Wow—four years. This is like entering a second term in political office. When's the corruption scandal gonna hit? Anyway, I won't ramble on too much about Chart Rigger's anniversary because—ta dah!—there's a quick, D'luvvly video blog for that purpose: Wow, the charisma. And appropriately, it'...

1. Chart Rigger picked up two awards from Pop Trash Addicts in the PTA Blog Awards! This is one of classiest honors a music blogger could ever hope to win, and I'm still hard just thinking about it. See below: Best U.S. Blog: "From his hot lesbian soccer mum hairstyle to his copious use of the word ...

This has been one bastard-assed year, hasn't it? Curve balls seemed to have smacked everyone upside the noggin repeatedly over the course of the past 12 months. And yet, resiliently, here we all still are. Happy holidays, gang. Thank you for tuning in day after day in 2008. I know it ain't Shakespea...

Nothing warms the heart at the holidays like shame. And, believe it or not, in 2002, D'luv wasn't the handsome, jet-set heartthrob you see before you now. Yeah, it was a lean Christmas six years ago, and so when I flew home to western Pennsylvania to visit Ma and Pa Luv, dear old dad thoughtfully sa...

It's been over a year since the proper "Throwback" series began here on Chart Rigger—kicking off with Cola Boy's "7 Ways To Love"—and over time it's drifted more toward me getting overly-sentinmental and whiny. So it's time to get back to some fun! During my first year away at university ('94-'9...

Greetings! It's been busier than a stripper pole in Miley Cyrus' bedroom around these parts lately, and below are a few of the reasons why. Sorry I haven't been able to respond to all the comments in a timely manner the past month or so, but rest assured, you're all in my heart...and some of you are...

Two-bit hooker Good ol' Lily Allen has admitted she ripped off Take That's 2007 U.K. #1 hit "Shine" with her new song "Who'd Of Known," which is streaming on her MySpace. The lazy plagiarist writes on her MySpace blog: [sic x 10]"i haveput up a song that wont make it on the album . i ripped off the ...

NME.com reports that a new interview with Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie reveals he was to write for Kylie Minogue back in 1992, but, well, "we were too fucked up to even write a song for ourselves at that time." Primal Scream are probably best known for their 1990 rave anthem "Loaded," which was m...

On the eve of Hillary Clinton conceding the Democratic Primary race to Barack Obama, MoogaBoo and D'luv scoured lyrics from the pantheon of pop history to create a mix tape of appropriate end-of-campaign song choices for poor ol' Hill-Dog. By all means, chime in with any we missed! 1. The Smiths - "...

Oh, Madonna. What a tempestuous relationship we've had. I'm sort of the Madge anti-fan. The output I like from her is often the least favored among her followers. But here's a confession: my alltime fave song from Ye Olde Vampyre is spring 1994's "I'll Remember," from box office flop With Honors. Fi...