This is it (unless State Penn wins; they'll move up to 10 line)

1's: Ohio State, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Duke

2's: Notre Dame, San Diego State, Syracuse, Florida

3's: Connecticut, North Carolina, Louisville, Kentucky

4's: Texas, Purdue, Brigham Young, Wisconsin

5's: St. John's, Georgetown, West Virginia, Cincinnati

6's: Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, Kansas State, Arizona

7's: Old Dominion, UNLV, Temple, Xavier

8's: UCLA, Washington, Marquette, Missouri

9's: Villanova, Illinois, Tennessee, Richmond

10's: Utah State, Gonzaga, George Mason, Butler

11's: Colorado, Florida State, Memphis, Penn State

12's: Georgia, Saint Mary's, Michigan State vs. Virginia Tech, Michigan vs. Alabama

13's: Princeton, Belmont, Oakland, Bucknell

14's: Indiana State, Long Island, Wofford, Morehead State

15's: St. Peter's, Northern Colorado, Akron, Boston

16's: Santa Barbara, UNC Asheville, Ark-Little Rock vs. Hampton, Texas-San Antonio vs. Alabama State

Last Four Out: VCU, Clemson, New Mexico, Boston College

These things right here, they're seeds!

1's: Ohio State, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Brigham Young

2's: Notre Dame, Duke, Syracuse, Purdue

3's: North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Louisville

4's: San Diego State, Connecticut, Kentucky, Wisconsin

5's: St. John's, Georgetown, West Virginia, Vanderbilt

6's: Cincinnati, Texas A&M, Temple, Kansas State

7's: Arizona, UNLV, Old Dominion, UCLA

8's: Xavier, Marquette, Missouri, Villanova

9's: Washington, Illinois, Tennessee, Utah State

10's: Gonzaga, Florida State, George Mason, Richmond

11's: Butler, Georgia, Saint Mary's, Colorado

12's: Michigan State, Penn State vs. Alabama, Michigan vs. Virginia Tech, UTEP

13's: Harvard, Belmont, Oakland, Bucknell

14's: Indiana State, Morehead State, St. Peter's, Long Island

15's: Kent State, Long Beach State, Wofford, Northern Colorado

16's: UNC-Asheville, Boston, Arkansas-Little Rock vs. Hampton, McNeese State vs. Alabama State

Last Four Out: VCU, Boston College, New Mexico, Clemson

Next Four Out: UAB, Missouri State, Memphis, Colorado State

These are seeds.

1's: Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Kansas, Notre Dame

2's: Duke, Brigham Young, Purdue, Syracuse

3's: San Diego State, North Carolina, Florida, Texas

4's: Louisville, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Kentucky

5's: Georgetown, St. John's, West Virginia, Vanderbilt

6's: Cincinnati, Texas A&M, Xavier, Kansas State

7's: Temple, Arizona, UNLV, UCLA

8's: Old Dominion, Missouri, Marquette, Villanova

9's: Illinois, Florida State, Washington, Georgia

10's: Utah State, Gonzaga, George Mason, Tennessee

11's: Richmond, Butler, UAB, Saint Mary's

12's: Michigan, Michigan State, Colorado vs. Alabama, Boston College vs. Penn State

13's: Harvard, Belmont, Oakland, Bucknell

14's: Indiana State, Morehead State, St. Peter's, Long Island

15's: Kent State, Long Beach State, Wofford, Northern Colorado

16's: Vermont, UNC-Asheville, Ark-Little Rock vs. Hampton, McNeese State vs. Texas Southern

Last Four Out: VCU, Virginia Tech, New Mexico, Colorado State

Next Four Out: Washington State, Clemson, Missouri State, UTEP

Part 1 of My 5 Part MMJ Residency at T5 Video Extrav-O-Ganza: Ba-Ba-Bananas, Organic or Not, Srsly the Tastiest Week Anyone as Ever Really Had, Really

The Tennessee Fire Edition

I will begin with a preface. From October 18 to October 23, two-aught-ten, rock-n-roll outfit My Morning Jacket chronologically performed each of their five studio albums cover to cover commencing with The Tennessee Fire on the 18th and concluding with Evil Urges on the 23rd at Terminal 5 in the Biggest of Apples. While the albums were performed in the first set of each night, the second set was dedicated to b-sides, rarities and covers, which ranged from artists as diverse as Erykah Badu and George Michael to Danzig and Black Sabbath. It was an unbelievable experience, to say the least, to attend all of these shows. No matter how trite frontman Jim James may have sounded each time (he did it a lot) he mentioned how special and surreal the experience was for the band, you could tell he was incredibly sincere, and truly felt blessed that he could share the moment with 3000 of his closest friends each night. And that is exactly how I felt. Hopefully these videos give you as much joy as they give me as I re-live one of the best weeks of my life.

So, anyways, I mashed a bunch o' youtube clips together to create a concert film of the first night. There were two original tunes that had never been played before, "If All Else Fails" and "I Just Wanted to Say." In three previous shows, I had only seen two ("Evelyn" and "War Begun") of these songs performed live, so this night was extra special for me.

I wasn't able to find audio/video of all the songs. All songs marked with * are not featured in the video. Link below.

Setlist

1. Heartbreakin Man*

2. They Ran*
3. The Bear
4. Nashville To Kentucky (with Carl on sax!!)
5. Old September Blues
6. If All Else Fails
7. It’s About Twilight Now*
8. Evelyn Is Not Real
9. War Begun (missing ending)
10. Picture Of You*
11. I Will Be There When You Die
12. The Dark
13. By My Car
14. Butch Cassidy
15. I Think I’m Going To Hell
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16. I Just Wanted To Say*
17. Rocket Man (Elton John)
18. Weeks Go By Like Days*
19. Tyrone (Erykah Badu)
20. White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)
21. Hot Legs (Rod Stewart) (partial)
22. Lil Billy

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Special thanks to superfans inside2112, eekakaliz, kraleigh80, hoya2002, fluffhood, snashy21, slipperyvideos, carsoni4, and bitchisyoucrazy for recording and sharing your videos!

Dirty Projectors/Owen Pallett 9:30 Club 9/7/10

If you are a fan of experimental indie rock and live in the DC area there is a fine chance you were in attendance for the Dirty Projectors/Owen Pallett bill at the 9:30 Club Tuesday night. The Domino Records label mates were incredibly sharp in the opening night of their four show trek together on the east coast, but the performances were not without a couple minor flubs, which merely reassured the audience that the performers were indeed human.

The Canadian/loop man/violinist/keyboardist/birthday boy Owen Pallett, formerly known as Final Fantasy, layered all of his tunes mainly with just his violin and loop pedal. If you have never seen or heard of Pallett, think a more interesting, less poppy Andrew Bird. It was truly inspiring to watch Pallett add layer after layer to each song. It was as if he was spreading oil on a canvas, creating a new masterpiece in front of your eyes every four minutes or so. Every one of Pallet’s sounds came from his violin or his pipes with the exception of some sparingly, yet effectively used keys. He performed with more urgency than in his recordings; it was like the fate of the world rested on every word Owen spewed into his mic and sometimes into his violin (in order to texturally add haunting harmonies to the loop). A couple songs into the set, Pallett was joined by guitarist/percussionist/vocalist Thomas Gill. Gill supplied a little more colour to Pallet’s compositions, while adding heavy, driving drum beats with his kick drum and floor tom. Pallett’s magnificent set made me want to explore his catalog beyond his latest offering Heartland.

Led by chief songwriter/guitarist/vocalist Dave Longstreth, the Dirty Projectors, comprised of Amber Coffman (bass/guitar/vocals), Angel Deradoorian (keyboard/vocals), Haily Dekle (percussion/vocals), Brian Mcomber (drums), and Nat Baldwin (bass), emerged from backstage to a raucous sellout crowd. The Brooklyn-based sextet opened with the first track on their critically acclaimed 2009 effort, Bitte Orca, “Cannibal Resource.” After which, Longstreth remarked that they had just filmed a video for the single a few days prior. The Dirty P’s set list, which included all nine gems from the aforementioned Bitte Orca, spanned three albums and two ep’s, including the digital only release Mount Wittenburg Orca which features Bjork. Additionally, the Projectors busted out the high energy two-plus minute key-driven “Knotty Pine” from the Dark Was the Night compilation and closed their set with a beautiful rendition of Bob Dylan’s “As I Went Out One Morning.”

Longstreth’s sporadic twangy finger-picking upside-down-right-handed lead guitar dominated most songs, while the three lovely ladies provided some breathtaking rhythm and bluesy-ish harmonies. The tempo was slowed down close to midway through the first set for a gorgeous rendition of “Two Doves,” which featured just Longstreth on an acoustic guitar and Deradoorian on vocals, while the rest of the band vacated the stage. There seemed to be little variation from the studio versions of the tracks aside from some of Longstreth’s off the wall guitar fills.

Amber Coffman took over the lead vocals on the poppy Bitte Orca single “Stillness is the Move” only to have some trouble “coffing” (wamp, wamp) throughout the song. At one point, it appeared as if she motioned across the stage to Deradoorian to finish the song. This did not stop the rest of the band from jamming out while she regained her composure. Coffman eventually got through the song, sounding as good as ever. She later apologized to the more than sympathetic crowd for coughing into the mic.

All in all, this was easily one of, if not, the best show I’ve attended this year. The erratic drumming and guitar work coupled with the gorgeous harmonies of the three ladies with Longstreth, and the infectious bass lines from Baldwin make the Dirty Projectors one of the most fun and exciting acts playing today.

Dirty Projectors Set List:
Cannibal Resource (YouTube clip)
I Will Truck
No Intention
Knotty Pine
Imagine It
No Embrace
Beautiful Mother
The Bride
Two Doves
Fucked for Life
Temecula Sunrise
Rise Above
Remade Horizon
Stillness is the Move
Useful Chamber
Encore Break
Fluorescent Half Dome
As I Went Out One Morning

Final Seeds + Bracket

Last Four In: Utah State, Georgia Tech, Minnesota, Mississippi State

Last Four Out: Illinois, Virginia Tech, Seton Hall, Florida

Next Four Out: Rhode Island, South Florida, Mississippi, Wichita State

1's: Kansas, Kentucky, Syracuse, West Virginia

2's: Duke, Ohio State, Kansas State, Pittsburgh

3's: Purdue, Georgetown, Temple, New Mexico

4's: Baylor, Michigan State, Villanova, Tennessee

5's: Wisconsin, Vanderbilt, Richmond, Maryland

6's: Butler, Texas A&M, BYU, Xavier

7's: Gonzaga, Marquette, Texas, Northern Iowa

8's: Oklahoma State, San Diego State, Notre Dame, Louisville

9's: Clemson, St. Mary's, Old Dominion, Washingon

10's: UNLV, California, Wake Forest, Florida State

11's: Missouri, UTEP, Cornell, Utah State

12's: Georgia Tech, Minnesota, Siena, Mississippi State

13's: New Mexico State, Murray State, Oakland, Wofford

14's: Sam Houston State, Ohio, Santa Barbar, Houston

15's: Morgan State, Montana, North Texas, Vermont

16's: Robert Morris, East Tennessee State, Lehigh, Winthrop, Ark-Pine Bluff

Bracket

Quick Hitter Before Today's Contests

Last Four In: Utah State, Minnesota, Georgia Tech, Mississippi State

Last Four Out: Illinois, Virginia Tech, Seton Hall, Florida

Next Four Out: Rhode Island, South Florida, Mississippi, Wichita State

1's: Kansas, Kentucky, Syracuse, West Virginia

2's: Duke, Ohio State, Kansas State, Purdue

3's: Pittsburgh, Georgetown, New Mexico, Temple

4's: Baylor, Michigan State, Villanova, Tennessee

5's: Wisconsin, Richmond, Vanderbilt, Maryland

6's: Butler, Texas A&M, BYU, Xavier

7's: Gonzaga, Marquette, Texas, Northern Iowa

8's: Oklahoma State, San Diego State, Notre Dame, Louisville

9's: Clemson, St. Mary's, Old Dominion, Washingon

10's: UNLV, California, Wake Forest, Florida State

11's: Missouri, UTEP, Cornell, Utah State

12's: Minnesota, Georgia Tech, Siena, Mississippi State

13's: New Mexico State, Murray State, Oakland, Wofford

14's: Sam Houston State, Ohio, Santa Barbar, Houston

15's: Morgan State, Montana, North Texas, Vermont

16's: Robert Morris, East Tennessee State, Lehigh, Winthrop, Ark-Pine Bluff

Bracket

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