ILM Ballot Polls for 2020 and beyond -- the ordering, timing, "I would have voted if I'd known about it," etc

bravo once again Bee OK for keeping up the list!

please mark Billy Joel unclaimed next time around --- i'm definitely satisfied with having run the career-spanning listening thread. i would say just take it off the list, but if someone else wants to do it, they totally should!

Where's Stevie D, can we bump Aphex up?

since the Metal poll is never going to close, anyone ready to go for the next one? i really think MF Doom should go next but open to anything at this point.

or maybe we should do Daft Punk but someone will need to volunteer for that one.

^^ force it onto DJP imo

Have we not done Rundgren? I’m still scared of running a poll but could maybe be convinced.

do it! they are really fun to run especially if you're a huge fan of said artist. i will say it's a lot of work but the rewards are worth it.

I'll vote in that one for sure.

I'll also vote, especially if we have a sub-poll for "Favourite New Cars song".

Ok I’m game. Do I have to wait in a queue? How we do decide these things?

if you want to do it now you probably just can since no one else has volunteered to run one right now yet

The Ballot Of Todd Rundgren

Fuck, I think that's gotta be it.

Ok, I'll put this up tonight. Pray for me (or at least tell me how to run one of these things).

2021 has started:
The Ballot of TODD RUNDGREN: ILM ARTIST POLL #107 Nominations Thread

sorry i lost track here about getting the MF DOOM started. When would be a good time? April 1?

the rundgren poll looks like it'll be done in about 3 weeks so as soon as it's done would be fine

ok sure I'll keep an eye on its schedule

Wonder what would be the interest in a Loudon Wainwright III poll, apart from myself and NTI. I could try to run it (first time will be the charm), might not be able to do it until the summer.

I would follow results, would like to get into him. But wouldn’t be able to vote.

Voting just closed for the Todd Rundgren poll. What are best practices for rolling out the results? I have most of the ballots tabulated already, but will have to prep the results.

Foe instance, are there better days to roll them out (ie, weekdays versus weekends)? And how quickly? I know that I tend to like slower results with more time for people to weigh in and comment. But I also don’t want to drag things out or slow down other polls.

Thx in advance for suggestions.

However the pollrunner feels like or has time to roll them out imo, it's a feature not a bug that people run things differently.

(I always try to have my text and links and images ready at least a day at a time, and when possible to hold off on dropping a result until a bit of discussion on the previous result has had time to roll. Some people like to hit a certain pace of rollout and let the discussion fall where it may. Weekdays are usually better for engagement, but you'll probably catch some different commenters with a few results teased over a weekend.)

i'm always an advocate for slow rollouts. better to have some days that are light on discussion have it all go by in a blur - IMO!

i also don't think there's any issue with a results rollout happening simultaneous with another polls' voting period; the only thing that really necessitates Order And Timing (again IMO) is to avoid having multiple simultaneous *voting* periods, because making a ballot takes time and energy so they end up competing with each other and worsening all the polls. especially key for those of us who like to do some listening as we tinker intermittently with the ballots, or to haunt the voting thread for recommendations etc.

I hate doing fancy images to go with the rollout, so I was putting out Led Zeppelin results within an hour of getting out of bed after the deadline passed. Still took tracks ballots (well, one ballot) while I was rolling out album results.

i have usually done a roll out when i got up on my day off, so around 9 - 10 AM ish on the West Coast. depending on how many you may want to roll out, i usually roll out about 20 - 25 per day and one result every 20 minutes or so. also have run things during the week but have some spill over until Saturday and even my Steely Dan one ran into a Sunday.

think i have been closer to 15 per day. so say, 15 per day and spread out over around 20 minutes each then it would be a five hour rollout. perfect, imo.

This is awesome feedback and advice, thanks, everyone!

alternative: five per day! or three! if i ever do a poll again that's where i'll be. i hate "missing" the rollout convo cause of work or w/e, but also you'll never please everybody, so whatever feels good to *you* is the best standard - you're putting in all the work after all!

Good input for me too--DOOM poll upcoming is my first. I was thinking to wait til right after the Rundgren rollout is done if that's alright.

slot #108 is all yours for MF Doom.

So Daft Punk was a non-starter?

so is the situation now that there isn't any real order to any of these and I can just do my no wave poll whenever, like before we had this thread to organize things?

no-one took it and wanted to run it, so it's still open for someone if they want to run it.

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I'm super busy with work for the next couple months, so it's not like I can do it right away, but ... I've been kinda waiting my turn for lol a few years?

yes no order, just say when you are ready so we only have one poll going at a time. a bunch of people signed up but haven't followed through.

Thanks Bee OK. I meant as opposed to starting during Rundgren rollout.

FWIW, rollout for Rundgren is starting tomorrow. Expect to be done by the end of the week.

Sometimes I Don't Know What to Poll: ILM Artist Poll #107 - Todd Rundgren - RESULTS

Jumpin JePOLLaphat, who's that? -- ILM Artist Poll #108 Daniel Dumile (MF DOOM, Zev Love X, Viktor Vaughn, King Geedorah, etc.) - Campaigning, Discussion, Equivocating until 4/11

so we (by which i mean tuomas and moka) did these a while back:

PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS, DANCING TOGETHER! It's the 1990s TOP 100 ELECTRONIC TRACKS poll results!
RESULTS (of the very nebulously defined) 110 ELECTRONIC DANCE TRACKS of the 00s

unless i've missed it completely, there is no update for the 2010s. and there should be imo

Blessed be the lord who believe any POLL RESULTS they read up on a message board: ILM Artist Poll #108 - MF DOOM

We have not done a Chic Organisation poll, correct?

see first post

(iirc someone (Dr. C.?) self-nommed to run it but has been gone for many years)

i volunteered to run that one but am happy to release it to anyone who wants to do it

What falls under the banner of "The Chic Organization?" I'm assuming it refers to more than just albums and singles released by Chic?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chic_discography

Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards produced for a series of artists in the years 1978 to 1982. They sometimes produced under the name 'The Chic Organization'.

Diana Ross albums and singles, Sister Sledge albums and singles, Sheila And B Devotion, Debbie Harry's KooKoo album, the Soup For One soundtrack - all written by Nile & Nard, produced by them, played by them and Tony Thompson, sung on by Alfa and Fonzi and Luci et al

so who's next?

i was going to open the Shoegaze albums and EPs poll but the last poll went a bit long and my window closed. i might do Super Furry Animals this summer but unsure if there is enough interest? regardless of that i do have something else up my sleeve and will move forward with that next week, i think it will be a lot of fun.

SFA would be great

It sounded like there was pretty good interest in an SFA poll on their thread. I'm excited for it at any rate!