Trump’s Boxing Boogie: How His Dance Move Gave Me an Existential (Birthday-Related) Experience
(May 28, 2024). It was a normal afternoon when the video came across my X (formerly Twitter) feed. There he was, Donald Trump, the former president, at one of his…
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45 Years Ago: The Summer of Summer Began… first ‘Hot Stuff’ then ‘Bad Girls’
(May 27, 2024). Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer in the U.S. In 1979, it marked the official beginning of Summer! Donna Summer’s summer, that is. Exactly 45…
Chart geek trivia: There are 12 of these songs on this week’s Hot 100 – likely a first!
(May 22, 2024). The year 2024 keeps churning out one trivia gem after another. In a year where the chart turnover at the top has been so rapid that it’s…
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40 years ago: ‘When Doves Cry’ was Prince’s ‘Not Like Us’ in the battle for 1984 pop supremacy
(May 17, 2024). Much has been made about this year’s musical battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, with Kendrick’s diss track “Not Like Us” seemingly tipping the scales (and public…
Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight” spent a fortnight at No. 1… and that’s not the first time something like that’s happened
(May 16, 2024). With a little help from a viral rap beef, the chart gods have created a unique circumstance with this week’s Billboard Hot 100 that only a true…