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Each year on January 26 the results of one of the world’s truly great and authentic democratic processes announces its results….The Triple J Hottest 100. Started in 1989, it is an annual music poll conducted by the Australian national broadcaster the ABC though its station 2 JJJ to determine what the listening public’s favourite songs are for the previous year. Polling takes place over a period of four weeks and this year on line votes reached nearly 2 million people and is claimed by 2 JJJ as the largest poll of its type in the world.
Listeners from all over the world tune in on the day to hear the station count down the hits over an 8 hour period. To be in the top 10 is considered an honour in music circles and almost guarantees notoriety for the band or performer. Across the globe, thousands of Hottest 100 parties start at the number 100 entry and finish 8 hours later with the announcement of the Number One tune for the previous year. Over the years the esteemed line up has included Nirvana, Powderfinger, Jet, Queens of the Stone Age, Joy Division to name a select few.
As a process, it is true online musical democracy in action and it is power to the people. Long live the Hottest 100 a truly great event.
Today’s links are in the novelty category again but they are fine way to celebrate this wonderful annual event. The links are brushed aluminium and in the shape of a Treble Clef or sometimes know as the “G Clef”. They are worn with cotton Savile Row shirt and silk Hermes neck tie with French horn motifs.
This year the coveted number one went to Gotye for “Somebody I Used to Know” a duet with singer Kimbra a worthy winner but credit to all the performers that made it in to the top 100 for 2011.
Til later
ONWARD
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