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Trivia Playlist: You Have Until ‘White Rabbit’ Peaks Edition
This is the playlist of songs I played while hosting trivia at Upslope Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado tonight. ABBA “Mamma Mia” The Stone Roses “She Bangs the Drums” Annie Lennox “Walking on Broken Glass” The House of Love “Shine on” The Jam “Going Underground” The Jesus and Mary Chain “April Skies” X “Nausea” Prince…
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Trivia Playlist: Was That Too Many Hints Edition
This is the list of songs I played while hosting trivia tonight at Upslope Brewing in Boulder, Colorado. The Tragically Hip “Little Bones” Weezer “Susanne” Paul Simon “The Boy In the Bubble” Violent Femmes “Kiss Off” Tom Petty “Runnin’ Down a Dream” Katrina & the Waves “Walking On Sunshine” Chic “Le Freak” Morcheeba “The Sea”…
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My Top 50 Eurovision 2023 National Final Non-Winners
It’s been a good two weeks since we concluded National Final season, and I took a little break to process. Also, since we now have all 37 songs for the contest in May, I had to listen to all of them for a bit. But I had wanted to do a big ranking of all…
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Trivia Playlist: Gone Amendmentin’ Edition
Yes, I made up a word. It’s more fun to say than amending. Anyway, this is the list of songs I played whilst hosting trivia tonight in Boulder. There was a fascinating question about the Bill of Rights and a whole round involving the suffix -ING. That’s what lead me to the title. But here…
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Trivia Playlist: A Holiday Without Pie Is Just a Tuesday Edition
This is the playlist of songs I played while hosting trivia tonight at Upslope Brewing Company in Boulder, CO. The Strokes “Reptilia” Drugstore “Mondo Cané” Beatrich “Like a Movie” The Clash “London Calling” Warrant “Cherry Pie” The Dandy Warhols “Every Day Should Be a Holiday” The Four Tops “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey…
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Festival da Canção 2023 Final – Ranking and Prediction
And we have come to the conclusion of National Final Season, ending on the highest note possible. Portugal has been my favorite from this year due to the sheer number of high quality songs. It’s tough to rank them and have a favorite because out of 20 songs I have adored probably 15 of them.…
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Melodifestivalen 2023 Final – Ranking and Prediction
We’re almost done with this year’s national finals for Eurovision. Just two more to go this Saturday, and Sweden is one of them. Melodifestivalen is one of the oldest continuously-running national final shows, if not the oldest. I should look that up. But it is a classic Eurovision tradition that I never watched before until…
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Trivia Playlist: Read to Your Kids Edition
This is the list of songs I played while hosting trivia tonight at Upslope Brewing Company in Boulder, CO. Len “Steal My Sunshine” Pavement “Summer Babe (Winter Version)” MC5 “Kick Out the Jams” We Are Domi “Lights Off” Squeeze “Cool For Cats” Steve Miller Band “Take the Money and Run” Weezer “Say It Ain’t So”…
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Pesma za Evroviziju ’23 Final – Ranking and Prediction
Whew, it’s been quite the week, and in the midst of all of it, Serbia has given us 32 songs in two wonderful semi-finals. Today, the winner will be chosen out of these 16 finalists. Somehow. There are a good number of strong songs here that I’m just glad I don’t have to pick. But…
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Festival da Cançao 2023 Second Semi-final – Ranking and Prediction
On Saturday, Portugal will complete their final by picking six more songs out of a stellar lineup. After a great first semi-final last week, I am excited to see what these ten songs will bring to the stage. There is again a great variety among the songs, but the overall mood is more subdued. There…