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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 256: Division E, Right Side Results

3 comfortable wins and 1 nail-biter. High scorer goes to 11 seed “Bad Reputation,” which knocks out 7 seed Gillian Welch’s “Elvis Presley Blues,” 215.1-167.3. Some love scattered about for Welch’s softer entrant, but ultimately Joan Jett brought it big … Continue reading

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Round of 256: Division E, Right Side

Votes due Friday, June 17th at 8:00 P.M. The right side of Division E has a little bit of everything: some rap, some string instruments, some folk, some summer radio. Not one of these match-ups is in anyway genre specific, … Continue reading

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Round of 256: Division C, Right Side Results

To start, everyone keep Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band in your thoughts, as he suffered a serious stroke today. Getting on with results, the people were consistent for the most part with their selections on this side; nothing … Continue reading

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Round of 256: Division C Left Side Results

Two blow-outs and two nailbiters is starting to become the standard this round. High scorer was Louis Armstrong, and boy did the man with the trumpet bring it. “A Kiss To Build A Dream On” has replaced Florence & The … Continue reading

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Round of 256: Division C, Right Side

Votes due by Monday, June 13th at 8 pm EST: The right side of Division C is the stuff of legends- literally. There’s no denying it, this is a ridiculously potent group of rock stars and you can’t help but … Continue reading

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Round of 256: Division C, Left Side

Votes due by Saturday, June 11th at 8 pm EST. Exciting administrative news to start: more new authors! Joining Lindsay will be Danno, Grant, and Aiko, all contributing posts next week. Cities now represented by tournament authors: New York, DC, … Continue reading

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Division A Left Side Results

So as happens with these things, RJD2’s success led me to Wikipedia for further research. “Ghostwriter” has been featured in commercials for Blackberry and Wells Fargo, the theme song to TNT’s “Inside The NBA,” and the soundtrack to the movie … Continue reading

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Round of 256: Division A, Left Side

Votes are due by Friday, June 3rd at 8 pm EST. Play-in matches are done, and that means the moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. Day 1 of Round 1 of the Round of 256. For your … Continue reading

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Day 2 Play-In Results

And like that, our UNC-Asheville/Arkansas-Pine Bluff/”name your random university” matches are over. Nothing close today, but it remains to be seen whether these three play-in survivors have what it takes against the #1 seeds of their respective divisions.

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Bracketology Update!

All Divisions Now Posted In Bracketology. Hi voters- don’t forget to submit your votes for Play-In Day 2 by 8 pm EST tonight, but in the meantime I’m happy to report that Divisions A through D have now been posted … Continue reading

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