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Music: The 500 Best Albums of the Last 40 Years Part IV 200-101

  Here it is, the latest installment in my countdown of the best albums made over the last 40 years. As we close in on my actual 40th birthday, so too do we close in on the end of the list. You can see 201 -300 here. Here is 301-400. And here is 401-500. 200. [...]

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This Week’s Chart Beat

The Donnas sport that wind in your hair look Sassy sitcom singer Reba McEntire’s Duets album struts it’s way into the number one spot on the Top 200 as both Kanye and 50 Cent see their album sales drop by an astounding 75% + each. Barry Manilow noses in at number four with his The [...]

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DVR Alert: SNL Announces Musical Guests

Spoon: Look in the 791. section… Saturday Night Live has revealed the first batch of musical guests for this, their 93rd season. What, no Les Savvy Fav with Armisen behind the kit? The fun starts September 29th with rhyme-challenged MC Kanye West, fresh from vanquishing 50 Cent. Indie kids rejoice on October 6th when Spoon [...]

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This Weeks Chart Beat: West Bests Gritty Fitty

Hot Hot Heat: Someone always insists on looking in the wrong direction, wearing a different outfit and throwing off all sense of perspective with their freakishly tiny proportions… By now we all know who came out on top in this week’s Billboard Top 200 shootout: Black Francis. Hah, I wish! Kanye West wins fair and [...]

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Music: Chart Beat — Early Returns from The Precincts

Kanye and Cruise mistake the VMAs for the V-Jay Jays Last night I was at the 14th Street Virgin megastore in New York City where Kanye West had a line waiting around the megablock for his signature on their copies of his new CD, Graduation. It seems like the relentless prom-ing, tantrum throwing and magazine [...]

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