Category Archives: Music Tournament

2nd Annual Peoples Choice Tournament: Round of 128 (Day 5 of 16)

Hope everybody’s Labor Day weekend is going well! Here’s hoping this eclectic octet of songs in our next day of the Round of 128 keeps things going- grab some of your friends from the porch and pop the speaker cord … Continue reading

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People’s Choice: Week 1 Recap

Happy weekend! What an amazing turnout we had the first week of voting for the 2nd Annual PCT. Thanks to all for voting, and a special thanks to our guest posters Lindsay and Natalie for helping out Janos. I had … Continue reading

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2nd Annual Peoples Choice Tournament: Round of 128 (Day 4 of 16) Results

People seemed to dig these match-ups- full scores below. Killer Queen (Queen) def. Crime in the City (Neil Young), 197.6-134.9.  This one was not close, as people wearied of Young’s opus.   Queen looks like it’s ready for another deep tournament … Continue reading

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2nd Annual Peoples Choice Tournament: Round of 128 (Day 4 of 16)

It may only be Wednesday, but we’re coasting into the weekend here at livingthedream.org.   Once you knock out these match-ups you can melt safely into the arms of your own music playlists until next week. Now that we’re four … Continue reading

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2nd Annual Peoples Choice Music Tournament: Round of 128 (Day 1) Results

Things kicked off with a bang!  27 voters stepped to the plate, and four songs have advanced to the round of 64.  Congrats to the Avett Brothers for today’s high score! Salvador by Jamie T def. Merry Go Round by PFR, … Continue reading

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2nd Annual Peoples Choice Tournament: Round of 128 (Day 3 of 16)

As we enter our third day, let me know how great it is to see some of the familiar faces from tournaments past, including people I only know through this forum.  Good listening to tunes with you.  Welcome to our … Continue reading

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2nd Annual People’s Choice Tournament: Round of 128 (Day 2 of 16)

Welcome to the second set of match-ups in the Round of 128.   Our  plan is to present a new set of songs every night from Sunday through Wednesday.  Wednesday’s match-ups will be open for voting through Friday night.  That … Continue reading

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2nd Annual People’s Choice Tournament: Round of 128 (Day 1 of 16)

And a new dawn rises- ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the 2nd Annual People’s Choice Tournament. 128 songs enter, 1 song leaves. We ended up with around 140 nominations, and cut songs that we thought were too popular … Continue reading

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Led Zeppelin- The Last Band Standing

Ladies and gentlemen, we began the Last Band Standing tournament on February 20th, 2012. It was a time where I was still 28 and there had still only been four Marathon Days. Today, nearly four months later, we are ready … Continue reading

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Royal Rumble, Game 7/8: Double Header

The scores are in, and Led Zeppelin now finds itself one game away from victory! “In My Time of Dying” defeats “Do It Again,” 58.7-53.6. We now stand at the cusp of the end of this tournament and our coaches … Continue reading

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