Lex 20p Indie Prize 2009: PANIC

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone, I am an idiot and can't remember what month it is. It is time, just about, to vote for the winnar of the Lex 20p Indie Prize; a song by the winning act will then be played at Poptimism tonight because I will go out and buy their CD on my way in order to do so and to cover for my modfail...

In light of which, you have until about 4pm UK time today to VOTE. So get voting! Feel free to rep in the comments etc.

EDIT: RIGHT THEN. It's two minutes past four, I'm clocking off and going to HMV. What will I buy? Well you'll have to jolly well come to Poptimism and find out, won't you?

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Anyone who notices I am still just trying to get Mastodon played at Poptimism will be, err, correct.

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I don't particularly want to hear La Roux at Poptimism but I cannot deny they are the true winners here. I can always make that my strategic going-to-the-bar point.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

It's alright, I'll bring the Foamo remix of Bulletproof.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Actually I should just close the poll RIGHT NOW and insist the entire of 'The Czar' is played, shouldn't I?

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

OK i forgot to vote for lung rotter and seven even though no one else has heard of them let alone heard them they are an experimental offshoot of the horrors: this is doubtless for the good as i bet their 7" is v.hard to find

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I probably can't come to Poptimism anyway but tbh if La Cunt wins that will seal the deal.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I very nearly nommed bizarre offshoot of (HORROR) Vampire Weekend, Discovery purely because I want an excuse to buy their CD but my desire for prog overcame.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

La Roux is the honest answer but I find I can't act to inflict her voice on a potentially unwilling human audience XD; (NB: I have SEEN HER LIVE and it was weirdly much better than on record, I think because the sound was bad and her shrillness was drowned in the mix. The dodgy argument re audiences these days preferring artists that sound best in shoddy mp3 may actually apply for once.)

[hoshuteki.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, I forgot to bring any Mastodon!

Mastodon are, by the way, amazing

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I think it's about 3:39 in when the REALLY BONKERS bit (ie: wot would be played) starts.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Dude, it goes without saying that I have that covered.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I am also sad that I got into The xx too late for this :( Even though no one votes for the good indie acts anyway :(

WAIT WAIT WAIT

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

You're supposed to REMOVE the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from the poll, no matter how many times they get nominated.

Re: WAIT WAIT WAIT

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Tsk... amateurs ;)

Re: WAIT WAIT WAIT

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

WELL I'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE AND I WAS HUNGOVER.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I heard their one song on the iTunes free doodah. It was alright. It was a bit like Stars and This Will Destroy You mashed up tho, which theoretically is relevant to my interests but in practice just made me want to listen to Stars.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It has a very poor reputation - I quite liked it on the one time I played it.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I'll be playing Richgirl, Aaliyah, Quik and Kurupt, Daddy Yankee, Chante Moore and some other things we won't go into

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I downloaded it awhile ago; I thought it was pretty good. 'So Insane' is the best track by about 3478967023786 miles tho.

I have just resigned and so am doing NO WORK. HURRAH!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Cor, resignation drinks then! Well, erm, not if youve got yr interview tomorrow I guess.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

hahahaha, spot the Proper Indies voting for Proper Indie!

also Mastodon CAN'T win as they are not british/irish and are therefore INELIGIBIBBLE ;)

[hoshuteki.livejournal.com]

But maybe they can still be played in an early, indulgent set.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

if i'm not there i can't hear it innit ;)

however i will have MY SPIES and if anyone walks out during mastadon I WILL KNOW :)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I'm sure we've had intercontinental winnars before haven't we?

The 'don are so close, too!! Aw, I would be listening to them but I have forgotten my earphones and must go and buy some more in my lunchbreak before insanity prevails.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Actually I'm just going to finally get around to reading yr Pitchfork 00s piece!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I have also noted with ALARM your Twitter qn re: danceable Beatles songs!

(it'll depend on how much work I get done, as ever, and whether Dalston => Waterloo => Dalston tonight is feasible.)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

(I mean Dalston for another thing, not just for coming home! agh)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Oh the remasters came in the post yesterday so I thought I might try a track out and see how it sounds louder than on my PC. I'm not planning some kind of all-moptop set!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Oh lemme know what you think! The FT thread probably the best one for comments as it goes, the LJ one is great but has hit the fatal 50 so it's unwieldy.

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

I would normally be inclined to vote for the act Lex hates the most, but given that I hate La Roux as much as and for the same reasons as he does, I cannot bring myself to do so.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

about 75 of its 50 plus posts are a kogan-DDD dingdong about whether manny farber is an auteurist critic (disclaimer: well no they aren't, but they're only extremely peripherally abt tom's piece)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

OH WHAT THE FVCK?! I DON'T WANT TO BUY LUNGS! I'll have to buy the Rabbit Heart single.

COME BACK AND TICK MASTODON.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Can't get on twitter but clearly most danceable Beatles is 'Come Together.' Definitely.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

YELLOW SUBMARINE

i shall show everyone the dance

[hoshuteki.livejournal.com]

I will change my La Roux to Mastodon if needs must before 4pm.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Also actually it's Back In The USSR isn't it? Ok no maybe I just thought that as a small child.

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Mastodon are not indie. This prize is a sham.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

It clearly needs to be La Roux - I'm clearly too late in the day for this, but I'd suggest playing "Tigerlilly" as it's the best song on a very poor album. However, re-mixes are a much better idea!

I just got a Mastodon album out of the library so I can try to figure out the hype. it feels like a bit of a failing not to have done so before, but there you go.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Stars meets Young Marble Giants, I thought. Yeah, they're OK. Would give the album a listen.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

OK I totally missed this poll when it was technically open, but I'm glad FAT M appear to be getting the 20p (if I've read Hazel's more recent post correctly) and that my late vote makes (some) sense of that decision.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

oh and if Crack the Wotsit is really £6 in HMV now, then I may well buy it soon. There. Can't say fairer than that, hmmm?

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Did this ever get resolved last night?

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

No indeed. It is in the 'two for £10' thing as well but as per usual I couldn't find anything else listenable that I didn't already have in it.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Tbh the whole Mastodon thing is just me secretly being a metaller because it reminds me of my dear ol' mum.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Idk, they are not per se metal anymore are they? I think 'having guitars' means things are indie according to the Lex.

In the interests of fairness I am going to give the prize to FAT M.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Aww, but they're quite lovely! I <3 them now.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

They're been illustrated by Tara McPherson - surely that's *quite* indie?