Final Four in Place: All CDs are registered

Ah yes.  Mark Ewing has announced that IF KT Kunstall wins, the album of choice will be "Drastic Fantastic."  Tony Signore has clucked off that if Nora Jones wins, the CD of choice will be "Fall".  So here we go:  Below are the four finalists and the subsequent CDs....that one losing coach will buy for the winning coach.  Who will win?  I don't know.  "You don't know, let me write that down.  Mr Hand, will I pass  the class?  Well, Spicoli, I don't know!"

Final Four To Be Determined Today!

Sunday games:  South:  01-Nora Jones Vs 03- Leon Russell
                         Midwest:   05-KT Kunstall Vs 06-Foreigner
 
 Saturday results:  West:05-Alejandro Escovedo over 02-Ween
                            East: 02-Drive By Truckers over 01-Springsteen


Latest KIAs:  02-Raveonettes, 09-Hank Williams, 01-Warren Zevon
                      02-Ween, 01-Springsteen, 04-Beck, 10-Dire Straits,
                      12-Pink Floyd, 06-Sweet.
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Mark predicts:  Leon Russell over NJones, and Kunstall over Foreigner.

 Mark predicts the Finals:    Alejandro Escovedo over Drive By Truckers

HANK WILLIAMS IS ELIMINATED!!
    Don't worry comrades, Hank Williams is eliminated.  We at Star Wars HQ would like to thank KT Kunstall for getting rid of this drunken menace.   Hey Hank, Keep to the right you bastard.
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Transcript of Hank Williams leaving the St Louis region, probably heading to the nearest bar:

 Dick Vitale:  "Hey Hank, nice game, but you got drunk and then you lost.
Hank:  "Yeah....hic."
Dick Vitale:  Hey Hank, is that a Jack Russell Terrier you have with you?"
Hank: "You call me a Jack Russell, well You are a Jack Ass"
Dick Vitale:  "That's not what I said, Hank, you are much more of a Jack Ass than I am".
Hank: "You don't mean Jack Sh*t to me."
Dick Vitale:  "Shut up, F*** Sh*T Head, Jack *ff Ass".

02-Drive By Truckers in Final Four! Signore Fails to announce album of choice...

As the Final Four gets completed after today, it is the coache's duty to name the album of choice for that artist.  As of press time, Signore has failed to name the DBTrucker's album, but most people agree it is their new one which was just released, "The Big To-Do"...
   Great win for the Truckers, they took on 01-Bruce Springsteen and outplayed them for a chance to go to the Big Dance....."I'm cool with the Truckers over Springsteen", clucked a jubilant Tony Signore.

The Big To-Do is the eighth studio album by the alternative country band Drive-By Truckers, released on March 16, 2010. It is their first album released on ATO Records, which they signed to after completing their four album deal with New West Records. The album was recorded over three blocks of sessions resulting in 26 songs, which the band decided to split between The Big To-Do and its follow up Go-Go Boot's. [1] The Big To-Do marks the seventh Drive-By Truckers album produced by David Barbie.




Bandmember Patterson Hood said that it is "very much a rock album. Very melodic and more rocking than anything since disc 2 of Southern Rock Opera."[2]



Guitarist Mike Cooley commented on the development of the album, explaining that because he didn't have many songs to contribute when the band started working on the album he decided to focus on "being a player on everybody else's songs while still trying to come up with my own thing." He continued by saying that for him, the turning points in creating the album were working on the songs "You Got Another" and "The Flying Wallendas."

It makes no sense! It makes perfect sense! Alejandro Escovedo Makes Final Four! Ewing names album of choice as "The Boxing Mirror"

Great win for Alejandro!  While Mark Ewing admitted he slept through the game as a result of a grueling bicycle race, it was Tony Signore that texted Mark with the news of the result of the game.  05-Escovedo knocked off Ewing's 2-seeded Ween. 

  Alejandro, in a mask or something, was dancing around like a drunk stepping on cockroaches.  When asked how he planned to play his next opponent, Alejandro quoted the following: 


I stood out on the sidewalk when they busted through the door
And watched that Tito's jacket caught and had him by his arm,
You know the show of that thing nobody knows for sure
Because they found Nancy in her black underwear dead on the bathroom floor.(Ewing sang this line in unison with Escovedo at the concert)

And it makes no sense
And it makes perfect sense;
And it makes no sense
And it makes perfect sense


The Boxing Mirror Review:
Starting with the hollow, spectral whistle intro of opener "Arizona," Escovedo's seventh solo record is colored by his near-death brush with Hep C. He starts things here with a sneering suggestion to "Have another drink on me/ I've been empty since Arizona," and follows with his most accomplished collection. He's edgy and paranoid one minute ("Break This Time") and strumming a Spanish guitar with reflective adoration the next ("Evita's Lullaby"). Even where John Cale's tacky production clutters the message, Escovedo's fixation with death is a triumph.

Escovedo and his crew march into the NCAA Center to watch Kunstall-Foreigner game.

Ewing Loses his other Number One seed when Zevon bows to Escovedo

"Life Will Kill Ya", -(Tony Signore, commenting on Zevon's demise).

"No, not Warren Zevon.....please"-(Mark Ewing, talking to the television).

Ewing Butlered By Signore!




Escovedo coach Tony Signore summed things up succintly: "Mmmph..*gulp*...Fried!...Life will kill ya." After Escovedo totally dominated the Number-One ranked Warren Zevon, Ewing's half-time speech, which invoked images of Little-Rascal Alfalfa saying: "Hey, let's put on a show," put on an incredible come-back. Both teams seemed to favor a run and gun offense, opting for the low-percentage 3-pointer over the more sensible inside play. It was almost like watching video of CIA Predator Drones striking unintended targets. With bodies flying and falling all over, and fans crying for "More Blood!", WWE Emperor Vince McMahon was seen talking with MSW Emperor Ewing. This fueled rumors that the entire tournament "Has GOT to be real!" And in this thrilling game, both teams were winners - except that Emperor Ewing was, as Darth Vader said: "the lesser of two winners." Ewing was visibly shaken at the loss of his only surviving Number-One seed in MSW 2k10. "It was that damned drunked cowboy in the stands. I saw him talking with (Tony) Signore. They were stealing our signs. Plus, the damned twin-suns (of Tatooine) were in our eyes. We ran out of gas. The rats are in the corn. The cow's out of the woodshed.". The rambling continued for several hours, until a local veterinarian could be called. After shooting Ewing with "a mild tranquilizer", the limp form was ceremoniously carried out of the arena by Escovedo, on Signore's orders. In unrelated news, several people who'd witnessed the dismantling of the Zevon claimed they heard a ghostly cry of "No...Not Lake of the Clouds!!!!!!!!!!!!".

Lalonde, lifting an Idaho Cut Fry......

Manly Truckers Bitch-Slap Pansy Rocks



As Drive-By Truckers rolled past rookie coach Sandy Ewing's Kid Rock, Ewing could be heard telling her players to "Knock them on their punk ass! Stick 'em! Remember, if you're going to foul them...make it worth it." So, the Truckers appeared to constantly be jacked up by the Rock squad. "I've never seen anything like it since the Hannah Montana concert." Tony Signore told the three male cheerleaders following the game. "Ok...so who's up for some chat roulette...wha?...DAMNED THOSE MICROPHONES!" Emperor Ewing could be heard telling those same cheerleaders after Signore's appearance. Signore later added "If she wants to play with the boys, she's gonna have to learn how to cry like the boys...uh, I mean...uh...Boy, these fries are REALLY hot, aren't they?" Emperor Mark Ewing was said to be flying to Salt Lake City immediately "in order to pick up a few more wives", while Signore was flying to Germany "in order to pick up a few more choir boys."

Yes, Tony Signore is a man of the people, but he is also a man.......

Signore Claims Hank Williams To Release New LP

AP - Texas With the recent success that Hank Williams is having in the tournament, he (Hank Willaims) is releasing a new album, entitled, 'I Want to Party with You Cowboy'. Already considered a classic, the album is getting rave reviews. It includes songs that take him back to his country roots, such as "I Peed on my Leg" and "Don't Look at my Neck." Loaded with cascading guitar riffs, Hank really lets loose on this one. Yet Hank does have his sensitive side as he shows with two great ballads, "Asleep in my Bathtub" and "I Cut My Scrotum While Trimming My Pubic Hair (When I was Drunk)." Look for an early summer release party.

Tony Signore is also a man of the people.  Did you know that Tony has donated over 200 music files to the people of Haiti?  Yes he has!  Dinseer Gobadt (above) reacts in joy as she rips open a care package filled with rock 'n roll music files.  "When I win some songs in the song contest, I will often donate them to the kids of Haiti", says a proud Signore.  Why just the other day, I nailed "Bungle in the Jungle" by Jethro Tull.  I quickly donated it.  Somewhere out there, some kid in Haiti is eating a cricket and hearing some Tull!  I do it for the kids!"

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2010 Stormtropper Award goes to.....PINK FLOYD!!!

At the Gala, Tony Signore followed this Stormtrooper around like a young puppy.

Pink Floyd Pinks up the 2010 Stormtrooper Award!!

Pink Floyd, almost an afterthought for Mark Ewing, entered the 2010 Stars Wars as just a 12-seed in the East.  Bruce Springsteen and The Drive By Truckers get all the press, and deservely so.  In the First Round of games, The Pink Floyd paired up with the 05-Radiohead.  Tony Signore had been talking quite a bit about wanting some more Radiohead, so the fans understood his ranking them at 5.  Pink Floyd beat the Radiohead.  Another brick....never mind.

   Floyd advanced to the next round.  04-The Fountains of Wayne were waiting for them like a mug.  It was a jump ball, and Pink Floyd got it.  They never looked back and won the game, eliminating Tony's 4th and 5th seeds in one weekend.  For their great play, the pick up a StromTrooper Award for the lowest seeded team advancing to the Sweet 16.   Pink Floyd has a tough task taking on 01- Bruce Springsteen, but some fans will watch anxiously for The Pink Floyd to ring the division bell.

   Honorable Mention: 

 11-Kid Rock:  knocking off 06-REM and 03-She&Him.  Good job to rookie coach Sandy Ewing as well; 

 

  09 Hank Williams: knocking off 08-Elvis Costello, but then the HUGE upset of 01-Devo.

  10- Dire Straits:   knocks off 07-Ray Wiley Hubbard, THEN upsets 02-Jackson Browne. 

 14-The Pretenders:  Big upset of 03Wilco in Round One, almost beat 06-Foreigner in round two.

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 "Pink Floyd should be very proud", said Star Wars Grand Wizard Mark Ewing.  "They are now immortal like the former King of England Napoleon Bonaparte."