From psbfan at earthlink.net Thu Jan 2 20:55:37 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 20:55:37 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on a PSB/Stuart Price "trilogy" Message-ID: Hey there, and Happy New Year! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which is based on suggestions by the Pet Shop Boys that their most recent album "Electric" might be the first of a "trilogy" of albums produced by Stuart Price. I'm simply wondering what you think of this idea. If you haven't already voted, please take a moment to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choice from the options provided right there on the home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and start a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I hope you all have a terrific weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Sat Jan 4 22:05:17 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 22:05:17 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on a PSB/Stuart Price trilogy Message-ID: <8CFAAA786FEE49079AEE0EC373A4EF97@COMP8> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors what they think of the idea of "Electric" being the first of a "trilogy" of Pet Shop Boys studio albums produced by Stuart Price. And the choice that received the most votes was: * "I'm completely in favor of it! Their next two studio albums should be produced by Price as well!" selected by 45.3% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http:/www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm. My new poll for the week ahead asks you to look back on the year just ended and to rate it as a "PSB year." Do you think 2013 was the best PSB year ever? The worst? Or something in-between? Please take a moment to mull this over and make your choice from the options provided right there on my home page. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a terrific week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Sat Jan 4 22:12:59 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 22:12:59 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Bad link in my last posting Message-ID: I sincerely apologize for posting a bad link in my previous posting about the final results of my most recent poll. The correct link to my website is http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm (I had previously put only one slash after http:). Wayne From psbfan at earthlink.net Thu Jan 9 21:38:24 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 21:38:24 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on rating 2013 as a "PSB year" Message-ID: <7F85B6254F974C79B8B3A1B7B043DB02@COMP8> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to rate 2013 as a "Pet Shop Boys year." In other words, do you consider it the very best PSB year ever, the worst, or something in-between? If you haven't voted yet, please take a moment to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choice from the options provided right there on the home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and launch a new survey for the week ahead. And, speaking of that next survey, I'm rather excited about it. It's actually going to be a two-part survey that should prove somewhat more fun, light-hearted, and non-serious than usual. (At least I *hope* nobody takes it too seriously!) So be looking for that on Sunday. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who has already voted in *this* week's survey! And I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Sat Jan 11 22:14:25 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 22:14:25 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on rating 2013 as a "PSB year" Message-ID: The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors how they would rate 2013 as a "Pet Shop Boys year." And the response that received the largest number of votes was: * "It may not have been the best, but it was definitely *one* of the best!" chosen by 45.6% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and select one of the links there to "Past Survey Results" (such as in the top drop-down menu). My new poll for the week ahead is a very unusual one. First of all, it's a "two-parter" that's somewhat tongue-in-cheek and not meant to be taken very seriously at all. (Yes, even less seriously than my other surveys!) It's inspired by a recent thread in the "Pet Shop Boys Community Forum" started by "PETHEAD72," who asked whether fellow fans considered themselves "obsessed" with the Pet Shop Boys. So I decided to make this the focus of a poll. But I'm not asking whether you believe you're obsessed. Rather, I've put together a survey that's meant, in a fun, "unscientific" way, to determine whether you are indeed PSB-obsessed. That's the first part of the poll. The second part asks you to share with the rest of us (anonymously, of course) your results in that survey so we can all see the extent to which we, collectively, are obsessed with the Boys. Please take a moment to take part in this survey right there on my home page. And I hope you'll have fun with it and take it in the spirit of fun and entertainment in which it's meant. And thanks so much to "PETHEAD72" for the idea! Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have an *obsessively* good week ahead! ;-) Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Thu Jan 16 21:07:08 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:07:08 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on whether you're "obsessed" with PSB Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, an unusual (and somewhat tongue-in-cheek) two-part survey on whether you're "obsessed" with the Pet Shop Boys. In the first part, you indicate which of about two dozen characteristics apply to you. You then get a light-hearted and totally unscientific assessment of your degree of "PSB obsession." The second party of the survey -- which, as always, is completely anonymous -- asks you simply to share with the rest of us how you rated in the first part. That way we can all see how many of us are "PSB-obsessed" and to what extent. And, no, it's not meant to be taken seriously. If you haven't taken part yet, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choices right there on my home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and kick off a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already taken part! And I wish you all a wonderful weekend -- a long holiday weekend (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday) for my fellow U.S. fans. Take care! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Sat Jan 18 22:11:19 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:11:19 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of survey on whether you're obsessed with PSB Message-ID: <05540C1F02DF4B2C902EAE5D57428CB2@COMP8> The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors their outcomes in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek, "unscientific" assessment questionnaire I provided on how obsessed they were with the Pet Shop Boys. And the outcome for the largest number of voters was: * "You're mildly obsessed with the Pet Shop Boys," with 40.6% of the participants (myself included). To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http:/www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and click one of the links provided (such as on my "What's New?" page) to "Past Survey Results." My new poll for the week ahead is more "traditional," but it does look forward to the new year ahead. I've listed various events or releases that may take place in 2014 and ask, if you could pick only one of them, which would you *most* like to occur. So please check out the list I've provided right there on my home page and make your choice. Thanks to everyone who took part in last week's survey. And thanks as well to the many kind remarks I received about it. I do hope to run other fun surveys like it in the future (if I can figure out other topics that would work as well along similar lines -- that is, permitting "ratings" of voters based on the choices they make). In the meantime, I hope you all have a great week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Thu Jan 23 21:23:26 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:23:26 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on #1 "PSB wish" for 2014 Message-ID: <1D2CE18232114A9A8A583E7294329041@COMP8> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to choose (from a list of options) your #1 PSB wish for 2014. If you haven't voted yet, please take a moment to visit my Commentary site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choice right there on my home page. On Sunday I will conclude this survey, post the final results, and launch a new poll for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I hope you all have a delightful weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Sat Jan 25 22:09:28 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:09:28 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on your #1 PSB wish for 2014 Message-ID: The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my site visitors to choose, from a list of possible events and occurrences, which would be their #1 PSB wish for 2014. And the one that received the largest number of votes was: * "The release on CD and/or DVD of 'A Man from the Future' (that is, not just a live performance unavailable to fans worldwide)," chosen by 21.3% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my Commentary site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and click on one of the appropriate links, such as in the latest entry on my "What's New?" page. My new poll for the week ahead concerns the resumption this year of the Pet Shop Boys' Electric Tour. I've listed only those songs that, to the best of my knowledge, the Boys have so far performed on every date of the 2013 leg of the tour. I'm wondering, if it were up to you to revise the setlist of the 2014 leg of the tour in such a way to replace one or more of those songs with other PSB songs of your choice, which songs you would choose to replace. (Please note that I'm not asking you to indicate the songs you would choose to put in their place, although you're certainly free to share those choices as well using the Comments feature on the Current Results page.) So please take a few moments to make your choices right there on my home page. And thanks to Michael Kuchenbecker for suggesting this question -- although, by restricting the choices to just those performed in every 2013 show, I've modified it slightly from his original proposal. Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I wish you all a terrific week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at earthlink.net Thu Jan 30 21:24:38 2014 From: psbfan at earthlink.net (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:24:38 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on songs you'd delete from the Electric Tour set list Message-ID: <0DC454615A4242C79A2E093CC25E2492@COMP8> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, in which I've listed the songs that (to the best of my knowledge) have been performed by the Pet Shop Boys at every single one of their shows during the 2013 leg of the Electric Tour, and I've asked my site visitors to choose the one(s) that, if it were up to them, they would delete from the set list of the 2014 leg with the understanding that they could then replace them with any other PSB song(s) of their choice. If you haven't voted yet, please take a moment to visit my Commentary site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choice(s) right there on my home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and start a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I hope you all have a marvelous weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm