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Name That Tune, Game Forty-One
The Rules: MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of correct guesses with the
Read More »Pop Goes the World: Sugarbomb, “Bully”
That sound you just heard was the hearts of a million power pop fans skipping a beat. There probably isn’t anything that happened to Sugarbomb during their brief tenure with RCA Records that didn’t
Read More »White Label Wednesday: ’80s Dance Mixtape!
Are you ready to dance? No, seriously -- are you ready to dance? Then hit the floor, because David Medsker has pulled some classic white label tracks out of the vault!
Read More »Name That Tune, Game Forty
Now with 100% longer clips! Seriously, I made them longer this time. The Rules: MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list
Read More »Pop Goes the World: Blink, “The Girl with the Backward Skin”
This album and band brings out my innermost old codger (which isn’t nearly as inner as it should be), because it has me telling days-of-yore stories about what music geeks once had to do
Read More »Cover Me, Game Forty
Cover Me has now used over 1,000 album covers! And truth be told, I’m running out. Cover Me will continue, but don’t be surprised if it takes a few…breaks. Below are magnified fragments of
Read More »White Label Wednesday: Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan, “I’ll Be Good to You”
David Medsker takes us back to the waning moments of the '80s this week, with a look at what happened when a bouncy pop hit from Q, Brother Ray, and (Chaka) Chaka Khan got
Read More »Name That Tune, Game Thirty-Nine
Ah, it’s good to see all y’all again. Sorry, but last Monday was a travel day after Lolla, so I needed a mental health day. The Rules: MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the
Read More »Pop Goes the World: Icecream Hands, “Sweeter Than the Radio”
It's time for another week of Pop Goes the World -- and a look at what David Medsker calls "the best album Crowded House never made."
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