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26 December 2005

Contest is GO! See here for info→[More:]

Here's the file

If that doesn't work, try here.

And if that doesn't work then try here

Send your answers to rbiz@fardelsbear.com, don't forget to tell me your MeCha username,you have until 8:30 AM, Wednesday.

post by: Capn at: 20:39 | 24 comments

Do we need to list the songs in order?

posted by panoptican 26 December | 20:43

It would certainly help me out. So, if you don't want to endear yourself to the judge, no.

posted by Capn 26 December | 20:47

Upon first listen, I think I can name about 15 of 93. I can only hope that number will improve.

posted by box 26 December | 21:14

re-submitting, if you send me your answers then get a few more, is totally allowed. I will take your best single submission.

posted by Capn 26 December | 21:16

I don't have the time to work on this but if the Capn is kind enough to post the winning charity I will sweeten the pot with my $85.81 USD to the winner's choice!

posted by Mr T 26 December | 21:41

Oh man... this is gunna be rough!

posted by mosch 26 December | 21:48

mr t, that is freaking awesome of you!

posted by mosch 26 December | 21:49

this is really hard---i'm doing it by timestamp--hopefully that's ok

posted by amberglow 26 December | 22:15

this is ridiculously hard... i'm only 1 minute through the track, and i think i have 10 right, with 3 others that are DRIVING ME INSANE trying to figure out what they're from.

posted by mosch 26 December | 22:31

23 so far, but some are just maybes

posted by amberglow 26 December | 22:37

My first pass was only 20 answers... and I think I only got maybe 16 of em right.

I'm hoping this will be easier tomorrow, as there are at least another dozen that I should be able to get.

posted by mosch 26 December | 23:38

That's awsome mr. t, thanks!

posted by Capn 26 December | 23:51

i'll try again tomorrow night, but my entry's in for now.

posted by amberglow 27 December | 00:30

These were hard, but it was a fun slog. Thanks, Cap'n!

posted by ikkyu2 27 December | 03:16

Have fun you maniacs! And what a great prize. Kudos to Capn and mr t.

posted by LeeJay 27 December | 10:49

I've split this into seperate tracks so I can work this shit out. If the Capn says it's OK I can make it available.

And a question: do we have to get both the artist and the song, or do we get something like one point for each, or do we only need to get the song title?

posted by dodgygeezer 27 December | 10:58

If you *really* want to help out your bitter rivals, I have no objection. :)

And, as per the original post, yeah, you get one point for the song title, and one point for the artist.

posted by Capn 27 December | 11:04

Well I've only got about 20 so I'm not the winner.

Last night I dreamed about this thing. In my dream, it contained Patti Smith - Free Money, and something from a Verdi opera.

posted by matildaben 27 December | 12:09

Excelent, it was quite a challenge, coming up with a way to make people listen carefuly to a certian track over an over, but this worked out, and the subliminal messages are starting to take effect.

If you've got 20 song titles and artists correct, you're definetly in the running.

posted by Capn 27 December | 12:18

Here's the file in chunks.

I think I cut them in the right places but I may not have, so use at your own risk.

posted by dodgygeezer 27 December | 12:46

Capn, EST or ?

posted by trondant 27 December | 18:05

Damn, I was gonna be a smug bastard and rifle through these lickety-split since I normally rock at spotting musical snippets, but you've got some real stumpers in there. And by some, I mean lots.

Mrs A-gogo and I are going into the city for our final overpriced tiki drinks at Trader Vics before they close for good in a few days. But when I get back I should be all liquored up and ready to try my hand. On a quick listen I swear I know 30 or more off the top my head, but I'm sure when it comes time to commit to actually writing them down the number will be much less.

Way cool capn. You should do this every week. :)

posted by Slack-a-gogo 27 December | 19:39

Capn, EST or ?

Eastern Time, but if I were you, I wouldn't cut it close, email being notoriously unreliable just when you count on quick delivery.

As of right now, I have entries from jonmc, amberglow, mosch, ikkyu2, matildaben, doggygezer, lipstickthespian, and one powens (what's your mecha name?)

posted by Capn 27 December | 21:25

And a joe, I need to know your mecha name too.

posted by Capn 27 December | 22:18

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