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

just in time:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/iconic-decline-of-western-civilization-films-finally-get-official-release-20150324

FINALLY

Great news

i'm opening the Boo Radleys poll when the voting for Epics is done, so later on this week. so yes good news Euler, it is coming.

ok pencil me in for hair metal

rawk

ok gr8080 I put you down for the hair metal

i'm on holiday till next wednesday - will there be time to vote in the boos poll?

i'm on holiday till next wednesday - will there be time to vote in the boos poll?

you'll be fine.

so we should probably do the national huh

Hey I'm King of The World, You Oughta Hear My Song, Come On & Measure Me, THESE ARE AT LEAST 10 MINUTES LONG - RESULTS ILM BALLOT POLL #58

Twenty-five, don't recall a time I felt this alive, so Wake Up Poll, there's so many things for us to do - The Boo Radleys (ILM artist poll #60) --- Voting open until Friday April 17, 2015

sorry if the voting was open for a little while, i had to have it open for an extra week because of work. i also asked for a lot in the Boo Radleys poll with four categories.

Just a simple song but God I love it Embedded in me, so bittersweet I’m addicted, I’m a melancholic Sing it again, I’ll be your Poll forever: THE BOO RADLEYS - ILM artist poll #60 or new numbering #65

So, what's next?

If mookieproof and van horn street are ready to look after the threads (I'll do the images), I'm okay for Yo La Tengo...although #66(6) is ahead of us.

yes 66. Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore - Mordy is next

although idk if Mordy is aware of this

Hey plz remove me from the queue- I don't have time to run a poll atm and when I do I think I'll run something outernationally not mallcore.

Mookieproof? VHS?

Very excited about the prospect of a Yo La Tengo poll.

ok - YLT is next then unless someone says otherwise. Removing mordy's screamo/mallcore poll from the list.

looking foward to ylt. they used to be my fave band.

so can we get YLT going or what...

I'll e-mail those guys. If they're busy, I'll just open up a voting thread; hopefully they'll be ready to count down in a couple of weeks.

cool sounds good

Excited for CCR. . .

I can start the YLT poll on monday :)

Very cool!

Suggested thread title: Tell Yo La Tengo to Fuck Off.

sorry, v. busy at work and without internet at home atm but can maybe help?

i will refuse to accept a #1 that isn't i heard you looking or blue line swinger tho

i'll ready the thread later tonight

Tell Yo La Tengo to Fuck Off - (ILM artist poll #61). Voting open until Monday May 18, 2015

damn, i was really looking forward to emo/screamo/mallcore -- can someone else take it up? brad? dayo?

Back when these artist polls were cranking up (4+ years ago, christ), it never occurred to me that voters would want long voting periods to study a discography. My own method is/was to take a day at most to refamiliarize myself with the work and do a quick 'n dirty ballot based on my opinion at the time, not to discover new opinions. I've tried the intensive study method for a few polls, and only enjoyed the experience once (Bowie). In his case, I came away with a much deeper appreciation for the artist and discovered a ton of great music. For Beach Boys, Motown, etc., it was too much like work.

One of the reasons I bailed on keeping up the list (thanks again, Shakey) is because I hate how long these things are taking now. Are we even managing one a month now?

no

we're in a stretch of pretty niche acts for ILM with appeal to niche groups of posters who are probably not super active on ILM and so things get dragged out.

Speeding things up wouldn't hurt. But in defense of long time periods, by far the 2 most revelatory polls for me--The Kinks and P-Funk-- benefitted from long voting periods where I was able to fully grasp both acts genius for the first time. I'm not sure that would be the case with a more truncated approach.

We could just make sure to launch a new one every 2 weeks, regardless of voting deadlines. There would be multiple polls going at the same time, but at least it would move faster.

well Creedence is next if Crut wants to get started - they have a relatively small discography and a wide fanbase, no reason that couldn't go quickly.

I dunno, how does the chorus of "Fortunate Son" go again?

Once every two week seems fine to me. If one wants to speed things up, I don't mind have another poll starting now, YLT fans will be there for YLT. I don't think CCR or hair metal will take too much away from the poll.

So who's up? Is it time to bust out Cosmo's Factory yet? Or should we be reacquainting ourselves with the Def Leppard oeuvre for Hair Metal?

ask crut

I am ready to choogle

i know i'm no longer managing this thread, hell i sort have been off ILM for a minute. but can someone open a new poll please? YLT won't even start results until next week. so calling:

Mordy has bowed out of "Emo/Screamo/Mallcore/(post)Hardcore" so unless someone else picks it up that one is out.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - crüt
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life
Extreme Metal - Viceroy
Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
Metallica - Pleasant Plains

I'm doing Spoon after Metallica but i just did the Boo Radleys, so i'm far from ready...

oh damn How's Life is out too so:

Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life

unless someone takes it over.

I webmailed crut but he didn't answer

I just sent him a FB message.

argh! sorry. I'll get right on it!

There's a place up ahead and I'm pollin' — CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (ILM artist poll #62) Voting open until Friday June 12, 2015

Hard Rock/Hair Metal - how’s life

unless someone takes it over.

btw gr8080 is down for this one per his post upthread

I Heard You Polling - The Yo La Tengo Poll Results Thread. (ILM Poll #61)