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2) Islands/Stars – Stars would seduce Islands into a sex coma with their dreamy pop, then take ‘em down. Might not be fair, but thems the breaks.

3) Constantines/Ted Leo – Constantines, no doubt. Something tells me Ted’s pen is mightier than his fist.

Kaki King / Jon Langford / Dr Dog – Not sure who Jon Langford is, but for the sake of me winning these tickets, I’ll just say: lead singer of Dr. Dog off the top rope with a flying elbow drop, while Kaki King chews the turn-buckle George the Animal Steele-like.

British Sea Power / Yo La Tengo – Tough time here. I’m picturing at least two members of one band dressed up like the Bushwhackers, while the other band are disguised as WWII English Naval vets. hmmm

Islands / Stars – Hard core bitchslap fest. Split decision.

The Constantines / Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Not sure. can I have the tickets though?

Yo La Tengo/British Sea Power – Yo La Tengo named an album PAINFUL, and pain is what they’ll bring to British Sea Power. James McNew is a big fella and he could single-handedly bring down British Sea Power.

Well I have a hard time picturing anyone from MMJ fighting, except for maybe Patrick Hallahan. Seriously, he beats the crap out of the drums so I’m guessing he would be just as aggresive in the ring. As for Jim James, I think he might have SOME fight in him, judging from "By My Car" (You said Evan is coming over again; And I said, if he does, I’ll kick his head in). SO, if JJ got angry enough I think he could do some damage – and maybe he’d enlist Patrick as backup. As for who would make him angry enough to do so… lets just say that the Evan he refers to is Evan Dando. And even though Evan Dando has a bit of a mean streak to him, I can only imagine that those long loose limbs of his wouldn’t produce much of a fight against a roundhouse by JJ and a beat-down by Patrick Hallahan.

If anyone could kung fu the reverb it’d be rob crow. Plus Rob does have a profane secret weapon that could very well defeat Jim’s acting talent. while the rest of mmj have pinback well outnumbered pinback is a machine and it’d battle to a draw.

2. BSP vs YLT

um, james mcnew?! really, would any of them noodle armed bspers have anything for him? plus that man must have mad skills to add to the size. just a quick listen of something like blue line swinger will let you know georgia could pummel all comers. now ira would instantly get his ass kicked but sacrifices must be made in such tourneys.

Yo La Tengo is not a afraid of them and will kick their ass! ’nuff said

WINNER: Yo La Tengo!

As for the fight scenario… seems pretty obvious in both the first two cases.

BSP/YLT
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While YLT have the edge in experience and gristled road-weariness, BSP have the edge in crazy! It’s the same idea as The Joker vs Batman… though Batman has strength and cunning on his side, as well as years of training – the Joker always gives him a run for his money by UNDER-thinking him… BSP have broken arms falling out of trees collecting branches, if that doesn’t mean they can win a scrap with YLT by sheer wiles I don’t know WHAT does…

WINNER: British Sea Power

MMJ
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Someone took the Lips, who I thought might have a chance, so I’m going to have to say: MMJ vs hippies everywhere. The jam-band thing that they’ve been looped in with due to some of their prog leanings has put them on some odd bills… so the fight, in this case, is clearly to escape the jam-rock ghetto… and to do so, they will need to climb over some hippies. Using their full sonic arsenal, and confounding their opponents with GIANT riffs and walls of sound – it would be a VERY quick, VERY awesome battle – with MMJ handily besting all hippies (as can be seen by their inclusion on this list – they MUST have escaped the jam-band ghetto to get here… meaning hippies everywhere had to fall… it’s the circle of life)!

WINNER: MMJ – no contest!

Stars/Islands
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This one seems like a bit of a BSP crazy-fight again (on the Islands side of things) – BUT – as cute and lovable as Stars are… they also have a TON of friends. With their whole involvement in the BSS collective and shared band members (and shared stages) – they would not have to enter this fight alone… if Islands got an early upper hand, the BSS collective would certainly come out to back up our fighting Stars, handing them the proverbial chair (in WWF parlance) to get the leg up needed to win the fight.

(Besides, Stars could always do the supernova thing… GAME OVER!)

WINNER: Stars (but this one was close!)

Thanks for this contest… very weird… very fun [smirk].

Ladies and gentlemen, tonight’s main event is sure to be one for the books.
In this corner, British Sea Power come out with Flags Waving.
But No Need to Cry Toronto, looks like Yo La Tengo’s Kaplan is Mr. Tough.
Let’s see whether either group can transfer their musical talent into raw martial-arts-meets-melee-style tactics for tonights: Indie Celebrity Death Match

Although the charming accents of BSP may suggest a passive demeanor, the boys from across the pond stay true to their name. It looks like the more experienced Yo La boys hold some old school moves, but ultimately they lack the vigor and power of Brighton’s favourite export, so

ding!ding!ding!

TKO for British Sea Power!

Thank you for tuning into tonight’s match!

I personally don’t know if Jim James and co would ever engage in an MMA fight…I think he’d just sweet talk his way out of it and then jam with whoever was trying to take him on.
However, I think the singer from the Sunparlour Players could get up in Jim’s face because he looks so much like him and people always tell him that. Jim would be confused, thinking he’s looking into a mirror and let his guard down eventually leading to his demise.

I hope I get to see this band live.