First of all, thank you to Guillermo for completely revamping things behind the scenes.  With work it had been hard for me to do anything besides tabulate scores and post match-ups, but Guillermo’s been able to master bracketology, compute songs’ averages for seeding purposes and simplify tournament management.   I’m impressed.  If you haven’t looked at the Bracketology tab above, you really should- previews are up right now for Divisions A and B.

Thanks also to all of you.  Day 38 had 16 voters (not counting Sippy’s solitary salute to Lose Yourself), which is the most we’ve had in this tournament.

On to Day 38 results.

Baba O’Reilly (Who) def. Idioteque (Radiohead), 130-99 .   The outcome was never in doubt, but Baba’s monster numbers (8.1 average) should give it a high seeding in Division H. Radiohead’s topsy turvy round continues, as it drops to 2 (Creep, Paranoid Android) and 2 (Sulk, Idioteque).

Rudie Can’t Fail (Clash) def. No Rain (Blind Melon), 119-116.5 .  This was a nail-biter, thanks in part to a rare “10” down the stretch from Natalie and a return “10” from Cristina.  Two eminently likeable songs.

Psycho Killer (Talking Heads) def. One Tin Soldier (Joan Baez) 120.5-85  .  Talking Heads cruised, improving to 2-0 this round.

District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Postal Service)  def. Sinnerman (Nina Simone), 107.5-102.  Sorry, Nina. You had fans.

Lose Yourself (Eminem) def. Hit Em Up (2Pac), 112-62.   I regret putting Hit Em Up in the tournament after seeing these scores, but 2Pac deserved a second song after “Changes”.  Should have gone with “Dear Mama”.  I’d feel worse if Lose Yourself hadn’t mounted a perfectly respectable score, earning its way to the Round of 256.

Blind Melon is out of the tournament.  Joan Baez is out of the tournament. Nina Simone.