Meet the 1-Seeds! Lou Reed, The Beatles, George Harrison, and The Rolling Stones
09Mar13: Ewing and Signore met at Mularkeys. They went for a pizza with pepperoni, green pepper and mushrooms. They drank Train Wreck Beer. The complicated re-seedings, combined with the scrutinization of the massive rules index turned into a 3 hour ordeal. Incredibly, even more rules, more music groups and more beer was introduced. Wounded Warriors and Hot Blocks. Groups were cut down, new groups were brought in, and it ended with Mark getting injured by a particularly heavy pen and Tony talking about the plight of crippled Viet Nam veterans. "Some have no legs, Mark", Signore stated more than once. Now the dust has cleared. I will try to explain what happened.
Guest Coach Diane finally named her group: The Band Perry. Four groups were announced as 'locked-in', but new rules being talked about made them seem nervous. 2-George Harrison locked in since Tony tried claiming him in Phase 1. 13-Joan Jett: locked in due to sanctions brought against Frank Lalonde. 09-Alabama Shakes, locked-in when Diane tried claiming at a lower seed. 08-Sir Tom Petty locked-in with his 'magic' status as last year's Stormtrooper Award Winner.
Reseedings of many groups occured next, although some groups were frozen from moving due to rules. The upstart Jamie N Commons was a surprise surge, going from 15 all the way up to 6. As some dust had cleared, at the top of the heap stood 4 icons that all passed the proddings of eligibility: Lou Reed, The Beatles, The Who, and The Rolling Stones.
But it wasn't done yet. The Bon Scott Big Balls Rule kicked in. A coin that seemingly rolled 'tails' 90% of the time, dictated that 14-Emmy Lou Harris (replaced with The Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and 16-Bob Dylan (replaced with The Beach Boys) would be cut down.
The Ewing Down Syndrome: Mark took the 4-Blind Boys of Alabama down to 9, and let Bruce Springsteen move up to 4. Tony moved 2012 Star Wars Champion 11-Graham Parker down to 16, and allowed The Beach Boys to take over at 11.
The unwritten rule of Hot Blocks was put in my Signore. Can't explain it too much here, but you may see a lot of hot woman dominating the 10 and 11 blocks from now on.
And then the biggest move of the night: The Wounded Warrior. Signore challenged Mark's 2-George Harrison, by threatening to move Harrison all the way up to a 1-seed, at the expense of The Who being eliminated from Star Wars for 2 years. The locked-in status of Harrison could not help him now. Mark had the choice to re-claim Harrison further up the chain if he was willing to ban The Beatles. After much thought, Ewing felt he could NOT allow that to happen, and gave in. The Who is banned. The Beatles stay put at a strong 1-seed defending The Alamo. George Harrison is now owned by Tony at the 1-seed at The Bulge.
Controversial. The George Harrison. Harrison is in extreme high demand in Star Wars when both players realized that the "All Things Must Pass" CD is a double import and would cost the loser more money than usual. Both players want their opponent to be hit hard and often, with financial losses suffered. I wonder what team will be linked to George Harrison. The fans will certainly keep an eye on that team.
The Grand Rapids Airport is crazy right now. Diane and Julia are already gone. They left in a cargo plane headed for Guadalcanal. Jeff Blaauw and Led Zeppelin are being held up from boarding a flight to Stalingrad and can't find their IDs. Dan is headed to Stalingrad too. Frank and Emily are headed to The Bulge. Frank hasn't had so many one-liners since, well, yesterday. Sandy, Abe and FUN are renting a minivan and driving to San Antone, Texas. Abe looks particularly gallant in his Mexican Army Blues. Tony is missing. Mark is still in the states, shuffling papers pondering his next strategic attack. Let the games begin.
Play-in groups were determined: 1P-The Shins (2012 SW loser), 2p- Emmy Lou Harris, 3p-Bob Dylan, and 4p- The Floaters.
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