Make The Rock Hall Weird!

Braider · Post by **Braider** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:16 pm

OK, this was pretty disappointing - because I could not take the petition on the site, I had to try and talk people into walking across the street with me to sign it. ("Across the street" described a vast, dark, windy and cold territory.) Only 3 people braved it, and I thank them, and hope they come to the site (as I suggested they do) and see me acknowledge their bravery - Pony Tail Guy, Cute Blonde Woman Student, and Curly-Haired Handsome Dude. Thanks guys!

Yeah - so that was it. Three.

I'm so sorry. The crowd was fabulous - if I had been allowed to bring the petition on the premises, I would have gotten *lots* of signatures.

Yankovic-Gretzky · Post by **Yankovic-Gretzky** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:47 am

This is what the current Rock Hall ballot looks like:
The 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Official Ballot
http://www.futurerockhall.com/blog.html ... try-id-108

Some interesting things to note about the 2008 Rock Hall Ballot:
The voting deadline is November 26, 2007 and votes received after that date "will not be counted." This is most likely in response to the controversy about the vote tallies from last year.
Voters don't have to vote for five artists, that is just the maximum. It's possible there may be quite a few ballots this year that are returned with only a couple of names checked off.
Voters are asked to rank their choices in order of preference. It's unclear if this information is used in counting the ballots. Previously, the rules stated that an inducted artist needed at least 50% of the vote, but that's no longer the case, since the Rock Hall has stated that exactly five artists will be inducted in 2008. It's very possible that artists could be inducted with less than a majority consent.

Rock Hall denies vote fixing
03.20.07 09:40 PM | 2007 Ceremony
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation has denied there was any foul play in the vote counts for this year's inductions:
Joel Peresman, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, said the Fox News story was wrong.
When asked if [Jann] Wenner fudged the voting, Peresman said, "No. There is a format and rules and procedure. There is a specific time when the votes have to be in, and then they are counted. The bands with the top five votes got in."

Peresman said the only thing new about the induction process was a reduction in the number of voters. "We used to have 1,000 people who voted," Peresman said. "But we looked at who hadn't been voting over the years and took them off the list. Now we have about 560 or 570 voters. And of those, we have about an 80 percent return in votes."

In Cleveland, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum President and CEO Terry Stewart said he deals with similar charges every year at this time.

"It's aggravating because these kinds of anonymous sources and accusations serve to confirm the beliefs of anybody who feels their favorite band should have gotten in," he said.

Peresman doesn't deny that there were late votes that would have put the Dave Clark Five ahead of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, but he doesn't confirm that either. Why would Wenner have even opened the late votes -- especially when he apparently had the lineup he wanted? The Rock Hall simply needs to discard unopened ballots that come in after the deadline to avoid this type of controversy, or hire someone independent to tally the votes.

Post by **albinodwarf27** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:40 pm

Wow! I just checked the website and we're up to 7,813!

Post by **Aron** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:29 pm

Hmm.... that ballot looks wrong....thats too bad--- They seem to have forgotten Al's name on the ballot, lol.

CatraDhtem · Post by **CatraDhtem** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:22 am

It's about time to announce another milestone and some more celebrity friends, what d'ya say?

Thanks to our forum's one and only Vikki, we are now way past the 8,000 mark on the official signature count!

And although this news was already making the rounds on here, I am proud, excited, surprised, and more than happy to officially announce that, again thanks to Vikki, none other than Seth Green is on board!

Thanks Vikki!!!

And just because I wanted this post to be extra-special, I have not one but two celebrity signatures to announce. Following in the footsteps of previous petition signer Patton Oswalt, fellow "Comedians of Comedy" headliner, "Just Shoot Me!" regular, "Rise of the Silver Surfer" star, and comedy metal singer Brian Posehn has just signed on as well!

I will have the web site updated shortly (I was a little torn as to whether to feature the W&N video or the "Weasel Stomping Day" video in order to "present" Seth, but I went with WSD because I want to do my part to expose more songs than just Al's big hits) and will have a blog entry ready tomorrow.

Leonard Cohen · Post by **Leonard Cohen** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:21 pm

Weird Al Yankovic's page on Future Rock Hall

http://www.futurerockhall.com/artist.ph ... l_Yankovic

Post by **KnottyEmily** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:00 pm

You know what we should do? We should print out a whole bunch of those ballots, get a red marker, cross out all the names, write "Weird Al" Yankovic next to them and tick all the boxes, then send it to the Hall of Fame people

CatraDhtem · Post by **CatraDhtem** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:45 pm

KnottyEmily @ Nov 5 2007, 07:00 AM wrote: You know what we should do? We should print out a whole bunch of those ballots, get a red marker, cross out all the names, write "Weird Al" Yankovic next to them and tick all the boxes, then send it to the Hall of Fame people

Hmm, why do I have a feeling we just stumbled upon an idea for this year's Christmas card?

Post by **like_im_27again** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:16 pm

Vikki

Post by **childofthespiral** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:19 pm

Seth Green and Brian Posehn signed? And we're past the 8,000 mark? AWESOME!!!!