Category Archives: Music Tournament

Round of 128: Division F

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Danno

Votes due by Sunday, July 17th at 8 PM EST.   Readers, it’s time for SCIENCE!  Well, not science per say, but today you are going to be our guinea pigs in an experiment.  Our current voting system isn’t the most … Continue reading →

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Round of 128: Division C Results

Posted on July 14, 2011 by aiko

Well, this was a pretty even-keeled match, with our winners mostly averaging about a 7 and our losers averaging in the 5 range. Our only upset here is also our closest match, with our lowest-average winner and highest-average loser: #6 … Continue reading →

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Round of 128: Division E

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Janos Marton

Votes due by Saturday, July 16th at 8 PM EST. Welcome to the division that rocks.  With Queen, the Rolling Stones and the Pixies, this feels like the classic rock stations many of us grew up on.  Listen to all … Continue reading →

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Round of 128: Division D

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Lindsay

Votes are due by 8 pm EST on Friday, July 15.  Tonight we continue to test our new seeding system.  Last time, our 1 seed, Home, was a 13 seed that averaged 8.12 points from 35 voters, while our 7 … Continue reading →

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Results: Round of 128, Division A

Posted on July 12, 2011 by g-mo

The results are in, and like past groups we had a few blowouts and a few nailbiters. We’ll start with the #3 seed from Miss Cyndi Lauper. “Time After Time” defeats “Bang!” by The Raveonettes, 240.1-198.75. Lauper finished the first … Continue reading →

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Round of 128: Division C

Posted on July 12, 2011 by brooklyngoestosea

This post got deleted twice while I was trying to upload it so, without further ado here it is. The Grooveshark link is here.  For Mavis Staples version of Son of a Preacherman, click here. First, Jackie Wilson goes up … Continue reading →

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Round of 128: Division B

Posted on July 12, 2011 by nataliebabij

Eager voters, my sincerest apologies for tonight’s delay!  I got my days mixed up.  Well, we’re just getting our feet wet in the Round of 128, so let’s get to it! Listen to the songs here, except for Adele.  Vote … Continue reading →

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Round of 128: Division A

Posted on July 10, 2011 by g-mo

128 songs have waited in the wings, rubbing their hands together to see how the rest of the road to the Sweet Sixteen will look for them. The waiting is over, and the divisions are out. Division A is full … Continue reading →

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Music Tournament Snap Poll: Which Song is Going All the Way?

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Janos Marton
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First Round Awards!!! (Part 2)

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Danno

So we’ve done some more number crunching and we’ve got another 4 sets of awards to dole out in appreciation of our voters.  Before I jump into that, a few quick stats about tournament participation so far.  The Round of … Continue reading →

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