September 24Sep 24 Author BJSC 177Fazerdaze - MotorwayResult: 34th Points received: 98 | voters: 1518 | Terra Avium13 | Jadakissnia11 | Ajanaeda10 | Neliönoir8 | A-Konohagakure8 | Fljótavík6 | Kluminican Republic6 | Taahino5 | Jupiterdonia3 | Persephonia3 | Utopia2 | Altyr Muunilinst2 | Kathaldazia2 | Pestolia1 | Suedeonia(SF1: 15th, 59) A return to qualification led to receipt of an 18 point score in a record fifth final appearance in a row (albeit broken by the DNQ), which at the time took me to 4th on the scoreboard with 14 votes revealed. That was as good as it got however, and a sum total of just 22(!) points from the last 38 voters (49 points was the next lowest total any finalist had from these voters combined) meant a slump all the way out of the top 30, the first time I've gone three contests without finishing there, and in the last 10 contests, aside from the two top 5 finishes, none have been in the top two thirds of the scoreboard, with the next highest being 29th. Must do better!Points given18 | Land of DW | Lord Of The Lost & Within Temptation - Light Can Only Shine In The Darkness15 | Thelonia | Your Mate's Ex - Disco Shift13 | Ajanaeda | Nuovo Testamento - Dream On12 | Mothertopia | Samia - Lizard11 | Lotunia | Luca Vasta - Santa Maria10 | Neliönoir | Night Tapes - storm9 | Skall | Bubble Love - Double Caper8 | Terra Avium | Future Utopia & Lava La Rue - The Pleasure Trap7 | Aeroche | sim0ne - space cadet6 | Fljótavík | Joon Gloom - Joker5 | Jadakissnia | S1RENA - DNA 1NTERLUDE / DNA4 | FSR Rontvia | ARGO - Korku3 | Greenfroze | Ken Hirai - 19952 | Kathaldazia | MERCY - POSSESSION1 | Flynnonda | Borderline - When It's Raining
September 24Sep 24 Author A more rewarding result in Nuggets saw my fourth runner-up medal in a song contest on Buzzjack, after the third came in PFSC earlier this year. I now have 15 top 5 finishes, comprised from every regular contest on Buzzjack at least once!11th | Retro 1 | Alphaville - Forever Young13th | CB 21 | Tangerine Dream - Love On A Real Train26th | BJSC 151 | Call Me Loop - Walls2nd | Retro 2 | Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L.23rd | BJSC 152 | LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Time Is Not A Healer It’s A Fuel For ResentmentDNQ | BJSC 153 | Lanterns On The Lake - The Likes Of Us7th | CB 23 | Freaks & Geeks, Veronica Bravo - Let Me Know32nd | BJSC 154 | Sølv - Past Life3rd | BJSC 155 | MRD - Last Dance6th | Retro 3 | Blondie - X Offender24th | UP XXXII | Artemas - Sink Or Swim21st | BJSC 156 | Picture Parlour - Norwegian Wood24th | CB 24 | VIZE, Leony, Niklas Dee feat. Tokio Hotel - MonsoonDNQ | BJSC 157 | Samia - Honey22nd | Spin Off 08/23 | Madame - ARANCIATA4th | Retro 4 | Joy Division - She's Lost Control4th | BJSC 158 | ACRAZE & Aviella - In A Dream21st | Spin Off 10/23 | Subtrax - WFT26th | PFSC XIV | Silly Boy Blue - Widow Dreams Forever42nd | BJSC 159 | Mozey - Tell Me16th | CB 25 | Broosnica - More Energy (More Passion)17th | BJSC 160 | Chelsea Wolfe - Dusk14th | Spin Off 12/23 | Fountains Of Wayne - I Want An Alien For Christmas25th | PFSC Special #2 | ARXX - God Knows7th | CB 26 | Prayer - Make Me Feel18th | BJSC 161 | Metric - Days Of Oblivion16th | Retro 5 | The Jesus & Mary Chain - Upside Down4th | UP XXXIII | Calva Louise - Over The Threshold11th | BJSC 162 | INXS - Don't Change27th | BJSC 163 | Luca Eck - Chaos Reigns29th | BJSC 164 | Otha - I'm on Top3rd | Retro 6 | Manic Street Preachers - 4st 7lb19th | PFSC XV | Gammer feat. RUNN - Roots21st | BJSC 165 | Vintage Culture - Find A Way1st | Bop Idol 1 | Phoenix - 190116th | BJSC 166 | Echoberyl - Weird Boy21st | CB 28 | Audio Bullys - As We Step13th | BJSC 167 | Jain - Nobody Knows38th | BJSC 168 | Attractive Chaos - Words On A Letter9th | Retro 7 | Air - Le soleil est près de moi29th | BJSC 169 | No - Drive Faster23rd | Nuggets | Swiss Portrait - Paralysed3rd | Bop Idol 2 | Fleet Foxes - MykonosDNQ | BJSC 170 | Anthony McCaffrey - The Dark19th | CB 29 | Laid Back - White Horse8th | Retro 8 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms16th | PFSC Special #3 | Florrie - Kissing In The Cold40th | BJSC 171 | Sleater-Kinney - Crusader (Special Interest Remix)3rd | CB 30 | Oklou (feat. underscores) - harvest sky2nd | BJSC 172 | GusGus (feat. Högni & Earth) - Breaking Down6th | Bop Idol 3 | Madonna - Amazing35th | BJSC 173 | Willow Kayne - Zenosyne19th | Retro 9 | Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven5th | BJSC 174 | MØ - Keep Møving2nd | PFSC XVI | Yndling - As Fast As I Can15th | UP XXXIIV | Dexndre - 100 wings12th | CB 31 | Max Dean, Locky, Luke Dean - Curveball32nd | BJSC 175 | Cult Of Venus - Algorithm16th | Retro 10 | Young MC - Know How5th | Bop Idol 4 | Ruti - Racing Cars4th | Buzzfestivalen | LSR/CITY, Gareth Emery, Annabel - out of the skyDNQ | BJSC 176 | Mirella - Timanttei7th | Spin Off | Yndling - Monopoly21st | PFSC XVII | LALA HAYDEN - beast34th | BJSC 177 | Fazerdaze - Motorway2nd | Nuggets XVIII | Just Mustard - POLLYANNATop 5 finishes by contest:Bop Idol: 1st - 3rd - 5thBJSC: 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5thRetro: 2nd - 3rd - 4thNuggets: 2ndPFSC: 2ndClub Bizarre: 3rdBuzzfestivalen: 4thUnknown Pleasures: 4th[if Buzzfestivalen doesn't count as a BJSC Spin Off, my highest finish in one of those is 7th]
October 1Oct 1 Author BJSC 178Yakima Jera - Dertlı DolapHoping to fare better than my last non-English language entry, and for that matter the last few Bronzil entries altogether, like last contest's runner-up (ARGO - Korku), this is sung in Turkish from the Germany-based darkwave duo, but it's been on my potentials list for a while!
October 19Oct 19 Author BJSC 178Yakima Jera - Dertlı DolapResult: 12th Points received: 168 | voters: 1718 | Persephonia15 | Deandria15 | Jadakissnia15 | Neliönoir15 | Scotland 213 | Pestolia13 | Terra Avium12 | Bøtanikkä12 | FSR Rontvia12 | Jupiterdonia9 | Danæviia7 | Skall4 | Kathaldazia3 | Why So Sirius2 | Ajanaeda2 | FARC1 | Hendinia(SF1: 2nd, 102) Plenty to cheer this time, via what turned out to be second place in the semi final with a triple figure score! A return to the top 20 in the final, which itself brought a return to the top 20 in the YTD standings, was powered by a haul of seven medals (the most of any Bronzil entry bar MRD with eight), with receipt of an 18 point score for a sixth final appearance in a row. Happy to have something of a cult favourite in this edition, which ended with six of the 11 places above me taken by songs I voted for too.Points given18 | Neliönoir | Isabella Lovestory - Vanity15 | The Spodic Empire | Belle and Sebastian - Like Dylan In The Movies13 | Cor Lupus | Zanias - Serpentsmile12 | Danæviia | Ghost Cop - A Shot In The Dark11 | Jadakissnia | Erin LeCount - 808 HYMN10 | Herbilore | Alison Sudol - Come On Baby9 | Harmonica | This Mortal Coil - Another Day8 | Summericia | Then Comes Silence - We Lose The Night7 | POPHub | Hunnygloss - The Party Never Ends6 | Zanmatony | Morgana - I'm Not Going Anywhere5 | Séyetana | Hagali - For Those Who Remain4 | Pestolia | a.s.o. - Go On (Extended Mix)3 | Pagasa | Wednesday - Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)2 | Scotland 2 | James Ferraro - Live At Primavera Sound 20121 | East Rukahavian | Yndling - It's Almost Like You're Here
November 2Nov 2 Author BJSC 179Roxy Music - Do The StrandWe back we go back to 1973 for my oldest entry so far, also the second artist I've sent who has had a UK #1 - that came 8 years later, by which time their influence on the new wave musical landscape was inescapable, and the genius of Brian Eno continued to be heard as a producer. This dance craze satire with its punk-predating ethos of rejecting what's gone before came on shuffle for me a few weeks ago, and I had an epiphany to send it here!
Sunday at 23:452 days Author BJSC 179Roxy Music - Do The StrandResult: DNQ (SF2: 25th, 15)Well I lasted 28 contests of competing in BJSC without getting a disgraceful result, but the double whammy arrived of going from second in the semi of the previous contest to second last in this one - my first time in the bottom four of any semi - and taking 20 points off my previous lowest semi points total of 35. I can hardly blame the semi draw either as it looked favourable, but I can't have any regrets about sending it - the song is a key part of Roxy Music's early influence (only this week, I heard on a Sex Pistols documentary that "The Strand" was one of their former names, taken from it), but translating that to this contest was in hindsight a hard sell. It leaves me with a mountain to climb in BJSC 180 to make the EOY top 20 as I have in the previous two years, but I have my entry ready and will give it a shot.Points given18 | Cumulonimbia | Ushko - COMET15 | Deandria | Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms13 | Persephonia | VACUUM MAN - Alimut12 | Neliönoir | Nightbus - Angles Mortz11 | FSR Rontvia | SADU - Luukered10 | Aelandor | Phantogram - In A Spiral9 | Elëdan | holybones - These Are The Rooms8 | POPHub | Jane Inc. - what if7 | Baleghde | TSHA - In The Night6 | Mothertopia | Lexie Liu - X5 | N DNTN | Planningtorock - Get Your Fckin Laws Off My Body4 | The Spodic Empire | Tracey Thorn - It's All True3 | Sovarasma | Lemondaze - o(type)2 | Dobago | Pendulum - Vault1 | Jadakissnia | Sara Zozaya - Blu
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