On May 12 the American Civil Liberties Union filed two free-speech lawsuits in Scranton, Pennsylvania, defending citizens who were charged with using profanity by local police. Seven days later CBS…
The Bootleg City teacher’s union went on strike this week, delaying the production of this week’s mayoral update. Or is it “teachers’ union?” Or just “teachers union” without any of…
Rob Smith Can’t Say No to singer/songwriter Elizabeth Harper or her new electro-pop band, Class Actress. Read about it at Popdose.com
You’ve heard Elton John’s greatest hits — and now the Popdose staff gives you their favorite deep cuts from his catalog.
”Someone explain to me why everyone believes in an impending zombie apocalypse,” requested George A. Romero of the crowd gathered to meet him at a recent sold-out screening of his…
A few months ago, The Insider interviewed Gary Coleman. It became a momentary brouhaha. Show staffers and crew noted aloud that Coleman was, essentially, “the most negative person we’ve ever…
A cappella is defined as music that is sung without instrumental accompaniment. According to the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, a cappella music was originally ”composed to be performed in chapels…
I had never heard of Bettye LaVette until about four years ago. A friend had made me a mix CD to listen to on a road trip and on it…
The new Apples In Stereo album, Travellers (sic) In Space and Time, finds the band traveling back to the ’70s and ’80s to dutifully recreate the sound of pop music…
Nearly 20 years after the album was released, Ron Nevison shares the strange story of how his mixes for Chicago Twenty 1 were replaced — and why he’s still seething.
The summer of 1992 continued. Thanks to my good friend, Sally, I had found a worthwhile job working at The Bin, a nonprofit Natural Foods Store that trained mentally and…
Americans’ loathing for politicians has reached historic levels — and as Jon Cummings discovered, a squalid local race in one California county justifies their disdain.
True Blood is good, pulp fun. I’d never seen an episode before The Complete Second Season DVD box and honestly, I’ve never been an enormous fan of Anna Paquin’s acting,…
Jeff Johnson misses the days when pop culture could really surprise us — but hey, that new J.J. Abrams trailer is pretty cool, isn’t it?
Gene Chandler scored a career-defining hit with “Duke of Earl” in 1962. Topping it wasn’t easy, but he found success again in 1964 with “Just Be True.”
Well, you’ve got to give her credit for picking an honest title, anyway. Christina Aguilera called her latest album Bionic, and she meant it — this is an hour of…
Popdose leaps onto the printed page with the publication of Will Harris’ new book, All You Need Is a Hook… The Best of Hooks ‘N’ You!
This is a fun album showing just how many recording artists were willing to plug a certain soft drink. It’s interesting to see the different approaches taken. The cuts are…
Rob Smith waxes rhapsodic in his review of Truth & Salvage Co.’s debut album, only at Popdose.com.
It wasn’t until about 2008 or so that I really started getting into doom metal. But once I get into something, I go full bore. So I bought and listened…
This week, more bands whose names start with the letter A, as we take a look at the songs that hit the Billboard Rock and Modern Rock charts but failed…
Time once more for Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I attempt to point out, in often rambling fashion, various offerings of a sequential graphics-type nature that I…
The former Everything but the Girl vocalist tackles life as a forty-something on her new record, ”Love and Its Opposite,” Michael Parr has the review.
Derrick Comedy is an online-based comedy troupe whose videos have been hits with YouTube for several years. This was one of my favorites, a clever turn on Dateline gotcha journalism. …
The kids from Glee take their show off the air and onto the road. It’s not for the uninitiated — but for Gleeks it’s a pleasure they needn’t feel guilty about. Yet.
Chickenfoot. When word of the band name of Sammy Hagar’s new “supergroup” leaked out, half the internet responded by saying “that’s the dumbest band name I’ve ever heard…..and just when…
Playwright, editor and hardcore “Jetthead” Kathleen Warnock gives us an in-depth review of Todd Oldham’s new book chronicling the life and times of Joan Jett.
A case could be made that Exile on Main Street (Universal) is the greatest rock and roll album ever made. After all, it’s got everything, from the full-tilt boogie of…
We’re lucky to have the Lost Dogs, and for any number of reasons. Comprised of Terry Scott Taylor, Michael Roe, Derri Daugherty and now Daugherty’s bandmate from the Choir, Steve…
Think you know your cover art? Come test your knowledge in this week’s Cover Me with Michael Parr.