DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Okay…I admit to being a UK popophile (Hey now!). What can I say? The ’80s was the decade of my youth, so naturally I’m going…
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Will Harris
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Given that the Osbourne family became the toast of MTV in 2002, thanks to their then-groundbreaking reality series, “The Osbournes,” it came as no real surprise when it was announced…
David Medsker
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Q: Why aren’t there any jokes about Guyana? A: The punch line’s too long. Thanks, I’m here all week. Below are magnified fragments of album covers. Most of them are…
Jon Cummings
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Last week Marti Jones was back in Washington, DC — the city where she and I had our greatest moments together during her career in pop music. (Actually, she was…
Jon Cummings
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He may have called for “a kinder, gentler nation,” but the first year of George H.W. Bush’s presidency, 1989, turned out to be Ground Zero for the Culture Wars. It…
Matchup Monkey
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Say Hi (fronted by Eric Ellbogen) is certainly punching above their/his weight here, but they/he just released their/his sixth album Ooh’s and Aah’s last week and is currently on tour…
Jeff Giles
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I miss buying an album and lying on the floor for three days and going over it with a magnifying glass. I still go to the record store and spend…
Robert Cass
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I don’t know much about this Bob Marley character, but if his performance on the “Welcome to New York” bootleg is any indication, he was a real hack: a quarter…
The Chartburn Panel
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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…
Dw. Dunphy
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No time for love, Dr. Jones. The fakes await! As I mentioned last week, this post is devoted to the cinematic musical alter egos (and some non-cinematic ones as well)…
Rob Smith
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I’ve long had a man-crush on soft spot in my heart for Paul Stanley, Kiss’ lead vocalist and most musical member. He’s the best singer in the band, a commanding…
John C. Hughes
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On Tuesday, we talked about Jules Shear’s “Whispering Your Name,” a failed single from his solo debut, Watch Dog. While the single and album flopped, it stayed in the hearts…
Mojo Flucke
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Last summer, I gave y’alls a Cephas & Wiggins Cold Shot that had no news peg, no current-events hook that made it relevant to that time, just a nice little…
Scott Malchus
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Through the eyes of my son, I”™ve been reliving a part of my youth in the form of colorful costumed super heroes from cartoons and the pages of comic books….
Tony Redman
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This album from 1978 features the Temple City Kazoo Orchestra playing that most maligned of instruments, the kazoo. The kazoo was invented by an African-American named Alabama Vest in Macon,…
Ben Wiser
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Phish – The Clifford Ball (Rhino) Sherman, set the Way Back machine for that balmy summer of 1996! Jerry Garcia had been gone a year, and a lot of lonesome…
Ken Shane
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It’s no secret that tribute albums and charity compilations can be hit-or-miss affairs at best. In the case of the latter, all you can really do is be happy that…
Jeff Giles
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Lelia Broussard – Waiting on the 9 (self-released, 2008) purchase this album (Amie Street) I’m pretty sure I have t-shirts that are older than Lelia Broussard, but even at the…
David Medsker
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Imagine the exchange that took place when Peter Gabriel brought Us, the long-overdue follow-up to his 1986 critical and commercial smash So (proper follow-up, anyway, with all apologies to 1989’s…
Dave Steed
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Welcome, everyone, to another installment of Bottom Feeders, your weekly look at the Billboard Hot 100 chart from #41 down during the 1980s. This week we tackle the first half…
John C. Hughes
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I gave Jules a quick once-over a little over three years ago, so I think it’s high time I spotlighted another track of Shear beauty, this one from his stellar…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Sometimes it’s good to live in the metro area of a big city.Á‚ Sure, you have to deal with heavy traffic, the lack of parking,…
Rob Smith
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You wouldn’t know it by reading the following, but Uncle Donnie is afraid of British people.Á‚ Thought the Beatles were going to bring about a counter-Revolutionary War, in which England…
David Medsker
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Below are magnified fragments of album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep…
Jon Cummings
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To fans of her four albums of marvelous acoustic pop in the mid-to-late ’80s, Marti Jones seemed on the cusp of becoming the next (albeit far hipper) Linda Ronstadt. Jones…
Mojo Flucke
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Tin Machine was flat-out great, featuring fierce guitars, edgy lyrics and even edgier production. The world thought it stunk, and threw stuff at David Bowie and his noisy bandmates when…
Matchup Monkey
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If you’re so funny, then why are you on your own tonight?Á‚ And if you’re so clever, then why are you on your own tonight?Á‚ If you’re so very entertaining,…
Robert Cass
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Stevie truly is a wonder, but did you know his music has the power to generate profits not only for his record label but also his fans? When a friend…
Jeff Giles
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The Damnwells – Bastard of Midnight from One Last Century (2009) (download album FREE from Paste) Ivan Neville – Lost Ball from Saturday Morning Music (2002) Michael McDermott – Just…
Jason Hare
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Howdy, everybody! I tend to stick to the ’80s when writing CHART ATTACK!, as they’re the years I remember best. But this week, I decided to pull up something from…