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Round of 256: Division N, Left Side Results

Posted on July 4, 2011 by g-mo

Oof- not the highest scores for the 4th of July weekend, but at least we had 20+ voters. High score goes to the Boss, who extends his Round of 256 streak to 2-0 as “Hungry Heart” reduces Pixies’ “Bone Machine” … Continue reading →

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Round of 256: Division J, Right Side Results

Posted on June 27, 2011 by nataliebabij

Hope y’all haven’t been losing sleep awaiting tonight’s results…. Well, it’s been another day of “meh” scores all around but fairly close matchups.  All songs averaged in the 5-6 range, except for poor Electrelane which came out with a 4.55.  … Continue reading →

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Round of 256: Division H, Left Side Results

Posted on June 22, 2011 by nataliebabij

Mumford & Sons went big this round.  With an average of 7.96 (which I believe is the 2nd highest score of the tourney thus far, just behind “Home”), #1 Little Lion Man (Mumford and Sons) defeats #16 The Funeral (Band … Continue reading →

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Sonar: A Hang Out Revolution?

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Janos Marton

Cheers to Ocean City legend Brett Martin, who made a big splash yesterday at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York.    Brett’s been working on an app called Sonar, which allows you to identify social media attributes of strangers in … Continue reading →

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Ken Jennings Weekly Trivia

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Janos Marton

Folks should definitely sign up for Ken Jennings’ weekly trivia.  The 74-time Jeopardy! winner and author of Brainiac has a listserv that gets a list of seven questions every Tuesday. Six are easy to google, so the honor code system … Continue reading →

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Music Trivia from Ken Jennings

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Janos Marton

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? Counting Crows’ “Mr. Jones,” Cream’s “White Room,” Kermit the Frog’s “It’s Not Easy Being Green,” Alanis Morissette’s “Hand in My Pocket,” Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy,” Radiohead’s “Karma Police,” Simon and Garfunkel’s “America,” Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner.” Continue reading →

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Living The Dream Music Tournament: Round of 128, Division E

Posted on March 19, 2011 by g-mo

Stories of Division E: A few rounds ago we had a double dose of Bob Dylan- this time around, we’re hopping across the pond to Liverpool for our second division in which an artist has two songs still alive (there … Continue reading →

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Round of 128, Division C Results

Posted on March 19, 2011 by g-mo

Wow- new voters everywhere, welcome! Big shout-outs to Brigitte, Caroline, Kim O, ktracz, and nate heller- musical democracy in action! Also welcome back to some old familiar handles back in the mix: MarkB, AdamS, Lindsay, etc. We’ve gone ahead and … Continue reading →

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Talk a Walk on the Wild Side

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Janos Marton

Lou Reed’s shocking loss last night in the Music Tournament caught me flat-footed and deprived me of a proper forum to tell this delightful tale of how “Walk on the Wild Side” came to be.  You see, while history has … Continue reading →

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Music Tournament Round of 256: Division L, Day 2 Results (Upset City)

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Janos Marton

Wow.  These be wild times.  You are not going to believe what just transpired. Let’s get the routine stuff out of the way. #2 Sitting on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding) def. #15 Criminal (Fiona Apple),  115.3-101.6 .  … Continue reading →

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