Well folks, you should all give yourselves a pat on the back. Things were a little slow there for a minute, but you've all stepped it up. We're now finished the entire first round, and the winners can start competing against one another. It took a little work--and apparently some coffee, vodka, and brandy--to get those final picks in, but we did it.
I had a pretty good round, so Eric and I are now tied. Andy had a good round too and nudged by Sarah. Slippers actually added some major points even though he's not playing anymore. I'll have to let him know that his Guh choice took down Yankee Foxtrot.
Here now are the scores after the fourth division:
Eric 190
Andrew 190
Andy 134
Sarah 131
Brian 116
Bruce 100
Kevin 92
Karl 90
Jeff 84
Dwight 74
Jane 67
Steve 22
Okay, and now for the next round of picks. Because the rounds will now be moving quicker, we can finish an entire division and still have a few left over. So the following is all of division 1, round 2 and the beginning of division 2, round 2. I tried really hard to make sure no one got any of their own picks to listen to and to make sure that no one got anything they've already had to judge. Let me know if that isn't true, and I'll try to fix it.
Two final things: Could we try and get these in by a week or so? And also, Andy, just let me repeat what George Michael (the singer, not the character) once said: "listen without prejuidice."
Division 1, Round 2
Andy: (1) Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise vs. (16) The Hold Steady - Seperation Sunday
Eric: (8) Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans vs. (9) Achtung Baby
Me: (5) Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs vs. (28) New Order - Substance
Steve: (4) The Band - The Band vs. (20) Nick Harper - Light at the end of the Kennel
Jeff: (3) The Cure - Disintegration vs. (19) Joni Mitchell - Blue
Bruce: (22) Neil Young - Everybody Knows this is Nowhere vs. (27) Bonnie Prince Billy - Ease Down the Road
Karl: (10) MIA - Kala vs. (26) Nick Cave - Murder Ballads
Brian (15) Massive Attack - Blue Lines vs. (31) The Killers - Hot Fuss
Beginning of Division 2, Round 2
MVB - (16) Bob Marley - Legend vs. (32) Chicane - Behind the Sun
Kevin - (8) Stone Roses - Stone Roses vs. (24) Bob Dylan - Highway 61
Jane - (5) Air - Moon Safari vs. (12) Beck - Midnight Vultures
Sarah - (4) Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind vs. (20) Laurie Anderson - Big Science
