Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

yo WmC, can I swap my Radiohead poll for a Neptunes one? I came to realize this one is going to be a lot more fun and Neptunes are surely lot less covered than RH

if Nasty Brutish & Short wants his place in the queue back, then of course I'm willing to let it go

thanks!

harumph

Looking at the schedule for the last three the artists is kinda lol esp. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short.

I've started my Stevie Wonder listening for #9 -- esp interested in pre-Talking Book deep cuts. (Listening to his instrumental debut album now.)

Yeah, I thought I'd do that too, since I had turned in my GBV ballot yesterday afternoon. But I started with Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants...

http://www.caption-this.com/monkey%20head.jpg

Tough album to love. Impossible, even. (I'll probably open balloting later this week.)

Top 4 songs I probably wouldn't have discovered if it weren't for these artist polls:
1. Beach Boys, 'Till I Die'
2. Stevie Wonder, 'Uptight (Everything's Alright)'
3. Guided By Voices, 'Everywhere with Helicopter'
4. Led Zeppelin, 'Carouselambra'

Thank you, ILM.
WmC, sign me up for Sonic Youth. I'm ready!

hahaha, well even if you're not ready now, you've got a year to get ready.

(the list in progress)

alright. can't wait for 38

kinda worrying about where I'm going to get decent images of various producers for the results...

Only 30 more to go!

GIS should make producer pics pretty easy. Is there going to be a nominations/"hey don't forget this one" period for that poll before balloting?

I dunno, we'll see how much interest there is. I'll start a thread for the poll, lay out the parameters and see what people say

I don't want it to be like the jazz albums one, where people are restricted to only voting for stuff that was nominated. pool's too wide for that, I think

Agree 100% with that. The voting thread is going to be campaign central.

I can't wait for that producers poll. also, when is Stevie up?

Agreed, the producers one sounds dope.

Eric says he's going to start Stevie voting any day now, but I'm already listening and making mental notes.

Stevie will open today, I hope.

I've got a long drive tomorrow, and am burning an mp3 cd from Where I'm Coming From through to Songs In The Key Of Life in anticipation. Time to find out what all the fuss is about.

can i grap 39 for motown singles. also can someone remember when 39 comes around to remind me i said this.

Master Blaster (Pollin'): ILM Artist Poll #9 -- Stevie Wonder (Closes: Oct. 10)

I'd extend beyond SITKOL, btw. At least bump Hotter Than July in there too.

I'll get on it, thanks

jaysus crust, 2.5 weeks for the Stevie voting?

Sorry, didn't know what the standard is. I'm fine if a mod wants to cut it down to just 2 weeks.

Most of the voting periods have been 7-10 days, but I'm loath to set any hard and fast rules on these. I'm just keeping the list.

Sorry, I just wanted to make sure I get at least 50 ballots.

Ok, if there's going to be a Motown poll there has got to be a Stax poll. I'll do it.

Love the idea of those happening back to back! (two years from now)

jaysus crust, 2.5 weeks for the Stevie voting?

Yes. Can we speed the voting up on these? 10 days sounds about right.

31. Miles Davis - WmC
32. Velvet Underground solo careers - iatee
33. Madonna - or something
34. The Fall - Mark G
35. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short
36. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre
37. New Order - Bee OK
38. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier
39. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy
40. Stax Singles - seandalai

actually this is an incredible sequence i am super excited about. maybe not the fall.

I'll put in a mod request to shorten the voting period to Oct. 3. But if I end up with 12 ballots, I'm cancelling the results.

people are pretty last minute w/ these things, w/ 2.5 weeks you'll just have a week where you get no ballots

Wow, that is an amazing list. That Sonic Youth poll is going to end up being harder than Led Zeppelin for me. Really looking forward to the results of those Motown and Stax polls too, imagine that there are some real gems in there that I haven't heard.

I don't know if you'll get 50, but you'll get enough to have a fun results rollout and some discussion/debate about consensus picks, and that's what these things are all about imo.

The dud polls (from my pov) are quite well spaced out to give me one-week-off-in-three type of thing, but I'm going to need extra stamina for this run:

12. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre
13. James Brown - strongo
14. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP
15. David Bowie - chap
16. Paul Simon - Lamp
17. Rolling Stones - rogermexico

yeah, and for me that run also includes producers, Pulp and the Kinks. I will rest during Depeche Mode, ABBA and Fleetwood Mac

The only one I'm not looking forward to is the Neptunes poll; I couldn't bring myself to listen to a week of R&B for the Timbaland poll, and from what I know of them I expect Neptunes will be more of the same.

I only know the Cure and Sonic Youth discographies forward and back; the other artists more (GBV, Bowie) or less (Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, especially Miles), and I love these polls because of the systematic listening I really don't do often enough. (Hope I'm still as enthusiastic in 2013 as I am now, though...)

I love these polls because of the systematic listening I really don't do often enough.

Really, this. I'm giving a slightly better quality of attention to my listening these days, and listening outside my usual comfort-food zone.

yeah I like how this sorta became an 'ILM theme week'...also a good way for people to fill in mental gaps / learn more about an artist they're only sorta familiar with. I imagine the guided by voices poll results will be perfect for that.

Plus, it finally gives me the chance to actually use the headphones I got last year!

The only one I'm not looking forward to is the Neptunes poll; I couldn't bring myself to listen to a week of R&B for the Timbaland poll, and from what I know of them I expect Neptunes will be more of the same.

listen to this, you'll immediately get over it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG8o_9RliwU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjhSnHxLVjk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWLMrUcMZuo

As I said: more of the same :)

ugh @ you guys rushing the stevie poll

so I need to wait until the Stevie Wonder results start rolling out before I do the Producers one yes...?

someone should really step up and do XTC imho

getting pretty excited to talk about PULP! for two straight weeks!

Is there going to be a nominations thread for the producers or is straight into the voting? If the former then start the noms anytime now, otherwise wait until Eric starts rolling the results out.

a name i dont know enough about and would like to see maybe is tom waits