Mellowmas continues unabated Á¢€” yes, it’s now the eighth day of this hellishly soft holiday Á¢€” and you can taste the magic over at Jason’s place. Go on! Taste it!
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…
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. …
One of the more out of left field musical directions pop took in the early ’80s was, of all things, a rockabilly revival, most notably led by the Stray Cats….
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…
It’s the all-important fifth day of Mellowmas, friends. We’ve already gotten through Christopher Cross, Air Supply, Peter Cetera, and Stephen Bishop Á¢€” all veritable kings of Mellow Gold. We can’t…
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…
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…
It’s the third day of Mellowmas, friends Á¢€” how are you holding up? Me, I’m cranking Sabbath all day long to cleanse my palate. And the mellow isn’t letting up…
As promised, Jason’s got more mellow golden yuletide greetings for you Á¢€” it’s day two of Mellowmas, and you’re (not) going to love what we’re serving up for you today….
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…
Check out result #2: Can someone please explain the reason for this strange behavior?
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…
As those of you who are also faithful readers of our friend Jason’s site already know, he’s got an excellent weekly feature going on over there called Adventures through the…
Welcome back to another edition of CHART ATTACK! You may have noticed that these posts tend to cover the music of the mid-to-late ’80s. The reason is simply that I’m…
Things that are making me happy right now: 1. My bitchin’ new 17″ laptop. Oh. My. God. 2. I’m about to get my first byline at Rotten Tomatoes. 3. Our…
Welcome back, my friends, to another edition of Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold! Oh, what wussiness shall we cover today? No need to wait to find out: IT’S…
The Cars were in a peculiar position in 1987. After the huge success of Heartbeat City and some lesser success with various solo outlets, the band regrouped to work on…
As those of us who devour pop culture rags and websites — or write for ‘em — know, ’tis the season to be list-y, as in “Best of 2006″ lists….
So of all the Cars solo projects (I haven’t forgotten Greg Hawkes’ 1983 effort – but it’s mostly instrumental), whose do you think was the most successful? You’d think the…
Welcome back to another awesome week here at CHART ATTACK! Last week, we covered the wondrous Top 10 in 1987. Let’s backtrack just one year prior, shall we, and see…
So, we’ve established that between writing every single Cars song (with rare exceptions of collaborations with keyboardist Greg Hawkes) and releasing a solo album that Ric Ocasek was very much…
After relative public indifference towards Panorama’s experimentation (while the album peaked at a respectable #5, it failed to chart a single any higher than #37), The Cars regrouped and retreated…
Welcome back! Hopefully you’ve recovered from last week’s one-two punch of Dan Hill and Little River Band. But here we are again, and you know what time it is. It’s…
While this shambles its way across the country, embarrassing itself in half-empty sheds nationwide (as Molly Shannon’s Marcy Darcy would say, “Don’t even get me started!”), what better time to…
Greetings, and welcome back from the Land of Tryptophan! I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend as much as I did. As you can see below, I’ve posted the…
Greetings from Albany, where I’m spending my post-Thanksgiving turkey hangover with my in-laws and preparing to lay down on the couch and watch TV all freaking day. Hope you’re doing…
Did someone mention Paul Young? Oh yeah, I did. Paul Young was one of the new crop of British blue-eyed soul acts that sprouted up like crabgrass in the early-to-mid…
Happy early Thanksgiving, mellow miners! It’s time for another edition of Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold, and today I’ve got two smooth songs for you – the perfect…
I meant to do this yesterday, but watching the 49ers beat my beloved Seahawks sapped my will to live, and I spent the rest of the evening gnashing my teeth…