Though about a week late... I (Ross Ritterman) put on a general Audio Recall Tournament called RARSI (Ross's Audio Recall Shinding No. 1) as part of BASQUE last weekend held at Berkeley. The songs were taken from the 1960s and onward skewing largely toward the 90s and present. Due to the large amount of interest, I played 30 songs for the entire room and contestants wrote town Song and Artist worth 5 points each. The top 10 were eligible to go on the buzzer for an additional 50 songs. Once on the buzzer, I offered an additional 5 points if, after getting the artist and song correct, the player could tell me the first album the song appeared on barring greatest hits. The winner far and away was Matt Levine who built a substantial lead after the first 20 or so songs that he opted out. As the winner, Matt Levine won a like-new 3-piece Altec-Lansing Speaker System with Subwoofer (that he graciously gave to Andy Penner afterwards) valued at close to $100. The songs used were, in order: (Written) 1. Alice in Chains - Again 2. U2 - Lemon 3. Primus - Sgt. Baker 4. Van Halen - Jump 5. Hootie and Blowfish - Old Man and Me 6. The Power Station - Some Like it Hot 7. ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man 8. Heart - Barracuda 9. Cake - Never There 10. Presidents of the USA - Volcano 11. Madonna - Take a Bow 12. The Doors - LA Woman 13. Blondie - Rapture 14. The Knack - My Sharona 15. Ozzy Osbourne - Shot in the Dark 16. Genesis - No Reply At All 17. Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' 18. The Police - Canary in a Coalmine 19. Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days 20. Donovan - Sunshine Superman 21. Stereo MCs - Connected 22. Rush - Lakeside Park 23. Ben Folds Five - Crosstown Traffic (Hendrix Cover) 24. The Cardigans - Carnival 25. Bradley Nowell - Dr. Woo (Steely Dan Cover) 26. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Waiting 27. 311 - Don't Stay Home 28. Old Dirty Bastard - Baby, I Like it Raw (Shimmy Shimmy Yah) 29. David Bowie - Golden Years 30. Lenny Kravitz - Rock and Roll is Dead (Buzzer) 31. Nirvana - Sliver (Incesticide) 32. Space - Neighborhood (Spiders) 33. Del Amitri - Always the Last to know (Change Everything) 34. PM Dawn - Norweigan Wood (The Bliss Album...?) 35. Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) 36. Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang (Learning to Crawl) 37. Hi-Five - She's Playing Hard to Get (Keep it Goin') 38. Prince Markee Dee & the Soul Convention - Typical Reasons (Free) 39. Bon Jovi - Dead or Alive (Slippery When Wet) 40. Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon (Irresistible Bliss) 41. Prince - When Doves Cry (Purple Rain) 42. Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You? (Be Yourself Tonight) 43. Robert Cray Band - 24/7 Man (Take Your Shoes Off) 44. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Stupid (Dulcinea) 45. Joan Osborne - St. Teresa (Relish) 46. MxPx - Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams Cover)(On the Cover - Very Fool) 47. Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Blue on Black (Trouble Is) 48. Dire Straits - Skateaway (Making Movies) 49. Spacehog - In the Meantime (Resident Alien) 50. GOB - Paint It Black (Stones Cover) (Stir of Echoes Sdtrk) 51. Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally (Slowhand) 52. Geggy Tah - Whoever You Are (Sacred Cow) 53. Positive K - I Got A Man (Da Skills dat Pay Da Bills) 54. The Verve Pipe - Photograph (Villains) 55. Travelling Wilburys - Handle with Care (Volume 1) 56. Meat Puppets - (What A) Good Year for the Roses (Live) 57. Nelly - Hot In Herre (Nellyville) 58. The Rembrandts - That's Just the Way It is Baby (The Rembrandts) 59. Silverchair - Abuse Me (Freak Show) 60. Blues Traveler - But Anyway (Blues Traveler) 61. The Cars - It's All I Can Do (The Candy-O) 62. Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels (Songs from the Big Chair) 63. Seal - Prayer for the Dying (Seal) 64. Metallica - Hero of the Day (Load) 65. Santana - Winning (Zebop) 66. Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking (Once Upon a Time) 67. Portrait - Here We Go Again (Portrait) 68. The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep (In Heat) 69. Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (Smiley Smile) 70. REM - South Central Rain (The Reckoning) 71. Michael Jackson - Human Nature (Thriller) 72. John Mellencamp - Key West Intermezzo (Mr. Happy Go Lucky) 73. The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia (American Beauty) 74. Duncan Sheik - She Runs Away (Duncan Sheik) 75. Busta Rhymes - Gimme Some More (Ele) 76. Don Henley - Sunset Grill (Building the Perfect Beast) 77. Chris Isaak - Go Walking Down There (Forever Blue) 78. Allman Brothers Band - Jessica (Eat A Peach) 79. Porno For Pyros - Pets (Porno for Pyros) 80. Pearl Jam - Daughter (Vs.) To my recollection the following made it to the final 50: Matt Levine Jon Pennington Eok Ngo Matt Bruce Jeremy Horwitz Sarah (from Simon Fraser) Nick Meyer Phil Huang and two more who I can't recall - but if you do let me know. Thanks and I hope those who participated had a good time. Out, Ross
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