Rule Forty Two: The Self-Aggrandizing Website of Gavin Edwards

Okay, now that we’re one-quarter of the way through the countdown, let’s break down some of the numbers for those top 25 videos (not counting the bonus clips from Def Leppard and U2):
United States: 14
England: 6
US/UK joint ventures: 2
Australia: 2
New Zealand: 1
White: 21
Black: 4
Male: 17
Female: 8
Solo acts: 13
Groups: 12
Number of solo acts better known for […]

posted 6 November 2008 in 1988. 1 comment

I’m actually on the road today, so video #76 will have to wait until next week. But to tide you over, I thought I’d share a few stats about the 1988 charts. There was quite a bit of turnover: 32 different songs hit #1 on the Billboard charts. (The most ever was 35, a mark […]

posted 23 October 2008 in 1988. 1 comment

My favorite web comic is still Cat and Girl. Here’s something I wrote about it a few years ago that never got published:
Like the world needed another comic strip about a human being living with a sassy, anthropomorphic cat. But this time, the cat has a chronic paint-drinking addiction (“It’s my major source of essential […]

posted 1 October 2008 in Articles, Links, Unpublished. 1 comment