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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
Read More »Political Culture: Let Obama Be Bartlet (Or at Least Bush)
The most thrilling, and also the most ridiculous, presidential speech of modern times came not from an actual president, but from a fake one. Michael Douglas’ off-the-cuff remarks at the close of The American
Read More »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
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