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

those images really remind me of the spines of most of the jg ballard books i have

― john wahey (NickB),

Hahaha I googled out of curiosity and the comparison is otm. I didn't draw direct inspiration from them, though. I was looking at several medical and product packaging from the 60s and that was the overall aesthetic at the time.

http://i.imgur.com/Lhyz58X.jpg

Those look lovely. I want to buy them just to have them on my bookshelf.

Too low!

oh, hang on..

They actually remind me of Centrum packaging!

i am all in the italo poll, psyched as can be

stoked for the italo poll.

― example (crüt), Saturday, November 1, 2014 8:22 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

me too. i can volunteer to help with poll stuff (tabulating or image graphic selection/photoshop-ing) after the first week of december, (if the poll hasn't been run by then). just an offer.

i don't know if it's been hashed out yet, but to what extent should non-italian artists be exluded. a lot of borderline stuff i'm not too sure about. like, i want to vote for "moskow diskow" maybe even some british stuff like human league or early depeche mode (not to mention blue monday, which is really more of a cold steely proto-NRG jam i guess. and what about timespan limits? these are all questions that would be very fun to discuss, for my obsessive ass anyway.
at the very least it'll result in a repost on one of the "look at what that dumb fuck said" noize/afl threads. Kind of leaning towards keeping it purist and italian, i think.

I expect these polls to go on for awhile, but just a word of warning, I'm less than a month away from leaving the country until 2015. Metallica's not going to sneak up on us, right?

After the Funkadelic poll, there might be time for the Italo poll to run its course before we kick off the end-of-year nominations/voting/rollout.

Right now, I'm thinking Saturday 13 December will be a good day to start the nominating thread. As we've done the last several years, noms will probably go on for three weeks, then voting for two, then one week of tracks rollout and one week of albums rollout.

Rough schedule of the eoy poll process as of right now:

Dec 13 - nominating opens
Jan 3 - nominating closes, voting opens
Jan 16 - voting closes
Jan 19 - tracks rollout
Jan 26 - albums rollout

I'll start the nominations/voting thread for the italo poll tomorrow (i.e. later today). I'm leaning towards restricting the number eligible tracks, but not imposing any constraints into what counts as italo. I think the criteria is too subjective and there are definitely tracks that I consider fit in perfectly without being by italian artists. That being said I'll give some general guidelines. And thank you, brimstead, I might take you up on your offer.

daavid-- i would love to help with images

Thanks gr8080! I was too busy yesterday but will definitely start the voting thread today. Following JF's advice, I'll let the voting open until Dec. 17

Ah thank god I thought this day would never come.

Gtfo with human league/depeche mode/blue monday tho.

There's Something Going On Right Now: The ILM ITALO poll (Nominations thread)

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.