Recent content by Charlie Steiner

1. When I See You Smile (Bad English, 1989) And so we end the countdown an high note. When I See You Smile reached #1 on the American and Canadian charts. Full writing credits go not to anyone in the band and rather to behind-the-scenes Svengali of M-AD countdowns, Diane Warren, who has...

Time for another stop on the journey: A. Overholt Monongahela Mash Straight Rye Whiskey (95 proof, 80 rye/20 barley, $39.99, Angel's Share Liquors, Crofton, MD) First thoughts: A scant 14 months ago, I posted here about my first experience with Old Overholt 114; since then, I have finished 3...

Best listened to on a quadraphonic blaubunkt.

2. Forget Me Not (Bad English, 1989) *Editor's note: In my hurry to post my write-up about the previous song, Best of What I Got, it was written by Waite, Jonathan Cain and Neal Schon, and had its moment in the sun, as it was used over the closing credits of Tango and Cash. Forget Me Not was...

Utz are big around my way, and we've always pronounced the U like 'uh'. As for the ad, it was a story arc on Mad Men, and I linked the scene with the commerical in my first post in the thread. Here it is again.

They're still here, wrapping up the installation process, but it's connected and running. I guess it's hard to say how long our utility company will take to doing their part, but I hope it's not too long. I've actually had mostly favorable experiences when I've contacted them, so I hope they...

How long does/will it take to get permission to operate and then turn it on?

Today's the day the panels go up. Hoping the weather holds and everything goes smoothly.

3. Best of What I Got (Bad English, 1989) There's not much more to say about the creation of Waite's second band than what's quoted above. Best of What I Got is the first track on the album and clearly announces their intention to go full throttle--and full hair band--on us.

Gotta go with the brand that carries a line of charismatic and diverse products.

I was scared of ryes when I started drinking whiskey ~5 years ago because I conflated the term 'spicy' with tongue-burning spicy. Now I think of it more related to 'baking spice', which I've come to enjoy. The one that was a game-changer for me was Sagamore Cask Strength because it had no...

You're not wrong but you're wrong at the same time. If you missed it in the M-AD thread, The Babys were a put-together band, but they were put together around the original keyboard player, Michael Corby, so Waite was just a hired hand at first. When Corby had visions of being the next Genesis...

Funny you should mention that...

It felt like they were either early or late by about 4-5 years, and they weren't enough of something to get planted in the zeitgeist. The sad part is that whatever was missing was probably more related to their look than sound.

4. She's the One (Rover's Return, 1987) John once again teams up with one of the most legendary journeymen most people outside of the Czech Republic may never have heard of, Ivan Kral, to deliver another Babys-esque toe-tapper.