Tournament of Rock: Asobi Seksu vs. Black Mountain
In the second quarterfinal Gogol Bordello started strong, but Paul Steel finished big to win going away. The final tally: 73%-27%. Still, Gogol Bordello is better than the final score might indicate,...
View ArticleTournament of Rock – Legends: the Black Sabbath/Ozzy pod
Results: Another upset? No big surprise there. Sonic Youth outpacing Warren Zevon? Didn’t see that coming. In any case, The Kinks establish an early lead and maintain it throughout for a close but...
View ArticleTournament of Rock – Legends: the Cheap Trick pod
Results: John Lennon is sure to get some serious voter love before the ToR concludes, but it won’t be for his solo efforts. He becomes the second Former Fab to bite the dust, as the Godfathers of Metal...
View ArticleTournament of Rock – Legends: the U2 pod
Results: Well, the top seeds are on a roll now, and this time there wasn’t even a hint of drama to be had, as “Which one’s Pink?” Floyd administered the worst butt-kicking we’ve seen so far. The...
View ArticleTournament of Rock – Legends: the Elvis Costello pod
Results: Top-seeded U2 looked poised to be our highest-ranked upset victim yet as of last night, but then put on a strong finishing kick to win one of the strongest pods we’ve seen yet. The numbers: #1...
View ArticleNota Bene #103: Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse
“To take people from the music world and give them the same kind of credibility that you give me, Morgan Freeman, Laurence Fishburne, Forest Whitaker—that’s like an aberration. I know there’s some...
View ArticleNota Bene #116: Long Live Elena Pavlichenko
“I think women rule the world and that no man has ever done anything that a woman either hasn’t allowed him to do or encouraged him to do.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. …...
View ArticleSaturday Video Roundup: Wherefore art all the protest songs?
And now for something slightly different Shadowproof posted Let us never ask where the protest music has gone ever again. Kevin Gosztola, a Firedoglake alumnus, raises a cultural dilemma and proposes...
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