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What Got My Attention This Week...

It used to mean something when a record made the charts. These days? Not so much.
NPR's "On the Media" explains the charts -- then and now.



Holly Hughes over at The Song in My Head Today tackles Eighties Cheese all week, but has particularly great posts on Modern English and Bonnie Tyler. (But shouldn't that type of cheese be spelled "cheez"?)

Marcello Carlin over at Then Play Long has been reviewing every British Number 1 album from 1956 on. He's up to December 1968 and The Beatles (aka The White Album, which gets the usual comprehensive treatment.

Peter over at Peter's Power Pop celebrates the most unique (and perhaps embarassing) song in David Bowie's oevre.

Jim Bartlett over on the WNEW.com blog has the definitive look at "The Monster Mash." Jim also blogs at The Hits Keep Coming -- which is always a good read. (By the way, you can hear "The Monster Mash" here, among other places.)


And, to stretch the Halloween theme a bit, dreams can always be a little spooky. Connie over at W. Va. Fur and Root has had a recurring dream for years -- pop over there and help her interpret it!