[Introspective] Final results of poll on PSB streaming their next album

[Wayne Studer]

The final results are in for my poll this past week, in which I asked my 
site visitors whether the Pet Shop Boys should allow their next album to be 
"streamed" and, if so, when. And the choice that received the most votes 
was:

* "Yes, they should make it available on streaming services, but not until a 
month or so after its release (since releasing in that way sooner may hurt 
physical and digital sales)," picked by 20.8% of the voters.

But it would be remiss of me not to point out that the second- and 
third-place choices were both "stream on the day of release" options, 
differing only in the rationale for streaming on the day of release. 
Together (20.5% and 17.7%) they totaled 38.2%, thereby showing that a 
plurality of the voters actually believe the Boys should stream the album on 
the day of release.

To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at 
http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and select one of the "Past Survey 
Results" options in the top navigation bar, or click the appropriate link on 
my "What's New?" page.

My new poll for the week ahead lists the Pet Shop Boys' six biggest hit 
singles (at least as determined by U.K. peak chart position, these being the 
six that reached either #1 or #2) and asks you to rank them according to 
your own fondness for them. That is, I'm asking you to designate your 
personal favorite as #1, your second-favorite as #2, and so on, down to your 
least favorite as #6.

Now, as I often -- yes, very often -- have to remind people when faced with 
such decisions, naming a song as your "least favorite" does *not* 
necessarily mean you don't like it. It merely means you don't like it as 
much as the others. I, for one, love all six of the songs under 
consideration of this poll, but I nevertheless have no problem designating 
one of them as my *least* favorite, the one I love less than all the others. 
So please take a few moments to make your own choices 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 marvelous week ahead!

Wayne
http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm