During its brief lifespan, Blu-ray has been helped along by the usual early adopters, but now that the format has beaten out HD DVD for next-gen dominance, if it’s really…
Can you remember 1992? I certainly can, and what I remember is that trash TV — and to some extent, even the mainstream media — was filled with stories about…
Ken Shane revisits this 1981 classic in a cold and blustery autumn edition of Cratedigger.
It’s Halloween! To celebrate, Kelly Stitzel is spinning the soundtrack from a witchy ’90s cult classic. Fairuza Balk alert!
Movie ballyhoo is in good shape this Halloween season. The made-for-$10,000 Paranormal Activity has become a runaway hit, thanks to clever Internet marketing. ”Chaos reigns” T-shirts are being hawked (or…
Wow! People are really fired up about this Tuesday’s election in Bootleg City! As mayor, it warms my heart to see such civic pride and faith in democracy. Don’t forget…
That’s right, folks, the most disturbing Halloween EVER! From now until Halloween, the Popdose staff are going to be thumbing through their record collections in search of the music that…
UPDATE: The Giants line continues to see wild movement – it has shifted all the way to +1 and now the Eagles are considered underdogs. Gamblor now likes the Giants…
Welcome back. Are you feeling comfortable? Good. Right about now, you’re sitting casually in your seat, perhaps in a chair staring at the monitor, perhaps bundled up on the couch,…
As I write this, the Dow-Jones is breaking 10,000, and the economy looks to be coming out of a slump — even though nobody’s hiring just yet. Most folks who…
Popdose…in your ear! Join Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton for another irreverent pop culture discussion — it’s Episode 2 of the Popdose Podcast!
There seem to be two camps of people when it comes to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: those who feel that rock and roll deserves a permanent place…
One of my favorite moviegoing experiences occurred when I lived in San Jose, CA, and decided one weeknight to see Lars von Trier’s Zentropa (1991). The Danish filmmaker and provocateur…
You don’t remember what I was talking about last week. I’ll just move on to — what? You say you do remember? Oh. Crap. The crux of last week’s column…
Jon Spencer’s the reigning court jester of blues, a smart-aleck white guy who is part clown, part serious musician, part genius, and 100% fan of raunchy electric blues. His joyous,…
Fantasy football has been described as “Dungeons & Dragons for jocks,” so in the spirit of Halloween, Shi Ne (a.k.a. the Sports Report Girl) has joined us for a countdown of five monsters from the D&D manual — and their real-life NFL counterparts.
In an effort to conserve gas and save money, I’ve been riding my bike to the train station on a regular basis. It reminds me of my sophomore year at…
So, friends, here we are again to determine whether you need to purchase the latest entry in Island’s U2 remastering series. First a question; what kind of U2 fan are…
The Twilight books and films seem to have been created for tween girls — so it’s only fitting that, for this review of the New Moon soundtrack, Ted Asregadoo turned to a panel of 13-year-olds.
In 1984, the movie Nightmare on Elm Street premiered and a new horror icon was born in Freddy Krueger. However, three years (and two sequels later), Freddy had already gone…
Hey, remember the late ’90s? When the Internet bubble was at its biggest, our biggest political worry was who Bill Clinton had been keeping under his desk in the Oval…
While Mr. Dunphy’s upcoming Friday Mixtape is one of the most esoteric tributes to All Hallow’s Eve that you will ever see, I chose a more commercial (read: lazier) path…
Hi, this is Popdose senior editor Robert Cass, and you’re listening to Bottom Feeders, a countdown of every song that charted below #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the…
“Weird Al” Yankovic hand-picked the tracks on his new compilation, the suitably titled The Essential “Weird Al” Yankovic — and you can win a free copy in today’s Popdose Contest.
I can’t tell you now where I’ve been now darlin’ There are hawks inside my head And every smile and every good thing Are picked at until they’re dead I…
It’s darn near impossible for an investment manager to beat the market once you adjust performance for risk and fees. Every quarter, when Morningstar shows its fund reports, more than…
I knew that the Spring Heeled Jacks Original Swinging Jass Band’s debut album, The Dicky Comstock Show, was going to be good. The band’s bassist/arranger (and a very good friend…
Instrumental sludge metallers Pelican return with what may yet be their most surprising disc, What We All Come to Need. The changes are not immediately apparent if you’ve been following…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Last year, I was feeling all boo hoo about the fact that no one, and I mean no one comes to our house on Halloween. …