I can't sleep and I just had a dream that amplified and echoed my sexual repression (basically, I was trying to service and enjoy the company of two ladies but people kept knocking on my front door every three seconds, from UPS to representatives of Mack trucks!). So I'm up and I'm posting this final edition of the iTunes chart from last week. By ( Read more... )

Five New Zealand acts invade the Top 25 this week! Could this be the start of the Kiwi invasion? Find out next on iTunes - Ian's Top 25 Airplay for the Week! To show you the way to succeed and the way to suck eggs, heeeeeeeere's Ministry! I mean, Ian!

"Why thank you very much, Chad. Our program is brought to you this week by Grey Poupon. ( Read more... )

Two entries that missed out on the Top 25 a few weeks back now splash into the Top 10. Three songs from an obscure mid-Eighties collective that never really existed land in the Top 25 as well. Who are these mystery people? Find out next on iTunes -- Ian's Top 25 Airplay for the Week! To show you how you can know about good music and still suck at ( Read more... )

There's not too much variation/more stability this week, so I won't really do any commentary. I listened to a lot of songs in the span of two days, but the same 15 or so kept popping up at random.

TOP 25 AIRPLAY THIS WEEK
[NEW] shows a new chart entry
[2 (1 wk.) > REENTRY < 24] shows a chart reentry and lists the number of weeks the song was in the ( Read more... )

Three new entries from the same man recorded back in 1982 before he became famous in a better-known outfit, four reentries, and a lot of slipping and sliding up and down the charts. Stay tuned for iTunes -- Ian's Top 25 Airplay for the Week! To show you how you can get sex appeal without drinking Sprite, heeeeeere's IAN ( Read more... )

This one's comprised of songs from the past two weeks because last week I didn't use iTunes enough to be able to compile a Top 25 list. No commentary this time, either. I just feel like getting it out.

TOP 25 AIRPLAY THIS WEEK
[NEW] shows a new chart entry
[2 (1 wk.) > REENTRY < 24] shows a chart reentry and lists the number of weeks the song ( Read more... )

No commentary this week. I'm tired.

TOP 25 AIRPLAY THIS WEEK
[NEW] shows a new chart entry
[2 (1 wk.) > REENTRY < 24] shows a chart reentry and lists the number of weeks the song was in the charts on its initial run(s)
[5 < 1] shows the leap in charts from one week to the next, as symbolized by the "less than" symbol
[4 > 17] shows the drop in ( Read more... )

A song that should've made these charts last week and was sadly neglected is a chart-topper this week, a number of last week's entries bounce all around the Top 25, and a healthy slab of new entries also appears. Stay tuned for iTunes -- Ian's Top 25 Airplay for the Week! To show you how you can be all that you can be without joining the Army, ( Read more... )

A continuing obsession of one-hit pop wonders from solo female artists continues this week with the Number One peak, The Names still won't fall out of the Top Ten as dream-pop and Sixties music bounces back into the upper echelons of the chart, and a couple of punks hang around the lower end. Find out more on iTunes -- Ian's Top 25 Airplay for the ( Read more... )

A little more stability in the charts as only 4 songs from last week's Top 15 do not reappear here, and the lower entries from a week ago have disappeared off the charts as well, perhaps signifying a bit of upcoming normality. Who stayed on? Who debuted? What surprising reentries were there? We'll find out next on iTunes -- Ian's Top 25 Airplay for ( Read more... )