Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

1. pet shop boys - billy dods
2. Beatles - Mark G
3. ________________
4. Pulp - Finefinemusic
5. Led Zeppelin - WmC
6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever
7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre
8. _________________
9. beach boys - iatee

a Pet Shop Boys Poll! My brain is already hurting.

excited about the zep/GBV/KB succession. i think i could really get behind all three of those.

Oh shit wait. What is the timing of this? Because I'm getting married aug 20 and I feel like poll #4 will be mid august; I gotta swap out for a later spot, don't need added activities!!

You must delay the marriage!

congratulations, finefinemusic!

These shouldn't take more than a week per, imo. Depends on whether you think late July will be stressful enough already.

It might be; month end at work and tying up loose ends (I'm not getting a lot of help planning this stuff, haha) but I can happily do a poll after September 20 (late honeymoon).

Thanks for the good vibes!

HEY! HEY!!! Put me down for Prince ;-)

Pet Shop Boys are go!

OK, after reading the Madonna: Classic or Dud thread, I totally want to do Madonna.

(OK, I've totally wanted to do Madonna for a while, but what I mean is, I want to run the Madonna poll. So long as I don't get SB'd off the board first.)

someone do Aphex pls - I don't think I have time, much as I'd like to.

I can't do both Madonna *and* Aphex, much as I would love to.

Don't make me choose. I still never voted in that taking sides poll.

OK, I'll do Aphex, if someone else takes Madonna.

Because although I'm probably more *familiar* with (most of) Aphex's (released) (acknowledged) work, I'm actually more *curious* about the hidden bits of Madonna's work that I don't know.

.. which would make you a better Madonna host.

Judjing by the "Alphabet Faves" thread, there's a lot of Aphex fans. Unless it's just because no-one could think of another A Artist.

Yeah, but I think the Aphex poll would be easier to run. Lots of list-making nerds who will probably number and bulletpoint things so easily I don't have to do any work. While on the other hand, trying to squeeze a spreadsheet out of, fr'instance, the Lex is gonna be like pulling hen's teeth.

1. pet shop boys - billy dods
2. Beatles - Mark G
3. Prince - Jamie_ATP
4. ______________
5. Led Zeppelin - WmC
6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever
7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre
8. _________________
9. beach boys - iatee
10. Pulp - Finefinemusic

Jamie, are you OK with Prince after the Beatles?

KDT, do you want spot #4 or #8 for whichever choice you make?

Thanks for adding me WmC!

Any approx idea when I the KB poll will commence? September?

Pls slot Madonna in for No. 4

Please can Aphex Twin go in at No. 8 because after his last interview, we know he's just dying to be underneath Kate Bush. FnarGiggleSnort.

Ha! Can we read that somewhere?

1. pet shop boys - billy dods
2. Beatles - Mark G
3. Prince - Jamie_ATP
4. Madonna - Karen D Tregaskin
5. Led Zeppelin - WmC
6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever
7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre
8. Aphex Twin - Karen D Tregaskin
9. beach boys - iatee
10. Pulp - Finefinemusic

Any approx idea when I the KB poll will commence? September?

Dunno really, we'll have a better idea after the first couple have come and gone. My guess would be the 2nd half of August, but that's a very rough guess.

Shit, I revived a thread for ya, LBI but turns out it's on ILE:

I dreamed of kate bush

yay, thanks WmC! That seems much less stressful for me. :)

ty Kate :-)

yep up for that

1. pet shop boys - billy dods (Now in progress, voting closes July 2nd)
2. Beatles - Mark G
3. Prince - Jamie_ATP
4. Madonna - Karen D Tregaskin
5. Led Zeppelin - WmC
6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever
7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre
8. Aphex Twin - Karen D Tregaskin
9. beach boys - iatee
10. Pulp - Finefinemusic

My own inclination for Zep was to allow 3 days for voting and 2 days for the reveal. Billy's 10-day vote window for PSB seems too long, but is my time frame too short?

You suggested 3 days right? I think that's too short. Needs to be a week, I think.

I was originally going to go for a week, but that would mean finishing on a Thursday/Friday and I didn't want to roll out the results over the weekend, hence my extending it a few days. I agree with LBI I think 3 days is too short.

Yeah, I'm coming around on that, 3 days is too short. Agreed on the weekday reveal as well. Obv everybody will wing it as needed for each ballot.

maybe it should be up to the person in charge of the poll...people have different schedules...but 1 week max?

I'm happy w/ how organized this ended up

imo long voting period (although more than a week isn't necessary) and brief reveal period is the way to go

^ Ignore this dude and his quest to rid the world of the unnecessary

eh if we're gonna do these i do think there are better and worse ways to execute them

id like to see a sonic youth poll like this

Sign up for #11!

okay someone put me down for a "Producers" poll. I might need some help with this lol

yeah can we make sure the non-artist polls stick to this too?

1. pet shop boys - billy dods (Now in progress, voting closes July 2nd)
2. Beatles - Mark G
3. Prince - Jamie_ATP
4. Madonna - Karen D Tregaskin
5. Led Zeppelin - WmC
6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever
7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre
8. Aphex Twin - Karen D Tregaskin
9. beach boys - iatee
10. Pulp - Finefinemusic
11. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier

left it in quotes 'cause it'll mean different things to different voters obv

at this pace, it'll be a late summer thing

iatee, you mean like label polls/ballots?

yeah

My work schedule peaked last night for a few weeks; if anybody in #2-4 wants more time, I can trade with them, but no problem staying at #5 either.

Can I just say somethin... Beatles poll really needs some other kind of element to it in order for it to not be hugely boring. Why not include all solo & collaborative material? like if you wanted to you could vote for "Handle With Care." that kind of thing.

Or like "Badge."

Yes, I'm Your Angel?

I'd be interested in a solo Beatles poll more than a Beatles poll, which feels like it's been done to death.

solo would be pretty interesting...

totally

I'd prefer Beatles and solo-Beatles be separate, but whatever's cool.

Has this order been changed, and if so could a mod please let me know? If not could a mod please take a look at the rogue Madonna poll?