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Living the Dream Music Tournament: Day 4 (Play-in Round)
The timeless battles between the Beatles and Stones, the two top artists represented in this music tournament, continue here on Day 4. The full play-list of today’s songs is available for streaming at Grooveshark, with the exception of Norwegian Wood. … Continue reading
Living the Dream Music Tournament: Day 1 Results
Thank you to all who voted on the match-ups from Day 1. The winners below will advance to the round of 512. Still a long road ahead. The most pitched battle of Day 1 was between Beck and Little Richard, … Continue reading
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Living the Dream Music Tournament: Day 3 (Play-in)
Another fine Saturday to hear quality music. Day 3 match-ups are now available at Grooveshark. One note on scoring rules: people who simply name the better song will give it an automatic 7-6 win. Thus, your vote is usually worth … Continue reading
Living the Dream Music Tournament: Day 2 (Play-in Round)
Welcome to Day II of the play-in round. Voting on Day I match-ups is allowed through 6pm Saturday. Thanks to long-time Music Tournament advocate Guillermo Olivos, you can now access all of today’s match-ups at one Grooveshark location. *Please note, there is one … Continue reading
Living the Dream Music Tournament: Day 1 (Play-in Round)
We are off and running! Below are the first five match-ups of the play-in round. 1. The Rising (Bruce Springsteen) vs. Gone Away (Offspring) 2. Cannonball (Breeders) vs. Sliver (Nirvana) 3. Call Me (Blondie) vs. Man in the Mirror (Michael … Continue reading
U.S Second Circuit: John Lennon Loves America
Tonight we watched an amazing PBS documentary on John Lennon in the 1970s called LennoNYC. There are awesome studio clips, interviews, and scenes of love between him, Yoko and Sean. But what struck me was this incredible Second Circuit opinion … Continue reading
Living the Dream Music Tournament: Play-In Round Songs
As noted in yesterday’s post, I was unable to narrow the potential tournament songs precisely to 512. There will thus be a play-in round for the songs not among the 430 named yesterday. Though a couple of big names will … Continue reading
Important Silk Road Developments
As we all know, the Silk Road Palace came to a tragic end in October, but we never exactly learned why. There was speculation that it was related to health code violations, since the City just started their grading system. … Continue reading
Living the Dream Music Tournament Presents: The Top 430
As I wrote yesterday, we are about to launch an epic single elimination music tournament to determine the best rock song of all-time. This was originally conceived as a nine-round, 512-song tournament, but in coming up with the final list, … Continue reading
Introducing the Living the Dream Music Tournament
From 1994 to 2002, I held monthly single elimination “music tournaments” to determine my favorite song. I took great pleasure in pitting some of the all-time greats, most of whom I was just discovering at the time, against each other … Continue reading
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