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November 10th, 2009
katstevens
 | 01:14 pm - Best Song of 2003: Heat #5
R Kelly, Sugababes 2.0, Fiddy Pence and Johnny Cash are through, with some last minute vote-switching giving Will Young the last spot. On to heat #5!
( Rules reminder - SIX TICKS only. )
( How could you guess, when you're only thinking of yourself? )
Extra ticks for this heat go to me, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) friend_of_tofu, ijgrieve, jeff_worrell, koganbot and credoimprobus.
Today's heat also has a sad footnote - !!! drummer Jerry Fuchs died yesterday. RIP dude.
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November 9th, 2009
katstevens
 | 12:31 pm - Yet Another Year In Pop: 45
JLS are straight in at the top. They seem like well-behaved young gentlemen, don't they?
Poll #1482869 Yet Another Year In Pop: 45
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 24Which of this week's new entries are any good at all? It's only 6 chart weeks until Christmas! What sort of song do you think will nab the Xmas No.1?
*Looking at who's left in the competition, maybe this is the first year ever this isn't a dead cert?
Reminder: You have until tomorrow afternoon to vote in Heat #4 of 2003 - at the moment there's an exciting tie for 5th place between Dizzee and Will. Don't forget to pick your best new track as well!
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November 6th, 2009
katstevens
 | 12:30 pm - Best Song of 2003: Heat #4
Dizzee, Outkast, Xtina, Sean Paul and the Lil' Jon posse all through. I'm superbusy today so without further ado, on to heat #4!
( Rules reminder - SIX TICKS only. )
( Sippin' on coke and rum, I'm like, 'so what, I'm drunk?' )
Extra tick for this heat goes to koganbot.
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November 5th, 2009
katstevens
| 12:34 pm - Round-up
* Rumours of the original Sugababes line-up getting back together have been quoshed, but would Keisha, Siobhan and Mutya benefit from the addition of Little Boots as 'the blonde one'? Er...
* You have until tomorrow (Friday) lunchtime to vote in Heat #3 of 2003 (and to pick your best new track to earn an extra tick in Heat #4). It's pretty close at the moment for 4th/5th place!
* New Roisin Murphy single is definitely on the WTF side of things musically (i.e. it sounds like Art Of Noise) and lyrically (err well yes um, best not sing it in front of your Mum, like). Also it features an even more ridiculous guitar solo than 'Russian Roulette'.
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ms_bracken
 | 09:52 am - fought my way to front of class, to get the best view of her painfully specific tag radio
Recently, I have been reminded that Busted's What I Go To School For exists in the world. This has given me a new idea for a Spotify playlist - requited love for a teacher. Current tracklisting is :
Busted – What I Go To School For
Gym Class Heroes – Scandalous Scholastics
so not a lot, and last.fm isn't helping me. But I am sure there are more, which is why I made an open playlist. Can you help me with this project?
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November 3rd, 2009
katstevens
 | 07:44 pm - I've been searching all over Facebook and I can't seem to find you
New N-Dubz single in referencing social media platform shocka!
Thoughts?
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katstevens
 | 11:45 am - Best Song of 2003: Heat #3
Massive shock and horror in heat #2 as... ok never mind, Beyonce, Justin & Electric Six are all comfortably through. Evanescence and Blu/Sean whizz past the Frank Fergusons to get the last two spots.
Perhaps we'll have an upset in today's heat instead - will Outkast bear the brunt of the 2003 ubiquity tick fatigue? Let's find out!
( Rules reminder - SIX TICKS only. )
( Now, what's cooler than being cool? )
Extra ticks for this heat go to justfanoe, ijgrieve, credoimprobus, koganbot and me.
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November 2nd, 2009
katstevens
| 12:33 pm - Yet Another Year In Pop: 44
Cheryl's got the number one single AND album now, but there was only ONE picture of her in Friday's London Lite and NO pictures at all in the Evening Standard. Pull yr publicity socks up, Cheryl!
Poll #1479756 Yet Another Year In Pop: 44
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 19Which of this week's new entries are any good at all?
Halloween lower reaches watch: Thriller at 43, Ghostbusters at 57, Monster Mash at 61 Evanescence at 97.
2009 reckoning: Remember to go back and tick (or untick!) songs in all the previous chart polls this year so we can put together our ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) poptimists chart entries of 2009 list in December (see chart poll results from 2008 and 2007 here and here). Look out for info about the 2009 Reader's Poll coming up soon!
Poll reminder: You have until tomorrow lunchtime to vote in Heat #2 of 2003 and pick your best new track to earn an extra tick in Heat #3.
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ijgrieve
 | 12:12 am - The Raveonettes - 'Bang'
This is one for the connoisseur of the catchy alt-pop chorus:
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/smile.gif) optimistic
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October 31st, 2009
credoimprobus
 | 06:16 pm - Album roundup
So seeing as it's practically November now, let's talk POPTIMIST ESSENTIALS. Or in other words put: what albums will it be beneficial to have heard once year-end polling season rolls around again?
(I'm especially keen to hear about any albums that came out between abt midsummer and the end of September, because that time really struck me as a POP BLACK HOLE. Mind, that may well have been because I spent that time period buried up to my ears in obscurist electronic bobbins, rather than an actual lack of Big Albums...)
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October 30th, 2009
katstevens
| 12:14 pm - Best Song of 2003: Heat #2
Heat #1 saw tATu storm ahead with the best tick-turnout of the decade so far; Yulia and Lena are joined in the final by the White Stripex, Xtina, Jay-X & Beyonxe and RicharX-v-LibertX.
On to heat #2, in which the wailing/gnashing of teeth may rise to new heights. But only five can go through, and it's up to you lot to pick which ones! Choose wisely, o Poptimists...
( Rules reminder - SIX TICKS only. )
( Should I be quiet just because I'm a woman? )
Extra ticks for this heat go to jeff_worrell, credoimprobus, meserach, koganbot and me.
P.S. HALLOWEEN POPTIMISM TONIGHT! Be there or be Jason Bateman in Teen Wolf 2!
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October 29th, 2009
meserach
| 08:21 pm
Never has such an important accolade been so hotly and tightly contested. But there can be only one consolation prize winner! Decide! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL PLEASE ACTUALLY DECIDE.
Poll #1478119 Best Song of 2002 - Second Chance Saloon DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP ALREADY EXTRA SUPER FINAL EDITION
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 31PICK ONE DAMNIT SO WE CAN ALL GO HOME
Poll closes Tuesday. If it's still a tie then I will toss a coin. At your FACES you bunchha indecisive [redcated]
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katstevens
| 01:34 pm - Heat #1 reminder
Quick reminder that you've got until tomorrow lunchtime to vote in Heat #1 of 2003. Heat #2 is absolutely full of bangers so if you'd like an extra tick for it, go back and enter your favourite new track in the end of the poll (and tell us in <256 characters why it's awesome!).
In the meantime: spot the odd one out from these 5 boyband members.
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October 27th, 2009
katstevens
| 12:12 pm - Best Song of 2003: Heat #1
Russian faux-lesbians, Knightrider bhangra and countless remixes by Richard X: welcome to 2003!
( Rules reminder - SIX TICKS only. )
( I do yoga and pilates and the room is full of hotties )
Extra ticks for this heat go to meserach, justfanoe, koganbot and myself.
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October 26th, 2009
meserach
| 10:51 pm - Second Chance Saloon 2002 Final!
Right then, straight down to it:
Poll #1476814 Best Song of 2002 - Second Chance Saloon FINAL
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 40Which of these songs is the best?
I'll announce a winner come Thursday, by which point kat's polls for 2003 will have started up, I think. Thanks for voting!
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katstevens
| 12:12 pm - Yet Another Year In Pop: 43
Chezza gets the first GA solo #1; electro/grime kids yodel for charity; someone sings an old Xtina song on the telly. It must be Monday!
Poll #1476517 Yet Another Year In Pop: 43
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 31Which of this week's new entries are any good at all? Whose sum musical output over the last twenty years do you rate the highest?
(There's still a few hours to nominate songs for 2003.)
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October 23rd, 2009
katstevens
| 12:34 pm - 2003: Nominations so far
We're up to 291 nominations for 2003 (plus a few tentative ones I've not yet included) - you've got until Monday evening to add your own to the list below:
( 2003 nominations so far )
Please give your nominations on the original post, not this one, otherwise your nomination might get missed! As usual now is a good opportunity to point out any egregious errors I've committed above (I've not finished checking all the non-charters yet so errors may well be present!).
Reminder 1: the 2002 Second Chance Saloon's doors are still open for you to rectify those cruel decisions - will Kylie nobble N*Sync for the runner-up spot?
Reminder 2: next Friday 30th is Halloween Poptimism! Costumes not mandatory but awesome pop music and smashing dudes most definitely are! Odds on myself and atommickbrane attempting spontaneous choreography to 'Everybody (Backstreet's Back)' currently = EVENS. See you there!
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October 22nd, 2009
freakytigger
 | 01:36 pm - Factory Records
Discussion on another LJ reminded me that we've not talked about the X Factor yet this year on Poptimists. This seems remiss, since it'll produce at least one enormous hit before 2009's end and - if it does it's job - a viable pop star for a couple years' more.
Also I have actually been watching this year and I'm too ashamed to Twitter about it. We're down to 10 contestants which seems acceptably POLL-sized to me. Kandy Rain's bold attempt at UK ho'n'B was first out, and last weekend that ridiculous kid in the hat was rightly removed. So who's left? And - from our point of view - who might actually make good pop records (as good as "Bad Boys" say, let's not aim too high)? You may have as many ticks as you want.
Poll #1474745 The X Factor!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 21Which of this year's chancers might one day put their names to a good single? Pick any that apply
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October 21st, 2009
meserach
| 07:58 pm - Best Song of 2002 - Second Chance Saloon
Feeling the need to right some wrongs in the year just gone?
Please find enclosed 58 songs worthy of a Second Chance(TM), chosen by a rigorous process of statistical elimination, viz. I just let through everything that got at least seven votes in its heat. This was necessary because a lot of stuff in each heat tied at 7 votes and it was easier to just let them all in.
I'll be following along with Kat's new evil dictum and enforcing a limit of SIX ticks only, please. The top five will head into a little final, which I'll probably run on, oooh, Monday? Monday sounds good.
The (frankly TOO LONG) poll itself beneath the following GIGA-LJ-CUT:
( I'm my own worst enemy... )
Yikes.
EDIT: 49 of these 58 songs can be heard on Spotify with this handy-dandy playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/meserach/playlist/1ga7mZnRs7Nox7CVrW2myp
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October 20th, 2009
katstevens
| 04:27 pm - Number one with a bullet?
Rihanna's new single, Russian Roulette. It's not exactly 'banging' (oh-ho!) but I think it's pretty awesome.
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