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CD Review: Bon Jovi, “The Circle”
Trends may change and empires may crumble, but at least one thing always seems to stay the same: Bon goddamn Jovi can’t take a dump without it coming out platinum. During the great hair
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Bon Jovi, “Silent Night”
Had Bon Jovi been killed in a horrific, fiery airplane crash in 1985, we would remember them much differently than we do today. Had they experienced a painful, flesh-melting demise prior to recording 1986’s
Read More »CD Review: Kiss, “Sonic Boom”
Any good label manager would tell you: don’t name your album something a reviewer could turn into a catchy, snarky counterpoint. But as we know far too well, most of the labels are hanging
Read More »The Steel Horse Archives: Cinderella, “Somebody Save Me”
Jeff Vrabel officially cracks open the Steel Horse Archives this week, and -- what's this? Cinderella comes crawling out!
Read More »Song-Off Jr.: Fast Food Burgers
As people eat more meals outside the home, they consume more calories, less fiber, and more fat. Commodity prices have fallen so low that the fast food industry has greatly increased its portion sizes,
Read More »CHART ATTACK!: 5/13/89
Jason Hare takes us back to 1989, when 38 Special begged for forgiveness, Peter Cetera warbled with Cher, and a "mystery artist" made it all the way to #2!
Read More »Letter from the Editor: Radio is Dying, but Music Has “One Life to Live”
I try to do right, I try to do right, because I only got, only got, only got, only got…all that I have is one life to live. These are the words that greeted
Read More »New Radio Roundtable: 3/6/09
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 »Unsolicited Career Advice for… Radiohead
You wouldn’t know it by reading the following, but Uncle Donnie is afraid of British people. Thought the Beatles were going to bring about a counter-Revolutionary War, in which England would attempt to take
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