It’s easy enough to say that live performance is the true test of a band. But there’s something that goes beyond that. Will a show that’s great once be great…
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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.Á‚ As a computer-loving, comic…
… It is also the story of a book, a book called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — not an Earth book, never published on Earth, and until the…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Hiya, kids!Á‚ Welcome back to another week of mixing fun.Á‚ Sometime around 2000/2001, I was talking to a friend of mine who worked with me…
I’ve been waiting for this to show up on YouTube since the night it aired. Hallelujah: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/O4yKFsanqSo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]
Taj Mahal – Maestro (Heads Up, 2008) purchase this album (Amazon) Maestro celebrates Taj Mahal’s 40th anniversary as a recording artist, and true to contrarian form, Mr. Mahal has elected…
Ben Folds – Way to Normal (Epic, 2008) purchase this album (Amazon) Ben Folds has always been an artist I’ve appreciated more in theory than in practice. I’ve appreciated the…
Note: due to frequent scheduling conflicts involving its creator being unable to monitor his own game (his day job keeps getting in the way, sucker), Cover Me is moving from…
There are few artists whose music evokes the coming of autumn more than Ray LaMontagne. Thus, it seemed only fitting that as I walked from my car to the venue,…
Beau Jocque and The Zydeco Hi-Rollers – Give It To Me from Pick Up on This! (1994) Pictures And Sound – It’s You from Pictures and Sound (2008) Bel Auburn…
Joshua Radin – Simple Times (Mom & Pop, 2008) purchase this album (Amazon) When Joshua Radin’s new record, Simple Times, arrived unbidden on my doorstep, I assumed the worst, because…
Hey everybody, welcome to the thirty-second knuckle-popping week of Name That Tune at Popdose. By popular acclaim, here are the rules: The Rules: MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the…
Howdy, everybody! It’s CHART ATTACK! time once again!, What can I tell you about this week? Well, at least three of our artists owe their chart success to MTV. Four…
Tony Lucca – Come Around Again (Lucca Music, 2008) purchase this album (CD Baby) Like a lot of white suburban teens, I spent a good portion of the early ’90s…
Creedence Clearwater Revival – 40th Anniversary Reissues (Fantasy, 2008) (six separate CDs — see below for purchase links) Okay, first things first — I realize the image above is for…
I guess itÁ¢€â„¢s true: absence does make the heart grow fonder. Of course, thereÁ¢€â„¢s always the Á¢€Å“out of sight, out of mindÁ¢€ risk. Fortunately for My Bloody Valentine, the former…
Remember when the Hustle swept through discos everywhere?Á‚ People were taking Hustle classes, the nightly news reported on the fad, there were instructional records and books.Á‚ Hey, remember when everyone…
I’m not much of a modern blues guy; in fact a lot of my pals like to refer to me as a crusty-old, close-minded, purist curmudgeon. ‘Tis true, I’d much…
Nina Simone – To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story (Legacy, 2008) purchase this album (Amazon) Nina Simone made her concert debut in the early ’40s, as a 10-year-old girl…
Last week I talked about the Beatles’ 1968 masterpiece, The White Album; this week, I’m talking about the Rolling Stones’ masterpiece from the same year, Beggars Banquet. A good deal…
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…
On the bonus DVD included with the new reissue of Graham Nash’s Songs for Beginners, there is a gallery of the artist’s photography. One of the photos is of an…
Work or play. Family or friends. Protein or carbohydrates. Life is about seeking balance. Lindsey Buckingham has been seeking balance too. In his case, the challenge is to balance his…
3rd Rail has been around for about 10 years and, according to their MySpace page, were named Á¢€Å“Best Unsigned Band in CaliforniaÁ¢€ at the California Music Awards. Having been in…
Everyone seemed to have so much fun jumping into the wayback machine with Nicolette Larson Á¢€” and really, who wouldnÁ¢€â„¢t want to jump into a wayback machine with Nicolette Larson?…
It’s week 27 of Bottom Feeders and you know what that means. What? You don’t know what that means? Actually, neither do I. But what I do know is that…
Or, the Whale – Light Poles and Pines (self-released, 2007) purchase this album (CD Baby) I give all the credit in the world to this band’s publicist. Instead of holding…
Y’know, if you name your kid Herbert or Poindexter, you’re just setting that child up for a lifetime of teasing and ridicule.Á‚ And if you name your band Kajagoogoo, well,…
Man your battlestations, itÁ¢€â„¢s time for another quiz. No clue for this weekÁ¢€â„¢s puzzle, as you guys are far too good at this already. Below are magnified fragments of 25…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE This weekend I was rummaging through my DVDs looking for a particular movie, and kept happening upon some music-related DVDs that I thought would make…