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Author Archives: Janos Marton
Best Cover of All-Time Tournament, Day 3
A Happy Thanksgiving edition here on Day 3. I am thankful for all the great music artists have written and recorded over the years, thankful for the technology that makes it so easy to find new songs and listen to … Continue reading
Best Cover Song of All-Time, Day 2
This tournament will often have two posts up at any given time, so you can still vote on Day 1 matchups until tomorrow at midnight. Welcome to Day 2! You can listen to all of the songs here except for … Continue reading
And we’re off! The Best Cover Song of All-Time, Day 1
Tonight 82 songs begin their long march to the championship. Every night from Monday to Thursday you can expect to find a new slate of four to five matchups to vote on, with at least 48 hours to vote. (You … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Covers of Alltime, Bruce Springsteen, Mary Don't You Weep, Music Tournament, Paul Simon, Pixies
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Music Tournament: How to Score
Here we are, a few hours from kick-off! As good a time as any for a little refresher on how to score these music tournaments. Unlike most online votes, you’re not simply picking one over the other. Instead, you are scoring … Continue reading
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We Have a Winner: Best Cover of All-time Tournament!
Ok, so we don’t have a winning song, but the front-runner has to be the letter “J” (incidentally, my favorite). Look at the roster of prospective covers below, and revel in how many incredible artists are representing that letter. If you … Continue reading
We’re Back: Looking for the Best Cover Song of All-Time!
From 2010 to 2012, this site hosted some mighty entertaining single-elimination music tournaments, and now we’re bringing one back. For the initiated, music tournaments follow a simple March Madness elegance- songs compete against each other in a bracket. You vote for … Continue reading
A Few of My Favorite Things, Vol. 1
One of the themes I’ve taken away from Burning Man is being grateful about the good things in life. This is not only because so many of us (yeah, you reading this) lives in such relative splendor or because the … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Fish, Burning Man, Ginia Bellafante, Spinosaurus, Transparent
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Some Burning Man Photos on a Rainy Day in New York
I have not yet processed my thoughts on Burning Man, though I can say with some certainty that it was the most unique, fun, introspective and meaningful 8-day stretch of my life. Meaningful because I got engaged, but the other … Continue reading
Buzzcocks and Titus Andronicus at Webster Hall, 9/3/14
The Buzzcocks began when their founders put up a flyer on a college board seeking fellow musicians who dug “Sister Ray” by Velvet Underground. Nearly forty years later, they stormed through New York on their latest reunion iteration. I’m a … Continue reading
Moreland Commission op-ed post-script
My op-ed has been picked up by the Albany Times Union and the New York Daily News. Links are below. I like being contrasted with Hillary Clinton in the second Daily News story. I picked a copy of the print edition … Continue reading
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