From the Archive From the Archive: Prince, Emancipated 1996-1997 A "lost" piece on Prince releases from 1996, originally published by Discogs.
From the Archive From the Archive: How Prince Partied When It Was Actually 1999 A "lost" piece on Prince's 1999 album 'Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic,' originally written for Discogs.
Music Music's Physical Crisis is Taking Notes Why is it this hard to get a full album, with liner notes, on a disc?
From the Archive From the Archive: The Rebirth of Prince 2004-2007 A "lost" piece on Prince's mid-'00s "comeback," originally written for Discogs.
Movies The Ghostbusters Guy They can't stop making these movies. Are people like me to blame - or is it actually my fault?
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 3/24/2007 Four hits re-enter the Hot 100 and a major player appears.
From the Archive From the Archive: Sometimes a Fantasy is All You Need A 2020 essay reflecting on the 40th anniversary of Billy Joel's 'Glass Houses.'
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 2/29/1964 Sixty years ago, there was Beatlemania - even on the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 2/22/1969 A late '60s soul revue and much more.
From the Archive From the Archive: On Jackson Browne's 'Running on Empty' A 2021 piece I'm quite proud of, from a site I almost forgot I edited.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 2/14/2004 This bottom 10 has almost two hits and two connections to the Barbershop films.
From the Archive From the Archive: John Williams on the Pop Charts A 2019 tribute to my favorite film composer.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 2/6/1988 This bottom 10 of a random Billboard Hot 100 has every kind of hairstyle you'd want.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 11/15/1975 A bottom 10 full of funk, soul and a few white guys putting it down, too.
Interviews Interview Extra: How John Luongo Remixed The Jacksons An extra anecdote from my 2022 interview with dance remixer/producer John Luongo.