From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu May 3 21:42:01 2018 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 21:42:01 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on the funniest PSB music video Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to pick what you consider to be the funniest (that is, most amusing) Pet Shop Boys music video. If you haven't yet voted, 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 end this poll, post the final results, and kick off a new survey 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 geowayne.com Sat May 5 21:59:42 2018 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 5 May 2018 21:59:42 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on the funniest PSB music video Message-ID: The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors to choose what they consider to be the Pet Shop Boys funniest (most amusing) music video. And the video that received the largest number of votes was: * "I'm with Stupid," picked by 24.1% 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 "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 asks you to pick the statement that most closely describes your general "musical diet" of late with regard to both the Pet Shop Boys and other artists. If that seems a little vague, I'm sure it will make much more sense once you see the choices. So please take a moment to check them out right there on my home page and make your selection. In the meantime, thanks so much to porkchopkid for suggesting this question! Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a great week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu May 10 21:34:21 2018 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 21:34:21 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on your current PSB-related "musical diet" Message-ID: <4e0026d3-472f-89ad-f746-e5a2c33cd81f@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks which of several statements comes closest to describing your current "musical diet" as it relates to the Pet Shop Boys and other artists. 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 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 fantastic weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat May 12 22:05:33 2018 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 22:05:33 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on your current "musical diet" Message-ID: <64c625b8-6842-2de9-3f44-ff2eee6f452c@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors which of several statements most closely described their current "musical diet" as it relates to the Pet Shop Boys and other artists. And the statement chosen by a majority of the voters -- not just the usual plurality -- was: * "It consists of music by PSB, other similar artists, and still others that are stylistically quite different," picked by 58.3% 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 "Past Survey Results" options in the top navigation bar or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. As for my new survey for the week ahead, I've decided to run another of my occasional questions -- which generally seem to prove surprisingly popular -- in which I offer a short list of songs that share some random, even somewhat frivolous thing in common and then ask you to pick your favorite. For instance, in the past I've asked about your favorite PSB song whose title begins with the word "I" and your favorite with the word "Love" in its title. This time I've listed every officially released PSB-composed song the title of which includes the word "You." So please take a few moments to check out these "You" songs right there on my home page and choose your favorite. By the way, please note that this poll will run one day longer than usual, until Monday, May 21. The reason is that next weekend is going to be extremely busy for me outside of the "Pet Shop Boys world," so much so that I doubt I'll have time to do any website work at all. So giving us all an extra day with this survey -- as well as asking a relatively simple question like this -- will help me tremendously. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu May 17 21:36:43 2018 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 21:36:43 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on your favorite PSB song with "You" in its title Message-ID: <25820096-62c1-8826-d24d-93915464465e@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is *NOT* the last full day of my current poll. On account of the extremely busy weekend ahead of me, this week's poll -- which asks you to choose your favorite officially released Pet Shop Boys-composed song with the word "You" in its title -- will run one day longer than usual, not switching over to a new poll until Monday. So if you haven't voted yet, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your choice right there on my home page. On *Monday* will end this poll, post the final results, and launch a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I wish you all a most delightful weekend. (I hope to have one, too.) Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sun May 20 22:15:09 2018 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 22:15:09 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on your favorite PSB song with "You" in its title Message-ID: <057e9268-1645-3705-e822-b8bb388a0235@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll of the past week (technically, eight days), in which I asked my site visitors to pick their favorite Pet Shop Boys song that contains the word "You" in its title. And the song that received the most votes was: * "Can You Forgive Her?" chosen by 38.0% 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 "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 is quite timely considering the recent conclusion of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. I'm asking whether you believe the Pet Shop Boys ought ever to participate in Eurovision. So please take a moment to make your choice from the options provided right there on my home page. And thanks so much to Frode Dahl for suggesting this question! Thanks as well 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 geowayne.com Thu May 24 21:37:23 2018 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 21:37:23 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on whether PSB should participate in Eurovision Message-ID: <3af48512-6cac-c448-fab7-6821f0a12753@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks whether you think the Pet Shop Boys ought to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. 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 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 voted! And I hope you all have a fantastic weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat May 26 23:55:55 2018 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 23:55:55 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on whether PSB should participate in Eurovision Message-ID: The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors whether they believe the Pet Shop Boys should participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. And the response that received the most votes was: * "No, absolutely not!" chosen by 44.0% of the voters. To seethe complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and select one of the "Past Survey Results" options from the top navigation bar, or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. I had been planning on saving the question for this week's survey for this coming Christmas season, but I decided it would work just as well now as then. So I'm asking whether you agree with Neil's assessment (expressed in the booklet accompanying the recent reissue of the album Nightlife, with bonus tracks) that "It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas is the best song that he and Chris wrote in the 1990s. So please mull this over and make your choice from the options provided right there on my home page. And thanks so much to Raymond for suggesting this question! Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey. I hope you all have a great week ahead! And to my fellow U.S. fans, have a very happy and safe Memorial Day! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu May 31 21:14:43 2018 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 21:14:43 -0700 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on whether "Christmas" is the best PSB-written song of the 1990s Message-ID: <31a586c8-f042-8844-9636-272457c98ce7@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks whether you agree with Neil's  assertion (in the Nightlife reissue booklet) that "It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas" is the best song that he and Chris wrote in the 1990s. 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 right there on my home page. On Sunday I will end this poll, post the final results, and launch a new survey 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