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Consumerism: The Graceland Mansion Tour

Consumerism: The Graceland Mansion Tour

Ann Logue June 15, 2011 13

Memphis has a lot of attractions for music fans, all of which seem to exist to help people fill up a weekend and spend lots of money. Only one really matters, though: Elvis Presley’s

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Random Play: Shake Shack

Random Play: Shake Shack

Robin Monica Alexander June 9, 2011 1

Robin Monica Alexander takes a momentary break from pigging out at the Shake Shack to explain, in the latest "Random Play," why you should pig out there, too

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Consumerism: The Motown Tour

Consumerism: The Motown Tour

Ann Logue June 8, 2011 0

Berry Gordy, Jr. served in Korea, returned to Detroit, got a job at Ford, and started writing songs for his friend Jackie Wilson. Gordy figured out two things. First, there was money in publishing.

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Dw. Dunphy On…The Last Days of the Dual

Dw. Dunphy On…The Last Days of the Dual

Dw. Dunphy April 25, 2011 4

The record companies decided to fight the scourge of free music downloads with...twice-as-expensive discs. Let us explain

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Dw. Dunphy On… ICBM

Dw. Dunphy On… ICBM

Dw. Dunphy March 25, 2011 5

Popdose takes a fictitious look into the heart of adult peer pressure, consumerism run amok, and poop jokes

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Dw. Dunphy On… Absolute Double-Dip — We Are Going There

Dw. Dunphy On… Absolute Double-Dip — We Are Going There

Dw. Dunphy March 8, 2011 6

In spite of what the financial pundits say, Popdose's Dw. Dunphy says double-dip recession is not only possible, but inevitable

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Product Review: Best. Iron. (For Now): Black & Decker F67E

Product Review: Best. Iron. (For Now): Black & Decker F67E

Ted Asregadoo February 2, 2011 8

Orgasmic over an iron? Well, Ted Asregadoo at Popdose is certainly elated by his new purchase. You probably will be too (if you buy one).

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Product Review: NuForce Icon uDAC-2

Product Review: NuForce Icon uDAC-2

Jeff Giles February 1, 2011 2

Since the advent of recorded music, there’s been a more or less constant tension between the audiophile segment of the marketplace and the great unwashed hordes of transistor-toting plebes who have always purchased most

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Popdose Roundtable: Looking at Eleven

Popdose Roundtable: Looking at Eleven

Popdose Staff December 31, 2010 0

2011 is only hours away now. For some of us, the past year was a reevaluation of priorities, for others a positive sea change. For many, it was a hard 365 days and the

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Ten Years: Stuff We Didn’t Have in 2001

Ten Years: Stuff We Didn’t Have in 2001

Popdose Staff December 30, 2010 5

There are events, items and personalities that become so absorbed in the culture, it is hard to believe they weren’t always there. Let’s take a brief stroll down memory lane to look at things

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