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Popdose 2010: David Medsker’s Top Albums
The vote that determined which albums would make Popdose’s Top 20 albums of 2010 made one thing abundantly clear: everyone should stop listening to me. I am so far out of step with everyone
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 9/3/10 — Unpopular Pop
If someone asks me what kind of music I listen to, I’ll give them the simple answer: modern rock. The truth, though, is a little more complicated than that (ain’t it always the way),
Read More »Name That Tune, Game Forty-Seven
I’m baaaaaaack! Well, for a day, anyway. Took some long-overdue vacation time, and what was the first thing I wanted to do with my free time? Make another quiz, naturally. The Rules: MAXIMUM THREE
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Duran Duran, “Liberty”
Duran Duran's "Liberty" turns 20 this year; David Medsker takes a look back at the group's decline
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 7/9/10 — White Label Madness!
It’s White Label Friday, kids! When I say dance, you best dance, muthafucka! Note: It should be said up front that most of these MP3s were acquired during the Wild West days of Napster,
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 5/14/10
In the late ’90s and early ’00s, I went head first down the power-pop rabbit hole. I eventually regretted it for some reason (oh wait, I remember now — the scene turned to complete
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 3/19/10
No theme this week. Just a bunch of random stuff I’ve received in the past year that grooves me in one way or another. Enjoy! April Smith & the Great Picture Show – Movie
Read More »Name That Tune, The Final Game of 2009
This will serve, for the time being anyway, as my last Name That Tune. And worse, I have yet to find a successor, but I assure you the game will live on…eventually. Because this
Read More »White Label Wednesday: Medsker’s 2000 Beat Mix
First and foremost, I would like to extend a hearty thank you to frequent Popdose reader and commenter King of Grief, who volunteered to take my individual mp3 files for these mixes and stitch
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