Welcome to the first installment of Parsing The Pop, where we’ll spotlight ballots, comments, and statistical anomalies from our 2006 Jackin’ Pop Critics Poll. If you’d like us to break down the data in any particular way, please drop us a line; to start, we present a selection of comments on the blogged-down bog of the rock-critical world. (And we owe a lot to Michael Daddino, who helped point us in the right direction when he put together his own selection of comments on I Love Music.)
After the jump, a few writers comment on technology trumping content, blogstalking writers, and rock-critic flame wars. MORE »
12:10 PM on Mon Jan 8 2007
By Maura
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There were plenty of surprises to be found in the Jackin’ Pop results–The Dresden Dolls? Really?–but we were also shocked at what didn’t make the count. What follows is a brief look at some of the albums that didn’t place at all. And while none of them seemed like sure-fire hits, we figured they’d at least get one nod. MORE »
3:47 AM on Mon Jan 8 2007
By Brian Raftery
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One of our favorite stat-twists from this year’s Jackin’ Pop Poll was what Michaelangelo Matos dubbed The Enthusiasm Top 40, which breaks down, mathematically, which upper-echelon records had the most passion fueling their chart placement: The Enthusiasm Top 40 arranges the Jackin’ Pop albums… MORE »
5:23 AM on Fri Jan 5 2007
By Maura
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We’ve all been waiting, and now it’s here: Idolator’s first Jackin’ Pop Poll, edited by Michaelangelo Matos, is now live. We’ve got the results, a few essays, and a gallery of the poll’s top artists ready for you to click through and debate over. MORE »
2:10 AM on Fri Jan 5 2007
By Maura
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This Sunday is Dec. 31, the date we were supposed to unveil our first annual critics’ poll. And guess what? MORE »
11:24 AM on Fri Dec 29 2006
By Brian Raftery
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Good news, Jackin’ Pop voters! You now have a little more time to obsess over your year-end musical choices: We’re extending the ballot deadline to this Friday at 3 P.M. EST. If you’ve been approved for the poll, and yet have not received your ballot, drop us a line ASAP. MORE »
2:54 AM on Tue Dec 12 2006
By Brian Raftery
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We’re getting reports about a few Jackin’ Pop ballots getting lost to the Internet’s ether, so if you requested and/or expected a ballot and it didn’t show, please drop us a line so we can figure out what happened. MORE »
12:52 PM on Thu Dec 7 2006
By Maura
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The time has come: Today, we’ll be sending out ballots to voters in Idolator’s 2006 Jackin’ Pop Critics Poll, edited by Michaelangelo Matos. MORE »
4:02 AM on Wed Dec 6 2006
By Maura
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Last week, we announced our first-ever Jackin’ Pop Critics Poll, a challenge to the decades-old Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll. MORE »
3:40 AM on Tue Dec 5 2006
By Brian Raftery
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It looks like our Jackin’ Pop poll has really caused those alt-weekly weenies at Village Voice Media to get all worked up: First we find out that our poll editor, Michaelangelo Matos, has been banned from the Minneapolis/St. MORE »
4:07 AM on Fri Dec 1 2006
By Brian Raftery
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