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Dashboard Confessional

Finally, the government hits the pop charts

Here's your weekly dose of what the rest of the planet is listening to these days, and boy, it's fun!

Our friends in Maroon 5 have supplanted Linkin Park at #1, selling nearly half-a-million copies of their new collection of song It Can't be Soon for Long (oh those clever boys!). Does anyone else think that Maroon 5 sometime very stealthily became this popular? I mean I remember they had a hit, but seriously? Ah well.

I can better understand the Blizzard of Oz coming in at #3 with Black Rain. Good ol' Ozzy, still churning them out. However, what really got me excited was seeing the U.S. Department of Agriculture landing an album at #4. Yes, the U.S.D.A. has taken it to the Top 5 and now we can remember our four groups and even the food pyramid!

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Dashboard Confessional, with Vendetta Red, Brand New, and MxPx

MxPx. Photo by Ryan Schierling.

at Qwest Field

Who knows, but I'll bet money that these kids are going to be listening to whatever futuristic equivalent to Journey there is in the year 2020.

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AstroPOP! for September 2003

Read AstroPOP! to see what's in the stars -- and the record stores -- for you for September 2003, featuring reviews of Terror Sheets, Dashboard Confessional, the Divorce, United State of Electronica, and more.

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