Popdose.com takes a hard right and checks out the free jazz/prog-rock mutant Secret Curve from Ron Anderson’s PAK.
In 1959 Ace Records erased Huey “Piano” Smith’s vocal from a song that he wrote, substituting one by white singer Frankie Ford. So much for the good old days.
Every generation gets their Weird Al Yankovic. Popdose.com weighs in on this one’s.
In one of the strangest and blandest fads of all time, Aussiemania hit hard in the 1980s. In that super-conservative decade, Australians were suddenly seen as exotic, but not too…
Troy McClure made the industrial film a legend. In his brief life, Troy narrated such films as “Lead Paint: Delicious but Deadly” and “Meat and You: Partners in Freedom”. He…
It’s been two years since Michael Jackson died, and several of Popdose’s Michaels paid tribute in this special Popdose Podcast extra.
The next to last week of Bottom Feeders features the most eclectic artist in the series. This week it’s the letters X and Y from the Billboard rock charts.
Hello and welcome to my online comics confessional, in which I attempt to enlighten you about various comic book and graphic novel releases of recent vintage, many of which should…
Yes return with the Drama-era reunion disc, Fly From Here, and Popdose.com reviews it.
Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Editions) (Warner Bros., 2011) Well, you knew it was coming. If you went ahead and bought the Lord of the Rings…
James Brown got all of the headlines, be they for his fancy moves, his fancier suits or his brushes with the law. But the JB Horns, those great groovers who…
The most startling element about American Vampire Volume 2 is how different it is from the first book in this series by Scott Snyder, Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque. The…
Kirkus Reviews, founded in 1933, is a venerable institution in the media world. For more than 75 years, Kirkus has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and…
He’s a gangster, a magician, a world-traveled musician and published author, holding his audiences in rapt attention without even trying. Meet Michael Musika.
The field of TV-on-DVD has gotten so immense that it’s no wonder sales should have started to drop off. I mean, really, who can possibly afford to buy every season…
No one could top the Clash, so Mick Jones didn’t try…instead, he forged his own path with the brainy dance music of Big Audio Dynamite. Robin Monica Alexander looks back at “The Globe.”
Hi, my name is Dave and I like a Limp Bizkit album. God it feels good to get that off my chest.
Popdose remembers legendary Bruce Springsteen sax man Clarence Clemons.
As part of a week of tributes to the late Clarence Clemons, Ken Shane features a musician who had a major impact on Clarence’s musical style.
“This is no fantasy…” A DVD megaset of all things “Superman” has made it to Blu-ray.
In 1992-93, while you were listening to Soundgarden, Spin Doctors, and SWV and wearing your clothes backwards like a damn fool, the guy absolutely dominating the music industry in terms…
It’s Kelly’s birthday and she wants to celebrate by dancing.
Tony Redman reviews the latest releases from Shout! Factory’s Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: “Hamlet” and “Gunslinger.”
Dave Steed finishes up the letter W this week as he takes on The Who, Steve Winwood, Winger and more.
Ken Shane remembers his first Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band show and pays tribute to the band’s heart and soul, Clarence Clemons.
How did a clownish, mostly-acoustic French ensemble make a record that exemplifies the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll? For the merry misfits of Les NÁ©gresses Vertes, music was a gang fight — and defeat was not an option.
Denny Laine — Fab, one time removed? — will forever be the other guy in Wings, the Paul McCartney-led 1970s successor band to the Beatles. Even if that belies Laine’s…
I don’t know about you, but for me, I wanted to be in a band from the time that I was an eight year old kid, listening to my favorite…
Molly Marinik reviews Nilaja Sun’s brilliant solo show about America’s public school system, now back in New York off Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre.