As stated prior to this thread, VOTING is worth points.  If you vote and did not enter this contest, you will get 3 points towards the overall 5 year standings in the Artistry contest.  When you vote as an entrant in this round, you receive 5 points for voting. . .that means no one who votes ends with no points. . . .

Anyway, the rules are pretty similar to other contests.  This is round 34  so please know that ALL rounds will count EQUALLY toward the final standings, and NO rounds will be omitted from the final total.

1. All participants must comment on all entrants and vote by the deadline, which for this rounds is August 18th, 2008.  Failure to vote will forfeit all points from this round, and if that is less than 20 points, the difference will be forfeited in the following round (No Disqualifications)

2. Voting will take place by replying to this thread

3. If a person withdraws from an Artistry Round prior to the end of a round, all entrants who voted for that person's entry will be permitted to pick one new song to earn a bonus point, all other songs will be realigned accordingly.  There will be no penalty on those who don't change their vote.

4. Once a vote is posted, it cannot be changed UNLESS rule 3 applies OR there was a double-vote by accident.

5. Late entries will be accepted until the 1st vote has been posted.

6. The deadline is a strict deadline, the moment the date has reached the day after the deadline, no votes will count, this is to reduce last minute voting, or sympathy/favoritism towards different entrants.

7. We ask that any entrant who posts a link to his/her original song (source of parody) not be DKTOS for the contest.

8. All other basic competition rules as applied in other competitions are generally followed.  The rules may not be changed or altered unless two/thirds of those voting in a round where a rule change is requested agrees.  Rules may be added by host (Below Average Dave) if it was a rule in the ABC or SOTM contest that was thought to be common knowledge, but not known by a particular entrant.

Deadline:
EST (New York) August 18th/19th at midnight
Central (St. Louis): August 18th at 11pm
Mountain (Denver): August 18th at 10pm
Pacific (Los Angeles): August 18th  at 9pm
Sydney, AUS: August 19th at 2pm
The UK: August 19that 5am

1. A Bar Maid Fight by Jeff Reuben
    A Hard Day's Night
    Jeff's Recording

2. Food: A Hymn by Agrimorfee
    Hey Jude

3. Reindeer Practice by Rex Ungericht
    Helter Skelter

4. Everybody's Got Some Place to Live by Wolverine
    Everybody's Got Something to Hide

5. Nuns'll Get Ya by Guy DiRito
    Come Together

6. Bar Fight At The Redneck Saloon by Matthias
    Ob La Di, Ob La Da

7. A Day In This Editor's Life by Red Ant
    A Day in the Life

8. Urinate by The Conqueror of Parodies
    Yesterday

9. Hammock Song by Max Power
    Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End

10. Hey Marge by Syncronos
    Hey Jude 

11. How Crude by Below Average Dave
    Hey Jude

12. Yesterday by Invisible Boy
    Yesterday

Dave... It's actually called, "Bar Fight At The Redneck Saloon", they aren't running the bar section of a train...  ;) (Although I'm not going to lie that would be a pretty fun idea)

  ??? Shouldn't the deadline read September instead of August?  ???

Man.... 11 possible songs to choose from... This is worse than a SOTM!!! But here goes nothing...

5 Points: Jeff Reuben's Bar Maid
4 Points: Invisible Boy's Dream
3 Points: Agrimorfee's Food
2 Points: Rex's Christmas
1 Point: Red Ant's Back Stage Look

Man.... 11 possible songs to choose from... 

And 3 "Hey Jude"'s to boot! :o  :D

5 Points for BAD's Wal-Mart bash
4 Points for Jeff's bingeing brawl
3 Points for Agrimorfee's grocery list
2 Points for Matt's brothel bash
1 Point  for Syncronos' Epic Homer

HM - For Jack's editing editorial

5 Points for BAD's Wal-Mart bash
4 Points for Jeff's bingeing brawl
3 Points for Agrimorfee's grocery list
2 Points for Matt's brothel bash
1 Point  for Syncronos' Epic Homer

HM - For Jack's editing editorial


Thanks Guy! Karma for you!

1 point to Rex the Red-Nosed Reindeer
2 points to Matty the Barman
3 points to BAD Wal*Mart
4 points to Ib Trippin' Out
5 points to Ant On The Job

HM to Sync Groening

It's nice to see a hearty bunch of folks sitting in for this round. Play more often, it's more fun that way!  ;D

5pts=Guy
4pts=Jeff
3pts=Matthias
2pts=Red Ant
1pt=Dave

HM=Rex

5pts - Red Ant's editing

4pts - Guy's excommunication

3pts - Badly crude writing

2pts - Grossman taking his frustration on the reindeers after being replaced

1pts - Mafia-run brothel

HM: Rest

5 points to #5 Nuns'll Get Ya
4 points to #1 A Bar Maid Fight
3 points to #6 Bar Fight At The Redneck Saloon
2 points to #3 Reindeer Practice
1 point to #11 How Crude

Ant

1 point to BAD
2 points to Red Ant
3 points to Jeff
4 points to Wolverine
5 points to Guy

HM to Syncronos (I think this one was really good) & Invisible Boy (I loved the rhyming and the randomness. . .I wish that song was longer, you were killing the idea)

This was harder than the last SOTM I judged. . .and I'm not just saying that. . .

1 Point to Rex Ungericht (Just very good all around)

2 Point to Matthias (Not grammatical sound, but still a kick-@$$ parody)

3 Points to Guy DiRito (Also a little off grammatically, but fantastic idea, and great execution)

4 Points to Jeff Reuben (One of my favorites by You--all time classic no doubt)

5 Points to Red Ant (Boy, this song hit the heart, I know just how you feel)

I'm happy to be back in the swing of things! This was a fun round to read. I've missed you guys...and if they didn't have a firewall at my job, I'd see you more often, but HEY...ON TO THE VOTING!

1 point to the COP's need for...*ahem* relief
2 points to BAD's dire need to start shopping at Tar-Jay
3 points to Guy's bad habits (ba-doom-boom pssh!)
4 points to Matthias' Bar Brawl

And the WINNAH...

5 points to Jeff's Bar MAID Brawl (sorry, Matt, but brawling babes are a must see, dude!)

I really enjoy seeing all the talent we have here. It's truly a shame we can't get PAID for this...

5 pts:  Rex
4 pts:  Guy
3 pts:  Matthias
2 pts:  BAD
1 pt:  Red Ant

5 pts to Matthias' Rednecks a-fightin'
4 pts to Rex' Reindeer games
3 pts to Red Ant's idiots with e-mail
2 pts to Jeff's Bar Maids
1 pt to BAD's merchandise maladies
HM to IB's bumblebee-clad man.

5 points to Guy

4 points to Jeff

3 points to Red Ant

2 points to Matty

1 point to BAD 

8)

Alright, it was a flash finish. . .but the results are in. . .The biggest round to date in the Artistry Competition Results ARE:


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1st: Jeff Reuben "Bar Maid Fight" with 40 Points!

2nd: Guy DiRito "Nuns'll Get Ya" with 39 Points!

3rd: Red Ant "Day in the Life of an Editor" with 32 Points and 3 1st place votes

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4th: Matthias with 32 Points and 1 1st place vote

5th Below Average Dave with 25 Points

6th Rex Ungericht with 22 Points

7th Invisible Boy with 13 Points

8th Agrimorfee with 11 Points

9th Wolverine with 9 Points

10th The Conqueror of Parodies with 6 Points

10th Syncronos with 6 Points

12th Max Power with 5 Points

Congrats to Jeff, Guy and Red Ant!  Close call there Matthias. . .

Congrats Jeff & Jack.  This was a highly competitive round.  This is my first go at Artistry competition.  I found this round most interesting since I mainly do older music and this was the first comp I've ever been in where I knew each and every OS.  This round deserves "a job well done" to all.  Thanks everyone.

Congrats Jeff, Guy, and Ant.

Congrats to Guy and Jack!  This was a great round, lots of awesome songs here.

In retrospect--and in spite of the unbeatableness of Jeff's and Guy's and Jack's tunes--I guess I shoulda picked a Beatle track that wasn't "Hey Jude".  :-\\ ;D

Congrats to Jeff and Guy. Thanks to everyone who could relate to my editorial piece. And congrats to Matt as well for his excellent finish.

Ant