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The Popdose Guide to Patty Griffin
To celebrate Tuesday's release of the new Patty Griffin album Downtown Church, Popdose looks back at the catalog of one of Americana's brightest lights
Read More »Political Culture: The Rapture of Ayn Rand, Part Two
Thanks for sticking with me after the first half of this monstrous column wrapping up our series on Ayn Rand and her overlong orgy of Objectivism, Atlas Shrugged. I realize you could have ditched
Read More »Political Culture: The Rapture of Ayn Rand, Part One
“We do not tell – we show.” So says the mentor of Atlas Shrugged‘s three key “strikers,” philosopher Hugh Akston … on page 735 of a 1,168-page novel, in a passage that precedes by
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Julia Fordham, “Porcelain”
If you were watching music videos during the winter of 1990, you probably saw a lot of Taylor Dayne’s bustiers … watched Michael Bolton as he seemed to strain mightily to release something from
Read More »Political Culture: Ayn Rand’s Shangri-La of Self-Interest
I tried. I tried so hard. You’ve gotta believe me when I tell you how I tried and tried to finish Ayn Rand’s oversize chronicle of obsessive-compulsive capitalism, Atlas Shrugged, over the holidays so
Read More »Political Culture: Maybe Ayn Rand Needed a Little Christmas
I have to admit, I’m a bit conflicted this holiday season. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been going through the motions — spending lots of time at home with my family, plotting how I’m
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