A Year In Pop: 14

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

After last week's total damp squib (lowest polling numbers ever, too) - this is more like it. Too much more like it you might say with 12!!! new entries as the charts have a big old spring clean. At least 3 tracks here which have had their own poptimists thread! GET TICKING!

[Poll #963576]

League Of Pop Week Seven NOMINATIONS

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

HALFWAY THROUGH! This week it's the turn of braisedbywolves and lockedintheatti to receive your ripped offerings.

( Introducing braisedbywolves )

( Introducing lockedintheatti )

OK, only four days to get submissions in this week, thanks to that whole Jesus thing at the weekend. Nominations below, tracks or links to same to leagueofpop@gmail.com, MP3 format if possible, you know the drill by now and are all getting quite good at following it!

Edit: O NOES I made the nominations poll viewable to all. Just send the tracks and say what they are in the email, OK :)

Focus Group Souvenir

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Sad Poptimism Kitten Poptimism Kitten for your cut-out-and-keep use.

The Focus Group results are going up on FT.

Scandopop questions

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

1. Cover connections: what is the sleeve of the new Margaret Berger alBUM reminding me of? The typeface used for the artist/title is really familiar. Something French perhaps? Or possibly it's a movie poster homage.

2. Spur of the moment purchases: I just ordered said Berger LP from cdon. To make the purchase feel more cost-effective I also bought the Marie Serneholt alBUM, as cdon are virtually giving it away. I have no idea who Serneholt is or what her music sounds like. Did I do good?

(This post calls for my first ever LJ 'mood', I think, although I was hoping for a "carefree" option.)

Fan Fiction Factory

[mippy.livejournal.com]

I was just googling Level 42 - don't ask - and the third link that came up was a rather strange piece of fan-fiction, which you can read here:

http://kumo.swcp.com/synth/story/

So if you were a popstar, would you read your own fanfic? I think I would, but then there are some sick, sick minds out there on the internets.