You’ve Got Game: Cool Dominos

We had a lot of fun with cool this week, but remember: Don’t try this at home; Cool is the third rail of cool. We had trained professionals (Meg White, Martin Amis, Catherine Deneuve, and Berry Goldwater) standing by at all times. Albeit, mostly just to watch as I electrocuted myself.

So let’s have a little more fun with cool, shall we?

This week’s category is Music. You can choose an artist, album, or song, so you have a fair amount of leeway.

But we’re going to bring the difficulty up a notch. Same principle, one entry’s last letter is the next entry’s first letter, but this time each player makes two entries. The first entry is something that falls within the standard boundaries of cool, the second falls outside its bounds. The trick is that the player is attesting to liking both choices.

For example, I could not use ‘Belle and Sebastian’ for my entry, because I only like ‘If You’re Feeling Sinister’ and ‘Tigermilk.’ Conversely, I shouldn’t use ‘Beautiful’ because, well, I like a lot of Christina Aguilera.

This game should be fun because you will, in part, be playing with yourself. For example, if we start with ‘N,’ here is how the first few rounds could go:

Doctor_Erik: ‘Nick Drake / Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (The Police)’

Elina_Andreou: ‘Coldplay / Yanni’

AltFratGuy595: ‘It’s Hard to Find a Friend (Pedro the Lion) / David Gray’


The Rules:

1) First letter of your entry begins with the last letter of previous entry. Every turn consists of two entries; the first entry is what you think people will consider ‘cool,’ the second entry, ‘uncool.’ You must like both choices. Separate the entries with a slash.

• If you are using a song or album, put the artist’s name in parenthesis. (This is only for clarity; it will have no role in what letter is played.)
• Articles do not count. (Ignore ‘the’ and ‘a.’)
• Spell out numbers and symbols, example: ‘#1 Hits from Motown’ would be appropriate for the letter N for ‘number.’
• Unsure of a correct spelling or full song title? Go Here.

2) No Repeats, but if someone has listed a song or album, and you’re willing to expand the category to the full artist, that will count.
3) If you want to critique someone’s choice, you have to start by playing your turn, not a suggestion for what their turn should have been. I’ll delete any post that doesn’t move the game forward, you sons of bitches.
4) You can place as many entries as you want, but someone else has to go between each of your entries.
5) If two people post a turn off the same entry, the first post will be the path taken. The second post will be ignored. If it gets missed and people start playing off the second post, then just keep the game moving.
6) If someone makes a wrong entry, either by using a repeat, not making two entries, or not beginning with the last letter of the previous, ignore it and take your turn.

I’ll go first with: