Fire WallyMar 21, 2023

Fans of #AlbumBowl outside the Twin Cities may be interested to see our local indie-ish radio station's "best albums of 2003" March Brackety Thing:

https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2023/03/08/march-music-madness-best-albums-of-2003

PDF bracket here: https://files.apmcdn.org/production/d833976aaec7f24e0abb7ee25db4dce7.pdf

March Music Madness: Best Albums of 2003

Voting is open now! We’ve identified 64 of the best albums of 2003 to go head-to-head between March 20-23. A new matchup opens up every 30 minutes between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. every day until Thursday, March 23.

DerekJun 14, 2022
I think I've got a bit of bowl burnout so we're going to press pause on the #AlbumBowl for this week
DerekJun 4, 2022
this is going to be a fucking massacre #AlbumBowl
Show threadDerekJun 4, 2022
1984 #AlbumBowl CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Run-D.M.C., Run-D.M.C.
17.4%
Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain
82.6%
Poll ended at .
insurgency bureaucratJun 3, 2022
"Born in the USA", just like actually being born in the USA, fucking sucks #AlbumBowl
Fire WallyJun 3, 2022

While I'm Springsteenposting today, y'all should listen to Dessa's dark, smoldering cover of "I'm Going Down". Really brings some emotional punch that's lacking in the original, IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCjfm4aKZ7Q

#AlbumBowl

Dessa - "I'm Going Down"

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Fire WallyJun 3, 2022

(* Bruce Springsteen writing "Glory Days" *)

Oh fuck, what's the baseball word for when the guy throws it fast?

Like the pitcher, he throws a ball, and throws it really fast?? Fuck, it's on the tip of my tongue.

It's a fast, speedy, uh, Speedball! Yeah, Speedball. That sounds right.

#AlbumBowl

Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽Jun 3, 2022
My favorite album of 1984, Heartbeat City (all tied up in my head in young lust/romance), didn't have a chance of winning #AlbumBowl , but I'm honestly baffled by vapid Purple Rain beating Born in the USA, which if there's any year where a howling scream that shit is not all right because fucking Republicans have destroyed our planet, it's this fucking one.
andy.pkgJun 3, 2022
I'm very disgruntled that Van Halen's 1984 won't win the 1984 #AlbumBowl. It should've been in the final against the inevitable winner Purple Rain, at least, but instead will settle for a pooey finish. REM has no business in the finals, and, at least to me, the same could be said of Springsteen. The Boss? More like The Loss. *crotch chop motions*
Show threadDerekJun 3, 2022
1984 #AlbumBowl Semifinal #2
Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A.
27.6%
Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain
72.4%
Poll ended at .