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> From: "Chris.Hilker" <cspot@hyperreal.com>
> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 15:45:08 -0800
> Subject: (idm) IDM Poll 1996 RESULTS
As a lurker exclusively until now, I just wanted to thank Chris for
hosting the IDM poll. I have only been with the list for a few
months, but I have found it quite reliable as a source for new noise.
(My orders from EarRational have grown exponentially since discovering
previous years' polls.)
> Results: Album of the Year
> Winner: In Sides - Orbital (Internal)
> Results: Compilation of the Year
> Winner: Blech (Warp)
> Results: Label of the Year
> Winner: Skam
First of all, I have no problem with these or any other category's
results. My two cents merely are the fact that, for the purposes of
this poll, there can never be ideal exposure for all entries. Taking
another award as an example, I believe that voters for the Oscars must
see every movie they can potentially vote for (or against.) (Please
resist the urge to attack the result of this specific instance; merely
join me in appreciation of the process.) Some of us in poor
geographic locations simply do not have access to every CD discussed
on this list and can therefore not educate ourselves first hand as
well as we might hope. (I believe this to be especially true for the
Compilation and Label O-the-Year.) Orbital, I believe, may have won a
tight race for the fact that virtually every member of this discussion
group owns InSides. (More so than Squarepusher, however narrow the
margin.) I'll label that neither as good or bad, merely as likely
fact and leave it at that.
In any case, I looked forward to this poll not simply to see who wins
our virtual award but to check what exceptional disks I missed out on
during the year.
Now is the time when I am again silent,
jtf
FYI - I have both InSides and FeedMe... but abstained from voting
because I had not yet heard three of the six entries for Album.