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Test of the Boomerang: J.J. Colagrande, “Headz”
For this week's edition of Test of the Boomerang, Ben Wiser sat down for a chat with author J.J. Colagrande to discuss his new book, "Headz."
Read More »Book Review: Zachary Mexico, “China Underground”
Who is Zachary Mexico and what's he doing in the China Underground? Read Ann Logue's review of the new Soft Skull release to find out
Read More »How Bad Can It Be?: “Off the Bus and On the Record”
Rock ‘n’ roll, of course, is all about The Kids. No matter what the makeup of its actual audience — and evidence suggests that it varies widely — there’s an assumption that pop music
Read More »Book Review: Andrew Mueller, “I Wouldn’t Start From Here”
Andrew Mueller, I Wouldn’t Start From Here: The 21st Century and Where It All Went Wrong (U.S. edition, 2009, Soft Skull) purchase from Amazon I Wouldn’t Start From Here is aptly titled, because you
Read More »Book Review: Travis Elborough, “The Vinyl Countdown”
Travis Elborough – The Vinyl Countdown: The Album from LP to iPod and Back Again (2009, Soft Skull) purchase from Amazon Okay, so the title triggers unbidden memories of a song most of us
Read More »How Bad Can It Be?: “Devil Dinosaur Omnibus”
If it's Friday, it must be How Bad Can It Be? -- and this time, Jack Feerick is leafing through the pages of Jack Kirby's Devil Dinosaur OmnibusRead More »
Book Review: “Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music”
It’s hard to believe (for those of us who lived it, anyway) that it’s been fifteen years since Kurt Cobain committed suicide. On April 5th, 1994, the Seattle native left the world with the
Read More »The Popdose Interview: Amber Benson
Amber Benson has come a long way since her days as Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Tara -- and she talks about her new novel, Death's Daughter, in an interview with Ted Asregadoo that is
Read More »Dw. Dunphy On… Drawing
There was a period of time during junior high and high school when I was convinced music wouldn’t be a part of my life. I couldn’t afford to get a guitar or a keyboard,
Read More »How Bad Can It Be?: “Ted, White, and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto”
Thank God for Ted Nugent. Seriously. The guy is a true patriot, and he has strong notions about America and what makes her great, which he lays out in his new(ish) book Ted, White,
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