Championship Round!

The Championship Round is finally here.

Answer these four questions in the comments:

1. Who you vote for to win the championship match-up.

2. Who do you consider to be the best band ever, i.e. who should have won?

3. What one band should have made the bracket, but didn't?

4. What one band should NOT have made the bracket, but did?

Your answers to these questions will be taken into consideration next March when The Money Beets hold the second annual "Best. Band. Ever." Bracket with updated seedings and possibly new bands from the 2000s era.

VOTING DEADLINE; FRIDAY, MAY 1ST, MIDNIGHT.

Final Four Bands

We've arrived at the Final Four. And yes, Interpol is in the final four. I blame Simon and anyone who hasn't heard of Arcade Fire. Voting ends on Sunday night at midnight. New tie-breaker rules are in effect. If you want to download a song from each of these artists, I suggest the following:

Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower or Like A Rolling Stone

Interpol - Stella Was A Diver and She Was Always Down or Slow Hands

Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name or Bulls on Parade

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit or In Bloom

Post your favorite song or album of each band in the comments when you vote.

Tiebreaker system for the final four and championship round

Up until this point we've been using a count-back of the Money Beets' votes to break any ties. For the Final Four round and the Championship round, the tie-breaking system will be as follows:

If at the midnight deadline for voting, there is a tie, voting will be extended for another twenty-four hours, in which time additional voters will need to be rallied and encouraged to vote. If there is still a tie at midnight on the following night's deadline, voting will be extended another twenty-four hours and so on and so forth until one band is able to make the metaphorical three-point shot at the buzzer to win the match-up.

For these rounds, voters must either have voted before or be able to sufficiently identify themselves. I.e. "NewportHome" is the only person that is allowed to vote despite the fact that we have no idea who they are.

Elite Eight Bands

We're getting down to some serious match-ups now. Feel free to vote also on Radiohead versus Arcade Fire, which is what really should be going on in the bottom left bracket.

Sweet Sixteen Bands

Deadline for sweet sixteen voting: Tuesday at midnight.

Jason Ellis is Making a Difference

I thought I would share with you all about my good friend, Jason Ellis. Actually, I'm not going to tell you too much about him, but just that he is a group leader for our church high school department. He is spending his spare time helping his high school guys learn about Jesus, and mature as men. In fact, here are a few of them doing what men do best...beating on each other. Jason should be proud. (No one was seriously hurt during the filming)



Note to Taylor: This is what should have happened with Kyle.

Second Round Bracket

There were a lot of hard-fought battles and a few upsets. The biggest wins were by Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones each with 12-0 victories. Sadly, Madonna did not make it to the second round. The biggest upsets were Michael Jackson over Pearl Jam and Elton John over U2. I think deep down we're all glad that U2 is out of it, despite the fact that we're now stuck with Elton John.

Vote in the second round in the comments. Anyone is welcome to vote, even if you didn't vote in the first round.