Wednesday, September 29, 2010

I'VE BEEN INCLINED TO BELIEVE IT NEVER WOULD:  Nominees for the 2011 class of inductees into the Rock and Roll Non-Country Popular Music of the 1950s and Beyond Hall of Fame have been announced, and in advance (or in lieu, depending on our ambitions) of our Keltner analysis of the nominees (we've already done the Beastie Boys, Bon Jovi, Chic and Donna Summer), why not just put it up for a preliminary vote?

So I have.  Cast your votes via this Doodle link -- vote for as many or as few artists as you wish, and we'll see how the numbers shake out.  (Typically, artists require 50%+ support to be nominated and the top 5-7 get in, unless Jann Wenner decides otherwise.)

Defend your reasoning here -- do the Beastie Boys get in because of their whiteness, in spite of it or both?  Does the massive popularity of Bon Jovi and Neil Diamond work for them or against them?  Is it moral to vote for anyone so long as [Rush/The Replacements/Red Hot Chili Peppers] isn't on the ballot? Cast your vote(s), and rock on.