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 Hey folks, I really appreciate everyone who has come to my little corner of the interwebs these last 20 or so years. It's been a tremendously fun outlet for my music geekdom that I got to share, even if I (half) jokingly called it my "homework" every night. I had been doing a weekly music chart continuously since 1982, and transfering it online was letting in a part of myself that I kept to myself all through growing up. But things had changed the last couple of years. Coupled with the endless circus we've endured the last ten years thanks to that fascist reality-show nutcase, what was considered "popular" music had become more and more processed and simply unlistenable. I guess my breaking point was that  K-Pop Demon Hunters  drivel, which if it wasn't pure AI sure as hell  felt  like AI. "Baby Shark" was more organic that that, and this is from a long-time admirer of the genre. (Well  mostly ). Also, the transformation of those big names I  ...

As I am counting down the biggest hits of year from my personal chart in these last weeks of the year, let me take a detour to run down the top 100 from this past week (the first "chart week" of 2019). Marshmello & Bastille finally make it to the top spot, while Jimmie Allen (pictured above) shoots his way into the top five. Songs from Nathaniel Rateliff, Death Cab For Cutie, and Ella Mai make some of the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ), while former big hits from Cher, Post Malone, Selena Gomez, and Sabrina Carpenter fall off my chart . Happy Holidays, everyone! This Week           Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Happier - Marshmello & Bastille (2) 2. High Hopes - Panic At The Disco (1) 3. Lose It - Kane Brown (3) 4. Best Shot - Jimmie Allen (6) 5. She Got The Best Of Me - Luk...

Friday is here, and I'm ready to run down my top 100 tunes from the previous week. Andy Grammer hangs in at #1 for a second week, while the Weeknd (pictured above) slides into my top-5. Former big hits from Imagine Dragons, Calvin Harris/Ellie Goulding, Salt Ashes, and Cole Swindell drop off my list, while songs from Duke Dumont, Axwell & Ingrosso, and Little Big Town make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). This Week                 Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Honey, I'm Good. - Andy Grammer (1) 2. Believe - Mumford & Sons (4) 3. Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon (3) 4. Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding (2) 5. Earned It - The Weeknd (7) 6. Style - Taylor Swift (5) 7. Congregation - Foo Fighters (8) 8. Lay Me Down - Sam Smith (6) 9. Hollow Moo...

When I was a kid, I was freaked out by hair salons because the word "unisex" was always plastered all over. I mean imagine being like 8. What does that mean? What horrible things do they do to you for 15$? Do you really see that word anywhere else? It gave me the willies.