Years ago, when I was still innocent to the 9 to 5 cube-locked world of corporate America, I worked at a little small college-themed community Web site called OnTap.com. The problem was, hardly anyone ever went to the site, which could have been the very reason the site was taken out the proverbial back door and shot.
Before the site ate itself and imploded into oblivion, one of the other guys and I had an idea that we thought was pretty cool. We would take 64 musicians and bands and put them in brackets like the NCAA basketball tournament. Clever, huh? You could imagine the discussions we had about who we picked to win in our own bracket.
Unfortunately, we never got a chance to implement this idea, as we came up with it a month or so before we were all given tasty sandwiches and a decent severence and told to pack up our shit, please.
Fast forward five years (I cannot believe it's been that long. holy shnikes!), and I'm listening to WXPN on the way to work, and they were talking about a "greatest band ever" tournament emanating from Jacksonville, FLA.
64 Greatest American Rock Bands of all time
Dammit! That was our idea!! They did put an interesting spin on it, and you can try it here.
Once I figure out my choice, I'll be sure to let you know, and defend it with every ounce of my being. ok, maybe no more the 5 ounces.
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