First of all, my apologies to Mr. Petty. He was not eliminated yesterday. In fact, he pulled off a major upset, shellacking A Day in the Life.
Second, there was not one especially close match-up today (Van had a sneaky little run at the end), which is a bit odd, given how late in the game we are. As Guillermo has discussed before, part of what it takes to win a tournament is repeat listenability, and the bottom has simply fallen out for some of today’s losers. Now, on to the results. Continue reading






Welcome to the Division Championships, also known as the Round of 32. For this round we’ll be doing our usual four match-ups a day, which means the whole round will be over in a matter of days.
Here are all the songs still alive in order. Remember, only 80% of their seeding fate has been determined, but this gives in the least a snapshot of what’s going on and how a song that wins its championship will land in the seeding of the Sweetest Sixteen…
Ever since reading Brainiac, I’ve subscribed to 74-time Jeopardy! winner Ken Jenning’s weekly trivia mailer. Of the seven questions, I’ve been averaging a healthy 2.3 answers per week. I thought I’d throw this week’s Question #7 (designed to be the hardest) to our voter base.