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Fuck You Friday: “The Robots”

Fuck You Friday: “The Robots”

Matthew Bolin March 30, 2012 1

Leave it to some German guys back in 1977 to predict our transition into obedient cyborgs

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Fuck You Friday: “People Suck”

Fuck You Friday: “People Suck”

Matthew Bolin March 23, 2012 1

Not just a pig, but a pig with two wooden legs

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Fuck You Friday: “I Want You to Hurt Like I Do”

Fuck You Friday: “I Want You to Hurt Like I Do”

Matthew Bolin March 16, 2012 0

Randy Newman helps out in the first in a series of weekly middle fingers to the world

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Popdose Presents: Songs of Freedom, Episode Three

Popdose Presents: Songs of Freedom, Episode Three

Matthew Bolin March 8, 2012 0

Episode 3 focuses on MTV: the role of politics in its history and programming, and the politically motivated artists who've been a part of it

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Popdose Presents: Songs of Freedom, Episode Two

Popdose Presents: Songs of Freedom, Episode Two

Matthew Bolin December 12, 2011 1

For the second episode of “Popdose Presents: Songs of Freedom”, Matthew Bolin and Lyana Fernandez focus on the Occupy movement, especially its beginning point at Occupy Wall Street

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Popdose Presents: Songs of Freedom, Episode Two–Playlist

Popdose Presents: Songs of Freedom, Episode Two–Playlist

Matthew Bolin December 12, 2011 0

Here you will find mp3s for the artists and songs featured in Episode Two of the Songs of Freedom podcast

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When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: Jackson Browne, “Late for the Sky”

When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: Jackson Browne, “Late for the Sky”

Matthew Bolin November 16, 2011 20

Jackson Browne, who is known in rock circles as the dashing, sensitive, and politically-oriented sage (or sex-god) of the Laurel Canyon music scene, is also known for a troubled history with women

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The Popdose Podcast – Popdose Presents: Songs of Freedom, Episode One

The Popdose Podcast – Popdose Presents: Songs of Freedom, Episode One

Matthew Bolin October 18, 2011 0

In the first episode of "Popdose Presents: Songs of Freedom", Popdose music contributor Matthew Bolin and Lyana Fernandez look at R.E.M., P.J. Harvey, and how the internet changes the way we look at political

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The Weekly Mixtape: 4/15/11 (Wedding Songs)

Matthew Bolin April 15, 2011 2

Yes, yes, June is the traditional month of the year associated with weddings, but your brother isn’t getting married this Sunday is he? I didn’t think so. As an alternative to putting together a

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