Welcome to our first reader-requested Song-Off Jr.Á‚ A while back, forwardgirl proposed a threesome…and although we felt a bit uncomfortable with it at first, we’ve finally decided it’s time for…
Do you deserve a raise? Of course you do. Everyone thinks that he or she is underpaid. ThatÁ¢€â„¢s just the nature of the working world. Teachers think that they are…
All right, let me stop all you young ‘uns right there — 1980’s Xanadu is not a great movie, a lost treasure, or an overlooked masterpiece of fun. It’s a…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE There was a time — maybe 25 years ago — when mentioning Phil Collins in the pantheon of frickinÁ¢€â„¢ awesome drummers was greeted with thoughtful…
One of my favorite things about joining the Popdose brother/sisterhood is the fact that I have found a group of people whose taste in music is as broad and, on…
Well, folks, it’s time to take another dip into the wonderful world of Albums I Discovered While I Was Working At A Record Store. If you’re a former record store…
Below are magnified fragments of album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep…
If youÁ¢€â„¢re a TV junkie, youÁ¢€â„¢re waiting for the end of an era, or reeling from a hairpin, unorthodox beginning of a new one this week. Frankly, IÁ¢€â„¢m not sure…
I was a pretty confused kid in 1989. Well, not a kid, really — I was 17 going on 18. I had a couple of hundred vinyl records, and David…
New York City living, with its ever-expanding list of options, presents a reoccurring problem: What to do when you need or want to be in two places at once? Given…
BOTTOM LINE: Bitingly funny and self-aware. Perfect entertainment, especially for members of Generations X and Y. Thomas Sadoski and Marin Ireland in Reasons to Be Pretty Neil LaBute is one…
The first six months after 9/11 were a confusing time, and America wasn’t sure when it would be okay to laugh again. Then on March 5, 2002, some well-funded foreigners…
Spinning Into Butter has taken a few twists and turns on the road to todayÁ¢€â„¢s release. Shooting began in October 2005, back when Catherine Crier still had her live show…
Thank God for Ted Nugent. Seriously. The guy is a true patriot, and he has strong notions about America and what makes her great, which he lays out in his…
Happy Friday, everybody, and welcome back to another edition of CHART ATTACK! This week’s Top 10 is relatively diverse, with a bunch of artists who stand absolutely no chance of…
I try to do right, I try to do right, because I only got, only got, only got, only got…all that I have is one life to live. These are…
If you read this column last week, you might think from reading the headline that I’ve decided to only discuss the economic situation. In truth, I’m not referencing the “big…
The original, furiously populist theme of this column, as I envisioned it last weekend, was Á¢€Å“Nationalize the Banks, Now!Á¢€ Well, as of Monday that was taken care of, so, moving…
I may have to change my radio habits. As a general habit, my car is tuned to the local public radio station out of New York. I like it, it…
Actor Bruce Willis turned 54 on March 19, the same day famous friend David Letterman married Regina Lasko, his girlfriend of 23 years. Two days later Willis married Emma Heming,…
The original Lowell George-led Little Feat had a string of classic albums in the 1970s, from their self-titled debut on through 1978Á¢€â„¢s live Waiting For Columbus, their best seller. After…
A winter chill crept into our sunny spring Sunday and we all donned heavy coats to go to a baseball game. Tickets to the World Baseball Classic between the United…
Last week, Lance Berry brought word of a death in the DVD rental market. Today, I write of a renaissance in the sales market, at least for Á¢€Å“catalogÁ¢€ buyers like…
Suikoden Tierkreis (Nintendo DS, Konami, 2009) purchase this game (Amazon) I’ve been playing the Suikoden series since it first came stateside in 1996. Each story typically would touch on a…
IÁ¢€â„¢ve always been a fan of the Monkees. I watched the show when it came on the first time, and later when it was in reruns. I got most of…
Welcome back to Test of the Boomerang. Happy Spring Equinox! The folks over at Lostpedia offered up an interesting tidbit about the recent Lost episode “La Fleur.” Could the names…
The Hazards of Love (Capitol Records), the fifth Decemberists album, is a romantic fairy tale, albeit one with some extremely dark passages, and a very sad ending. Musically, Colin Meloy…