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

"Are you hungry? Did you eat before the POLL?"_ILM Artist Poll #51_SLEATER-KINNEY

yeahhhh!

oooo getting closer to Autechre. very much excited about that one.

my cipater is getting eidetic just thinking about it

I don't know if The Reverend checks this thread -- I just sent him an ILXmail to give us a yea/nay on Outkast. Leee's pretty active on this thread so I assume if there was a problem with Autechre he'd have let us know about it. That'll get us through the next couple of months at least.

Do we really need another Autechre poll?

wait, waht?

There were a bunch of automated Autechre poll threads at one point iirc. But obviously if that precluded doing a ballot poll, most of them would not exist.

Yeah, there were a bunch. Whoever started all of them should be nutpunched.

lol

hey William, can you update my two mistakes when you update this the next time. somehow i dropped the names when i moved things around, so all you need to do is add these names.

45B. Velvet Underground + solo careers - Shakey Mo Collier (finished)

104. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK

is there really no Sabbath on that list? geez louise

xp - will do

I saw some "gauging interest" ideas thrown out there since the last full list, but I think the only one that needs to be added is my poll of Beatles solo careers.

I do hope somebody will sign on for a Devo poll.

also is there an update here?

81. Sightings - Raymond Cummings

or: "The Most Dangerous Band In America" - The SIGHTINGS tracks poll chatter, cajoling, and bar snacks thread

I hadn't even noticed Raymond started that poll.

I heard back from the Rev -- he hasn't been following the ballot polls closely and said that if anyone would like to take the reins on Outkast, it'd be cool with him.

I'll do the Outkast poll.

Cool, thanks!

I'd like to run an Erykah Badu poll.

You're on the list, Eric.

Raymond, do you want me to drop Sightings? I just don't think the support is there for a ballot poll.

Wait, did I miss the Bob Dylan poll?

No, it or the classic rock poll is coming next. I HOPE.

Can I get a mod to add "VOTING ENDS Tuesday April 22nd at Midnight CST" to the S-K thread?

Ghost Mod has acted.

Thanks!

Dylan next? Any objections to opening voting during the Sleater-Kinney rollout?

who's running that? can we have a super long voting window?

I vote for super long voting window, because then it'll push back the Autechre poll and my preparation ("preparation") for it.

I vote for a super long voting window for Dylan because of the amount of material to be re-listened (and in some cases, listened) to.

I vote for a longish Dylan voting window and Classic Rock to run at the same time. I know that might be an unpopular opinion. Staggered results rollouts, of course.

Since the classic rock poll is formed around a predetermined list, intensive listening will be minimized (unless you've never turned on a radio or gone out in public for the last 30 years).

I was thinking of rolling out Dylan nomination/voting thread this weekend, but only if Grisso doesn't mind. And I'm fine with however long a voting period people want -- 3 weeks at least, but really since I'm taking a short vacation over Memorial Day, 4 weeks would work well for me. I won't have time to tabulate and prepare results until the last week of May anyway.

You've got a lot of nerve to say you are my friend if you won't have time to tabulate and prepare results until the last week of May anyway.

XP I don't mind. I can probably start revealing my sub polls tomorrow. I don't know yet how long my main rollout will be tho.

I vote for a longish Dylan voting window and Classic Rock to run at the same time. I know that might be an unpopular opinion. Staggered results rollouts, of course.

― objects in mirror may be closer than (WilliamC), Tuesday, April 22, 2014

I stand with WilliamC

now face west

If Dylan results are more than a month away, something really should run concurrently, and classic rock is the best option, imo.

If people want a quicker turnaround on Dylan, I can do that too. It would mean shutting off the poll around May 15, probably. My out-of-pocket dates are the 23rd-26th, so it'll either have to be all done by then or have the results wait til afterward. A longer one would be easier for me, but I will defer to the masses.

(And concurrent with Classic Rock is fine by me, but that depends on some dude.)

Dylan poll should be between four and six months long IMO, like some major medieval festival coming once every twenty-five years or something.

otm

Sleater-Kinney results: "I'm The Queen of Rock and POLL!!!!!!"_ILM Artist Poll #51_SLEATER-KINNEY_ RESULTS THREAD

Just to clarify--I'm sure you got it--my Dylan post above was meant as a joke.

Kinda hoping there's a Worst Songs side poll for Dylan, and then I kinda want to poll Elton's worst against Dylan's.

― Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Thursday, April 24, 2014 4:11 PM

just throwing this out there

cuz I love Dylan but man do I hate some of his songs

Oh there will be a worst Dylan songs poll, for sure.

rereading this for ready reference: What is the worst ever line from a Bob Dylan song?

OK, going live on a Saturday night for all you shut-ins:

It's a Wonder We Can Even POLL Ourselves: The Bob dang Dylan Thread for Nominating, Balloting, Competing, Beating, Cheating, Mistreating and Talking That the Heat Put Plants in the Beds, But ...

Will have a first-take ballot to you within 30 minutes.

is something going to run along with Bod Dylan since the voting is open for such a long time. either "Classic Rock" or Outkast would work i would think. i know it was brought up already so this is more of a bump.