CROSSWORD SOLVER PUZZLE:
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PROGRAM: [Crossword Solver]
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PRINTOUT PUZZLE: [ THEMELESS MONDAY]
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ACROSS LITE PUZZLE: [ THEMELESS MONDAY]
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Here it is: the electrifying conclusion to “Ben Tausig Week” at BEQ.com. To help celebrate his latest book “Crosswords From the Underground,” Ben was kind enough to take part in a little contest. An, American Idol-ish contest, if you will. I wanted Ben to show off his ethnomusicology/karaoke skills, and he didn’t disappoint. You, the faithful BEQ.com followers sent in some truly wonderful suggestions. The judges (me, Liz and Ben’s wife Serena) adjudicated. Votes were cast, later recast when we discovered unopened ballots, scores tallied, and then Ben went off to the isolation booth to record our winners. (Click on the links below to enjoy Ben’s covers).
Grand prize goes to Caleb Madison of New Haven, CT, for his suggestion of Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know”. He will receive a copy of Ben’s book as well as a copy of my latest book “Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll Crosswords.”
Runner up, and a copy of Ben’s book, goes to Anna Vitale of Parts Unknown, MI Madison, WI. She requested Neneh Cherry’s “Buffalo Stance.”
Thanks for all who entered. If you didn’t win, click on the links above to get your own copy of said books. Or … come back on Thursday when I announce another contest wherein you can win my latest book.
Speaking of contests, the latest Visual Thesaurus contest puzzle is also up (winners receive VT t-shirts). Click here and get to it.
Share the puzzle. New contest puzzle on Thursday.
UPDATE: I have been alerted about the error. File’s changed now.
I just love this. I can’t even tell you how much I love this.
I performed a karaoke rendition of “You Oughta Know” a few years ago at the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival. It went over like gangbusters.
42 + 45 Across = Awesomeness!
I so totally had forgotten the original spelling of 45 across, and what a great reminder it was of one of the best shows of my youth. So many jokes in there that I never got until I was older and came across things like the opera Boris Gudenov. Gotta endorse @Bri Nebulae on 42 & 45A.
Mr. Peabody to the rescue. Thanks for the fun of this puzzle.
FYI..the Devils and Nets moved out of the Izod center a few years ago and now play in the Prudential Center in Newark..next year the Nets move again..to Brooklyn
Wow. As if the puzzle wasn’t enough.
Gotta do this karaoke thing in Brooklyn. Next year. Start it in the lounge or something. Get people to join in. I’m all for it. Drag Ben along (Ben, the book’s pretty awesome, by the way).
It is almost the sound that I would expect from “Weird” Al Yankovic if he sang it. Buffalo Stance has much better comedic value, “wind on my face” classic.
Howard – 100%, yes. Sad to have missed the tournament this year due to a conflict with an academic conference I couldn’t pass up. But such obstacles aside, I plan to be there, in which case a karaoke night is obviously in order.
I thinki I get it.
At least, I hope I do. 😀
Understand completely, Ben. Life does get in the way :).
If you need brutally off-key backup with some misheard lyrics thrown in to boot, you got it here. Especially for those 80s-90s era songs.
Until next time, keep on puzzlin’.