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The 2008 AP Readers Poll

Welcome to the 2008 AP Readers Poll -- your chance to weigh in on the past year's best and worst in music, movies and life in general! A few things before you get started:

1. You don't have to answer every question, but we love it when you do.
2. Please check your spelling, especially with band/album names -- it makes counting your votes way easier in the end.
3. Remember to vote for your "Hometown Hero," the unsigned band from your town/scene that you think are poised to blow up in 2009. We'll be devoting a special section to these bands in AP 247, which goes on sale everywhere Jan. 6, 2009.
4. We really want your opinion, that's why there's a box after every question labeled "Tell us why!" -- feel free to explain why you picked what you picked, and you might just end up getting quoted in the Readers Poll results in AP 247!

ATTN. BANDS/STREET TEAMS/OTHERWISE OPPORTUNISTIC FOLKS: We're not stupid -- we know when you spam our ballot box, and doing that is an easy way to get yourself taken right out of the running. You're more than welcome to post the link to this survey around the internet, but if you explicitly encourage people to vote solely for you, you'll get the boot. Kapeesh?

All right, enough guidelines, let's get on with it!

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	ARTIST/BAND OF THE YEAR
	The Academy Is...  All Time Low  Anberlin  Bayside  Bring Me The Horizon  The Devil Wears Prada  We The Kings  Other
	If you said other, who?
	Tell us why!
	ARTIST/BAND WHO SHOULD BREAK UP IMMEDIATELY
	Tell us why!
	BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR - please render as BAND NAME - ALBUM TITLE (ex. Chiodos - Bone Palace Ballet)
	Tell us why!
	MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM OF THE YEAR - please render as BAND NAME - ALBUM TITLE (ex. Chiodos - Bone Palace Ballet)
	Tell us why!
	MY "HOMETOWN HERO," THE UNSIGNED BAND FROM MY TOWN/SCENE THAT‘S GONNA TAKE OVER THE WORLD NEXT YEAR (Please give us the band‘s name and URL/MySpace/Purevolume page so we can contact them!)
	Tell us why!
	AP RULED FOR PUTTING (SELECT ONE) ON THE COVER THIS YEAR:
	Jack's Mannequin (AP 234)  Paramore (AP 235)  Against Me! (AP 236.1)  Tegan And Sara (AP 236.2)  All Time Low (AP 237.1)  The Matches (AP 237.2)  The Rocket Summer (AP 237.3)  Sonny (AP 237.4)  Panic At The Disco (AP 238)  Cobra Starship (AP 239)  The 23 Bands Who Shaped Punk (AP 240)  The bands of Warped Tour (AP 241)  Anthony Green (AP 242.1)  Craig Owens (AP 242.2)  Gym Class Heroes (AP 243.1)  Underoath (AP 243.2)  Forever The Sickest Kids (AP 244)  [pick one]
	Tell us why!
	AP SUCKED FOR PUTTING (SELECT ONE) ON THE COVER THIS YEAR:
	Jack's Mannequin (AP 234)  Paramore (AP 235)  Against Me! (AP 236.1)  Tegan And Sara (AP 236.2)  All Time Low (AP 237.1)  The Matches (AP 237.2)  The Rocket Summer (AP 237.3)  Sonny (AP 237.4)  Panic At The Disco (AP 238)  Cobra Starship (AP 239)  The 23 Bands Who Shaped Punk (AP 240)  The bands of Warped Tour (AP 241)  Anthony Green (AP 242.1)  Craig Owens (AP 242.2)  Gym Class Heroes (AP 243.1)  Underoath (AP 243.2)  Forever The Sickest Kids (AP 244)  [pick one]
	Tell us why!
	COOLEST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR (please specify band and video)
	Tell us why!
	BEST LIVE BAND OF THE YEAR
	Tell us why!
	THIS YEAR, AP MISSED THE BOAT ON _____ (aka "Most underrated new artist")
	Tell us why!
	NEW ARTIST NO ONE WILL REMEMBER THIS TIME NEXT YEAR
	Tell us why!
	AP SERIOUSLY COVERS TOO MANY [insert genre] BANDS. I WANT TO SEE MORE [insert genre] BANDS!
	Tell us why!
	MUSICIAN WITH THE MOST STYLE
	Tell us why!
	MUSICIAN I‘D HANG FOR CRIMES AGAINST FASHION
	Tell us why!
	MUSICIAN I‘D MOST LIKE TO SWITCH PLACES WITH FOR A DAY
	Tell us why!
	OLD-SCHOOL BAND WHO STILL ROCKED THIS YEAR
	Tell us why!
	OLD-SCHOOL BAND WHO NEED TO THROW IN THE TOWEL
	Tell us why!
	BAND REUNION I‘D MOST LIKE TO SEE NEXT YEAR
	Tell us why!
	BEST TOUR/FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR
	Tell us why!
	TOUR/FESTIVAL THAT SHOULD‘VE BEEN CANCELED THIS YEAR
	Tell us why!
	DUMBEST BAND NAME OF THE YEAR
	Tell us why!
	AP SHOULD‘VE LET ME INTERVIEW _____ THIS YEAR, BECAUSE I WOULD‘VE ASKED ’EM _____
	BEST MOVIE YOU SAW THIS YEAR
	Tell us why!
	BEST TV SERIES YOU WATCHED THIS YEAR
	Tell us why!
	BEST VIDEO GAME YOU PLAYED THIS YEAR
	Tell us why!
	COOLEST GADGET YOU BOUGHT THIS YEAR
	Tell us why!
	MOST MEMORABLE NON-MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
	Tell us why!
	_____ IS MY HOMEPAGE
	Tell us why!
	FUNNIEST YOUTUBE VIDEO THIS YEAR
	Tell us why!
	BOOK I COULDN‘T PUT DOWN THIS YEAR
	Tell us why!
	WHICH AP STAFFER HAS THE MOST ENTERTAINING BLOG?
	Mike Shea -- http://www.altpress.com/specials/blog/mike/  Jason Pettigrew -- http://www.altpress.com/specials/blog/jason/  Rachel Lux -- http://www.altpress.com/specials/blog/rachel/  Scott Heisel -- http://www.altpress.com/specials/blog/scott/  Tim Karan -- http://www.altpress.com/specials/blog/tim/  Jennifer Grathwol -- http://www.altpress.com/specials/blog/jennifer/  [pick one]
	Tell us why!