Trade weekly of the group chatMay 11, 2026

TheConnector

The music league of record — Atlanta

Bicycling Through a War-Torn Beirut in 1983

Sunlight, dust, and distant echoes of something you’re trying not to think about—you’re pedaling past checkpoints, rubble, and fragments of normal life still clinging on. It’s tense but strangely quiet in moments, like the world is holding its breath. This is the soundtrack for movement through chaos with a detached calm—beautiful, uneasy, and a little surreal. Lean 80s post-punk, Middle Eastern–influenced grooves, or atmospheric world music from the late 70s–80s—something rhythmic enough to keep you moving, but with an undercurrent that never fully relaxes.

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Song of the week
5
Points
Chop Suey!
System Of A Down
Submitted by Ford L
The leaderboard13 players
  1. 1Ford L7pts
  2. 1Kennon S7pts
  3. 2Giles G6pts
  4. 2Mills T6pts
  5. 3Coates C5pts
  6. 3Dray E5pts
  7. 4Emory L4pts
  8. 5Frank L3pts
  9. —Brooks K8 missed0
  10. —Chris V9 missed0
  11. —Jack A10 missed0
  12. —Jake C5 missed0
  13. —Schuyler M5 missed0
The round in full
Forfeited · submitter didn't vote

~ Cap inferred · max 5 pts per vote this round

This round3 picks

Closer

12PTS

Giles G

Saved their heaviest scoring for the back half of the season.

Too Close to Call

0PTS

lowest takes it

R8 Bicycling Through a War-Torn Beirut in 1983

The round that came down to the thinnest winning margin of the season.

Only Friend

Tied
3PTS

“Sandstorm” — Darude

Jack A · R8 Bicycling Through a War-Torn Beirut in 1983

“Bodies” — Drowning Pool

Coates C · R7 Fuck, I Got Addicted to Ayahuasca But I’m a Neurosurgeon

The best song exactly one voter was willing to back.

The standings shiftas of R8

Leader

Dray E82pts

Biggest climb

3Mills T

Biggest fall

2Chris V
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