Category Archives: Music Tournament

Preview: A Pedagogical Approach To The Music Tournament

Readers, Interwebs, etcetera. Nos and I have been talking behind the scenes on how to recharge interest in the music tournaments. We’ve come a long way from the days of the original tournament of December 2010-April 2011, wherein we had … Continue reading

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Opening Tracks and Radio Songs: Championship Round!

A joyous 3.5 weeks on the road came to an end today. I’ll have much to post about it- travel adventures, photos, and even videos.  But all that in due time. We’re on the verge of picking the best opening … Continue reading

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Opening Tracks and Radio Songs: The Elite 8

The Elite 8 basketball games that were on yesterday included the savage injury to Kevin Ware, and at LTD we send positive thoughts his way. Obviously being on the road has been more grueling than Guillermo or I expected.  We … Continue reading

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Opening Tracks and Radio Songs: The Sweet Sixteen Continues!

Greetings from the Great American Northwest!  The stretch from northern California to southern Oregon has to rank up there with Montana and the Utah-Colorado pass as some of the most beautiful scenery in our country.   My participation in the … Continue reading

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Opening Tracks and Radio Songs: Sweet Sixteen!

First things first, results from the last matches. The Boss falls to Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” 56.5-54.3- hurts my heart, but WGO is a strong song and deserving of advancing. Similarly “Come Together” trounces “Purple Haze” 61.5-51.5. On the radio side, “This Is … Continue reading

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Opening Tracks and Radio Songs: Day 12

Voters- writing you from a fraternity basement in Cleveland where I’ve just slept the night. The very combination of “fraternity basement” and “slept the night” conjures an incredulous memory of waking up one evening at 4 am in college having … Continue reading

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Opening Tracks and Radio Songs: Day 11

Apologies on the brief lull in the tournament- the last few days of closing out my life in Maryland have been ridiculously busy and getting this up fell behind in my schedule. Results from Day 10: Gimme Shelter over Wouldn’t … Continue reading

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Opening Tracks and Radio Songs: Day 10

Tonight I post for the last time before hitting the road for the Great American Road Trip, Vol. 5. Who knows what I’ll be posting from the road, but hopefully it will be fun photos, videos, and assorted adventures, all … Continue reading

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Opening Tracks and Radio Songs: Day 9

The second round begins today! It always bears reminding that in every music tournament, the end of the first round represents the halfway point for the tournament as a whole.   Today we have four first-rate match-ups, and if anyone … Continue reading

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Opening Tracks and Radio Songs: Day 8

Sorry for the late post- the snowquester was just so crazy. Fighting for survival in 2 inches in slush got me off track on prepping this. Moving on to good news- we have reached the last day of matches for … Continue reading

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