Gentlemen and ladies, wonderful to be back in the captain’s seat. Some overdue salutations to new voters: welcome to the fray DJ Ruckus, LifeAquatic, Mark B, Sweetems, Karissa, Ryan Q, Elizabeth B, Aiko, Sarah S, Jess W, and Adam T. Proud to have you on-board.

Check out the bracketology tab later tonight/tomorrow morning, massive updates to be had- I’ll be posting the brackets for Divisions C through I. And now today’s results…

Buddy Holly did good work to Only The Lonely, 117-85, and posted a very respectable 7.8 average. Looking strong for a top seed going forward.

Twist and Shout defeated Take Me Home, Country Roads 112-98.5…people went a lot of different directions on this, but in the end a pretty respectable appreciation for this Beatles diddy emerged.

In the closest match-up of the day, Video Killed The Radio Star squeaked by Gloria, 95-94.5. The majority of the suspense was thanks to Cristina’s +9 vote, but I guess we mostly felt that the video didn’t kill at least this one radio star (right? right? right.)

Shoop had some strong supporters and some hilarious commentary, but ultimately succumbed to Rocket Man 103-94.

Start Wearing Purple took Summertime Rolls, 89.5-71.5.

Out of the tournament: John Denver, Roy Orbison, and Salt N Pepa. Jane’s Addiction finishes the Round of 512 1-1, and Patti Smith goes to 0-1 with one song left.