It’s impossible to predict what will happen once a Super Bowl gets underway. Some games are cliffhangers that go down to the final seconds on the clock. Others are blowouts, so the […]
Five musical acts that should have played the Super Bowl
Tournament of Rock – Legends: The Clash vs Nirvana
Results: It was a see-saw battle where each artist surged dramatically, but Zep surged hardest and latest. The numbers: #1 Led Zeppelin 60%; #5 Jimi Hendrix 40%. Led Zeppelin is into the […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: Led Zeppelin vs Jimi Hendrix
Results: I suppose when a #3 seed beats a #2 seed and the #3 seed is one of the most important and influential bands of all time it’s hard to call it […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: The Rolling Stones pod
Results: Boomer legend nard-stomps Xer legend. In other news, sun rises in East. The numbers: #5 Jimi Hendrix 67%; #4 REM 24%; Joan Jett/Blackhearts 10%. Jimi advances to the Sweet 16. Up […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: the REM pod
Results: Surprise! The Beatles win! *ahem* Okay, so maybe we all saw that coming. Still, Zappa thumping The Beach Boys this hard for second? Interesting things happen in the battle for second, […]
Nota Bene #84: Lemmy and the Mets
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Oasis pod
Results: Order is restored, at least for the moment. After a run of three straight upsets, Jimi Hendrix struck a decisive blow for the top seeds, handily defeating a pod headed by […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Jimi Hendrix pod
Results: It’s been a thoroughly disheartening few days for the favorites, as #9 Steely Dan becomes the third straight seed to bite the dust. The upstarts in this case are Los Lobos, […]
TunesDay: Kicking the world where it hurts
By Patrick Vecchio Back before everything was just a Google search away, my cousin Paul and I were talking about song lyrics, and he jokingly said he would give his life’s savings […]
I am better off not knowing
By Patrick Vecchio (CAUTION: Contains naughty words) The cleavage of men into actors and spectators is the central fact of our time. We are obsessed with heroes who live for us and […]
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