The Official Scope Madness Bracket

March 30, 2010  |  Posted by: The Scope

The votes have been tallied. The songs have been seeded. The time for battle is upon us. And you can play along!

It’s time to grab your official Scope Madness bracket. Fill it out. Start an office pool. Use your knowledge to taunt your adversaries. But most importantly, follow along as we pick our way through the bracket on our way to the Scope Madness Final Four.

In the days to come, we’ll be periodically announcing on Facebook and Twitter which songs have advanced to the next round of play. The Final Four will be announced on the next episode of The Scope. Those four will be debated, and a Scope Madness champion will be crowned.

The winners of the first round will begin to be posted at 12:00 CST on Wednesday, March 31, so don’t delay picking your winners!

Scope Madness bracket (PDF)

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Episode 86: Taft Rhymes With Craft (a.k.a. The Scopémon Chronicles)

March 22, 2010  |  Posted by: The Scope

Because you demanded it: Jared, Adam, and Shane get in a room and talk about nothing but fun stuff. Like health care reform. The Minnesota Twins. Cat vomit. Woefully out of date Oscar news. And rehashed material from the excellent Scope #85.

Yes, it’s a watershed episode.

Al dialed in to help plug “Scope Madness,” the ultimate music competition in podcasting. (Wait, Al wasn’t available? Ugh.) At least there was a world-famous Scope review. (No review? This ain’t going good, is it?)

Hmm. Well, the show was under two hours. That’s something we all can get behind.

The Scope episode 85 knows where you live…but too lazy to do anything about it.

Music
Scope Sounds: “Oh Won’t You Show Your Cans” – The Boobles

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The first ever Scope Madness is coming…and we need YOUR help!

March 4, 2010  |  Posted by: The Scope

Hey, Scope Superfans!

We’re in the middle of planning a grand event and we REALLY need our listeners to help us out to make this thing work.

We’re calling it, simply enough, Scope Madness (in honor of the upcoming NCAA March Madness tourney.) That being said, there will be no basketball or athletics of any kind attached to this event. Frankly, we’d be lucky if we could throw the ball up high enough to even hit the rim.

This tournament revolves around the greatest popular music ever produced…and this is where you, our faithful listeners, come into play.

We’d like each and every one of you to think about your favorite songs of all time. Once you’ve done that, send us your list consisting of:

1. Your favorite song of the 2000s.
2. Your favorite song of the 1990s.
3. Your favorite song of the 1980s.
4. Your favorite song released prior to 1980 (that’s 1979 and older for those of you that don’t understand.)

If you want to send more than one selection, please feel free. The more songs we get, the better Scope Madness will be!

Once we get all of your selections, we’ll place the music into brackets and through healthy debate, ridicule, and taunting, whittle the list down to one ultimate song. Trust us, it’ll be amazing. Or maybe just a great way to fill up a show.

So please, start thinking about your favorite songs. And get your list back to the Scope via facebook, our website, comments@thescopeshow.com, or our voicemail line (646-495-9201 x 70055.)

We’ll be accepting submissions until at least March 20, 2010. But we’ll keep you posted if that changes.

Thanks for your support and help, Scope fans!

Hugs and kisses,
The Scope Triumvirate
(Jared, Adam, and Shane)

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The Scope and Zero Hour’s Oscar Picks Chart

  |  Posted by: Jared

The Scope and our friends at Zero Hour with John Norton have both made our picks for the upcoming Academy Awards. Now you can follow along at home with the masters of pop culture by using this handy chart of all our picks from the major categories. Which host will reign supreme? You’ll know before we do!

2010 Oscar Picks

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Episode 85: Because You Demanded It…Monster Nique vs. Jackée

March 2, 2010  |  Posted by: The Scope

What happens when the dynamic duo of Jaréd and Shané decide to aim for a Scope episode that’s decidedly tighter than the usual effort?

Nearly one hour and twenty minutes, baby.

That being said, your Scope hosts had a lot to talk about. And it focused on the very connected topics of cat barf and Oscar picks. It’s a shame both Adam and Molly either couldn’t (or wouldn’t) be in the studio for such an important show. At least the remaining hosts made up for it by working on some excellent Arnold and Jackée imitations.

Sadly, there were no reviews this week. But, really, who needs reviews when you’ve got “Precious?”

The Scope Episode 85 is based on the novel, “Push,” by Sapphire.

Academy Awards Predictions

Category Jared Adam Shane
Actor Jeff Bridges Jeremy Renner Jeff Bridges
Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz Christoph Waltz Christoph Waltz
Actress Gabourey Sidibe Carey Mulligan Sandra Bullock
Supporting Actress Mo’Nique Mo’Nique Mo’Nique
Costume Design Doctor Parnasus Coco before Chanel The Young Victoria
Director Kathryn Bigelow Kathryn Bigelow Kathryn Bigelow
Picture The Hurt Locker The Hurt Locker The Hurt Locker
Total 5 4 7

Music
Scope Sounds: “Cathy!” – The Nick Atoms

Programming Note

Please remember to send your picks for the upcoming “Scope Madness,” our musical tribute to March Madness. What do you need to do? Just select your favorite songs from the 2000s, the 1990s, the 1980s, and one song from pre-1980s. We’ll rank them, debate them, whittle them down to one single song…the song that reigns supreme! Please, take a few minutes to help us out. Thanks, Scopefanatics!

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