Our writers will be back with new blurbs on Monday. In the meantime, enjoy:
- Thomas Inskeep wrote in his blog, Oh Manchester, So Much to Answer For, on the state of R&B radio in 1992 and the “top 40 magic” of Chicago radio in late 1982.
- Inskeep also wrote about Christmas-themed singles by TLC and Tom Petty for his blog Merry Christmas Music. (Here’s his introductory history of recorded Christmas music, originally published by Maura magazine.)
- For Popmatters, Hannah Jocelyn reviewed the new Black MIDI (the group, not the genre) album Schlagenheim.