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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