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CHART ATTACK!: 3/16/91

Jason Hare March 13, 2009 21

Happy Friday and welcome to another edition of CHART ATTACK! So last time we met here to dissect a Billboard chart, it was a Top 10 from 1971, and I got my ass handed

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Dw. Dunphy On… Recovering From Performer’s Bias

Dw. Dunphy February 19, 2009 4

Cover bands and karaoke hustlers, I am sorry. I have been far too rude to you for far too long. Accept my penance

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Chartburn: 10/24/08

The Chartburn Panel October 24, 2008 8
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

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Sugar Water: How I Messed Up Everything for Everybody

Robert Cass May 4, 2008 11

Late last week it was reported that pop diva Mariah Carey had married actor Nick Cannon in a secret ceremony. Naturally, my first thought was that her new album, E=MC², must really need a

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Billboarding: 4/21/08

Jeff Giles April 21, 2008 13

… In which we take a twice-monthly look at the top ten of one of Billboard magazine’s many singles charts. This week: the Hot 100!

1. Leona Lewis,

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The Popdose Interview: Jack McBrayer

Robert Cass April 9, 2008 15

Actor Jack McBrayer (Kenneth on NBC’s 30 Rock) e-mailed me recently, panic-stricken and presumably sweaty. He was convinced that the recent writers’ strike had made people forget who he was. “But Jack,” I said,

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