The Elimination Game

#751

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 7
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 22
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 11

#752

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 7
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 20
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 11

#753

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 7
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 20
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 9

#754

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 7
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 18
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 9

#755

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 7
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 18
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 7

#756

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 7
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 16
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 7

#757

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 7
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 16
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 5

#758

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 7
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 14
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 5

#759

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 7
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 14
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 3

#760

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 7
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 12
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 3

#761

thellama73 wrote:I don't really know these albums, but I know enough to know I don't like Belle and Sebastian.

really? i always took you for a twee pop devotee, Llama.

Huh, the more you think you know someone...

#762

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 7
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 12
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 1

#763

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 7
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 10
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 1

#764

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 5
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 10
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 1

Can we just declare Illinois the winner? I'm not opposed to Loveless sinking and INH doesn't seem opposed to Belle Mouse sinking either, so...

#765

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 14
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 5
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 8
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 1

#766

Take that as a no, then.

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 15
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 5
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 8
The Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse) - 0

#767

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 15
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 5
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 6

#768

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 15
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 3
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 6

#769

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 15
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 3
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 4

#770

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 15
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 1
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 4

#771

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 15
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 1
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 2

#772

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 16
If You're Feeling Sinister (Belle & Sebastian) - 0
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 2

#773

Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 16 - WINNAR
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 0 (DEAD)

Never count out the Suf, I guess.

But yeah, Rico, buddy, you took out my top 3 albums one after another.

How much of this entire thing was you fucking with people?

#774

(Illi)Noise.. Probably my favorite from the list, tbh.

Mission accomplished.

insertnamehere wrote:
Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 16 - WINNAR
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 0 (DEAD)

Never count out the Suf, I guess.

But yeah, Rico, buddy, you took out my top 3 albums one after another.

How much of this entire thing was you fucking with people?

Just NMH. Although I'm really disappointed in The Avalanches as a whole, too.

I also kinda love The Queen is Dead, although I don't think it really belongs on this list, nor had hopes for it to last. Is Zebra high or sumthin'?

#775

Ricochet wrote:(Illi)Noise.. Probably my favorite from the list, tbh.

Mission accomplished.

insertnamehere wrote:
Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) - 16 - WINNAR
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) - 0 (DEAD)

Never count out the Suf, I guess.

But yeah, Rico, buddy, you took out my top 3 albums one after another.

How much of this entire thing was you fucking with people?
Just NMH. Although I'm really disappointed in The Avalanches as a whole, too.

I also kinda love The Queen is Dead, although I don't think it really belongs on this list, nor had hopes for it to last. Is Zebra high or sumthin'?

Depending on my mood and the hour of the day, I either love or utterly despise Morrissey, so it was always going to be a target for me.

I really like Since I Left You from the Avalanches, but Wildflower was a big flop IMO. Their sound can really only work for one album before it just gets gimmicky.

Frankly, I'm just surprised that a Belle & Sebastian album got third. I figured this was not the venue for them.

Illinois is a great album, although I do personally prefer Carrie & Lowell for ol' Subaru.

I guess I need to write a Sufjan Stevens Mafia now. At least there's a natural Serial Killer role already in John Wayne Gacy Jr, and I can just proceed from there.

I'll also probably write Neutral Milk Hotel Mafia just to spite all of you soulless monsters out there.

#776

My proposal for the next Elimination Game.

Spoiler: show

#777

insertnamehere wrote: Depending on my mood and the hour of the day, I either love or utterly despise Morrissey, so it was always going to be a target for me.

I really like Since I Left You from the Avalanches, but Wildflower was a big flop IMO. Their sound can really only work for one album before it just gets gimmicky.

Frankly, I'm just surprised that a Belle & Sebastian album got third. I figured this was not the venue for them.

Illinois is a great album, although I do personally prefer Carrie & Lowell for ol' Subaru.

I guess I need to write a Sufjan Stevens Mafia now. At least there's a natural Serial Killer role already in John Wayne Gacy Jr, and I can just proceed from there.

I'll also probably write Neutral Milk Hotel Mafia just to spite all of you soulless monsters out there.

Didn't say Morrissey, I said just that one album.
Ech, I took the Wildflower, then Since I Left You route and the effect is about the same. Some songs are good, on both records, but I just can't sit through one whole hour of this wild mishmashing.

I barely skimmed through B&E, in general, although when in London, I did pick a B&E at the Barbican album and it sounded pretty damn neat.

I can only stay with Sufjan's States albums. Age of Adz was ridiculous and C&L is too syrup to my ears. A Sufjan Mafia would be nice and complex and hard to craft.

An NHM Mafia would make me, for once, want to die as early on as the first Day or Night.

That's a great next theme, because I don't care about it, so I'll be out of your way.

#778

insertnamehere wrote:My proposal for the next Elimination Game.

Spoiler: show
BATTLE OF THE CHEESES

Cheddar
Mozzarella
Gouda
Brie
Parmesan
Blue Cheese
Gorgonzola
Ricotta
Goat Cheese
Cottage Cheese

I would do this, but I think we could come up with more cheeses. Romano and locatelli for instance.

#779

S~V~S wrote:
insertnamehere wrote:My proposal for the next Elimination Game.

Spoiler: show
BATTLE OF THE CHEESES

Cheddar
Mozzarella
Gouda
Brie
Parmesan
Blue Cheese
Gorgonzola
Ricotta
Goat Cheese
Cottage Cheese
I would do this, but I think we could come up with more cheeses. Romano and locatelli for instance.

It's missing all my favorite British cheeses. Red Leicester, Wensleydale, Double Gloucester, Sage Derby, Shropshire Blue, Abbot's Gold, Red Dragon, Cotswold...

I was going to suggest an emilination game based on classic horror short stories, but cheeses would be fun too.

#780

Should we resurrect this thing?

#781

Classic American authors!

William Faulkner - 15
Herman Melville - 15
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 15
Mark Twain - 15
Edgar Allan Poe - 15
Ernest Hemingway - 15
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 15
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 15
Jack London - 15
Edith Wharton - 15
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
alt Whitman - 15

#782

Yikes, I'm way out of my league here, but I can at least contribute with what I do know.

William Faulkner - 15
Herman Melville - 15
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 15
Mark Twain - 15
Edgar Allan Poe - 15
Ernest Hemingway - 13
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 15
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 15
Jack London - 15
Edith Wharton - 15
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 15

#783

I don't know any of these.

#784

Epignosis wrote:I don't know any of these.

You are hilarious.

#785

William Faulkner - 15
Herman Melville - 15
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 15
Mark Twain - 15
Edgar Allan Poe - 15
Ernest Hemingway - 13
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 13
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 15
Jack London - 15
Edith Wharton - 15
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 15

#786

William Faulkner - 15
Herman Melville - 15
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 14
Mark Twain - 15
Edgar Allan Poe - 15
Ernest Hemingway - 13
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 13
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 15
Edith Wharton - 15
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 15

#787

William Faulkner - 14
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 14
Mark Twain - 15
Edgar Allan Poe - 15
Ernest Hemingway - 13
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 13
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 15
Edith Wharton - 15
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 15

#788

William Faulkner - 14
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 14
Mark Twain - 15
Edgar Allan Poe - 16
Ernest Hemingway - 12
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 13
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 15
Edith Wharton - 15
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 15

#789

William Faulkner - 14
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 14
Mark Twain - 15
Edgar Allan Poe - 16
Ernest Hemingway - 12
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 13
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 16
Edith Wharton - 14
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 15

#790

thellama73 wrote:William Faulkner - 14
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 14
Mark Twain - 15
Edgar Allan Poe - 16
Ernest Hemingway - 12
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 11
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 16
Edith Wharton - 14
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 15

#791

William Faulkner - 14
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 14
Mark Twain - 15
Edgar Allan Poe - 16
Ernest Hemingway - 12
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 9
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 16
Edith Wharton - 14
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 15

#792

thellama73 wrote:William Faulkner - 14
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 14
Mark Twain - 15
Edgar Allan Poe - 16
Ernest Hemingway - 12
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 9
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 16
Edith Wharton - 14
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 17

#793

William Faulkner - 14
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 14
Mark Twain - 15
Edgar Allan Poe - 16 +> 17
Ernest Hemingway - 12 -> 11
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 9
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 16
Edith Wharton - 14
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 17

#794

William Faulkner - 14
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 12
Mark Twain - 15
Edgar Allan Poe - 17
Ernest Hemingway - 11
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 9
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 16
Edith Wharton - 14
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 17

#795

William Faulkner - 16
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 12
Mark Twain - 15
Edgar Allan Poe - 17
Ernest Hemingway - 11
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 9
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 16
Edith Wharton - 14
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 17

#796

William Faulkner - 16
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 12
Mark Twain - 16
Edgar Allan Poe - 17
Ernest Hemingway - 10
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 9
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 16
Edith Wharton - 14
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 17

#797

William Faulkner - 16
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 12
Mark Twain - 16
Edgar Allan Poe - 17
Ernest Hemingway - 10
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 7
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 16
Edith Wharton - 14
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 17

#798

Made wrote:William Faulkner - 16
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 12
Mark Twain - 16
Edgar Allan Poe - 17
Ernest Hemingway - 10
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 5
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 16
Edith Wharton - 14
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 17

#799

William Faulkner - 16
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 12
Mark Twain - 18
Edgar Allan Poe - 17
Ernest Hemingway - 10
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 5
John Steinbeck - 15
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 16
Edith Wharton - 14
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 17

**http://www.last.fm/user/nutella23** · #800

William Faulkner - 15
Herman Melville - 16
Nathaniel Hawthorne - 12
Mark Twain - 18
Edgar Allan Poe - 17
Ernest Hemingway - 10
F. Scott Fitzgerald - 5
John Steinbeck - 16
Henry James - 15
Ralph Waldo Emerson - 16
Jack London - 16
Edith Wharton - 14
J.D. Salinger - 15
Tennessee Williams - 15
Walt Whitman - 17