Diary of a Madman

25 January 2005
08:57:00 o'clock GMT
Hearing VARIOUS - Roots of The Sex Pistols
 The link2wales poll eh! The hype machines work full time as bands and fans clamour to ensure they’re up there in the running.
It’s all a laugh really and means nothing, I do it for the entertainment element rather than any serious gauge to what the outlook is.
Let’s face it, the majority of active visitors to this website are based on the North Wales coast, although South Wales and Liverpool visitors are now taking more of an active role. Whereas the silent majority slip in, read what they want and sneak away almost unnoticed, except that I have a nifty program that logs all visitors and what they’ve been looking at. Eg; The Gig Guide is probably the most read page, followed by the latest gig review, then the radio show then the Liverpool pages. All in all there’s about 1500 to 2000 visitors a week.
So only 267 voted, that’s up 59 on the last poll, and like I said, its only a laugh.

The Gintis hype machine earned them the coveted Best Band slot, The Cox with Nailbomb The Dancefloor was probably one of the most genuine of winners for Best Single as a lot of votes came from South Wales (not bad for a defunct Rhyl band!). Bar Blu’s heavy rotation of PSST’s ‘Creatures of The Night’ probably had a say in the votes and it was great to see Helen Love in there too.
Duncan Black voted for himself 16 times for Best Guitarist, but he would’ve won it anyway!
Jonny Lantern’s guitar licking exploits ensured enough people felt it necessary to make him Twat of the Year ahead of George Bush and myself.
And Adam Walton ran away with Best Radio Show, although I did give him an early run for his money!! And he didn’t vote for himself, in fact he didn’t vote at all;
’I don’t agree with Polls Neil.’ He said. ‘They suck big time, with mass emails going out saying “Vote for me”’
He does have a point; Valleum’s website actually had the Voting form already filled in and ready for you to send, hence their rating in the Best Band and Album awards. Nameless and The Stiff Kittens did a similar campaign a couple of years ago, and I wholeheartedly condone vote rigging! It’s ace.
Here’s to a great year!

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