Trivia NYC/DSO Media

Among the people I know, this has been a week of mourning about Alex Chilton. Here’s a longish, annotated remembrance of him & his legacy I wrote last week. And with the release of this podcast, which honors him at the beginning and the end, I feel I can move on.

It’s a busy news week aside from that, too. It’s not every week you get someone with a name like Bombshell McGee enter the cultural sphere, and so colorful, too! She may even last until she can get on next season’s Celebrity Apprentice!

And John Boehner lost his shit on the floor of the house, which was awesome (more on that later in the week), and in other news, I hear there’s a basketball tournament going on.

Seriously, though. The Bracket concept is awesome. So adaptible, and it hides its meaninglessness in wave after wave of gravitas as half the field gets culled every round. What’s not to like?

 

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I mentioned a few non-basketball bracketeering style promotions in the podcast this week, and here are the links to same. I know I’m missing a few; I did omit a few morning-zoo looking things that didn’t have any point except to longtime listeners of those shows. If there are any inventive or left-field ones I’ve missed, I’d love to follow them. Let me know via twitter or by email.

Thanks to the friends who helped me compile this list:

• Go Fug Yourself’s Fug Madness - the year’s worst dresser.
• Jezebel - Cake vs. Pie - best baked dessert wins it all!
• The Morning News - Tournament O’Books - the best books of the year, as chosen by TMN.
• The Big Lead - Culture Bracket a full 64-candidate bracket, broken down into smaller categories. It seems a little chaotic, but it does look like someone really tried to plan this one out.
• Boston Globe - Much Madness - Boston’s best restaurant.
• Name Of The Year - these are real names, found by real people, and they are all awesome and truly, truly unique. Worth checking out.
• I Am The Trend - Tee Madness - to find the best t-shirt manufacturer in North America. Honestly, there’s a lot to love t-shirt wise here.

If you have others, let me know. And thanks for listening. Pass this on. Tell somebody.

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