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| Subject | Re: Audities Top 20 of 2007 poll -- POLLS ARE OPEN |
| Date | Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:23:54 -0600 |
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Mike..can you make sure that anyone that votes for Wilco this year is automatically disqualified and banished from voting?..For some reason Wilco seems to always win these things..
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De: Mike Bennett <mrhonorama@hotmail.com>
Fecha: Sábado, Diciembre 15, 2007 10:07 pm
Asunto: Audities Top 20 of 2007 poll -- POLLS ARE OPEN
>
> BASICS
>
> Rank your top 20 album releases from 1 to 20 and send it to me at
> MrHonorama@hotmail.com, or post it on the Audities list, or post
> it on the list AND send it to me. If you don’t have 20, send me
> your top 3, or 7 or 12 or 18 …if you are unsure about eligibility,
> send me more – I’ll count the
> top 20 eligible records. Records will get points based on the
> ranking – first place votes get a 5-point bonus, so points go like
> this (25 for first, 19 for second, 18 for third…1 for twentieth).
> Please try to list the title of the record.
>
> WHAT’S ELIGIBLE?
>
> Original 2007 LP/CD releases (not EPs...). Of course, in this day
> and age, release dates can be tricky, so, for the most part, I
> will rely on the honor system. If you are unsure about a record’s
> eligibility, feel free to add an extra selection to your “ballotâ€.
> If a record is clearly ineligible, then I can move all the other
> records on a list up a notch. As the years have gone on, I tend
> to go easier on records that came out late in the previous year,
> particularly if they were not available in the United States in
> that year. This isn’t because of some pro-America bias, but just
> in recognition that the Audities list, though international and
> loving every minute of it, is
> primarily composed of Yanks.
>
> Certain records are ineligible – Compilations of single or various
> artists (Examples – A Night At The Ritz by Office, which is
> compiles tracks from two prior albums, with just a few new cuts or
> a tribute album). Reissues – just because a record is reissued
> with bonus cuts added, this does not make it a 2007 release.
> However, original albums that just happened not to see release
> until 2007 do count; so when the album was recorded was
> immaterial. And finally, albums that have made the past Audities
> list top 20’s are ineligible. Sloan’s Never Hear The End Of It
> was # 15 in the 2006 poll. If you want to list it in your Top 20,
> add an extra selection for balloting purposes (that’s what I’m doing).
>
> VOTING PERIOD
>
> This poll will take place over 33 days, just because that’s how
> many it will take. Votes will be taken from December 15, 2007,
> until January 17, 2008, 11:59 p.m., CST.
>
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