Round of 256: Division B, Left Side Results

  It’s become clear that our seeding system does, in fact, lack the authority of the NCAA seeding system.   We are going to “re-rack” at the end of the Division Championships based on scoring averages through the first four rounds, so scoring matters even in early blow-out matches.

#1  (Toots and the Maytals) def. #16  Angel (Sarah McLachlan), 164-98.  The real battle was whether Toots would come out ahead of any other song on this side of the bracket besides Angel.   It barely did, and thus, I give you the only winning banner Toots is likely to receive this tournament.  Sarah bows out with a weak sauce 3.1 score average.

#8 Can You Get To That (Parliament) def. #9 Looking for a Kiss (New York Dolls), 200-161. Strong performances from both songs, but Parliament pulled this one out, and will be favored in the funk showdown next round. The Dolls are out (and now 0-3 over the last two tourneys).

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Round of 256: Division B, Right Side

Another fine day in Division B.  Listen to the matchups here, and vote by commenting below or emailing LTDdotorg@gmail.com by 8pm (EST) on Thursday.

#2 Allison (Elvis Costello) vs. #15 Trigger Finger Itch (Midnight Spin). We’ve gone plenty inter-generational before, but having watched Midnight Spin cover Elvis Costello, I very much look forward to this master/apprentice match-up.  Allison is a classic, but the Independent Music Awards just named Trigger Finger Itch the Best Indie Rock Song of 2010. Continue reading

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Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia (and the true story of Yossarian)

Every Tuesday we bring you questions from former Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings’ email list.  To play, email him at tuesdaytrivia@ken-jennings.com.  This week’s questions are a little drier than usual, but the show must go on.

As for posting the answers below- questions 1 through 6 are pretty easy to Google, but if you know the answer to the weekly stumper, question 7, give it your best shot!

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Division A, Right Side Results

The Right Side was a mixed bag — old v. new, fast v. slow, long v. short.  And it seems that the People do not like long songs.  Although we lost some voters to the weekend, we still had a respectable 28 voters this round.  Keep sharing the word and inviting your friends to join in our fun!

Florence and the Machine

Florence and the Machine

The match-up that I was watching most closely was “Jolene” by Ray LaMontagne against “Dog Days are Over” by Florence and the Machine.  I nominated “Jolene” and I had my fingers crossed for it all weekend.  The songs were neck and neck and voters seemed to like both — “Jolene” even made it to the not-yet-created Wall of 10’s.  But alas, at the very last minute, the lovely Ms. Florence (and her Machine) roused to defeat Mr. LaMontagne, with a score of 205.8 to Ray’s 190.55.  Ray fans, despair not — he still has one song left in the Tournament.

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Round of 256: Division B, Left Side

It’s nice to be back at the helm for the first time this tournament.  Big thank you to Lindsay for posting on Friday- we’ll welcome such help throughout the tournament.

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Maps, They Don’t Love You Like I Love You

Was recently turned on to this pretty rad map of the world, which uses the etymological names of countries, continents and bodies of water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Round of 256: Division A, Right Side

Hello and welcome to the Right Side of Division A!  My favorite thing about this tournament is that I am meeting so many songs and artists for the first time.  The Right Side does not disappoint.  

Today we run the gamut between a hot match-up between a Swedish Songstress and some of the Founding Fathers of Punk Rock to a battle between a Jewish boy from Massachusetts turned Petaluma farmer and the King of Bayou Soul from Lafayette Parish.  If the rest of the tournament is anything like Division A has been, we are in for a great summer!

Without further ado, here is the Grooveshark link.  Votes are due Sunday, June 5 at 8 pm EST.  As always, vote by commenting below or by emailing LTDdotorg@gmail.com.
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Division A Left Side Results

So as happens with these things, RJD2’s success led me to Wikipedia for further research. “Ghostwriter” has been featured in commercials for Blackberry and Wells Fargo, the theme song to TNT’s “Inside The NBA,” and the soundtrack to the movie Wimbledon (a movie which I then Wikipedia’d, terrible decision.) As impressive a resume this Continue reading

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Round of 256: Division A, Left Side

Division A 9 Seed- Harlem Shakes

Division A 8 Seed- Asteroid Galaxy Tour

Votes are due by Friday, June 3rd at 8 pm EST. Play-in matches are done, and that means the moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. Day 1 of Round 1 of the Round of 256. For your listening pleasure to kick things off, we’ve got everything from the theme song to that Heineken commercial to some good ole’ fashioned

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Day 2 Play-In Results

The Association

And like that, our UNC-Asheville/Arkansas-Pine Bluff/”name your random university” matches are over. Nothing close today, but it remains to be seen whether these three play-in survivors have what it takes against the #1 seeds of their respective divisions.
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