Do you like FUN?

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Right, as previously mentioned (ie: about a month and a half ago) it's ORGAFUN TIEM.

Here is how the ORGAFUN (which has a name but it's somewhat dependent on participant numbers) will work-

1. Those interested will sign up by making a comment to this post going 'ooh count me in' or words to that effect; you have until MONDAY 6TH APRIL to do this, ie: four days. If you know people who want to participate but are away, then feel free to sign up for them.
2. The names of the participants will then be randomised by me and split into suitable groups according to how many people are interested. I'm aiming for about 5-6 people per group, with hopefully roughly 5-6 groups.
3. It will then work a bit like the Pop Premiership/Chart Championship in terms of each group member being compiled a blind item compilation (ie: songs they hopefully won't have heard before) mixtape by the rest of the team, taking turns each week.

The twist, to differ this from the PP/CC is that the mixtapes, rather than merely being 'stuff I thought you might like,' will have a THEME. This will be specified by the recipient, along with a general outline of their tastes; eg:

"I'd like a mixtape of songs about moving or travelling, particularly those with a sadder lilt. I'm very keen on music in a minor key and like everything from storming industrial nonsense to wandering postrock shambles and some things with lyrics in between. I'm a particular sucker for stuff with string instruments in and nonstandard song structure. No goth lyric has ever been too embarassingly melodramatic, in my book."

And then my group would go away and try to find songs about careening around with the four horsemen of the apocalypse or something. Except I obvs. won't be playing, as OVERLORD of this hurr game. They'd then send them to me, who would anonymise them, zip them up and upload them (or put them on a CD or tape and post them to you, if you'd prefer) and email them over to the recipient (or well, email a download link) so that they can then review them, rank them and post about them on poptimists, at which point I can post the .zip for everyone to download and listen to.

This sounds far more complicated than it really is; basically, rest assured that it's worked before and you'll get a (hopefully) jolly good mixtape. I found some of my subsequent favourite songs as part of the PP/CC.

4. The WINNARS of the groups (ie: two highest scoring players altho really there are no winnars or losars, as myself and Kat will tell you from the previous round of this when we both spectacularly bailed on getting any points and still had a jolly good time) will then go on to something which will work a bit more like the Pop Open. Hybrid theory innit, except without all the nu-metal dad angst.

SO BASICALLY, what you need to know is that you need to be able to send me 1xmp3 (or similar, I can convert them if I have to provided it's not a .OGG or something absurd) per week and be willing to listen to some music. And it will be fun! Sign up!

If you don't care how it works enough to read all that but want to get an awesome mixtape crafted for you by the members of poptimists and don't mind sending me a song once a week, then just comment saying "I will subscribe to your newsletter" or something.

EDIT: By the way, in no way feel like you can't join in if you are An Lurker or the like. I think I was An Lurker back during the original PP/CC and now look at me, etc.

Comments

OGG LIKE AN OGG (sorry)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Hurray! I'm IN.

Re: OGG LIKE AN OGG (sorry)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

(and yes can confirm that Pop Premiership & its ilk were excellent japes despite Jel not really liking that Ceephax Acid Crew track I gave him etc...)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

See also: the Leagues of Pop (http://community.livejournal.com/poptimists/tag/league) and the Pop Open (http://community.livejournal.com/poptimists/tag/open) for historical madness.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

i'm in!

with the proviso that i will need pokin and remindin like nobody's business

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

In a cunning move, I am going to create a massive (ie: 25 person) spamlist (err, sorry, email database...) to send 'GIMME YR TRAX' to every week so should be fine!

Re: OGG LIKE AN OGG (sorry)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone liked the track I sent them! Apart from lockedintheatti with the pAper chAse. But yes, excellent japetiems.

oh go on then ;)

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

warning: i may be slightly rubbish at deadlines...

Re: oh go on then ;)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I wrote this instead of doing a week-late review so no worries on that front.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Count me in. I love spam e-mails. I may join in the spamming if players don't do as they're told :)

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm in.

Re: oh go on then ;)

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

What Steve sa!

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

I'm up for this.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Since the undergrad teaching year last week, I can be IN! Hurray. thank you in advance for the orgafun madness. Combining League of Pop and Pop Open in one giant-sized package - excellent thinking.

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Yus, why not.

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

I am very busy until mid-May but I'll make it work until then. I'm in.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

It should be fairly low-intensity (not least because I am fairly busy all the time at the minute) so you'll be fine, I imagine. :)

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

bah, I wanna play but I'm away for 3 weeks with very little interweb access. boo.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Is it 3 weeks now? If so, I could fill in for you for 3 weeks in terms of mp3 provision and make sure you're scheduled to receive yr mixtape after that. :)

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

I have decided to do this. Despite the fact that it will probably ruin my life w/ distraction in the short-term. (Hurray!)

[koganbot]

Yes, me too, as well, and also.

Are we going to score as before, where if we get a WIN but the person has heard our track before, then we only get points for a TIE? I liked that we had to both please and surprise our listener.

(And if I start being insane and commmenting on every track as I did last time, you have to say, "Frank, remember, you don't have time to be insane and comment on every track.")

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm basically going to use the PP/CC mechanisms intact, with the only variation being the size of the groups (which is basically just so it doesn't go on all year) and the theming, which I thought might make things a bit easier for people who felt like they didn't know the mixtape recipient.

And yes, I will. Although someone probably needs to restrain me in a similar manner. :/

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

hurrah!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

yes!

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

YES COUNT ME IN!

Though I would have absolutely no idea if a song was in a minor key or not! And if someone said R'N'B I'll send metal anyway.

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Also, how could anyone hate mixtapes????

It bears repeating

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

By the way, in no way feel like you can't join in if you are An Lurker or the like.

By the way, in no way feel like you can't join in if you are An Lurker or the like.

By the way, in no way feel like you can't join in if you are An Lurker or the like.

By the way, in no way feel like you can't join in if you are An Lurker or the like.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd like to play!

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I thought that was a sure fire 'everyone will read this now' line. D:

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

Pop Open you can see me get a first round WIN with an Amy Grant song, then what has to be one of the worst ever orgafun losses with Tom Petty in round 2. Man, that was a stupid pick.

[credoimprobus]

I have essentially been waiting for another round of orgafun since the Pop Open ran out, so YES PLS.

Re: OGG LIKE AN OGG (sorry)

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

and I did qabsolutely love it, and the rest of the album. It's still receiving a regular listening now.

But you'll have to find someone else to like your songs now, as I'm travelling now and have no time for orgafun, which is very sad :(

[lisa-go-blind.livejournal.com]

Count me in please!

[koganbot]

Hey Sally, good to hear from you again. Remember when you, me, and Jeff were neck and neck and we all scored ties on the last day of the season?

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

I am certainly IN for this.

[lisa-go-blind.livejournal.com]

Thanks! My free time lately has been virtually nil, but I can always carve out a little time for orgafun.

Re: oh go on then ;)

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

This is also my position!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Hullo, I'm in! Good work Moggy! If you want any tips on admin - it's all pretty obvious rly - drop me a line. Most of the work was in reminding peeps ISTR, the actual putting stuff together was 45 minutes on a Sunday afternoon.

[weasel-seeker.livejournal.com]

IN.

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Oh poo poo poo, I was on holiday so I missed it! Grr and more grr :(

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

You can take the place of the dummy hand I was going to have to play in Table 5 if you want?

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Ooh, OK. Do I need to do anything yet?

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

There's a poll in the second entry tagged 'orgafun' that you need to put yr email address into but otherwise there's no tasks just yet. :)