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

Poll running earlier this year so it finishes before xmas
All welcome to nominate/vote etc
~~~ End Of Year ILM Metal - Albums & Tracks Poll- Nominations 2014 (Ends friday11.59pm UK time Dec 5th) ~~~

L'ho beccata in discoteca con lo sguardo da serpente: The ILM ITALO Poll (Voting Thread)

I realise that it's years until it would happen anyway, but I want to withdraw myself from the electroclash poll, I don't think I'd be able to deliver the desirable level of finesse and sparkle. If anyone else was interested enough to take over I wouldn't mind adding up ballots if they handle images/MCing threads etc

any interest in a Sly poll? not the biggest discography but...

Its pretty big now

was thinking how i could prob 90% fill a 2010-14 trax ballot only using taylor swift, kanye, lana, future, drake & bey - never felt more #normcore tbh

Looks like flopson had himself banned in February. We can put Iggy/Stooges on hold on the assumption he'll be back someday, or someone else can take that one. Or if anyone knows him IRL, tell him all is forgiven please come home.

― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:09 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think earliest i could do this would be like, may/june

idg why someone would ask to be banned, have they no self-control

― Οὖτις, Thursday, September 18, 2014 2:12 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i have none

Are we at No. 60? Are we still in hiatus?

I think the Italo poll was/is the hiatus. I believe the results for that are ready to roll, but daavid was going to hold them to keep from stepping on the toes of the 2014 EOY rollout. After the 2014 results finish, daavid can roll out Italo, then it'll be up to somebody to step up -- Elvis T, Bee OK, Mordy, crüt, somebody.

I need to bow out of maintaining the list again — I think permanently this time. I also would be happy if someone would take over the two polls I was still signed up for, Bacharach and solo Beatles. I think they're both worth doing, esp. Bacharach, but I'm not available to do them.

I'll take on Bacharach.

i hope everything is okay with you WilliamC!

Thank you, Bee, and thank you C.Grisso.

okay if we're doing solo beatles we really need to bust gabriel and collins out of genesis prison

I'm gonna have to postpone the Italo poll rollout until the week of Feb 9th. If anyone wants to start a new poll in the meantime, that's cool with me.

I think I can handle maintaining the list/poll order if no one else has already assumed the duties...?

is this accurate/up-to-date?

62. Italo - daavid (RESULTS PENDING)
63. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy
64. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt
65. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee
66. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life
67. Extreme Metal - Viceroy
68. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
69. Pixies - Johnny Fever
70. Metallica - Pleasant Plains
71. Spoon - Bee OK
72. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds
73. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods
74. Queen - charlie h
75. Can - Z S
76. Tom Petty - rogermexico
77. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished)
78. Jimi Hendrix - some dude
79. John Coltrane - Tarfumes the Escape Goat
80. Stereolab - Moka
81. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK
82. Genesis + solo - NickB
83. The Smiths - nate woolls
84. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl
85. The Burt Bacharach songbook - WilliamC
86. Dead C - Raymond Cummings
87. Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve
88. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?
89. Rush - Matt #2
90. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one
91. George Michael - Ismael Klata
92. Talking Heads - Bee OK
93. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan
94. Van Halen - Johnny Fever
95. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino
96. Low - aldo
97. Nine Inch Nails - chap
98. REM - rogermexico.
99. Bjork - Eric H.
100. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie
101. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK
102. Covers - kornrulez6969
103. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee
104. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever
105. No Wave - sarahell
106. DFA - Van Horn Street
107. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080
108. Beatles solo careers - WilliamC
109. Erykah Badu - Eric H.
110. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h
111. Herbie Hancock - crüt
112. Aphex Twin - Stevie D
113. Blondie - Bee OK
114. Electroclash - soref
115. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie
116. Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo
117. AM Radio Gold - Jeff W
118. Eurovision - nxd
119. Steve Albini - nate woolls
120. Yellow Magic Orchestra - frogbs
121. Elvis Presley - Euler
122. Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969
123. Cardiacs + affiliated - imago
124. Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B
125. Chic Organization -
126. Stooges/Iggy Pop -

Mordy, Crut, Lee which one of you wants to go next...?

The Pixies poll has already happened, by the way (things got a bit out of synch)

yeah I noticed that - thx for the correction

I had to completely flake out for a couple of months but can finally take on the Spacemen 3 poll.

This time for sure!

Woo!

ok moving you to the top of the pile...

62. Italo - daavid RESULTS PENDING
63. Spacemen 3 and related acts - Elvis Telecom VOTING OPENING
64. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy
65. Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt
66. “Epics” (non-classical division) - Leee
67. Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life
68. Extreme Metal - Viceroy
69. Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
70. Metallica - Pleasant Plains
71. Spoon - Bee OK
72. Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds
73. Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods
74. Queen - charlie h
75. Can - Z S
76. Tom Petty - rogermexico
77. Ramones - tipsy mothra (finished)
78. Jimi Hendrix - some dude
79. John Coltrane - Tarfumes the Escape Goat
80. Stereolab - Moka
81. Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK
82. Genesis + solo - NickB
83. The Smiths - nate woolls
84. Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl
85. The Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCain
86. Dead C - Raymond Cummings
87. Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve
88. John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?
89. Rush - Matt #2
90. Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one
91. George Michael - Ismael Klata
92. Talking Heads - Bee OK
93. Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan
94. Van Halen - Johnny Fever
95. Billy Joel - Doctor Casino
96. Low - aldo
97. Nine Inch Nails - chap
98. REM - rogermexico.
99. Bjork - Eric H.
100. Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie
101. Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK
102. Covers - kornrulez6969
103. New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee
104. They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever
105. No Wave - sarahell
106. DFA - Van Horn Street
107. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080
108. Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις
109. Erykah Badu - Eric H.
110. Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h
111. Herbie Hancock - crüt
112. Aphex Twin - Stevie D
113. Blondie - Bee OK
114. Electroclash - soref
115. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie
116. Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo
117. AM Radio Gold - Jeff W
118. Eurovision - nxd
119. Steve Albini - nate woolls
120. Yellow Magic Orchestra - frogbs
121. Elvis Presley - Euler
122. Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969
123. Cardiacs + affiliated - imago
124. Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B
125. Chic Organization -
126. Stooges/Iggy Pop -

I'm gonna have to back out of the Coltrane poll; I'm not familiar enough with too much of his work (pre-Classic Quartet), and I'm pretty sure turnout will be in the low single digits.

I'll queue up for the next spot I guess, though I kind of wonder if we should have like a month to vote given the nature of the poll.

duly noted

Looking forward to epics but agree -- also maybe a nomination period??

I have no idea what an "epic" even is (just like I had no idea what "classic rock" is) so I'll let you guys figure it out

It's it.

(What is it?)

I thought it was a song > 10 min long? I'm not sure if 10 was the magic # but length was a defining characteristic.

it's in your face but you can't grab it

i don't want to go next or really - like i'm not feeling particularly up to running any polls atm so maybe just indefinitely postpone my slot

Οὖτις, thanks for taking the lead on managing the queue, it's much appreciated.

Just wanted to mention a couple of things. I'm out on the Bacharach and solo Beatles polls; C. Grisso/McCain volunteered for that one, and the other one is either up for grabs or up for deletion. And crüt got steamed, and rightly so, when another poll jumped ahead of CCR late last year, so maybe check in with him before bumping Epics up ahead of Creedence.

And with that, I officially hand you the batteries to the Pollmaster's Taser.

I thought it was a song > 10 min long? I'm not sure if 10 was the magic # but length was a defining characteristic.

Yes, I'm still debating with myself what that number is though. First instinct is 20, but then that'd leave out my favorite 18-minute songs.

Gonna vote this one up pretty high.

http://i.imgur.com/OY0RFKa.jpg

Οὖτις: You lost Yo La Tengo up near the top of the list. It was pending, but I needed to delay until school lets out; I think we left it where mookieproof and van horn street were going to run the poll, and I was going to do images.

Yo La Tengo/Dump (and other side projects), preferably.

leee will determine it based on his fave bardo pond songs

Not far from the truth.

yes, thanks Shakey for taking this back over, i really didn't want to do it again. it hard to do without mod access.

that being said and since i have done this before, you missed a few (really think you should keep the number order:

56. Spaceman 3 (& descendants) - Elvis Telecom
58. Yo La Tengo/Dump - clemenza
60. The Boo Radleys - Bee OK

so Boo Radleys are next?

or is P-Funk next?

― Οὖτις, Friday, October 24, 2014 1:25 PM (3 months ago)

i can't do The Boo Radleys right now because of work. so i think that will be coming around February of 2015 after we do all the end of the year stuff.

― Bee OK, Wednesday, October 15, 2014 8:17 PM

btw, The Boo Radleys poll is still on track for February of 2015, going to be fun. won't be the first one, maybe the second or third one that will happen after the EOY polls wrap up.

― Bee OK, Tuesday, January 20, 2015 10:35 PM (2 weeks ago)

oh, there is also this: 61. Stooges/Iggy Pop - flopson got bumped to 126 because he was not on ILX for a few months but now:

Looks like flopson had himself banned in February. We can put Iggy/Stooges on hold on the assumption he'll be back someday, or someone else can take that one. Or if anyone knows him IRL, tell him all is forgiven please come home.

― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:09 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think earliest i could do this would be like, may/june

― flopson, Saturday, January 17, 2015 2:16 PM

61. P-Funk - Οὖτις
61. Stooges/Iggy Pop - flopson

did the discussion regarding a 2000-2014 tracks/albums poll this summer ever move from the EOY 77 tracks thread to this one?

20 minutes is too long for epics - I propose 8:30 minutes so that I can vote for 'November Rain'.

How about 8+?

so we're not going in the order already established?

I guess this is kind of a hectic time for me, so if leee wants to go before me I'm down.