PopSmarts: Sting’s Library
Like a lot of people, I have trouble taking Sting seriously — as seriously as he takes himself, anyway. But I must admit that I greeted the news of his...
Category "Current Events"
The Broken Children Factory
The downward spiral of actress Amanda Bynes. ...
PopSmarts: Let Nothing Come Between Us
One of the most anticipated television events of the summer is Under the Dome, a 13-week summer series adapted from the Stephen King novel of the same name. Under the...
PopSmarts: This Summer I Hear the Drumming
Last week saw the anniversary of one of the most horrific events in American history, the shootings of four unarmed college students by National Guardsmen on the campus of Ohio’s...
PopSmarts: Looking for God in “Toy Story”
It’s not a revelation to anyone, anymore, to point out that Hollywood is no longer in the business of original ideas. It takes a great deal of money to make...
PopSmarts: Going Clear with William Burroughs
The works of William S. Burroughs are often lumped in with the Beat school; but although he was friendly with leading figures in the movement, his works were far more...
Keep It To Yourself: The Writing On The Wall
So I’m standing on the 7th Avenue subway platform in lower Manhattan, circa 1983. Two knuckleheads are discussing a picture of a baby in a circle. The primitive image is drawn...
PopSmarts: The Judas Gospels
And so we come, by the turning of the year, to the end of Shrovetide and the beginning of the Christian liturgical calendar. When I was a choir director, these...
PopSmarts: Damned By Dawn!
It’s coming on St. Patrick’s Day now. That’s when all the amateur Irishmen come out for a night on the piss and an annual flirtation with Celtic folk music. In...
PopSmarts: The Camera Always Lies
I’ve always been a know-it-all. I was the kid who actually did read the encyclopedia for fun, and I carried my reputation as a fount of useless knowledge into adulthood...
The Popdose Interview: Brandon Schott Is A Man On (Many) Missions
Independent musician Brandon Schott is using his talents in an unexpected way -- to fight cancer....
Scales Of Justice: Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” and Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
Does Taylor Swift's song have the same weight as Gloria Gaynor's?...
Book Review: “Profiles in Courageousness” by Rep. Jack Kimble
Political satire is usually pretty lead-footed. It’s hard to do well, with the result usually falling into the realm of smug, obvious, and overwhelmingly direct (Capitol Steps), or fear-mongering and...
The Improbable New York Mayor Ed Koch
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch died early Friday morning, February 1, at the age of 88....
An Open Letter to Manti Te’o, from Jan Brady
Hi, Manti Te’o. It’s me, Jan Brady! I’m a sophomore at Westdale High School in California. I live with my three brothers, two sisters, and parents. Oh, and Alice! Don’t...
Keep It To Yourself: My Precious
In a hole in the ground there lived a lawsuit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet lawsuit, filled with the ends of contracts and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry,...
Opinion: Why We Need The New Year
If it's only one year long, why did 2012 make us feel so old?...
Political Culture: If Laws Can’t Curb Guns, How About Shame?
A newspaper's map of permit holders points a way forward if gun control fails....
Just Remember, It’s Your Fault
The NRA redefined Epic Fail in December 2012....
Sugar Water: Please Judge These Books by Their Covers
I hope you're proud of yourself, E.L. James....
On America and Its Guns
Now is not only not the wrong time to talk about this, it's the only time....
Keep It to Yourself: Just Desserts?
I scream, you scream, we all scream for hardcore pornography! Hippie royalty Ben & Jerry were not amused when L.A. smut merchants Caballero Video released a series of dirty...
Political Culture: Lose Your Delusion
GOP: Time to give the Outrage Loop a rest....
10 Reasons The G.O.P. Deserves The ‘Death Penalty’
When nothing short of the ultimate punishment will do......
Hurricane Sandy: Sunday, October 28
Updated Sunday 8:37 PM - Popdose welcomes your eyewitness accounts as the East Coast, verging on central U.S., prepares for a literal Storm Of The Century....
Numberscruncher: Of Course, Mitt Romney Lies!
It’s a given: Mitt Romney has issues with the truth. I think it’s cultural. People in business learn to lie, and in the big-stakes, big-money worlds of consulting and private...
Political Culture: Running Against the Wrong Romney?
Battling Multiple-Choice Mitt might have blunted Obama's Denver debacle....
Keep It To Yourself: Banana Polemic
The first Velvet Underground Album only sold 5,000 copies, but everyone that bought it filed a lawsuit....
World’s Worst Songs: Alan Jackson’s “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)”
While the scope and audacity of the September 11 attacks was shocking, that the United States had finally been hit was not. Informed citizens understood that there were people in...
Through The Course Of Never Forgetting
None will ever forget. Some enjoy the anger more than others....