Note: This is a post back from when I first started my website last September. I hadn’t yet started the Mellow Gold or Chart Attack! series, so I don’t think…
Jason Hare
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Welcome back to another Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold! It’s frickin’ freezing outside here in NY, and I’m tired of it. I was going to save today’s track…
Jason Hare
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Crawling with Gibbs? Damn, that sounds like a tagline for a teen horror movie. "Don’t open the door. Don’t look under the bed. Don’t stare at the mirror, and don’t…
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Howdy, everybody, and welcome to another edition of Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold! Hope you didn’t put that cowboy hat away, pardner; we’re going back to the country…
Jason Hare
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Welcome back, everybody, to yet another edition of CHART ATTACK! I know I’ve been hanging out in the late ’80s/early ’90s for the past few weeks. I can’t help it;…
Jason Hare
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Why, hello there, Mellow Miners! My, you’re looking fine today! I’m in a romantic mood. Maybe it’s because it’s Valentine’s Day, or maybe it’s because I’m giddy over making it…
Jason Hare
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We spend a lot of time on this site talking about the forgotten music of years past. While we tend to focus on Mellow Gold, clearly we could apply the…
Jason Hare
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Hey hey, it’s Friday, and that means it’s time for yet another edition of CHART ATTACK! This week, let’s go back and check out the charts from February 11, 1989!…
Jason Hare
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Hello everybody, and welcome back to yet another edition of Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold! Thanks for waiting patiently an extra day, although after today’s choice, who knows?…
Jason Hare
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Hello again and welcome back to yet another Friday edition of CHART ATTACK! Today we’re going to take a look back at a pretty good week – not amazing, but…
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There’s a scene in one of my favorite TV shows, Arrested Development – specifically, the episode entitled “Good Grief” – that manages to be both hysterical and sad at the…
Jason Hare
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Welcome back, friends, to another edition of CHART ATTACK! Well, maybe I shouldn’t say "friends." I don’t think you’ll like me very much after you review this week in music. …
Jason Hare
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Oh, Wednesday morning, you gave me no warning. Instead, you just showed up and offered me the wussiest music imaginable. So I suppose I’ll do my duty and present you…
Jason Hare
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It’s Friday, and here we are again for another edition of CHART ATTACK! As I’ve said before, 1988 is my favorite chart year of the ’80s; I know each of…
Jason Hare
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Welcome back! Wednesday means only one thing – more Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold! Let’s get feminine! No, seriously: let’s get feminine. Mary MacGregor – Torn Between Two…
Jason Hare
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Welcome back, folks, to another edition of CHART ATTACK! I have sad news for you this week: there is no Stevie B. track on this Top 10. In fact, you…
Jason Hare
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Wow, has a week really gone by since we explored the wussiness of Christopher Cross and Ambrosia? I guess time flies when you’re wimpin’ it up! Well, no matter –…
Jason Hare
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Hello, everyone, and welcome back as we begin a new year of CHART ATTACK! In truth, I only really missed one week, as the Billboard charts don’t publish the last…
Jason Hare
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Happy New Year, everybody! And what a special year 2007’s going to be. I can feel it in my heart, my bones, the place where my cojones used to be…
Jason Hare
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I received an e-mail this morning from one of the members of Starland Vocal Band, detailing the story behind Christmas At Home. I thought I’d share it with you. Next…
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Well, friends, here we are. You thought the day would never come. I know. It’s been rough, hasn’t it, listening to all this Mellow holiday music? But there’s a light…
Jason Hare
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Hang on, folks, we’ve only got a couple more days of Mellowmas ahead, and these last few – ESPECIALLY DAY TWELVE – are going to rock. (By "rock," I mean…well,…
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Welcome back to yet another edition of Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold! We’re a day early this week, since I thought that combining Mellow Gold with Mellowmas tomorrow…
Jason Hare
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It’s Day 8 of the Jefito/Jason "Screw you, we’re not stopping with the shitty music, no matter how much you beg" 12 Days of Mellowmas! And we’ve got one for…
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Day 6 of the 12 Days Of Mellowmas! How excited are you? You should be very excited. Today’s track is one of my personal favorites, with no snark intended. Seriously. …
Jason Hare
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Welcome back, friends, to another fun-filled CHART ATTACK! We’ve now covered every year of the ’80s, and even though we’ve got a number of Mellow Golds in this post, I’m…
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Welcome back to our 4th Day of the 12 Days Of Mellowmas! Nothing needs to be said about the following artist. Well, nothing, that is, except the conversation between Jefito…
Jason Hare
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Welcome back, wimpy friends, to another edition of Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold! Today, I’m asking you to find your tightest chaps and your pinkest cowboy hat, because…
Jason Hare
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Welcome, folks, to day 2 of The 12 Days Of Mellowmas! Please enjoy (or try to enjoy) today’s download: "Love Is All," by Air Supply! Jeff and I were disappointed…
Jason Hare
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My friends, holidays are a time for sharing. Sharing love. Sharing gifts. Sharing holiday cheer. And sharing mellow music. Terrible, mellow music. The sad truth is that while the ’70s…