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The top two seeds are playing all the hits, thus far, breezing past lesser acts as though they are mere sound checks. ‘Purple Reign’ and ‘Sweet Child O’ Malki’ will trade licks and bass kicks this Sunday with a ticket to the BIG SHOW on the line…

The lights are brighter, and things get heavier on the big stage (just ask Axl’s waist line about that last bit). ‘Goins ‘N’ Roses’ were the only headliner to leave their fans wanting more on the first leg of The Playoff Tour, as ‘Sweet Child O’ Malki’, ‘Purple Reign’, and ‘Sean Bon Joshi’ got off to a rocking start. ‘Wirt(h)snake’ provided the only upset on the night, leaving Captain Janet’s team once bitten, and one step closer to playing backyard bar mitzvahs in the suburbs…

Forced to play second fiddle to ‘Sweet Child O’ Malki’ all season long, ‘Purple Reign’ rose up and snatched the throne in the final week of regular season play. The artist formerly known as Zach Salt and his New Power Generation expect to extend their tour well into April, though there may be some tough shows ahead. Meanwhile, in something of a shocking turn, Mötley Blüe has been forced to cancel all remaining shows this season. We wave färëwëll to the umlauts, but hello to the SDFHL Fall League Playoffs, with action getting underway this Sunday…

Two teams have been counted in, two are now counted out, and the remaining six are in the thick of one of the most congested and hotly contested battles for playoff placement this league has ever seen. It will be a night of scoreboard watching, and tiebreaker tension as the regular season finally winds to a close this Sunday…

Captain Goncalo’s ‘Wrister Brownstone’ used to lose a little but a little wouldn’t do it, so the little got more and more. They just kept tryin’ to get a little better, said a little better than before. Brown never did get better, and Week Eleven saw the band slink sullenly off the playoff stage and back to their ‘tour bus’ (a 1987 Chevy Astro Van). A half dozen bands are still nervously pacing backstage, hoping they don’t melt under the hot lights and high pressure of the final two weeks of regular season rockin’…