Isn't it the third round, or did pool play not count?

Reinstate "Born To Run".

I am desperately longing for some sort of visual bracket aid and abbreviations like " 'Nova " and " 'Zona"

there should have been a wild card round.

Obner = old farts.

Does this mean that there hasn't been a truly great album that was widely accepted by the board released since 1997?

anyone else find it curious that we are getting 50-60 votes for each of these? we struggle to get that many people for one year-end shmoople....

It's much easier to nominate two albums with little to no deliberation, than to think about every album you have listened to for a year. I'd much rather debate the choices than compile a vast list or poll.

I don't even want to know what that is...

I think I'll do this again some time in January/February for Best Album of 2009.

we should have done a tourney pick'em a la march madness.

we should do one of these with the top 64 obners

I believe that would make me a #12 seed. Historically they are known for the upset of the #5 seed in the first round. I could be just like Western Kentucky.

This poll would be easier to follow if it were like an NCAA bracket.

Chris, can you post an excel file or a jpg of the brackets?

delicious...

I'd like to see the actual brackets, too.

1. boner pills 21531
2. Sen. Steve GAR McNair 17158
3. no guru 17135
4. Cap'n Squirrgle 17026
5. Dalen 16777
6. Cotton 16045
7. FT 15722
8. Yail Bloor 15497
9. Aural Fixation 14876
10. Elvis Fu 14272
11. PopTodd 13143
12. DumpJack 13125
13. Aaron Rodgers Mustache 11951
14. Twilightkid 11451
15. WeinerMobile42 11218
16. wenchlette 11058
17. Sketch 10105
18. rparis74 9954
19. This guy is Black Putin 9894
20. Waqqo Haqqo 9879
21. Prince of Darkness 9739
22. Radcliffe 9337
23. e-stone 9183
24. paladisiac 8690
25. Drinky 8673
26. jewels santana 8385
27. OPA! 8356
28. as seen on two guns holla 7739
29. Kingfish 7571
30. Flying Rabbit 7396
31. d 7327
32. Dusty? Chalk? 7319
33. Ãœber-meh 7317
34. south pacific 7139
35. Timis 7071
36. splates 6888
37. Z 6812
38. catswilleatyou 6711
39. deleted user 6689
40. puma 6669
41. robotboy 6663
42. Rick Derris 6641
43. Billzebub 6457
44. mutty 6226
45. Promethium 6122
46. billy g 6108
47. discostu 6009
48. ayah 5926
49. Mick the Stripper 5906
50. Stop Breathin' 5892
51. paper 5529
52. konstantinl 5521
53. F**K You, Dave 5466
54. pollysix 5088
55. red 5007
56. shhh and the midols 4959
57. Patrick 4883
58. shmoo 4714
59. jsh 4713
60. gauchebag 4573
61. Postmersh 4504
62. Finch Platte 4476
63. contradiction 4434
64. Spade Kitty 4188

Seeds:

1 boner pills  21531
1 Sen. Steve GAR McNair  17158
1 no guru  17135
1 Cap'n Squirrgle  17026

2 Dalen  16777
2 Cotton  16045
2 FT  15722
2 Yail Bloor  15497

3 Aural Fixation  14876
3 Elvis Fu  14272
3 PopTodd  13143
3 DumpJack  13125

4 Aaron Rodgers Mustache  11951
4 Twilightkid  11451
4 WeinerMobile42  11218
4 wenchlette  11058

5 Sketch  10105
5 rparis74  9954
5 This guy is Black Putin  9894
5 Waqqo Haqqo  9879

6 Prince of Darkness  9739
6 Radcliffe  9337
6 e-stone  9183
6 paladisiac  8690

7 Drinky  8673
7 jewels santana  8385
7 OPA!  8356
7 as seen on two guns holla  7739

8 Kingfish  7571
8 Flying Rabbit  7396
8 d  7327
8 Dusty? Chalk?  7319

9 Über-meh  7317
9 south pacific  7139
9 Timis  7071
9 splates  6888

10 Z  6812
10 catswilleatyou  6711
10 deleted user  6689
10 puma  6669

11 robotboy  6663
11 Rick Derris  6641
11 Billzebub  6457
11 mutty  6226

12 Promethium  6122
12 billy g  6108
12 discostu  6009
12 ayah  5926

13 Mick the Stripper  5906
13 Stop Breathin'  5892
13 paper  5529
13 konstantinl  5521

14 F**K You, Dave  5466
14 pollysix  5088
14 red  5007
14 shhh and the midols  4959

15 Patrick  4883
15 shmoo  4714
15 jsh  4713
15 gauchebag  4573

16 Postmersh  4504
16 Finch Platte  4476
16 contradiction  4434
16 Spade Kitty  4188

damn, i don't make the list...yet again.

Nor I. I am embarrassed I post so much on Obner, a man of my maturity should know better....yet I am not in the top 64.... I think my posts vaporize in nodes of the network, sink into the sands of time.... e.g. bathos doesn't count, literally.

So if you just took the top person from each seed, my bracket would be:

1. Boner Pills
16. Postmersh
8. Kingfish
9. Uber-Meh
5. Sketch
12. Promethium
13. Mick the Stripper
4. Aaron Rodger's Mustache
3. Aural Fixation
14. Fuck you, Dave
6. Prince of Darkness
11. Robotboy
7. Drinky
10. Z
15. Patrick
2. Dalen

I'd totally get destroyed by Colin

fixed

Maybe, but based on the seedings you'd most likely draw Derris. I'm pretty sure he'd pull off the upset.
It's all speculation at this point, since Monty is the one who volunteered to handle it all. I'll wait patiently for all the unmitigated drama to unfold before our eyes.

A) that's not an upset. B) there are no upsets. C) don't go gettin' upset.

Don't worry, I won't go gettin upset like some folk near the end of this Pixies/Stones thread.