It's bullshit, that, BTW. the UK singles chart is in such freefall that they'd have probl'y got a hit even with the (spectacularly uncool & valueless) Alarm name attached. I think we're currently around 2,000 sales for a top 10.

Damn, Hec, sorry that Arafat died. Did you get bounced to next week on Talk of the Nation?

2,000?

What percentage of records sold is that? How does the percentage compare to Billboard's US charts of records sold? (Although, aren't the singles charts more about songs played, then records sold, isn't it?)

The record is 699 sales for the top 40. I don't have time for a proper breakdown, but number 1=25,000ish, so a statistician should be able to work stuff out.

Did you get bounced to next week on Talk of the Nation?

We did. We'll be rescheduled for either November 22nd or 24th.

I'm only bummed because my son's classmates, and their parents are going to be staring at the radio today waiting for me to come on. And since it's Veteran's Day, I can't really alert them that it's going to be rescheduled. Otherwise, it's not a big deal. It's beneficial in some ways because the books are just getting to the bookstores tomorrow. So in some ways, better for us to be on Thanksgiving week, before holiday shopping, and people can run right out to their store and buy the dang thang.

So in some ways, better for us to be on Thanksgiving week, before holiday shopping, and people can run right out to their store and buy the dang thang.

Do you know, it didn't occur to me until right this second that I need to order it for my brother for Xmas? Duh.

Do you know, it didn't occur to me until right this second that I need to order it for my brother for Xmas? Duh.

Only 43 shopping days until Christmas!

btw, Steph, thanks for writing to my minion. It's helping her sort out the back pain issues. She's got the exact same herniated discs. Poor thing's a temp though, and has to calculate how many weeks she can afford to take off for the surgery.

Steph, thanks for writing to my minion.

Oh, no problem, seriously. She told me the pain she has down her leg is a 10, and I flinched in sympathy. I can't believe she's only taking Tylenol 3, though. That stuff is like M&Ms. She needs the good stuff. Opiates for all!

launch.com, in a fit of insanity, just played me Hanson. What is sad is that I have never heard this song, it's not even from the MMMBop album and I recognized it as Hanson before checking. My ears can't distinguish individual instruments in most music, I can't match while singing or harmonize, but I can recognized the fucking Hanon brothers. great.

not to give a play by play of my launch today, but now I am getting Dean Martin singing Gentle on My MInd. I love both things, but together it is all kinds of wrong.