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Popdose Goes on Vacation (Sort Of)
Howdy, folks! As some of you may have already realized, Popdose is preparing for the holidays by giving the columnists you know and love a holiday of their own. Between November 24 (that’s Monday)
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 33
This week you get another extended post so we can finish up the letter F nice and clean. Without further ado, I give you the final batch of artists whose names begin with the
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 10/31/08 — Everybody’s Doing Springsteen Except Bruce (But He Has a Mean Woody)
Badly Drawn Boy – Thunder Road from Uncut Magazine Bruce Springsteen Tribute Volume 1(2003) The Knack – Don’t Look Back from Get the Knack (remastered edition) (1979/2002) John Hiatt – Johnny 99 from One
Read More »Lost in the ’80s: “Revenge of the Nerds”
It may be the height of over-sharing to admit this, but Revenge of the Nerds was a movie that really spoke to me in high school. As a computer-loving, comic book-collecting, Dungeons & Dragons-playing
Read More »Future Retro: Laura Branigan
CALLING GLORIA Laura Branigan is a classic example of a great and underrated talent whose life and career were cut short far too soon. Laura possessed an elastic alto voice with a stunning four-octave
Read More »CHART ATTACK!: 9/20/69
One of the questions I am occasionally asked by readers, other than “Are you sure you’re straight?,” is “Why don’t you write more?” (This is also the question I am asked most often by
Read More »One Day in Your Life: September 17, 1978
September 17, 1978, is a Sunday. Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin sign the Camp David Accords. The peace agreement was reached after 12 days of secret negotiations mediated by
Read More »Song-Off: Teen Angst
M83 – “Teen Angst” Placebo – “Teenage Angst” Zack: It’s hard to argue that there’s anybody who has a better grasp of teen angst than Gordon Gano of the Violent Femmes. But Brian Molko
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 21
It’s amazing sometimes to see how music brings the world together. I was food shopping with my wife last week and “867-5309/Jenny” by Tommy Tutone was playing in the store. Even though I’m not
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