The Chartburn Panel March 6, 2009 Do not be alarmed! Do not adjust your set! Chartburn hasn’t gone away — it’s just sharing space with some more Friday features, including the the New Radio Roundtable, in which your intrepid Chartburn
Read More » The Chartburn Panel February 20, 2009 Do not be alarmed! Do not adjust your set! Chartburn hasn’t gone away — it’s just sharing space with some more Friday features, including the new and improved Freshly Unwrapped, in which your intrepid
Read More » The Chartburn Panel February 6, 2009 Mainstream Rock: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, “I Love Rock & Roll” (1982) Zack: The only way this song to could get worse would be to have some pigtailed, bubble-gum chewing pop star perform
Read More » The Chartburn Panel January 23, 2009 Mainstream Rock: Blue Oyster Cult, “Burnin’ for You” (1981) Mike: One of exactly two Blue Oyster Cult songs I’m familiar with (I’m sure we can all guess what
Read More » The Chartburn Panel November 14, 2008 Mainstream Rock: Bryan Adams, “Run to You” (1984) Darren Robbins: This song was the exact turning point for Adams. Up until then, his music has a certain us-against-them
Read More » The Chartburn Panel October 24, 2008 Mainstream Rock: The Who, “You Better You Bet” (1981) Zack Dennis: Every time I get hooked in by Pete Townsend’s synthesizers, I feel kind of silly. And yet
Read More » The Chartburn Panel October 10, 2008 Mainstream Rock: The Rolling Stones, “Mixed Emotions” (1989) Scott Malchus: This was the album when Keith and Mick supposedly started liking each other again. In truth, I think
Read More » The Chartburn Panel September 26, 2008 Mainstream Rock: Metallica, “The Day That Never Comes” (2008) (download) Robert Cass: It’s time for me to come clean with all of you — I’m from the future.
Read More » The Chartburn Panel September 12, 2008 Mainstream Rock: Robert Palmer, “Simply Irresistible” (1988) Dw. Dunphy: Simply inescapable. It’s a big old, synth-laden AOR kind of rocker that does what it has to do. I
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