The Pop Open: What It Is and Who's Who
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poptimistsThe Concept
The idea of the Pop Open is very simple: you pick tracks which you think the community will enjoy. The community vote on them and the best selectors go through.
How It Works If You’re A Player
41 Poptimists entered the Pop Open, so I’ve divided them into seven groups of five and one of six. All you have to do in the first round is send me ONE song – in MP3 format if at all possible. Each group has a theme attached to it, which you can bear in mind as little or as much as you like when you pick your entry. Thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
umlauts for his neat suggestion as to themes.
The themes aren’t meant to be strict – they’re just offering voters another criteria they can use when ticking, if they want.
Each week I will anonymise the tracks for one group, and post them for us all to vote on. The top three in each group go through to Round 2, which I’ll post rules for when we get near it. You are not allowed to reveal which is your track or identify it!
To save me organisational time, I’d like ALL the tracks for round 1 in before I start posting them. Send them to leagueofpop@gmail.com by Wednesday 6th June please! (i.e. you have two weeks) The first group will start on Monday 11th.
How It Works If You’re A Voter
Every Monday, I’ll post a link to a zipfile containing 5 tracks (6 in week 8). You download them, listen to them, and pick your favourite two tracks WHICH YOU DIDN’T ALREADY KNOW. (If you only like one track, only pick one – but it can’t be one you already know). If you like, you can base your choices on the week's theme.
On the Wednesday I’ll put up the voting poll for you to register your choices, and open comments. If you know what a track is, it’s up to you whether you identify it or not (unless it’s your own!). The gap between posting and voting is to let people download and hear the tracks before the poll goes up.
The following Monday I’ll post a reveal of tracks and players and formally announce who’s through to the next round.
Who's in what group? Here goes:
Group A - Theme: Passion.atommickbrane, credoimprobus, cis, mcatzilut, ms_bracken. June 11th.
Group B - Theme: Love.anatol_merklich, braisedbywolves, fugitivemotel, w3ft, xyzzzz_. June 18th
Group C - Theme: Sex.bengraham, carsmilesteve, infov0re, mcarratala, strange_powers. June 25th.
Group D - Theme: Money.boyofbadgers, byebyepride, dubdobdee, martinskidmore, piratemoggy. July 2nd.
Group E - Theme: Violence:friend_of_tofu, jel_bugle, katstevens, lisa_go_blind, skillextric. July 9th.
Group F - Theme: Religion:blue_russian, inhibitorylinks, justfanoe, umlauts, zenith. July 16th.
Group G - Theme: Injustice:alexmacpherson, celentari, hauntedballroom, lockedintheatti, ruudboy. July 23rd.
Group H - Theme: Death:freakytigger, kill_yr_idols, MACKRO, mippy, poptasticuk, stevem78. July 30th.
Don't worry if you're away on the date your group starts - like I say I want all the tracks in in advance.
There we go - any questions? Not too complicated I hope - just pick a track and send it in really!
The idea of the Pop Open is very simple: you pick tracks which you think the community will enjoy. The community vote on them and the best selectors go through.
How It Works If You’re A Player
41 Poptimists entered the Pop Open, so I’ve divided them into seven groups of five and one of six. All you have to do in the first round is send me ONE song – in MP3 format if at all possible. Each group has a theme attached to it, which you can bear in mind as little or as much as you like when you pick your entry. Thanks to
umlauts for his neat suggestion as to themes.The themes aren’t meant to be strict – they’re just offering voters another criteria they can use when ticking, if they want.
Each week I will anonymise the tracks for one group, and post them for us all to vote on. The top three in each group go through to Round 2, which I’ll post rules for when we get near it. You are not allowed to reveal which is your track or identify it!
To save me organisational time, I’d like ALL the tracks for round 1 in before I start posting them. Send them to leagueofpop@gmail.com by Wednesday 6th June please! (i.e. you have two weeks) The first group will start on Monday 11th.
How It Works If You’re A Voter
Every Monday, I’ll post a link to a zipfile containing 5 tracks (6 in week 8). You download them, listen to them, and pick your favourite two tracks WHICH YOU DIDN’T ALREADY KNOW. (If you only like one track, only pick one – but it can’t be one you already know). If you like, you can base your choices on the week's theme.
On the Wednesday I’ll put up the voting poll for you to register your choices, and open comments. If you know what a track is, it’s up to you whether you identify it or not (unless it’s your own!). The gap between posting and voting is to let people download and hear the tracks before the poll goes up.
The following Monday I’ll post a reveal of tracks and players and formally announce who’s through to the next round.
Who's in what group? Here goes:
Group A - Theme: Passion.
atommickbrane, credoimprobus, cis, mcatzilut, ms_bracken. June 11th.Group B - Theme: Love.
anatol_merklich, braisedbywolves, fugitivemotel, w3ft, xyzzzz_. June 18thGroup C - Theme: Sex.
bengraham, carsmilesteve, infov0re, mcarratala, strange_powers. June 25th.Group D - Theme: Money.
boyofbadgers, byebyepride, dubdobdee, martinskidmore, piratemoggy. July 2nd.Group E - Theme: Violence:
friend_of_tofu, jel_bugle, katstevens, lisa_go_blind, skillextric. July 9th.Group F - Theme: Religion:
blue_russian, inhibitorylinks, justfanoe, umlauts, zenith. July 16th.Group G - Theme: Injustice:
alexmacpherson, celentari, hauntedballroom, lockedintheatti, ruudboy. July 23rd.Group H - Theme: Death:
freakytigger, kill_yr_idols, MACKRO, mippy, poptasticuk, stevem78. July 30th.Don't worry if you're away on the date your group starts - like I say I want all the tracks in in advance.
There we go - any questions? Not too complicated I hope - just pick a track and send it in really!
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Date: 2007-05-23 12:35 pm (UTC)Re: question
Date: 2007-05-23 12:40 pm (UTC)It is an blogger who wants to join the Pop Open! He will have to join Poptimists first though.I mean, yes, it is.
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Date: 2007-05-23 12:45 pm (UTC)(p.s. our home interweb is up and running now so I will def be able to dll the playoff songs, yay!)
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Date: 2007-05-23 12:56 pm (UTC)My group goes in a week I'll 99% be away - which is GOOD because I don't miss the chance to vote in the others.
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Date: 2007-05-23 12:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-23 01:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-23 01:05 pm (UTC)also, how about a second "oh i knew that one" poll along with the voty one, so we can see how known our tracks are?
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Date: 2007-05-23 01:09 pm (UTC)Good idea though.
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Date: 2007-05-23 01:12 pm (UTC)I assume the 'don't know it' rule applies to the track - e.g. if I could spot that the song is Money's Too Tight To Mention and the singer is Michael Jackson, the fact that I have never heard that recording means I don't know it. Would this extend to live versions? That is, if I submitted a live version of Simply Red doing it, would that mean that only people who knew that version would disqualify it from their votes? (I don't actually plan to submit any Simply Red, I should reassure you all.)
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Date: 2007-05-23 01:12 pm (UTC)also i would rather know that i lost because everyone had heard the track before than because they didn't like it, innit!
how do cover versions work btw?
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Date: 2007-05-23 01:17 pm (UTC)I will post a snappier version of this as part of the voting blurb each week.
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Date: 2007-05-23 01:18 pm (UTC)Remixes are shakier ground.
To be honest cos it's an aggregate vote I'm happy to leave know/don't know as a guideline for individuals to interpret.
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Date: 2007-05-23 01:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-23 01:25 pm (UTC)ugh! the unwelcome image THAT conjures up ;-)
Groupos Del Meurto!
Date: 2007-05-23 01:27 pm (UTC)this is based solely on who i know out of the groups, obv. no doubt there will be a dark horse or three appearing out of the woodwork, if that's not too much of a mixed metaphor...
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Date: 2007-05-23 01:30 pm (UTC)(also hope it's the good sort of not having time)
Re: Groupos Del Meurto!
Date: 2007-05-23 01:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-23 01:37 pm (UTC)(obv all previous promises of actually making some bosh have come to naught so don't get excited, anybody)
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Date: 2007-05-23 01:39 pm (UTC)Re: Groupos Del Meurto!
Date: 2007-05-23 01:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-23 01:40 pm (UTC)(OK, obviously there'll be SOME leeway in terms of submitting tracks but I want as many in as possible cos it'll be so much easier to administrate.)
So...
Date: 2007-05-23 01:45 pm (UTC)Correct?
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Date: 2007-05-23 01:46 pm (UTC)Re: So...
Date: 2007-05-23 01:47 pm (UTC)(The canon polls, now polls etc. are for praising the existing ones)
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Date: 2007-05-23 01:48 pm (UTC)