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Rob Smith is a writer, teacher, wage earner, and all-around evil genius who spends most of his time holed up in his cluttered compound in central PA. His favorite color is ultramarine blue. His imaginary band Mr. Vertigo tours every summer. You can follow Rob on Twitter, if you desire.
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Rob Smith reflects on the death of Kendrick Castillo, and why it hits close to home.
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Rob Smith bids farewell to an old friend in his “VInyl Diaries.”
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Rob Smith thanks one of the great voices of his youth in the new “Vinyl Diaries.”
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Rob Smith reviews recent music from elder statesmen Ian Hunter and Willie Nelson in “The Vinyl Diaries.”
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Rob Smith wakes up from a long, propofol-induced slumber to discuss some fine 2016 music in “The Vinyl Diaries.”
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Toasting a great bartender, too soon gone, in The Vinyl Diaries.
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Rob Smith explores Jackson Browne’s three finest albums in “The Vinyl Diaries.”
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Rob Smith reviews sounds that sustained him in 2015, in his new “Vinyl Diaries.”
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Rob Smith explores the expansive live box set by electric jazz pioneers Weather Report.
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Rob Smith remembers his father, in his new “Vinyl Diaries” column.
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Rob Smith reviews the new Shelby Lynne album, a slice of southern country/soul deserving of a large audience.
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Rob Smith explores some fine 2014 vinyl releases.
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Popdose is giving away R.E.M.’s new vinyl box set, ”7IN — 83-88″!
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Rob Smith pens a love letter to indie record stores, and the “American Hustle” soundtrack.
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If you dig Seventies music, you’ll dig the massive DVD box set celebrating “The Midnight Special.” Rob Smith reviews.
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“The Vinyl Diaries” and Popdose GIVEAWAY: Allman Brothers’s new box set!
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Americana gets a great new voice in the debut record by Hook & Anchor
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Rob Smith declares his love of Air Supply in his new “Vinyl Diaries” column.
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Remember when Aerosmith’s Music from Another Dimension was supposed to be the band’s return to rockin’ form, a Seventies-style throwback to the groovin’, Stonesy, Yardbirdsy, slap-happy lewdness of Toys and…
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If these records could talk … 1. Jason Isbell, Southeastern The last time I saw her, she was standing in a doorway, about to go inside and do something—something,…
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A journal entry, October 28, 2013, evening (later amended). It figured, the last sound you made for others would be a drone, 20 minutes of drone and guitar and poetry…
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If you were looking for me the last few months and couldn”™t find me, it”™s very possible that I was off somewhere, curled up inside ”Pick Me Up,” the title…
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Since maybe late February (when it leaked online), my favorite record of the year has been the Flaming Lips’ The Terror. The record’s unyielding tone of desperation and desolation appeals…
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