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Dear The ChartBlog Massive,

It's that time of year again. A time to hang up the reviewing goggles, unhook the taste filters, shake the unpleasant build-up of waxy cack from the ears (then clean the droppings off the desk with a stiff brush) and take a break.

But I know some or one of you have a need for regular ChartBlog action which borders on addiction (hi Mum!), and to force you to go cold turkey just so that I can lounge about is a terribly cruel thing to do, so here's what we've sorted out.

I'm going to be away from Sunday the 24th of August until Wednesday the 3rd of September. While I'm off, the good people of ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Switch will be holding the fort. This is going to make typing quite hard work, so I've asked them, once a day, to put the fort down, review something and put it up here. What they choose to do with the fort after this is their own business.

So, everyone, say hello to the review-merizing team, Grant Black, Vicki Lutas and Sam Horner. You already know Steve Perkins and Hazel Robinson, right?

As a special extra treat, Beth Meade is going to be putting up the Chart Show DVD Extras and keeping Top 5 High 5 alive. This is because, no matter how much we all may wish it to be otherwise, the Charts will keep going even in a period of relative ChartBlog drought.

Everyone play nicely, please. I'll be back soon.

TTFN,

Fraser