100barrelhouse: The First Rock ‘N Roll Record, Part 1

A few months ago, I came across a long list of records from as early as 1916 that were contenders for the title ‘First Rock N Roll Record’. A closer look at the artists and songs mentioned revealed they were each one of them seriously considered. I did know that the genre’s origins are still [...]

Those Zany Charts…

By way of an introduction to this episode of Those Zany Charts, I’m going to ask you, gentle reader, to hazard a guess at which artist or band has had the most No. 1 hits in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. Have a think about it, I’ll wait. … … Michael Jackson, right? [...]

100b’s News-ish Round-Up

I’ve been away for a while and came back in a world gone topsy-turvy! Paris Hilton “runs for president”?!? Snoop Dogg’s in a Bollywood movie?!? John Lydon makes racist comments and has Bloc Party’s Kele beat up?!? I’m waiting for me to wake up and the narrator to say, ‘but it was all just a [...]

100b’s News-ish Round-Up

It’s once again time to round up the news-ish! Since we’ve started this post I’m proud to say that we’ve managed to steer clear from commenting on celebrity relationships, because we really don’t give a crap who’s secretly married or not, who’s engaged because she’s pregnant or not. Leave it to me to break this [...]

Those Zany Charts…

Since it’s Elvis Week and we’ve done all Elvis posts this week, I thought we might as well go all the way and bring the King into Those Zany Charts. But an all-Elvis chart post would be boring, we can just go get that Number 1s album if you want to know about that, right? [...]

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