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- Sun Oct 16, 2016 5:20 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Music of 2000 Tournaments: Nominations
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7221
Music of 2000 Tournaments: Nominations
Nominations are due October 23 at 9 am CST. I have decided to go with the year 2000 for our first yearly tournament (just in case I want to try and do this as a decade survey), and I have decided to simultaneously run a songs tournament for the year as well; figure we might as well explore the year...
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 7:52 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Best Album of (Year) Tournaments: How to Decide the Year
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3678
Re: Best Album of (Year) Tournaments: How to Decide the Year
Hi BleuPanda and everyone! I like this idea, but I wonder if you are thinking that this game will "replace" the usual yearly/decade polls? If not, will you participate in both? Edit: If that sounded negative to this tournament, personally I wouldn't actually mind if we skip the decade pol...
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 7:47 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Best Album of (Year) Tournaments: How to Decide the Year
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3678
Re: Best Album of (Year) Tournaments: How to Decide the Year
Hi BleuPanda and everyone! I like this idea, but I wonder if you are thinking that this game will "replace" the usual decade polls? If not, will you participate in both? I definitely don't want it to replace the usual decade polls (especially since this would double the length - each 32-e...
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 6:48 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Best Album of (Year) Tournaments: How to Decide the Year
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3678
Best Album of (Year) Tournaments: How to Decide the Year
The issue here is deciding how I'll decide which specific year to cover; vote in the poll above. For the third option, I want to remind everyone each of these would take about 2 months, and I'm not sure it would be as interesting with years we already thoroughly discuss; I'm including the 2010s opti...
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 4:13 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Project Planning
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5294
Re: Project Planning
Sheesh, 16 albums in a single week is a stretch, I think... and even I get a lot of time to listen to my music, considering I have an office to myself :) To me, it is more a question of how much new listening is expected each week; if we do the best albums of 2010, I'm assuming most of us here have...
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:48 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Project Planning
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5294
Re: Project Planning
It looks like year is taking a lead. We could do these in a month each if we did 16 albums a week, but I'm assuming it's better to go slower?
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:25 am
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: Films of the 1990s: 1993 (2016 edition)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16695
Re: Films of the 1990s: 1993 (2016 edition)
I added Sonatine.
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 12:19 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7 - Round 4.2
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10129
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7 - Round 4.2
Rings Around the World
Basket of Light
Cowboy Bebop
Basket of Light
Cowboy Bebop
- Thu Oct 13, 2016 6:42 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Project Planning
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5294
Re: Project Planning
Idea for running the smaller album contests: 1. I'll decide on a year/genre/country, somehow... 2. The top 10 albums of that year/genre/country on AM get an automatic placement in the tournament 3. The other 22 spots will be filled over a week, with each user getting a single entrant of their choice...
- Thu Oct 13, 2016 2:23 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Individual Artist Poll: Bob Dylan
- Replies: 41
- Views: 29142
Re: Individual Artist Poll: Bob Dylan
Now featuring a Nobel laureate!
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:25 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Project Planning
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5294
Re: Project Planning
And if there's no solid agreement for the first three options, we can always change up the theme each time and just have a general 'album mini-tournaments' thing going on.
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:28 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Project Planning
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5294
Project Planning
I have created a poll; only vote for either of the last two options if you'd rather I not start anything until next year. If you want to express thoughts on how I handle Best of the B-sides and Overlooked, please discuss. So, I started Best of the B-Sides at the beginning of February; Overlooked son...
- Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:49 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final Match
- Replies: 33
- Views: 19271
Re: Overlooked Songs: Final Match
Mercury Rev - Holes
Sad to see 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong lose, but at least something in my top 1000 hangs on.
Sad to see 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong lose, but at least something in my top 1000 hangs on.
- Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:23 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final Match
- Replies: 33
- Views: 19271
Overlooked Songs: Final Match
The rules are simple: vote for your favorite in each match below. The winner will move to the next round. The deadline to vote is Tuesday, October 18th at 10 PM CST. Please listen to these tracks before voting, even if you've heard them a thousand times before! Bracket: http://www.bracketmaker.com/t...
- Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:22 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 4
- Replies: 30
- Views: 17385
Re: Overlooked Songs: Final 4
Sorry about this...I kind of disappeared from the internet and the change in schedule must have thrown me off...
Sweet Thing: 12
Holes: 14
2 Rights Make 1 Wrong: 12
The Windmills of Your Mind: 14
Sweet Thing: 12
Holes: 14
2 Rights Make 1 Wrong: 12
The Windmills of Your Mind: 14
- Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:45 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 4
- Replies: 30
- Views: 17385
Re: Overlooked Songs: Final 4
Hmm...what to do after this finishes...
- Tue Oct 04, 2016 2:54 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7 - Round 4.1
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11042
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7 - Round 4.1
1. King Crimson - Red (8.25/10) vs. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (7.75/10)
2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (7/10) vs. Amon Düül II - Yeti (7.25/10)
3. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 (8.5/10) vs. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night (8.75/10)
2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (7/10) vs. Amon Düül II - Yeti (7.25/10)
3. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 (8.5/10) vs. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night (8.75/10)
- Sun Oct 02, 2016 5:51 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Division Extrapolations and Playlists
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1452
Overlooked Songs: Division Extrapolations and Playlists
I have extrapolated the results of each division to estimate how well each song would do against the winner. Below, you will find the songs in each division ranked from strongest to weakest, alongside their estimated percentage against #1 (#1 gets a 50 since it should tie itself). I have also made a...
- Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:48 am
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: Films of the 1990s: 1994 (2016 edition)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16677
Re: Films of the 1990s: 1994 (2016 edition)
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Satantango
3. Chungking Express
4. Three Colors: Red
5. The Lion King
6. The Shawshank Redemption
7. The Kingdom
8. Ed Wood
9. Forrest Gump
10. Clerks
11. Leon/The Professional
12. Quiz Show
13. Pom Poko
14. Three Colors: White
2. Satantango
3. Chungking Express
4. Three Colors: Red
5. The Lion King
6. The Shawshank Redemption
7. The Kingdom
8. Ed Wood
9. Forrest Gump
10. Clerks
11. Leon/The Professional
12. Quiz Show
13. Pom Poko
14. Three Colors: White
- Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:43 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 4
- Replies: 30
- Views: 17385
Re: Overlooked Songs: Final 4
Mercury Rev - Holes
Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
- Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:43 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 4
- Replies: 30
- Views: 17385
Overlooked Songs: Final 4
The rules are simple: vote for your favorite in each match below. The winner will move to the next round. The deadline to vote is Saturday, October 8th at 10 PM CST. Please listen to these tracks before voting, even if you've heard them a thousand times before! Bracket: http://www.bracketmaker.com/t...
- Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:42 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 8/Division Finals
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16699
Re: Overlooked Songs: Final 8/Division Finals
Sweet Thing: 15
Velouria: 10
Here's Where the Story Ends: 12
Holes: 13
In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country: 11
2 Rights Make 1 Wrong: 12
The Windmills of Your Mind: 13
Home: 12
Velouria: 10
Here's Where the Story Ends: 12
Holes: 13
In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country: 11
2 Rights Make 1 Wrong: 12
The Windmills of Your Mind: 13
Home: 12
- Sat Oct 01, 2016 8:42 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 8 tiebreakers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2387
Overlooked Songs: Final 8 tiebreakers
First vote from someone who didn't already vote in the match decides the winner.
The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
vs.
Mercury Rev - Holes
Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
vs.
Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
vs.
Mercury Rev - Holes
Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
vs.
Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
- Sat Oct 01, 2016 3:32 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Individual Artist Poll: Bob Dylan
- Replies: 41
- Views: 29142
Re: Individual Artist Poll: Bob Dylan
I think it might get easier when we get to artists with smaller discographies. I expect low turnout specifically for Dylan because some people will feel overwhelmed when they see the size of his acclaimed albums. For smaller artists, it's easier to get through their entire discography in a short tim...
- Fri Sep 30, 2016 4:56 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Which acclaimed songs are better known for a remix/alternate version?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14011
Which acclaimed songs are better known for a remix/alternate version?
Or at least as well known for this other version? There are quite a few on the AM list that don't have this information marked, and I wanted to make sure there wasn't a classic I was missing due to ignorance. I think the big one is Cornershop's "Brimful of Asha." Norman Cook's remix has pr...
- Fri Sep 30, 2016 1:11 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 8/Division Finals
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16699
Re: Overlooked Songs: Final 8/Division Finals
A little over a day remains.
- Wed Sep 28, 2016 1:07 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: General film discussion topic
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7691
Re: General film discussion topic
I only have three films left from 1990 and 1991 now. I currently have Thelma and Louise from the library and am waiting for The Hairdresser's Husband. Unfortunately, all the copies of La belle noiseuse in the library network cannot be requested...
- Tue Sep 27, 2016 1:31 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Individual Artist Poll: Bob Dylan
- Replies: 41
- Views: 29142
Re: Individual Artist Poll: Bob Dylan
Is there any way you'd consider extending the deadline? I would love to get a few more weeks to dig deeper into Dylan's back catalog, and judging from the relatively small number of lists delivered so far, I wonder if others are feeling the same way. Dylan's relevant discography is at least twice a...
- Sat Sep 24, 2016 10:17 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 8/Division Finals
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16699
Re: Overlooked Songs: Final 8/Division Finals
...you know, the final 4 should be the first bracket vs the last, and then the middle 2 facing off. But I didn't set it up like that in the bracket...
- Sat Sep 24, 2016 5:05 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 8/Division Finals
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16699
Re: Overlooked Songs: Final 8/Division Finals
Pixies - Velouria The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong Dusty Springfield - The Windmills of Your Mind Finally voting against LCD Soundsystem...I promise I'm not a total fanboy. The first match feels really weak to me. I guess Van Morrison just never really clicks ...
- Sat Sep 24, 2016 4:53 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 8/Division Finals
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16699
Overlooked Songs: Final 8/Division Finals
The rules are simple: vote for your favorite in each match below. The winner will move to the next round. The deadline to vote is Saturday, October 1st at noon CST. Please listen to these tracks before voting, even if you've heard them a thousand times before! Bracket: http://www.bracketmaker.com/tm...
- Sat Sep 24, 2016 4:47 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 16
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16702
Re: Overlooked Songs: Final 16
Master of Puppets: 12 Sweet Thing: 13 Velouria: 14 S.O.S.: 9 All I Need: 8 Here's Where the Story Ends: 15 Criminal: 10 Holes: 12 In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country: 12 Emmylou: 11 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong: 12 Delorean Dynamite: 11 Everybody's Been Burned: 9 The Windmills of Your Mind: 14 Night of...
- Sat Sep 24, 2016 5:15 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 16 tiebreakers
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1528
Overlooked Songs: Final 16 tiebreakers
First vote from someone who didn't vote in the original topic decides the winner.
Metallica - Master of Puppets
vs.
Van Morrison - Sweet Thing
Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
vs.
Todd Terje - Delorean Dynamite
Metallica - Master of Puppets
vs.
Van Morrison - Sweet Thing
Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
vs.
Todd Terje - Delorean Dynamite
- Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:23 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: "Acclaimed" Wedding Songs
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16577
Re: "Acclaimed" Wedding Songs
Songs I know we've been considering for our wedding:
"First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes
"Into My Arms" by Nick Cave
"Do You Realize??" by The Flaming Lips
"First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes
"Into My Arms" by Nick Cave
"Do You Realize??" by The Flaming Lips
- Fri Sep 23, 2016 6:25 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: Rolling Stone: 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16170
Re: Rolling Stone: 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
TV is such a strange beast, and one where I'm not going to give a publication trouble over their failure to include a lot of foreign stuff. I can't think of much that has really, fully penetrated the market here; television is a much bigger commitment than other media (the only one I would say is co...
- Fri Sep 23, 2016 5:43 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 16
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16702
Re: Overlooked Songs: Final 16
There are currently two ties.
- Thu Sep 22, 2016 1:20 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 16
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16702
Re: Overlooked Songs: Final 16
Reminder that voting goes until tomorrow. Here's the current leaderboard: 1. Acroamor - 91 2. Sweepstakes Ronald - 83 3t. Henrik - 76 3t. Nassim - 76 5. Jackson - 69 6t. BleuPanda - 67 6t. andyd1010 - 67 8. Rob - 65 9. whuntva - 61 10. luney6 - 58 11. spiritualized - 56 babydoll - 51 It appears only...
- Tue Sep 20, 2016 7:46 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: General film discussion topic
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7691
Re: General film discussion topic
Or, silly me, I can just check the UIUC library (the 7th largest library in the US). I found Ju Dou, The Lovers on the Bridge, The Adjuster, and the original Heimat (the second is on Netflix...but I'd also like to avoid going through seven discs...), all just sitting in our undergraduate media secti...
- Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:53 am
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: General film discussion topic
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7691
Re: General film discussion topic
...I especially want to watch Ju Dou, as Zhang Yimou has quickly become one of my favorite directors... I don't know about you but where I'm from a simple search of the film in youtube will display a result, with English subtitles to boot. So if you can't find one with much better video resolution,...
- Mon Sep 19, 2016 7:24 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: General film discussion topic
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7691
General film discussion topic
Our current board is pretty covered in survey topics, so I figured we might as well have one to simply discuss what we've been watching. I was having some issues this weekend and ended up watching 6 movies between Saturday and Sunday. I got fairly caught up on the 90s film survey. These are the six:...
- Mon Sep 19, 2016 1:41 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Unacclaimed IV Announcement and Rules
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14171
Re: Unacclaimed IV Announcement and Rules
Hm...I think I didn't realize we doubled the size of the field from 64 to 128. I remembered only two of my picks getting in last time so I only submitted 4 because I didn't see the point in going any higher. But now I don't want to add more and lose priority...
- Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:09 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Share a Spotify playlist!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14107
Re: Share a Spotify playlist!
To go along with my top 1000 song list update, I have once again done a list of: a) all songs that have improved their standings by at least 25% (including since March of last year, so songs that fell in March 2016 and rose back to the same place this month don't get attention) b) all songs new to ...
- Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:17 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Share a Spotify playlist!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14107
Re: Share a Spotify playlist!
To go along with my top 1000 song list update, I have once again done a list of: a) all songs that have improved their standings by at least 25% (including since March of last year, so songs that fell in March 2016 and rose back to the same place this month don't get attention) b) all songs new to t...
- Fri Sep 16, 2016 2:30 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 16
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16702
Re: Overlooked Songs: Final 16
I just updated my all-time song list; here are the songs with either their placement or score. I only ranked my top 1000, and as a note, #1000 (Bonita Applebum) is an 8/10 2. Metallica - Master of Puppets (305 all-time) vs. 10. Van Morrison - Sweet Thing (sub-1000, 7.75/10) 8. Pixies - Velouria (986...
- Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:40 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Final 16
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16702
Overlooked Songs: Final 16
The rules are simple: vote for your favorite in each match below. The winner will move to the next round. The deadline to vote is Friday, September 23rd at 8 P.M. CST. Please listen to these tracks before voting, even if you've heard them a thousand times before! Bracket: http://www.bracketmaker.com...
- Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:36 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Overlooked Songs: Round 3 Week 2
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13313
Re: Overlooked Songs: Round 3 Week 2
Sorry for the late results; ended up playing a game of Terra Mystica which ran from about 7:30 to midnight, completely forgot to post this. 4 and a half hour board game sessions can be all-consuming... In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country: 12 Streets of Your Town: 9 New Noise: 9 Emmylou: 12 2 Rig...
- Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:28 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: Films of the 1990s: 1993 (2016 edition)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16695
Re: Films of the 1990s: 1993 (2016 edition)
1. Groundhog Day
2. Three Colors: Blue
3. The Nightmare Before Christmas
4. Schindler's List
5. Sonatine
6. Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers
7. Dazed and Confused
8. Naked
9. Jurassic Park
2. Three Colors: Blue
3. The Nightmare Before Christmas
4. Schindler's List
5. Sonatine
6. Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers
7. Dazed and Confused
8. Naked
9. Jurassic Park
- Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:17 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: MCCh 2016 (16) September 15
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14328
Re: MCCh 2016 (16) September 15
I feel extreme in my own picks...already 2 albums in my top 100 (I'm currently working on my about twice yearly album list update).
- Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:34 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7 - Round 3.2
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9592
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 7 - Round 3.2
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night
2 of my choices this week. Still need to find time for Jimmy Cliff...
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night
2 of my choices this week. Still need to find time for Jimmy Cliff...
- Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:00 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Unacclaimed IV Announcement and Rules
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14171
Re: Unacclaimed IV Announcement and Rules
I sent mine. I feel kind of guilty having my top two songs come from the same source, but they are separate works that happened to gain greater prominence when featured on the soundtrack to my favorite video game. It's interesting how being featured on a soundtrack can bring to prominence a totally ...