Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

never underestimate the power of a good tv show theme song

Saint Etienne polls are closed, but Billy is too busy to start the results rollout until the weekend. PP, ready to roll with Hüsker Dü? (As though I don't already know the answer to that.)

I can start the HD nominations/prep thread this afternoon.

im gonna start theme tune voting tomorrow. how long do voting periods usually last?

40 days and 40 nights

(j/k...10-14 days usually)

Whoa shit! That's the first time I've clicked on a megaupload link since the heat came down.

Is there a link somewhere in these 1700 answers for a Google Doc file that I think finefine made?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmhW_PgsyKKodGZkUi14NV9mYUZ2bUhyV29QU3hBV3c#gid=0

have atcha -- Save As so that link is available for the next pollster

danka

Put my name down for a Pixies ballot poll. I realize it won't take place until about 2018, but I'll be here.

will do

William, what're your plans for the Miles poll? I'm hopefully getting the big box set for my Christmas and am hoping I'll get the chance to do it some kind of justice.

To paraphrase one of the Hernandez Brothers (I think), the plan is to spin and spin and spin until there's blood all over the walls.

But seriously, I'm not sure yet. Aside from the spinning.

Ballots will be longer than 20 spots though. Probably 30... 40 feels too big. My philosophy about these polls is that the cutting is as important as the ordering, and that the cutting should hurt at least a little bit.

Yes indeed. The Doors poll will allow no more than a dozen.

I'd be interested in running an all-genre, all-time album covers poll if you'd think this would generate a good turnout. Thoughts?

Wow. I can probably limit my Doors ballot to a dozen easily because I'm not a fan, but I feel sorry for people who are.

I'd be interested in running an all-genre, all-time album covers poll if you'd think this would generate a good turnout. Thoughts?

My thought is that the top 10 or 15 would congeal into some very recognizable choices and then the rest of your results would be wrought with ties and single votes.

The Doors' discography is a small one though - can't be more than about seventy tracks. Getting to vote for a third of them would be letting people off far too easy.

I'd be up for a sleeves poll, but agree that it'd probably need a nominations process to hone it down first.

Yeah I very much want to avoid the wasteland of low scoring, single vote placements, but I feel that provided voter turnout is high enough and the rollout is capped at say seventy five, then the bulk of the results would be a gallery of recognizable and tasty sleeves. I suppose restricting genres would help, but lord knows we don't need another Best Rock Covers list. I wanna see how ilm ranks Maiden vs Geto Boys vs Cromagnon etc

Likely doesn't even need to be mentioned, but the Hüsker Dü submissions thread is up and running.

If you couldn't find it, well, it's not your fault. I used an HD song in the title no one's ever heard of and it's not easy to do a search for Hüsker Dü.

Gotta Lotta POLLING To Do - ILM Artist Poll #29 - Your HÜSKER DÜ Nominations Thread

shiiiit can't believe brucey is almost here. so from what i remember i'll start nominations on that once husker results come out?

bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce

What VG said.

thirded

Poll It All Night

Polling In The Streets

Poll of July, Asbury Park

goddamn I'm so psyched!

Meet me in the fields behind the DynaPOLL

I'm Countin' Down Down Down...

She got polled but she never got tight she's gonna make it thru the night

for a second i thought that meant we were doing a manfred mann ballot poll

and i was like surely if we can sustain that we can do billy joel after all

WRAPPED UP LIKE A DOUCHE ETC

Give me some more ideas, Dr. Casino.

Supertramp, there's so much that we need to poll

Bloody Poll RIght!

Take a look at my POLLfriend...

Canon Poll

Take a look at my POLLfriend...

POLLfest in America...

wow, Husker Du through to Sonic Youth is a really exciting stretch for me (well except for Madonna i guess, and i'll be passively interested to see how the results play out for that one in any case).

1. Pet Shop Boys - Billy Dods (finished)
2. Beatles - Mark G (finished)
3. Prince - Jamie_ATP (finished)
4. U2 - Ismael Klata (finished)
5. Beach Boys - iatee (finished)
6. Led Zeppelin - WmC (finished)
7. Timbaland - some dude (finished)
8. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever (finished)
9. Stevie Wonder - Eric H. (finished)
10. “Producers” - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)
11. Pulp - Finefinemusic (finished)
12. James Brown - strongo/Shakey Mo Collier (finished)
13. Jacksons - Jamie_ATP (finished)
14. David Bowie - WmC (finished)
15. Paul Simon - Lamp (finished)
16. Rolling Stones - rogermexico (finished)
17. The Kinks - C. Grisso/McCain (finished)
18. Depeche Mode - crüt (finished)
19. Beastie Boys - Johnny Fever (finished)
20. ABBA - donna rouge (finished)
20B. Bee Gees - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)
21. Neil Young - clemenza (finished)
22. Fleetwood Mac - Clarke B. (finished)
23. The Cure - nate woolls (finished)
24. Kate Bush - Ismael Klata (finished)
25. The Who - Tarfumes the Escape Goat (finished)
26. Joni Mitchell - Mordy (finished)
27. The Neptunes - V79 (seriously, who the fuck knows)
28. Saint Etienne - Billy Dods (results wrapping up now)
29. Hüsker Dü - Pleasant Plains (VOTING CLOSES LATER TODAY -- GET YR BALLOTS IN)
30. Bruce Springsteen - Jamie_ATP
31. Miles Davis - WmC
32. Madonna - Johnny Fever
33. The Fall - Mark G
34. PJ Harvey - Nasty, Brutish & Short
35. Cocteau Twins - Le Bateau Ivre
36. New Order - Bee OK
37. Sonic Youth - ArchCarrier
38. Motown Singles - a hoy hoy
39. Stax - seandalai
40. Disco - Tuomas
41. Jay-Z - some dude
42. The Clash - Gukbe
43. R. Kelly - Spottie_Ottie_Dope
44. Tom Waits - chap
45. The “Classic Rock” Canon - some dude (tentative)
46. Elvis Costello - kornrulez
47. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry - charlie h
48. Pink Floyd - Elvis Telecom
49. Ween - WmC
50. Steely Dan - Bee OK
51. Bob Dylan - tipsy mothra
52. Sleater-Kinney + offshoots - C.Grisso/McCain
53. Outkast - The Reverend
54. Autechre - Leee
55. Brian Eno - WmC
56. Chic Organization - Donna Rouge
57. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom
58. Radiohead - nate woolls
59. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza
60. P-Funk - Shakey Mo Collier
61. Iggy Pop, incl. Stooges - flopson
62. Boo Radleys - Bee OK
63. XTC - Shakey Mo Collier
64. Italo - daavid
65. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy
66. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt
67. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee
68. The Doors - Ismael Klata
69. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life
70. Extreme Metal - Viceroy
71. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
72. Pixies - Johnny Fever

Madonna is only a month or two away? Finally!

I was hoping the 2nd volume of the Bootleg Series would be out before the Miles poll, but oh well.

Seriously can't wait for that poll.

And by that, I mean a week or two.

*whispers* bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce

is anyone a proper motown enthusiast on here? i've been looking into putting together a spotify playlist/actual list but everything gets a bit murky* after about 67.

*or at least in the 5 minutes i devoted to looking it up, will try again soon.

I went to a Motown special at Ronnie Scott's last Christmas. It was, by a mile, the funnest gig I've ever been to.

Don't forget the year-end hiatus while everybody talks about 2012. I don't think Miles will start until mid-January, unless I get overruled. I do think we can get BRUUUUUUUUUUUCE in under the wire though.