Simon Topper

@HellOnFriscoBay @peoples_pop Yeah the Ronettes over Pulp 50/50 result really nutted me there. Btw for those playing at home, I called my bracket “Topper” because I’d never done predictions before, and wondered why it asked for my name twice. Genius.

RAGNAPOP ROUND 5 Day 2! Two more matches today - Madonna takes on The Beatles, and we choose between Pulp and The Ronettes 😬

@peoples_pop Ok I completely missed nom’s - and haven’t looked at the bonuses - but if you’re still looking for missing tracks, I’d have gone with George Benson - Give Me the Night (1980). And then The Gap Band - I Don’t Believe You Wanna Get Up & Dance (Oops!) (1979)

UPDATE IV: Closing mains now on 83 - but there's obviously room for any stragglers. So time to ask - what are we missing?

This is the NOMINATIONS thread for BLACK POP HISTORY MONTH 1978-1981 Pick 4 tracks from these years in order of preference. You don't have to use all 4 years. PLEASE MENTION THE YEAR for each nomination! Spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

@awardtour @peoples_pop Ikr, I only nommed to get some ears on it, zero expectations, super stoked it seems to be clicking. She’s so fkn fierce.

@peoples_pop a rare thrill to autovote Australian and see the track already making it through!

Once again we ride the whitewater rapids of modern pop towards the cataracts of the new - wait I'm just getting a note about our headliners THE WORLD CUP OF 2023 Day 4 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/5ORqu…

@peoples_pop Oops have just realised I’ve misrepresented Kaninna’s streams by 10 (440k, not 44k). This changes nothing for anyone except for me, the bloke who needs to start wearing the reading glasses he’s defiantly left in the bag since bringing them home.

@peoples_pop Tough draw here for Blak Britney (44k streams vs NewJeans 500M) - so anything over 0.01% is a win lol But I urge you to listen. Miss Kannina is a fresh First Nations rapper from Tassie & holy shit she’s got things to say. It’s exciting. Here’s a live clip youtu.be/GbDM1RcfEuk?si…

@peoples_pop Thanks as ever Tom, here’s my picks: - The Mess Hall - Lock & Load - Giants of Science - Here Is the Punishment - The Sleepy Jackson - Come To This - The Dirtbombs - Earthquake Heart

This is the NOMINATIONS THREAD for the WORLD CUP OF 2003 Reply with 4 tracks from 2003, in order of preference! Guidelines: docs.google.com/document/d/1Oj… Spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

@MitchMcTaggart @binge For anyone I know left on here, pls let me recommend you the SHIT out of this show. I stumbled on it, and I swear retrospectives on Australian TV has never been so fucking good. Try it, love you xo

@peoples_pop Might be too late to the party here, apologies, but as a late regular, I’ll submit just in case; - Sailor Honeymoon - Cockroach - Amyl & the Sniffers - Snakes - Pan Amsterdam & Damu the Fudgemunk - Hungry Hippo - Cake - Sheep Go To Heaven Thanks as always

UPDATE III: Nominations are now CLOSED unless any LATE REGULARS want to put their oar in. Here's the spreadsheet - time to ask: what are we missing? docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Welcome to the NOMINATIONS THREAD for the WORLD CUP OF ANIMALS 4 nominations, in order of preference, with an animal in the title, see GUIDELINES for pedantry & banlist: docs.google.com/document/d/19b… SPREADSHEET of nominated tracks: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

@peoples_pop Keep forgetting which way I voted here, clicking back in to curse myself, then simultaneously celebrating the result.

Ancient Quarter-Final 4! #PPPMatches MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS - "Nowhere To Run" youtube.com/watch?v=RQRIOK… v EN VOGUE - "My Lovin' (Never Gonna Get It)" youtube.com/watch?v=JIuYQ_…

It's the Quarter-Finals of THE PEOPLE'S POP CHARITY CRUSHER (ANCIENT) Taking us from 8 tunes down to 4

@b0rnwithabeard Brand name (not black & gold) icecream in the freezer. Vertical blinds. Colour monitor on their PC.

@peoples_pop Incredibly glad my nom got some new ears to Thelma, she’s hugely charming & well worth diving into further, starting with the BIB album. But hard to argue with the result, esp as my not-very-strategic vote for Mapara A Jazz contributed.

@simontopper THE GOLDEN BEAT FINAL You know the drill - - Don’t vote for something you know - Don’t RT! 1 BLK JKS! youtu.be/zpJIlrS1RHA 2 MAPARA A JAZZ! youtu.be/P2NHpLvs2xU 3 METHYL ETHEL! youtu.be/P56OpE_qDo8 4 THELMA PLUM! youtu.be/ExMjEwymQ3A

Your Modern GOLDEN BEAT finalists! Only one (well two, but Buffalo Daughter is already in Pollhalla now) standout picks with a lot of bunching behind - particular apologies to ANNA MEREDITH and RENISS who lost out on tie-breaker criteria alone. In alphabetical order…

@barbarousellen Holy moly, thanks for the tip off!

1. oh awesome a new Julia Jacklin track 2. it's a The Boys Next Door cover 3. 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

when I tell you this immediately perked me up this morning

@peoples_pop G’day it’s me, your friendly neighbourhood round curator, here to expose you to some Aust tracks that wouldn’t normally get a look-in. There’s no deeper theme - just songs from the Aust musical ecosystem over the decades, songs I’ve loved and I think you might like too. Enjoy!

#PPPMatches Qualifier C8! 🇦🇺🇦🇺Curated by @simontopper 🇦🇺🇦🇺 and it's an "Aussies At It Again" group starring The Models, Screamfeeder, Rocket Science, and Thelma Plum! peoples-pop.com/2023/05/06/cur…

Right, with fingers heavily crossed I'm going to start a thread for (deep breath) THE PEOPLE'S POP CHARITY CRUSHER CURATORFEST which is happening on our new site. I'll use this thread to link to all 13 of the Curatorfest groups as I put them up.

Our federal Minister for Environment, Tanya Plibersek, was rocking out fierce at the Tim & Tex gig in Marrickville tonight, and frankly that’s a fucking ripper state of the nation.

Normalize not being a dumb cunt.

@ismathers @peoples_pop Confirming the album is wall to wall similar, one of my faves of the year, will not disappoint.

@peoples_pop Really great group! If that Automatic record all sounds like this song, I wish I'd heard about it before!

With the BOT CRISIS hopefully over let’s get stuck into Day 11 of THE WORLD CUP OF 2022 Spotify list: open.spotify.com/playlist/5GDbq…

@Joshstrangehill “Come on kids, let’s go home” “We are home!” “That was fast” Said to myself regularly on arriving home, but handy for any destination.

I use this Simpsons quote more than any other. Any time anyone says they'll do something in a minute (or mentions taking a plane), I automatically say this. I can't help myself. What Simpsons quote do you feel compelled to reply with the most?

@DanPopomatic @peoples_pop Haha that was me. Agreed, Statuette is great, but that constant stream-of-consciousness rush of Thrown made it far & away my SOTY. (Looking at the results, you’re right 😄)

New year! NEW POLL! (about the old year) Welcome to the WORLD CUP OF 2022 Qualifiers 6 matches per day, they last a generous 5 days Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/6Fry0… Let’s go!

@rachelmillman i bought this sick shirt from an artist on ig that says “transphobia has no place in this world” and then debuted it with unfortunate cropping on an important work zoom