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Living the Dream Music Tournament: Day 3 (Play-in)

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Janos Marton

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 →

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Living the Dream Music Tournament: Day 2 (Play-in Round)

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Janos Marton

 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 →

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Living the Dream Music Tournament: Day 1 (Play-in Round)

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Janos Marton

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 →

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Living the Dream Music Tournament: Play-In Round Songs

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Janos Marton

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 →

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Living the Dream Music Tournament Presents: The Top 430

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Janos Marton

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 →

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Introducing the Living the Dream Music Tournament

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Janos Marton

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 →

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