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With this round I am introducing a new feature, the Difficulty-O-Meter, which gauges the degree of difficulty in deciding which song advances. The scale runs from * (no contest, no thought required) to ***** (pass the razor blades). This will hopefully force me to make more relevant comments than "this was no contest" and "this was a hard choice."

Electric Blue - Icehouse
vs,
Jump Town -Harry James & His Orchestra
Difficulty: ***
Winner: Icehouse
Comments: The Aussies carry this battle of the midlist tracks.

Love Is a Rodeo - Golden Earring
vs,
Hidden Track - Fay Lovsky
Difficulty: ***
Winner: Fay
Comments: Maybe Fay will marry me if she wins!

Moods For Moderns - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
vs,
Put A Lid On It -Squirrel Nut Zippers
Difficulty: ****
Winner: Elvis is king
Comments: Costello's quirkiness carries the match.

Rael 2 - The Who
vs,
Earn Enough for Us - XTC
Difficulty: *
Winner: XTC
Comments: The progress of the throwaway track halted by a solid XTC entry.
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Okay, I've stolen some ideas from a number of different sources, and the upshot is this: I'm celebrating my indifference towards professional basketball my running my own tournament here on Last.

I set up iTunes to give me 64 random songs off of my main playlist (albeit with more access to outsider music than usual - I wanted the contest to be interesting). These will be divided into 32 musical face offs. Losers go away and the winners advance until "there can only be one." For added suspense, I will post the results every Friday between now and March 28th, at which time one song will reign supreme.

Who will triumph? XTC goes into the contest with the deck stacked - four songs in the running. But there are solid songs from other favorites and a couple of dark horses that are the only songs in my collection from particular artists. Got an inside track on the workings of my mind? Call your bookie now!

One odd thing with this first tournament: no Joe Jackson! I've…

This is similar to the pick a artist and answer all the questions with song titles, but I have the need to be creative and I answered each number with the corresponding number from my charts (ie: my #1 artist for the first question, my #2 for the second...)

[1] Are you male or female?
Party Girl

[2] Describe yourself?
I Go To Extremes

[3] How do you feel about yourself?
Imitation Of Life

[4] Describe what you are thinking right now?
I'm So Tired

[5] Describe your current boyfriend/girlfriend?
This Song Has No Title

[6] Describe your last boyfriend/girlfriend?
Accidentally In Love

[7] Describe where you currently live?
Back to the Old House

[8] If you could go anywhere, where would you go?
Oceans

[9] Your best friend is?
I'll Be There For You

[10] What would you ask for if you had just one wish?
Dreaming

[11] You know that:
This Is Not America

[12] What's the weather like?
You Never Know

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