Month: December 2017

…Leslie Odom Jr. and PS 22, in a popular and electoral landslide! Thanks for joining in the abbreviated fun this year! We will be back at it in 11 and a half months! Merry Christmas!

It was close. Very close. I almost had to break the tie between Leslie Odom and Pentatonix, but my family did it for me. So time to vote for the last time in 2017 Advent Caroling Madness! Due by 2 pm PST on Saturday! [polldaddy poll=9899097] …

I’ve never had people agree with me this much! Only Pentatonix as a 6 seed broke their way into the final four instead of my #3 pick, Whitney Houston. Now it gets real. Four left, and since Elaine and I leave on Saturday, you need …

I’m pretty sure the voting on my bracket was not the most important voting that happened last night. Totally ok with that. But we’ve gotta return to our duty and vote these 8 contenders down to 4. Votes are due Thursday at 9 pm PST. [polldaddy …

One of these times I’m going to video myself trying to make these brackets. It is stressful, people. You have to look at who nominated what, and decide which nominations to leave out, and watch match ups, both for the actual artists but also for …

…Ella Fitzgerald, who dominates Julie Andrews in the finals, and comes home with the title for the best version of “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”. Stay tuned for the release of the bracket for “The First Noel”.

I mean I don’t know why anyone has bothered to record this song in my lifetime. We are sitting here in Advent Caroling Madness Land, partying like it’s 1969. Yolanda is gone, my heart is broken… but we have a final match up to contend. …

Uh oh. I really wanted a win for Lisby. But Julie Andrews was just too much. So we are down to four, and your job is to get us down to the final two. Get your votes in by 8 pm PST on Thursday night! …