all good to me...( i think Derek and marc are saying the same thing...... ) I too like the suspence idea a lot ....

Only 2 comments...

lets go to songs limited to 6 minutes and lets not penalise Mike if he has to cut a song short...ie we will likely know the song and dont need to listen to all 8 minutes of it for Mike to get his win...should we approve of his choice of course...

I like Dereks idea of keeping it moving without tallys for a while... i think we will be a lot longer than midnight if we waste time deciding on our vote too... if we take 2 minutes to vote after each round that adds 60 minutes of time to the night over 30 head to head battles....plus time queing up songs.... we may be here way into the morning...
perhaps we say the last round is the round that is in play at midnight....thereby finishing up before 1 am....it may only be round 8 or 9 but that also adds an element of stategy...maybe we also say you have to vote within 30 secounds of the end of the song and there is no arguing historic points or cultural bullshit... the songs are judged without commentary by the player..?
What do you think?