Flags Fly! Signore Attempts to cut and add groups before Phase 2

"Oh my God, what an idiot! He did stuff before Phase Two!!"- Ryan Seacrest

Look at this feeble attempt from Tony Signore to make up for his sloppy work in Phase One....
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Here is the transcript from Tony:

Bands that are out....metallica, jessie colter, waylon jennings, peter wolf, george jones, steve earle, green day, the jam

new bands that are in...cage the elephant (dans pick), fountains of wayne, the secret sisters,REM, arctic monkeys, the black keys, manfred mann

yeah..thats right...

.................................Signore is really screwing stuff up.......................................

Warning Lyrics

"Gonna raise me an army, some tough sons a bitches"-General Mark Ewing

Ewing names Divisions, Tony forgets

In the annual naming of the divisions, Mark has gone with a WW2 flavor this year.  Group A is Stalingrad, and his group B is Guadalcanal.  "Tony will see carnage," said Ewing

Tony Signore forgot to name his.  When his house was called,  an obvious shaken Signore simply hung up the phone.  Such a total ass.

Mark Reflects On Phase One

So far the big guns: Metallica, Graham Parker, Mott the Hoople, and The Rolling Stones!

With both coaches seemingly unprepared, Mark Ewing and Tony Signore never showed it during the Presser that followed after Phase One.

 "I am very happy to get The Rolling Stones back into a very high seed.  They did great last year, but slipped near the end, this time I think that this year will be to their liking", said Ewing.
 "Tony Signore put in some awful groups, from aging 70's rockers like Boston and Frampton, to some stupid groups from Bluegrass and perhaps even some made-up groups.  Who the hell is Wayne Hancock, or Sarah Jarosz? I'm pretty sure Tony was hungover too, in fact, I'm sure of it."

A huge crowd of Graham Parker fans were on hand as Mark Ewing announced Graham Parker's introduction as a high seed.  Parker will be blowing right through many of Signore's stupid ass no- names.

"As far as the Ewing side, I got Jenny Lewis in, Tony didn't even have a claim on her.  I got the up- and-coming Nada Surf, who Tony doesn't even know.  He is such an ignorant ass."

Let the games begin....Phase Two is next.  Look for the permanet seeding spots to go in.  Look for the Ewing Down Syndrome rule, where the opponent will be able to knock down a group 5 spots.  You heard me right.

Star Wars 2012 Phase One

Star Wars 2012 Phase One

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Phase One: Mark & Tony met at Abe's cottage and hammered in Phase One of the Star Wars Tournament 2012.

For the first time ever, there was not a single instance where both Coaches chose the same team. So no teams were locked-in.

Mark used his one toss-out group on Nora Jones to Tony's chagrin. She was replaced by Wilco. Tony forgot to use his one throw-out. He argued that he would still be able to throw a group out( Devo ), but it was not allowed.

So here is the round by round selections:

Tony A Group

01-Metallica

02-Jesse Colter

03- Waylon Jennings

04- Peter Wolf

05- George Jones

06- Steve Earle

07- Wilco (replaced Nora Jones-thrown out)

08- Emmy Lou Harris

09- Tom Petty

10- Civil Wars

11- Bruce Springsteen

12- Peter Frampton

13- Boston

14- Eric Clapton

15- The Black Crowes

16- Blind Boys of Alabama

17- Wayne Hancock
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Mark -Battle of Stalingrad

01- Graham Parker

02- Elvis Costello

03- Nada Surf

04- Jenny Lewis

05- Raveonettes

06- Keith Urban (Sandy)

07- UFO

08- The Eels

09- Yeah Yeah Yeahs

10- The Ramones

11- Jackson Browne

12- Lana Del Ray

13- Ween

14- The Beatles

15- Warren Zevon

16- Blind Kenny Wayne Shepherd

17- Rockpile
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Tony B Group

01- Mott the Hoople

02- Kings of Leon

03- Green Day

04- Shelby Lewis

05- Mumford & Sons

06- Whitney Houston(Diane)

07- Nora Jones' group(The Little Willies?)

08- AC/DC

09- Paul McCartney

10- Radiohead (2011 Champ)

11- Sarah Jarosz

12- REO Speedwagon

13- Raul Melo
14- Justin Townes Earle

15- George Harrison

16- Guy Clark

17- The Jam
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Mark -The Battle of Guadalcanal

01- The Rolling Stones

02- Pink Floyd

03- The Pretenders

04- Patti Smith

05- Steely Dan

06- Frank Zappa (FrankL)

07- David Gilmour

08- The Shins

09- Avett Bros.

10- Feist

11- The Led Zeppelin

12- Devo

13- John Hiatt

14- Flaming Lips

15- Bob Dylan

16- Nick Lowe

17- The Cars
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Previous Winners List

Previous Champions (Winners of the Darth Vadar Trophy)

2011-  8-Radiohead -Tony over 3-Bob Seger (Mark)

 2010- 1-Nora Jones-Tony over 5-Alejandro Escovedo(Mark)

2009- 1-Niko Case-Tony over 2-She & Him(Mark)

2008- 1-Regina Spektor-Mark over 1-Dandy Warhols(Mark)(2008- Signore Era begins)

• 2007- Buck Cherry-Mark (CD never awarded to Mark)
• 2006- The Killers-Sandy
• 2005- Red Hot Chili Peppers-Sandy
• 2004- The Wallflowers-Sandy (CD withheld ....in lieu of Mark not getting Led Zeppelin)
• 2003- Train-Sandy (first CD officially awarded)
• 2002- Led Zeppelin -Mark(CD never awarded)
• 2001- The Eagles (Sandy requested CD by another group, CD never awarded)
• 1979- Elton John- Ed
• 1978- Lobo- Ed
• 1977- KC & The Sunshine Band-Ed
• 1976- Chicago-Ed Kruska

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Storm Trooper Award (To lowest-ranking teams to make Sweet 16)

2011- Tie, 11-George Harrison, 11-Nora Jones
2010- 12-Pink Floyd
2009- 12-Roy Wiley Hubbard
2008- Tie, 12-Alejandro Escovedo, 12-John Lennon

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Kirby Kile Award (Highest finishing 'Dead' performer)

The following winter another accident cost Kirby Kyle an arm -- fortunately not his pitching arm. He had one leg and one arm, but more than that, he had heart.

2011- Jeff Healey (lost to Radiohead in Final Four, but beat: WHancock, Decemberists, 1-RollingStones.
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Star Wars Wins By Coach
05-Sandy Ewing
04-Ed Kruska
03-Mark Ewing
03-Tony Signore

2012: Agenda

Opening Ceremonies:  Mark and Tony meet: Ea nominate 34 teams (68).  Take care of ties (lock-in all tied teams at highest slot).
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 2nd sequence:
 Name  invited bands(approved) and coaches (Frank, Sandy, Diane, Jim, Julia, etc)
  Signore rule:  (Top 5 Exempt): ban one opponent's group.
 Ewing Downs Syndrome Rule: (EDS) Force opponent's team to switch seeding down 5 (otr group up 5)

Groups

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_GeYgT58d0

Star Wars 2012: Let The Games Begin!

Controversy mars first Star Wars Whiffle Ball Series.  "What was C3PO thinking?", screamed Tony Signore when the robot failed to run out a single that would have tied the game.  More details later.  Anyway, time to get fired up for some new Star Wars 2012.  Grab your cod pieces and turn on your internets....