Stupid || February 27, 2007
What's the best way to decide the city's popular choice for favorite musical act? Hard to say--everybody pish-poshes all attempts, particularly the Dallas Observer Music Awards, a mish-mash of local artists chosen either by a narrow critics' panel or a popular vote (depending on the year) but derided either way. But even that system seems a little better than the one Quick has put into place this week.
At this link, you'll find a bracket-style tourney board full of musical acts doing "battle" for the city's top spot. Popular vote will pick the best of each duo and carry them to the next round until only one act remains. On some level, this is an interesting idea--Quick's far reach means a lot of readers will load this page up and try out some locals they've never heard of thanks to convenient MySpace links.
Shame it's apples vs. oranges pretty much the whole way around--not to mention a list that relies almost entirely on hip-hop and indie rock (there are other genres in this city, guys). Bosque Brown vs. one of the MCs from the awful T-Town collective? Half of the choices are similar to that, and the only point of comparison that even stands up is who has more fans. These are always popularity contests to some extent, attempts to drive up readership by having asshole bands spam their friends and fans with "VOTE FOR US" banter...so rather than whine any more about how awful this is, we're gonna join 'em instead.
THE bigDlittled.com BEST LOCAL BAND OF THE CENTURY CONTEST
In this strand's comment section, post your pick for best local band. Whatever band name is posted on the 64th comment on this strand will automatically win the DdBLBotC CONTEST and receive a short article celebrating their unanimous, obvious victory for the next 100 years...with some sort of celebratory .jpg attached, as well. Rules: No person can post more than five (5) times a day. And that's it! Get a Blogger or Google account and you'll be able to post. May the best band win! -SM
At this link, you'll find a bracket-style tourney board full of musical acts doing "battle" for the city's top spot. Popular vote will pick the best of each duo and carry them to the next round until only one act remains. On some level, this is an interesting idea--Quick's far reach means a lot of readers will load this page up and try out some locals they've never heard of thanks to convenient MySpace links.
Shame it's apples vs. oranges pretty much the whole way around--not to mention a list that relies almost entirely on hip-hop and indie rock (there are other genres in this city, guys). Bosque Brown vs. one of the MCs from the awful T-Town collective? Half of the choices are similar to that, and the only point of comparison that even stands up is who has more fans. These are always popularity contests to some extent, attempts to drive up readership by having asshole bands spam their friends and fans with "VOTE FOR US" banter...so rather than whine any more about how awful this is, we're gonna join 'em instead.
THE bigDlittled.com BEST LOCAL BAND OF THE CENTURY CONTEST
In this strand's comment section, post your pick for best local band. Whatever band name is posted on the 64th comment on this strand will automatically win the DdBLBotC CONTEST and receive a short article celebrating their unanimous, obvious victory for the next 100 years...with some sort of celebratory .jpg attached, as well. Rules: No person can post more than five (5) times a day. And that's it! Get a Blogger or Google account and you'll be able to post. May the best band win! -SM
10 Comments:
Trough
oh please. I doubt even Quick is taking this seriously. PPT vs [DARYL]? c'mon! bring it!
Millicent Friendly
(nowhere near 64)
You know, theoretically it doesn't matter who is versus who. Even if the contests in the first round pitted similar bands against one another, the final result would still be the same. Single-elimination bracket tournaments are very serious, little lady.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-elimination_tournament
Acoustic Grubes
wait, i take that back.
these dudes are what's extra-fresh.
MAGENTA
http://www.myspace.com/magentaminstrel
Pop-tard, the new Dallas supergroup consisting of members of Ugly Mus-tard and Pop Poppins. A hole in the universe is expected to form onstage during their first show and erase the past, present and future.
Megadethhhh duuude!
contest aint going so well bro....
I nominate Burton Gilliam. "Trucks, trucks, trucks, trucks, trucks, trucks, trucks, trucks."
Strangleweed.
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