ROTM June Nominations

[morrissey]

It's that time again, here are the rules:

- Nominate anyone who has reviewed 3+ albums during the month of June. You can nominate as many people as you like, but no self-noms. Write a sentence or two supporting your nominations, and link to their 3 best reviews.
- Winner will receive a large avatar (about 100x100) and a praising write up in the newsletter.
- Muses can count as reviews, but not journals or soundoffs.

Nominations will close Monday or Tuesday, Voting will be finished by Thursday or Friday.

Good luck.

[La Revolucion]

Hep Kat:

He's done at least 3 reviews in June (more like 30) and they've all been of high quality.

The Best in my opinion...
http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7770
http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7630
http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7546

[The Jungler]

Do we have to post links anymore?

I'll take the obvious nomination: Hep Kat. He is reviewer of the month in every sense of the word, dozens of superb reviews and not a day without one. Singlehandedly he has expanded the Hip-Hop section in one month more than the average user could do in four times that time span.

EDIT: beaten.

[Iluvatar]

Why are we even bothering with nominations? Hep Kat for the third time.

[Hep Kat]

Bron-Yr-Aur

After scaring us all have to death, Josh came back, guns blazing. His recent pledge to review the entire Zeppelin and Beatles discography is pretty nuts, too.

tr00 kvlt Sgt. Peppers (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7432)
Naked Beatles (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7810)
Crappy subliminal message (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7852)

Iluvatar

Wrote funny/sarcastic/entertaining reviews all month long.

Blunt about Blunt (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7585)
Non-bastardized Underoath (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7758)
Still haven't figured out his logic behind the 5 (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7826)

VagueDan

The Katz bros. owned.

Featured (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7392)
Featured the sequel (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7554)
Should be featured (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7885)

That was in no particular order. If I left you out then...yeah. I'll get ya next time :D

[The Jungler]

Give Pulseczar a nom. Three great reviews or whatev, should be staff.

[Iluvatar]

It's because it's an extremely original album, easily the best I've heard to come out this year, and it's just brilliant overall.

But to give Hep more competition, here ya go.

morrissey
Bragg (http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7871)
Morrissey (wow) (http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7849)
Bird (http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7805)

Basically some of the most well written reviews all month, more entertaining than most, oh, and it was a rather welcome surprise to see 3 in such close proximity.

[pulseczar]

Damn, I was about to nom morrissey. Now I'm useless.

[morrissey]

Why are we even bothering with nominations? Hep Kat for the third time.
Just a formality, haha. And I'm sure he'll prefer to see all the people voting for him in droves rather than us just handing it to him. :cool:

[Iluvatar]

We can all just stare at your avatar for an hour or so.

Btw that was to pulseczar. Although your avy's good too I guess.

[Hep Kat]

Just a formality, haha. And I'm sure he'll prefer to see all the people voting for him in droves rather than us just handing it to him. :cool:

lmao


I feel bad about not nominating some people...then again, just about anyone ITT is ROTM material.

[morrissey]

We can all just stare at your avatar for an hour or so.

Btw that was to pulseczar. Although your avy's good too I guess.
Here's one worth staring at. B-]

[Hep Kat]

Here's one worth staring at. B-]

Haha, sweet.


/stares

[Iluvatar]

Now thats what I call quite good.

[La Revolucion]

That is truly a hypnotic avatar.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I hope Med submits another one :(

Liberi

Fantasia Barrino - Free Yourself (http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7279)
Tangerine Dream - Mars Polaris (http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7340)
Joni Mitchell - Blue (http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7480)

I didn't know morriss had even done three reviews. I'm a terrible #1 fan :(

[JohnXDoe]

I will not step down! :mad:

[Iluvatar]

Face it you were teh suck this month. We all were compared to Hep :(

[masada]

me > hep

[JohnXDoe]

Face it you were teh suck this month. We all were compared to Hep Kat

teh suck? How dare you, my fine fellow! I have you know my Slippery When Wet Review had the site in an uproar. An uproar, I say! :smash: And the month isn't even over yet. I have five more coming. :(

And Hep Kat? Who is this nub, anyway? Get that boy in front of me for closer inspection. I smell a plagerizer. :eek:

[pulseczar]

me > hep
Yeah someone who's never even been nominated better than Hep. GOOD REASONING.

[masada]

hep hep hooray

[Iluvatar]

JXD, you misquote me sir! I said "compared to Hep :("

How can you expect a fair response when you so flagrantly twisted what I said?

Oh and you suck. You know who I refer to.

[masada]

i nominate victoryrecordsfan

[Iluvatar]

^ for reference his new name is encmetalhead

[masada]

he'll always be victoryrecordsfan in my heart

[Zesty Mordant]

Zebra: Mainly for being the first to reach that 100 review benchmark, which is even more of an achievement considering that his reviews are often in-depth and concise.

http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=8005
http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7563
http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7670

Dfelon: Excellent writer, very intelligent and thorough reviews. also reviews lots of cool punk/emo bands that don' get enough respect on the site, and of course strong (but well defended) opinions. He also bitch-slapped the singer from Trophy Scars, causing said singer to publicly antagonize him.

http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=9233
http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7736
http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7819

Iluvatar: tbh his reviews are ok, but the string of blurb/sound-off things he just wrote slagging crappy albums are hilarious in that bitchy uber-indie Vice vein. Could possibly make an excellent writer at pitchfork.

http://sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=9216#442
http://sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=3672#440
http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7585

[JohnXDoe]

JXD, you misquote me sir! I said "compared to Hep :("How can you expect a fair response when you so flagrantly twisted what I said? Oh and you suck. You know who I refer to.
:upset:

[Iluvatar]

=/ um not you?

[masada]

i nominate eliminator jr

[Iluvatar]

Obviously no one cares. You GY!BE review blew anyways.

[masada]

:( :( :(

[Bron-Yr-Aur]

Everyone I was going to nominate has already been nominated. To shut up the smart *** below me, and because I thought of a suitable candidtate, Metallicaman8 for:

Somehow managing an intelligent, rhyming analysis of Metallica (http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7824)

This mofo here is pretty cool (http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7851)

Stringing together coherent thoughts on Sum 41 (http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7876)

[Iluvatar]

Thanks for that there post Bron its appreciated.

Anyways, are we going to put a link to the voting up on the main page this time? Or is that excellent idea made up by someone other than myself going to be disregarded again. Because its a good idea.

[morrissey]

I've brought it up with mx but he hasn't responded yet. I wouldn't get your hopes up about having it done in time for this month's voting, but hopefully it will be in place for next time.

[Iluvatar]

At first I was all :upset: , then I looked at your avatar, and now I'm all :thumb: again.

[masada]

Zebra: Mainly for being the first to reach that 100 review benchmark ahem

[Iluvatar]

You're a noob and have it spread out between 3 accounts so you dont matter.

[The Jungler]

I nominate Br3adman. He is one of the last straight up reviewers on sputnik and writes amazingly detailed work. Plus he's a really nice guy.

[Phaedra]

He is one of the last straight up reviewers on sputnikWhat do you mean by that? :confused:

[Storm In A Teacup]

Face it you were teh suck this month. We all were compared to Hep :(

Everybody is always forgetting about me. :mad:

I nom...Eliminator...have you even done 3 reviews?

[pulseczar]

I nom...Eliminator...have you even done 3 reviews?
Nope. He's not worth it anyway. :)

[Iluvatar]

sry kripes bu ur teh lose this month.
And he did what, 1 review? I dont think he even reviewed anything with his other accounts this month either. Useless piece of forum space.

["Freshly Baked"]

Hep Kat

He has done more for rap on this site in a few weeks than anyone else in their whole time here. Each review was great, and he had the patience to review Lil Romeo....

...Plus he owns your face.

[Iluvatar]

^^ He's been nom'd 4 times now. Some kinda record.

[Jom]

Guys, you're forgetting the whole point of the nomination process. This is why we ask you to LINK to reviews. If you have to cheat and go to that user's CP and just copy/paste the links because you're a lazy bitch, then fine. But stop underemphasizing the competition. The contest is supposed to have a little more prestige than 'I nom [this user] because his mum is good in bed LOL.'

["Freshly Baked"]

I found Hep Kat's mom to be average quite frankly.

Sry jom

Here's proof that HK owns people's faces:

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review_7788

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7671

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review_7743

[JohnXDoe]

Well whatever Hep may or may not "own", let's not forget these are but the nominations. So spreading it around a bit to other deserving reviewers would be great for competition. Just look around a little. Hep will most certainly be in the final round already.

[Iluvatar]

Someone already did links for Hep. But I'll do links for everyone who was nom'd but didnt get links..

pulsexar:
Eno (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7733)
Young (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7785)
Pumpkins (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7834)

br3ad_man
New Order (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7713)
underOATH (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7755)
Deerhoof (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7895)

Sorry that I don't have explanations/funny link titles, but the people who nom'd them gave them good enough explanations in the first place.

[pulseczar]

I'm submitting another tomorrow to make up for that paragraph long EP review of the Pumpkins, if it's irking anyone.

[masada]

And he did what, 1 review? tjhree

[Iluvatar]

Oh your right, didn't notice your reviews on teh alt. They all sucked anyways though. Meh, the GY!BE was alright I guess.

[masada]

basically

[Storm In A Teacup]

Oh your right, didn't notice your reviews on teh alt. They all sucked anyways though. Meh, the GY!BE was alright I guess.

Actually, they were all pretty good in all seriousness so hush.

[Iluvatar]

I don't see you nominating him for them.

[pulseczar]

Kripes should just nom me again, instead.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Eliminator Jr./Something Vague

Godspeed You! Black Emoeror-"F# A# (infinity)": http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7406

Sonic Youth-"NYC Ghosts & Flowers": http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7525

The Flaming Lips-"The Soft Bulletin": http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7574

[Iluvatar]

You dastardly being.

[The Jungler]

Guys, you're forgetting the whole point of the nomination process. This is why we ask you to LINK to reviews. If you have to cheat and go to that user's CP and just copy/paste the links because you're a lazy bitch, then fine. But stop underemphasizing the competition. The contest is supposed to have a little more prestige than 'I nom [this user] because his mum is good in bed LOL.'
Sorry about that, it didn't say we needed to in Morrissey's first post and I asked if we did and no one answered, so I just took the lazy root.

[Oddsen]

You dastardly being.
You provoct him.

[morrissey]

Sorry about that, it didn't say we needed to in Morrissey's first post and I asked if we did and no one answered, so I just took the lazy root.
Nominate anyone who has reviewed 3+ albums during the month of June. You can nominate as many people as you like, but no self-noms. Write a sentence or two supporting your nominations, and link to their 3 best reviews.
But it's cool.

[The Jungler]

Oh, damn. I'll read more carefully next time instead of rushing to be the first to nominate Hep Kat.

Thanks Iluvatar, for doing the work for me.

[Iluvatar]

I made up for Dan's inadequacies anyways by posting links for the two people he nom'd anyways.

^6 i hate u

[Bron-Yr-Aur]

So hostile.

[Zebra]

I don't know if anyone already has but if not I'll nominate tom79

http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7724
http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7325
http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7816