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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
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
Bonnaroo Ten Tix On Sale Tomorrow!
Ladies and gents, the dates are set! Mark your calendars for Bonnaroo X, which promises to be the most epic festival yet. Bonnaroo is a four-day music festival in rural Tennessee. Though it started as a jam band affair, and … Continue reading
Mike Corbett reviews Keith Richards’ LIFE
Some of you may know Mike Corbett as the lead singer and guitarist from the Brooklyn-based rock band, Midnight Spin. If you don’t, check them out now, and catch them in New York or D.C this January. Keith Richards is … Continue reading
Book Review: Keith Richards’ LIFE
If there is one consistent message in Keith Richards’ autobiography, Life, it’s “Don’t do heroin.” For a man of such accomplishment, such wild stories, a mega-star who rubbed shoulders with the greats of his generation, it’s fascinating to see what … Continue reading
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