50, 36, 33, 30, 28, 26, 25, 24

I've always used the top one. I think it's more important to check ballots for spelling and punctuation, e.g. in this ballot make sure "Jesus, Etc." and "Jesus Etc" are counted together in the pivot table

lol, no wonder there is some confusion:

I meant: 50, 46, 43, 40, 38, 36, 35, 34

Going too fast and doing other things...

thanks everyone!

I always used a linear scale, which is what the EOY polls use, so for poll of ballot size 40, #1 gets 80 points, #2 gets 78 points, and so on, all the way down to #40 gets 2 points

There's a pivot table in the spreadsheet? No wonder I haven't been able to figure out how it works!

At some point you've got to sort the song list alphabetically so you can easily spot typos and such. Or paste the song list in an empty tab and then "remove doubles"--if any title appears twice, one of them has a typo.

I'm going to add The Police to my queue.

I'm going to do Super Furry Animals in the next six months (the timing feels right), just a heads up.

looking forward to SFA

Not necessarily volunteering (I'm no good with images or math), but just wanna throw this one out there to gauge interest: Poppy Bush Interzone singles.

Please add me to the list to run a Punk tracks poll 74-84. With war in europe, stagflation crisis winter coming, and general malaise, seems like the right time.

Noted, I'm not going to update the list anytime soon but I think this can go after Wilco if so inclined.

His POLL in life was to be an echo - ILM Arist Poll #115 - WILCO | JEFF TWEEDY - Results Thread

Going to proceed with Punk tracks poll tomorrow unless someone with more seniority in requesting a poll would like to step in this weekend.

Punk tracks poll to roll out first week of Nov.

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Please Poll Me: ILM ballot poll #116 punk tracks1975-1984 LOBBYING AND DISCUSSION!!

Since that one is delayed is anyone willing to run a poll or even taking over that poll? I was thinking about running it but that would be a disservice as my knowledge in Punk has too many gaps.

i would totally run a sparklehorse poll right now if there is enough interest

i've got sparklehorse fever, and the only cure is to systematically go through the entire discography repeated times and administer a ballot poll

That's a poll for which I could only really submit a ballot from one record (Vividixie) but would appreciate the rollout and enforced poll-result listening.

yeah, i feel confident that you'd love the rest! i started with It's a Wonderful Life in high school, and only really listened to Viva closely for the first time a few weeks ago! since then i have listened to it many times. it rules.

one intriguing thing about a Sparklehorse ballot poll is that i really have no clue what the consensus is on either the album or which songs are the ones that everyone knows. the first couple albums have songs that sound like they should have been hits during a time when "alternative music" was still a thing. but then i'm youtubing and i see them making their "american television debut" on craig kilbourn, playing "it's a wonderful life", and you can just see that some of his most pop-friendly hits had been slept on

one reason NOT to do a Sparkhorse poll, though: maybe there just isn't enough. 4 albums (Viva, Good Morning Spider, It's a Wonderful Life, Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain), In the Fishtank with Fennesz, and Dark Night of the Soul (which I need to listen to more, it's hard to categorize). Some singles, EPs. But maybe that's not enough.

you could add the two dancing hoods albums to a sparklehorse poll.

yeah...very diminishing marginal returns there, though, i think. i'm not a huge fan of what i've heard. they are definitely catchy and replacements like at some points, but i just finished watching the 1998 dutch documentary on youtube and he refers to them as "that pop band" or something like that and relays a story about how he boring he ended up finding that, how leaving that behind led to his first "good music"

yeah, they were a very different band. but they had their fans, and maybe there's a discovery or two still waiting to be found, or at least a connection to be made between his "that pop band" roots and what he went on to do? just a thought!

oh for sure! sorry, i didn't mean to seem like i was shutting it down. i would definitely include that, and if nothing else be interested in what everyone's favorite songs were from the pre-sparklehorse days! i'm still very much in learning mode and haven't listened to some stuff yet, so i'd be open to absolutely anything that involves linkous.

it's sad, because way back in the day, the way i learned about sparklehorse was through radiohead. the "wish you were here" collab. but the thing was, back then it was the audiogalaxy era for me, which meant lots of freely downloaded songs of unknown provenance and sometimes fakes. so when i heard "radiohead' doing wish you were here, with Linkous' voice, i immediately thought "false". now, of course, listening to it i hear that it's radiohead (or at least some of them?) playing instrumentally while linkous sings. to my warped radiohead-obsessed mind of the time, i could not fathom that thom yorke would let anyone else sing, other then himself. so when I heard heard Linkous' voice it just sounded like "fake-Thom" to me. good lord i was fucked up.

i think i am just going to post a top 15 on a sparklehorse thread and be done with it

FUCK IT

SUSPENDED
Please Poll Me: ILM ballot poll #116 punk tracks1975-1984 LOBBYING AND DISCUSSION!!

Since that one is suspended is anyone willing to run a poll or even taking over that poll?

The reason for the bump is that I am really hoping ILM can do one more of these before the year is out. If no-one steps in I might go ahead and start something next week. It won't be the Super Furry Animals tho because of the time and effort I'm going to put into that one. I'm not willing to do that one quite yet. The other one I was thinking about running is The Jesus and Mary Chain but not really in the mood for it at the moment. I do have a back up plan if no-one steps up here in the next few days.

I'm going to add The National to this list. I think a deep dive for this band will be fascinating. I'm not nearly up to date with them but seeing them live for only about an hour was great. It was a rooting festival type of thing with many bands. This poll The National (Poll) is what convinced me to add them. It won't be for years tho and if anyone wants to take the baton for me that would be fine too.

I will run Super Furry Animals in 2023, I won't delay that one much further.

xp you can (seriously) mark me down for 'mr. november' at number one and zeros the rest of the way

When the World is Running Down, You Make the POLL of What's Still Around – ILM Artist Poll #116 – THE POLICE - (Voting is open until Sunday, Nov 27)

I'd run a Taylor Swift poll if someone else handles images.

don't we do one of those every year?

Albums, probably, but I don't think we've ever done a proper, discography-spanning tracks poll.