The Friday Canon: YOU DECIDE

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

In 2008 the canon polls shall be taking an extended break (almost certainly to be revived at a later date), and will be temporarily replaced by All New Top Secret Friday Orgafun Action! Calm yourselves - there are still 5 Fridays left in the year (not counting today), and we need to decide how best to fill them. Who would you like to see join these illustrious pop stars in the poptimists Hall Of Fame?

As there are five weeks to fill, you get five picks! However in a fit of generosity (and fear that I've missed someone obvious) you may nominate one further artist in the text box below - they must have had at least ten UK Top 40 Hits in some shape or form (you can check this here), e.g. Annie Lennox has only had 9 solo hits but combined with Eurythmics she has charted like a billion times, so both would need to be covered in the same poll.

It's gonna be tough but don't fret - the runners-up will almost certainly be revisited in the future. Artists with an asterisk by their name are still actively recording new material (as far as I know). Whether this affects your vote or not is up to you! Would you rather wait until Avril has a few more singles under her belt? Or does she demand immediate tickery?

[Poll #1093510]

Edit: Though the Spice Girls have not officially been subject to canon, they featured in an early Poptimist poll here. Feel free to go back and tick it!

Pop Open 00s Group REVEALED - Plus Round 3 Details

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Reveals and reviews below the cut:

( Reveals! )

The poll is running until MONDAY LUNCHTIME. You can hear the tracks at http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/11/the-pop-open-week-14/

[Poll #1092507]

And then it's on to ROUND 3! These are a series of unthemed - i.e. you can pick anything you like - one-on-one contests, which I will be putting out at a fair clip I hope. I will put the fites up in the order I get both tracks, so send one to leagueofpop@gmail.com ASAP (not counting the 2 qualifies from the 00s group, unless they're specially confident innit) MP3 format please!

FITES will be as follows - this may or may not affect yr choice of track.

stevem78 vs byebyepride
umlauts vs anatol_merklich
mackromackro vs credoimprobus
cis vs infov0re
lockedintheatti vs RUNNER-UP 00s
WINNER 00s vs hauntedballroom

typo of the YEAR

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

"and the poof is in the pudding"

(on POPT ftb EVERYONE MUST SEE IT not just dubdobdee-stalkaz)

shameless.fm

[mackromackro.livejournal.com]

IGNORE IF YOU HATE LAST.FM

(This is the part of poptimists where someone relatively new, like me, mines for last.fm friends. My last.fm username is "mackromackro", like my username here. Please add me. I like friends. Or you can plug your last.fm username in the comments if you wish. That's all!)