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It's an older vs newer match today in the Best Crowded House Song bracket today: 27. She Goes On - an uplifting song of loss from Woodface Vs. 90. Isolation - one of the lowest remaining seeds, from the Intriguer album Vote here - forms.gle/m3LnipBWX5...

Sad not to have seen earlier posts. "How Will You Go" is one of my favourite Crowded House songs period. The bridge is just incredible.

Well, that was a lot closer than I thought it would be. In the end though, "It's Only Natural" wins the match by a single vote!

You're telling me that "It's Only Natural" is only one vote up?! I don't know if this is the time to use the Principal Skinner meme?

This one is looking surprisingly close just now - there's still time to vote in case you feel like tipping it more one way than the other. Just please don't make it another tie... 😖😖

Once more for today's battle of Woodface tracks -

Week 5 of round 2 in the search for the Best Crowded House Song kicks off with a Woodface battle: 7. It's Only Natural - originally planned as the 1st single from Woodface Vs. 58. How Will You Go - the last(ish) song on the album Vote here - forms.gle/KEBzsAqgoe...

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

Here are next week's matches in the Best Crowded house Song bracket: Mon - "It's Only Natural" vs "How Will You Go" Tues - "She Goes On" vs "Isolation" Wed - "Into Temptation" vs "Teenage Summer" Thurs - "Fingers of Love" vs "Archer's Arrows" Fri - "Better Be Home Soon" vs "In the Lowlands"

Almost forgot to post the result! "Not the Girl..." wins this one. See you all Monday for another match!

As we close out another week in the search for the Best Crowded House, the difficult decisions just keep coming: 18. Both The Girl You Think You Are Vs. 47. Walking on The Spot Vote here - forms.gle/emr8Dw96A5...

I don't know what the hip hop consensus is these days on Run DMC's "Tougher Than Leather", but I have to say I'm REALLY liking it this afternoon, a lot more than I have some of the other '88 hip hop albums @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/0nDf2u...

Strong contender for my Album of the Year out today - Caroline Rose "Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall" (definitely the album title of the year) #NewMusicFriday open.spotify.com/album/5vTXXP...

Wow. Woodface is not doing well this week, as "Nobody Wants To" decisively knocks out "Chocolate Cake"

A fair few albums from '88 over the last week... @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social

Just over an hour to go to vote in this one. So far, it's not bucking the trend of Woodface's song performance in this bracket... 😬

My big brother took me to see Star Wars at the ABC Cinema in Kirkcaldy when I was 5, some time in early '78. I loved it, but had nightmares about the walls of my room closing in on me à la the trash compactor scene. (Also, TIL just how long after the US release the UK's was! Over 6 months!!)

Reread this one after many years - still love it. There’s gorgeous writing, a slow-reveal alien mystery, the corrosive effect of lies, & a heartbreaking depiction of mental illness and one woman’s unraveling. A propulsive build to a fantastic ending. “Planetfall” by Emma Newman. #BookSky 💙📚🪐

This week has seen some interesting results in the Best Crowded House Song bracket, and the week isn't done yet...

We've got two album opening tracks in today's match in the Best Crowded House Song bracket: 15. Chocolate Cake - the first single and track from Woodface Vs. 50. Nobody Wants To - From Time on Earth, the last track from the album in this round. Vote here - forms.gle/31J1V6SSTx...

Good! (At least as a first step). The wall-to-wall gambling ads I get on YouTube are sickening, despite never having touched any of the apps or sites. www.cbc.ca/news/investi...

Was listening to '88 albums the other day for @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social, quite enjoying Big Daddy Kane's "Long Live The Kane" - until one lyric jumped out and spoiled the whole thing: "Now-now-now, i'm-a place a order for a scooby snack, Not at the Chinese restaurant becuse I don't eat cats." 😡

Thank you to whoever cast the vote that broke the tie this morning! I don't think the result is going to be what a lot of people hoped for though, with "Anyone Can Tell" gaining that one vote advantage to win the match. Not bad for the lowest remaining seed...

I just flashed back to when Princess Diana opened a new park around the corner from the Art School in Glasgow in '91 - the day before, all of the bins in the area suddenly disappeared... (they at least put them back afterwards).

Welp, so much for the tie being broken overnight... 🙄

Reposting in the hopes that I won't wake up to this match still being tied...

Oh great. Now this one looks like it might be heading for a tie. "Do a Crowded House bracket", they said. "It'll be fun!", they said... 🙄

Bringing together 2 trends taking BlueSky by storm, here are 9 under-the-radar albums that I'd love to see in @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social 1988 bracket - mostly in a more mainstream pop-rock vein, but (IMHO) shouldn't be dismissed.

Live footage of the result in yesterday's Best Crowded House bracket match:

Well good god damn and other such phrases... When I wrote "Is there room for a big upset", I didn't really think it would happen, but the #63 seed just knocked out the #2 seed, one of their biggest hits! 😶 I... I'm going to need a minute to process this...

Watching the results on this one like

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Still time to vote in this match