Reader Picks 2007: The Official Results

Live, in person, fresh out of the oven, here are the official tallies of our 2007 end-of-year reader polls. Discover within our readership a rampant love for Muse, Daft Punk, Daft Punk, Muse, Muse, Muse, Daft, Punk, Muse, Daft Punk, Hot Hot Heat and not a goddam thing else a few other inconsequential items (coffee, tacos, massages…whatevs).

Once more for the new folks: All of our polls contained reader-submitted choices, and multiple votes were encouraged for the sake of good competition. Official 2007 results, all topics, below. Have fun, don’t be sore losers but do feel free to discuss your votes, and keep your eyes peeled for the compiled Unofficial Results wherein you can actually see how many people voted, and for what, broken down by individual polls (hopefully in one gigantic, gag-inducing, utterly unmanageable post as compared to so much staggered bullshit).

Without further ado…

Losanjealous Reader Picks, 2007
(vote counts follow placings)

Best Concert

1. Daft Punk at the LA Sports Arena: 50,825
2. Muse at the Forum: 21,186
3. Foo Fighters at the Henry Fonda: 3,638
4. Hot Hot Heat w/Bedouin Soundclash at House of Blues Anaheim: 274
5. Against Me! at Coachella: 243
6. All other conceivable Daft Punk, Non-Daft Punk, Muse and Non-Muse Gigs, anywhere, any year: shitloads

Best Festival

1. Coachella: 661
2. Any Festival with Muse (weak!): 529
3. Lobsterfest – Red Lobster: 452
4. Detour Festival: 193
5. Burning Man: 83

Best Breakfast

1. Rutt’s Cafe (Culver City): 145
2. McDonald’s (Barstow): 51
3. Square One (Hollywood): 47
4. Millie’s (Silver Lake): 20
5. Griddle Cafe (Sunset): 20

Best Parking Spot

1. Any street parking spot near Henry Fonda/Avalon/Pantages/Palladium on a show night: 269
2. My Garage: 76
3. Any spot, top floor, The Grove (Fairfax): 25
4. Level two, any spot, Arclight/Amoeba lot (Hollywood): 25
5. My Driveway: 21
6. Honorable mention: 40 rows back in a dusty, CO2-choked field with no escape @ The Greek: 11

Best Taco

1. Tacos Y Mariscos El Numero 1 (Westchester/LAX): 602
2. Cactus Hollywood: 327
3. Sabor a Mexico (National Blvd | Culver City): 297
4. La Estrella H.P.: 215
5. Leo’s Tacos @ Eagle Rock Blvd (H.P.): 36

Best Bathroom

1. Pete’s Cafe (4th/Main): 32
2. My House: 21
3. Leighton Buzzard Station: 19
4. In front of Paris Hilton’s house: 14
5. Coachella: 10

Best Cup of Coffee

1. Chango (Echo Park): 1,645
2. King’s Cafe (Culver City): 1,227
3. Intelligentsia (Silver Lake): 857
4. Intelligentsia (Chicago): 75 (somebody got wind)
5. Peet’s (Any): 12

Best Massage (one hell of a popular poll)

1. Grand Spa (Koreatown): 5
2. Japanese joint next to the Joker on Pico (Santa Monica) (OPEN LATE): 4
3. Burke Williams: 3
4. Brooks Massage Therapy (Beverly): 2
5. Thai Sabai: 2

Best Cocktail

1. Jameson Rocks (Seven Grand): 8
2. Perfect Martini (Musso & Franks): 6
3. Penang (Tiki Ti’s) Los Feliz: 5
4. Negroni (Terroni): 4
5. Fire on Third (Celadon): 4

Best Commenter*

1. Pete: 4,276
2. Anti-Pete: 4,182 (serious Pete-off in the making!)
3. Jeannette: 1,499
4. Demon Azazel: 977
5. Shenny: 642
6. Honorable Mention: Frank Stallone: 12
7. Honorable Mention: Duke Melrose, Aztek and Horney Guy: 3
8. Honorable Mention: Renzo: 3

Best Getaway

1. Palm Springs: 8
2. VEGAS: 6
3. Santa Barbara: 5
4. Mammoth: 5
5. San Francisco: 5

Best Venue

1. Troubadour: 144
2. The Glass House: 47
3. The Smell: 30
4. Spaceland: 12
5. Echoplex: 5

Best Canadian* (the damnedest tie I’ve ever seen)

1. Sean: 557
2. Marc: 557
3. Sarah: 557
4. Jamie: 557
5. Seth: 557

Best Losanjealous Crossword Puzzle*

1. January: 594
2. March: 318
3. July: 92
4. August: 9
5. Octember: 9

Best Album

1. Hot Hot Heat, Happiness Ltd: 551
2. Against Me!, New Wave: 457
3. Saul Williams, The Rise And Inevitable Liberation Of Niggy Tardust: 230
4. Blonde Redhead, 23: 107
5. The Besnard Lakes, Are the Dark Horse: 80

Best “Best of Poll”

1. Fuck these fucking polls!: 159
2. What was your Favorite Concert of 2007?: 27
3. What was the best Losanjealous Reader Poll of 2007?: 21
4. Who had the best cup of coffee in 2007?: 9
5. What was your Favorite Taco of 2007?: 7

Best Venue That Rhymes With “Groubadour”*

1. Troubadour: 54
2. El Troubadour: 38
3. The Troub-plex: 29
4. Music Box at the Henry Fonda: 14
5. The Troub: 3

*Fabrication. Poll did not actually run. Then again if you were paying attention the first time, you already knew this.

Further reading…

• Actual top ten best concert vote tally (I couldn’t possibly make this shit up – scratch that, I could, but I didn’t)
• Just The FAQ, Ma’am

Daft @ Vegoose by Valerie Enriquez; Muse @ Verizon by Audree