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.. g ----- Mensaje original ----- De: Mike Bennett 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 “ballot”. > 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. > > Blog: http://blog.myspace.com/mrhonorama > Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com > Find out about Chicago shows: > http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagopopshowreport/_________________________________________________________________ > i’m is proud to present Cause Effect, a series about real people > making a difference. > http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_Cause_Effect======================================================================= > Detailed Audities-List information: > To manage your Audities List > settings or unsubscribe: > >