From psbfan at geowayne.com Fri Jan 4 15:55:30 2019 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 15:55:30 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on whether it's "all about money" for PSB now Message-ID: <1814d961-901f-57f2-bd26-b463365abcba@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is last full day of my current poll, which asks whether you agree with one of my site visitors who recently wrote of the Pet Shop Boys, "Let's face it, it's all about money for them now." 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 launch 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 Jan 5 22:07:38 2019 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 22:07:38 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on whether "it's all about money" for PSB these days Message-ID: The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors whether they agree with a recent statement made by one of them (that is, my site visitors) that "it's all about money" for the Pet Shop Boys these days. And the response that received the largest number of votes was: * "No, certainly not! They're surely well off enough financially that they could retire very comfortably right now, so clearly other factors motivate them instead," picked by 45.7% of the voters. To see the complete results, please visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and either select one of the "Past Survey Results" options from the top navigation bar or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. My new poll for the week ahead is based on the concept that there are a good many similarities between PSB and another famed hitmaking synthpop duo of the 1980s and the decades since, Erasure. One of my site visitors suggested that I ask you to pick the Pet Shop Boys single that is most "Erasuresque" -- that is, the most like Erasure. Even if you honestly don't think any PSB singles are "Erasuresque," it's only a matter of logic that, despite any and all differences, some must be more "like" Erasure than others. So please take a moment to make your choice right there on my home page. And thanks to Chico Dorito for proposing this question! And thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! I hope you all have a terrific week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Jan 10 21:05:53 2019 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:05:53 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on the most "Erasuresque" PSB single Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, which asks you to pick the Pet Shop Boys single that is, in your opinion, the most "Erasuresque" -- that is, the most like Erasure. 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 kick off a new survey for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I hope you all have a great weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Jan 12 22:11:27 2019 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 22:11:27 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on the most "Erasuresque" PSB single Message-ID: <5de38ed9-5d55-763a-4b0d-f6d98cb51b2b@geowayne.com> The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors to pick the Pet Shop Boys single that they consider to be the most "Erasuresque" -- that is, the most like Erasure. And the single that received the most votes was: * "Was It Worth It?" picked by 12.0% 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 from the top navigation bar or click the appropriate link on my "What's New?" page. My new poll for the week ahead should prove somewhat less controversial than my last few.   I've listed my ten personal favorite Pet Shop Boys single b-sides, and I'm asking which of them are among your *own* personal favorites. So please take a moment to make your choices right there on my home page. And if it so happens that *none* of them are among your favorites, then I guess you won't be able to vote this week. But some people told me that they couldn't vote in the preceding polls, either, so you might say I'm getting used to that. ;-) Thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a superb week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Jan 17 21:43:07 2019 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:43:07 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on favorite PSB b-sides we have in common Message-ID: <50bf4b3a-27ca-18f3-f720-bfeba33d1f7a@geowayne.com> Hey there! Tomorro (Saturday) is the last full day of my current poll, in which I've listed my ten favorite Pet Shop Boys single b-sides, and I'm asking you to pick those that happen to be among your *own* personal favorites. If you haven't voted yet, please take a few moments to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make your selections 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 terrific weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Jan 19 21:55:12 2019 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:55:12 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on favorite PSB b-sides we have in common Message-ID: The final results are in for my poll of the past week, in which I listed by ten favorite Pet Shop Boys single b-sides and asked my site visitors to pick those that also happen to be among their own favorites. And the b-side that received the most votes as a "favorite in common" was: * "Shameless," chosen by 49.5% 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 a question that I've asked before, but not in nearly 17 years, so I think it's high time that I do so again. I'm simply wondering how many times you've seen the Pet Shop Boys perform "live," in-person. So please count up the number of times and make your selection right there on my home page. And, yes, there's a 0 (none) option for those of you who haven't yet been able to see them live. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a superb week ahead! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Thu Jan 24 21:07:44 2019 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 21:07:44 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Poll ends soon on how often you've seen PSB perform live, in-person Message-ID: Hey there! Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last full day of my current survey, which simply asks how many times you have seen the Pet Shop Boys perform "live," in-person. If you haven't taken part yet, please take a moment to visit my "Commentary" site at http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm and make the appropriate choice right there on my home page. On Sunday I will end this survey, post the final results, and kick off a new poll for the week ahead. Thanks to everyone who has already voted! And I wish you all a wonderful weekend! Wayne http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm From psbfan at geowayne.com Sat Jan 26 22:02:10 2019 From: psbfan at geowayne.com (Wayne Studer) Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 22:02:10 -0800 Subject: [Introspective] Final results of poll on how often you've seen PSB perform live, in-person Message-ID: The final results are in for my survey of the past week, in which I asked my site visitors how many times they've seen the Pet Shop Boys perform "live," in-person. And the number of times that received the most votes was: * "1 (once)," picked by 15.4% 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 I've been suggesting of late, I've now decided, as least for the time being, to begin running my polls on a biweekly/fortnightly basis rather than weekly. And, appropriately enough, my new poll running for the next two weeks may require some "homework" on your part, so the extra time may prove helpful. I've listed each of the calendar years since the release of the Pet Shop Boys' first album, "Please," in which they did *not* release another one of their generally acknowledged 13 "studio" albums. That makes for a total of 20 different years. But I've listed each of those years twice, and I'm asking you to make two choices: which of them would you describe as the BEST "PSB year" in which they didn't release a studio album, and which was the WORST? In other words, please consider everything done and/or released by the Boys in those years -- singles (and their b-sides), compilation albums, Disco albums, music videos, live concerts, VHS/DVDs, "side projects" (such as Closer to Heaven, Battleship Potemkin, The Most Incredible Thing, etc.), publications, and so on -- and choose the years that you think were the "best" and the "worst." So please, when you're ready, make your choices right there on my home page. And thanks so much to David B for suggesting this intriguing question! Thanks as well to everyone who voted in last week's survey! And I hope you all have a terrific two weeks ahead! Wayne