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The day I was born, Michael Jackson's Thriller album was at the top of the Billboard 200. I've been trying my best to live up to that expectation ever since.

Round of 64: Division M and N Results

Posted on August 12, 2011 by g-mo

Again, these scores are really close and I’m meeting someone at the same time that voting ends, so forgive the lateness of the results in advance. We’ll prepare this as though the people that won at 5:45 PM were the … Continue reading →

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Round of 64: Divisions M and N Semi-Finals

Posted on August 9, 2011 by g-mo

Votes due by Thursday, August 11th at 8 PM: Team, we have exactly 1+2+4+8+16+8=39 match-ups left to go before we crown our People’s Choice. It feels these days as though the mob at the start of the marathon has thinned … Continue reading →

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How Civically Literate Are You?

Posted on August 5, 2011 by g-mo

In the trivia section, a fun little quiz my sister forwarded to me- the Intercollegiate Studies Institute Civic Literacy Exam. It’s sorta like a 33 question multiple choice AP US History test, except in the end you get to see … Continue reading →

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Division A & B Semi-Final Results

Posted on August 2, 2011 by g-mo

My favorite round is the Round of 64 because that’s when I have fun with Microsoft Paint and make these cool images that have the artists paired up against each other in one image. However, you guys are making this … Continue reading →

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Round of 64 Kick-off! (Divisions A & B Semi-Finals)

Posted on July 31, 2011 by g-mo

Votes due by Tuesday, August 2nd at 8 PM EST: To start this post, a very sincere congratulations to our good friend and regular voter Catholic Nick as well as his wife Bianca, who celebrated the birth of their first … Continue reading →

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Round of 128: Division N Results

Posted on July 26, 2011 by g-mo

No surprises here, but happy that the scores are back in the above average IQ equivalent range. Much welcome to new voters Salem from college and Suspicious Package, who I think I met once. Come on come all, and tell … Continue reading →

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Round of 128: Division M Results

Posted on July 25, 2011 by g-mo

Oof…a not so good landmark on this results post- for the first time in a long time, we had no song breaking into triple digits on scores. With 14 voters, Division M being the so-to-speak “last pick 1st round, 1st … Continue reading →

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Round of 128: Division N

Posted on July 24, 2011 by g-mo

Votes due by Tuesday, July 26th at 8 PM EST! We took a break for a day- sorry for the stoppage but given our strugglefest turnout the last few days, maybe not so terrible to push voting to the weekdays? … Continue reading →

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Round of 128: Division I Results

Posted on July 20, 2011 by g-mo

Since the reseeding, 1 and 2 seeds have held their ground with comfortable margins while the 3 and 4 seeds tend to cut it much closer- not exactly rocket science to figure out why, but did that continue in Division … Continue reading →

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Round of 128: Division I

Posted on July 18, 2011 by g-mo

Votes due by Wednesday, July 20th at 8 PM EST: Division I has it all: modern, folk, disco, hip hop, soul, and a number of major musical pioneers of last century. Listen to the songs here, vote by commenting on … Continue reading →

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