Hello all, my name is Patrick McGinn and when I’m not buried face deep in my graduate studies, I am either writing about music or more recently ranking music. I’ll be posting to the blog for the next few months and just wanted to run through my first impressions of GoRankem as a first time user and now frequent contributor:

1) Probably the most rewarding part of the ranking experience is that it automatically compiles a video playlist for you once you submit your rankings. I thought I had seen nearly every Wilco related video on YouTube, but thanks to this feature I’ve bookmarked a couple of new favorites.

2) Just recently discovered the compare feature, which allows you to see how your rankings stack up with another user. Most of the time I’m satisfied with my fellow compatriots but sometimes my face twists in horror!

3) Posting your rankings to Facebook, which I’ve done numerous times has generated a nice comment stream of things like “Really?” and “What were you thinking?”

4) Finally, GoRankem has a wiki ethos that makes you feel like you are part of something much bigger than yourself. One day you can tell your grandkids about how you were the first person to rank Sigur Ros, Deertick, or thanks to our social media coordiantor Jamie Lewis, Mandy Moore!

Back in her "Candy" days