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Jesus of Cool: Don’t Believe “Don’t Believe the Hype Machine”
Is the raging debate over the quality, value, and legitimacy of "democratized" music journalism merely the death rattle of the old-line cultural gatekeepers
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: World Party, “Goodbye Jumbo”
Earth Day 1990 was a very big deal. Held on April 23, a Sunday, it marked the pinnacle of an upswing in green consumerism and a transition for the environmental movement from the tree-hugger
Read More »Political Culture: Reasons to Be Hopeful (Or Not) on Tax Day
Happy Tax Day! A special shout-out to those of you who are operating under the delusion that your taxes have gone up this year – a belief shared by a slim majority of Americans,
Read More »Popdose Flashback: The Lightning Seeds, “Cloudcuckooland”
When the Lightning Seeds sprouted on modern rock radio in the spring of 1990, their songs felt (as much as anything on modern rock radio could feel) like a comfy old pair of shoes
Read More »Political Culture: Partisan Bipartisanship
A couple of extraordinary things happened this past week. One was a big f’ing deal indeed, but the other was a bit more personal. As Sunday night’s Democratic victory on health care turned into
Read More »Reissue, Repackage, Repackage: Producer Ernst Jorgensen on Burnishing Elvis’ Musical Legacy
The keeper of Elvis' musical flame discusses the King's misremembered Vegas comeback, as well as his own role in restoring rock's most prodigious catalog
Read More »Political Culture: How To Train Your Teafoxlican
We’re supposedly just three days away from the final House votes on health care, and still nobody’s sure how it’s going to go. If you listen to Fox News, there’s no way Nancy Pelosi
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Sinead O’Connor, “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got”
We soon learned that what she "hadn't got" was her marbles. But do we have to ignore the crazy to remember what a great album this is
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: The Black Crowes, “Shake Your Money Maker”
A favorite trope among the British Invasion bands of the ’60s was the notion that they took the R&B, country and early rock music that America had exported during the ’50s, put it all
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