Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It’s fine. You can’t really expect that everyone is really going to get their freak on. Honestly, I probably won’t either. But I will vote Missy anyway. (Though I do like WBC too) 032
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026@bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social a timely callback to one of the Tournament’s fallen competitors 052
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This does look a bit like vote-stuffing shenanigans. Particularly the late flood of votes for DBT shortly before closing. Excluding the Wilco match, every other R4 match had been between 230 and 257 total votes. Gorillaz-DBT had, I think, been on that trend, then somehow ended up at 290. 421
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I mean, I sort of don’t think that was ever in doubt 111
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Will no one rid us of these pompous Fugazis? We jettisoned Dylan, and the "I, I don't understand... how could people vote against Our Infallible Great Leader Bob" tears were sweet. We could enjoy that taste again. 141
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026lol. I don’t even mind Radiohead, but I would definitely love to see CanOx pull this off 010
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Oh damn, it’s Alejandra Guzman. A legend! 141
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Definitely unwittingly. 🙂 But I just don’t care. 120
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I mean, people obviously like ATLiens (and Elevators), but it probably doesn't hit the same as things that were in the air in a concentrated way that people developed strong emotional connections to. 220
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026 I'd guess that Outkast would have placed higher in this poll if they'd crossed over to the UK by 1996 and voters had lived it as part of their experience of that time, rather than something picked up retrospectively. 130
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Tough decisions. Throwing my hands in the ay-yer. 032
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Stoke vlogger SAMCAM with some real quality work covering the Stoke-Swans match. Gives a great feel of the view from the stands for those of us not lucky enough to be there. #SwanseaCity www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCzA...youtube.comCRAZY CARNAGE in BOTH ENDS on the OPENING DAY *Stoke 1-2 Swansea*YouTube video by SAMCAM 000
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 16/08/202624 albums still alive. Only 8 of the 32 gone. 021
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 15/08/20262 wins in the last 16 at the Britannia isn't great, but it's better than 1 in 15! 010
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026And we’re off for the 16th consecutive year in the same league, @josher71.bsky.social ! 110
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I’m not hoping for that outcome but am 100% taking it for granted. 010
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For some reason, Jen’s Lekman. Happy Birthday! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyjM...youtube.comJens Lekman - I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love YouYouTube video by Yaaaaaaaang 110
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I wish I had that much confidence that Bjork is even going to make it past Fugazi. 211
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Maybe the most “for me” group of this tournament yet. I think I voted all of these in the first round. Blue Flowers sounded slightly less fresh this time around, while Meshell popped more. Vote to OutKast, bonus MN, HM to Gillian. 021
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Proud member of this obviously elite club 030
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Cardiff? Um, I apparently can’t vote for them after all 🙁😆 040
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026SFA getting involved with third division Welsh football www.reddit.com/r/superfurry...reddit.comFrom the superfurryanimals community on Reddit: SFA sponsor Cwmbran Celtic!Explore this post and more from the superfurryanimals community 121
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNqq...youtube.comAna Torroja, Alaska - Hora y CuartoYouTube video by AnaTorrojaVEVO 011
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026tbf you can't say that Mecano's sound isn't a little fresa as they'd say in Mexico. All I know is she's continued to do cool stuff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jsE...youtube.comMiss Caffeina - Punto muerto feat. Ana Torroja (Videoclip Oficial)YouTube video by Miss Caffeina 110
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Randomly, according to Wikipedia her grandfather was “perhaps the world’s leading expert in concrete construction of his time.” 110
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The Sublime song is actually better than the Beck song. 141
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Sure on an aesthetic level I hate to see it, but it’s good for my bracket! 021
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 05/07/2026A bit embarrassing how little 2026 music I've listened to. But this waterbaby track has caught my ear (and heart) the most: open.spotify.com/track/0BacU2...open.spotify.comBeck n Callwaterbaby, ttoh · Clay · Song · 2026 010
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Sorry, didn't catch the WC "48" groups of four. Did catch goal diff as absurdist, but since I was already thinking about 3rd place stuff, parked the comment here. :) 010
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026That could save a couple big tracks that maybe caught a really unfortunate initial group or a couple less-known tracks that have a devoted base of support that could grow with a little more exposure. 000
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I also agree with the groups of 4. On the third place entries thing, didn't we have a repechage in some poll? Anyway, we could split all the third place teams into, say 4 large-ish groups and have people vote their favorites. Top vote-getter in each group advances. 210
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Many people are happy about this. Me and you. Your momma and your cousins too. 030
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Obviously would be DOA, it being Rush, but I did consider putting up Driven. 010
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I hadn’t heard it for a while and I had it pretty far down my preliminary list of candidate tracks. Then I listened to it and it jumped to the top! 020
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Hi Tom - My picks are: MAIN Lisa Germano - "Small Heads" BONUSES Aterciopelados - "Baracunata" Francoise Hardy - "Dix heures en ete" Aphex Twin - "Boy/Girl Song" Thanks! 1160
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Is Hyperballad eligible? Some sources list 1995. 100
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 07/06/2026I love VOCAL STUDES, but I don't have much hope for Prefuse 73 keeping it close. Destroyer dominating the favorable comments vs. Mogwai, but still losing, showed there's a large silent post-rock voting block. And Tortoise's album seems better liked than Mogwai's. 121
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Though part of the "Spirit Of The Poll" that emerged was an ethos of the poll being consciously for for less well-known artists. A "KONGOLESE SOUS BBL" falls in a bit of a sweet spot where it's a familiar quantity from a prior poll, but not an Amaarae-level artist fame-wise. 240
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026That is super-interesting. I'd guess that part of that probably is that stream count is much less correlated to voters' familiarity with the song. So familiarity didn't play as much of a role because so much was new to people. 130
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026If, say, Sofia Valdes' "How's that Workin' Out" (which I also love and voted for repeatedly) or "Say It Right" were in Spanish rather than English, I definitely don't think they would have fared better than it did. 040
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026And, some commenters aside, I don't think there's real evidence that English-language songs were at a disadvantage--if anything IE songs were probably disproportionately represented in the quarterfinals relative to their % as nominations. 230
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026That‘s maybe consistent with the Spirit Of The Poll idea that Dave raised. I do think that broader poll participation would have rendered a different spirit—and a Nelly Furtado champion. (No shade to Nelly, whose song I liked and voted for at least once). 140
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026That could also partly be about selectivity of who made the move over to bluesky. But there does seem to have been an actual substantive change as well. 140
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026I do think that's also true. Performance (and sheer numbers) of NIE tracks has been much higher in the past couple of year-end polls than in earlier year-end polls. 250
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026In that scenario we might well have had 4 In English tracks in the semi-finals. It feels (and I’m sure is) snobby to say, but that more level playing field is some silver lining to the more selective participation. 020
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026one thing that has surprised me (which @spacedan.bsky.social noted elsewhere) is how well NIE tracks fared against English-language track. That probably wouldn’t have been true in a hypothetical world where the 2025 year poll voters all voted in the WC. 370
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 17/05/2026sad to see Asayel, my favorite discovery of the Cup, go out. End-to-end vicio group though. 021
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Thrilling skills on display in the late day POR/PAN and KSA/ARG matches here. For the memories, I need to track down the Paninis for all these players. 021
Baltimore Jacks @baltimorejacks.bsky.social · 24/04/2026If nothing else, a reminder that “olés” for fancy footwork from the vocal members of the crowd don’t necessarily reflect what the scoreboad will ultimately show 041