I have distinctly mixed feelings about the Adult Swim-ization of TV comedy. Not quite a genre, less than a movement, born of Cartoon Network’s late-night bloc but now found in…
Popdose Conceptual Theater
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Jack Feerick
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Paul Pope is a comics rock star. From his first self-published graphic novels in the early 1990s, his singular vision and staggering technique have led industry insiders to hail him…
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Jack Feerick
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The chilly winds of autumn howl across the plains and carry the distant sound of a train whistle, heralding the arrival of the carnival show. It’s an occasion for gaiety,…
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Jack Feerick
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Autumn, it seems to me, is a good time for fairy tales. With the nights getting longer, we gather round the hearth, or nestle by a little one’s bedside, and…
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Zack Dennis
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Last weekend marked the fortieth anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation from office. The Watergate break-in and the subsequent cover-up that led to Nixon’s impeachment and eventual resignation is the greatest…
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Jack Feerick
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Howdy, pilgrim. Today we’re fixing to bust out a words-and-music tone poem inspired by Charles Portis’ 1968 Western novel True Grit. A true modern classic, True Grit — set in…
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Zack Dennis
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Most of these conceptual mixtapes are motivated by the book in question. And while I enjoyed “Gone Girl,” it wasn’t really at the front of the line of books that…
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Jack Feerick
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Not so much a conceptual piece this time around as a practical musical tool, designed to solve one of the many pressing problems of summertime. You see, our local triple-A…
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Jack Feerick
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There’s probably no filmmaker alive (with the possible exception of Wes Anderson) who curates the music for his movies more carefully than writer-director Edgar Wright. In his quirky, highly stylized…
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Zack Dennis
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First published on the tenth anniversary of Douglas Adams’ passing, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series of mixtapes was one of the original prototypes for our current Conceptual Theater series….
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Jack Feerick
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Coming to you in living color, from the heart of the global communications network to the darkest recesses of your imagination — this is the Popdose Conceptual Theater of the…
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Zack Dennis
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One time – I don’t know what possessed me – I picked up a copy of “The Sun Also Rises” and tried to go drink-for-drink with its protagonist, Jake Barnes….
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Jack Feerick
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Coming to you in living color, from the heart of the global communications network to the darkest recesses of your imagination — this is the Popdose Conceptual Theater of the…
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Zack Dennis
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This turned out a lot better than I expected. I’ve always had a weird sort of crush on Joan Didion – or at least the twentysomething ingenue she comes across…
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Jack Feerick
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Coming to you in living color, from the heart of the global communications network to the darkest recesses of your imagination — this is the Popdose Conceptual Theater of the…
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Zack Dennis
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I’ve always enjoyed the concept of the “MacGuffin,” which is a story element – some “thing” that’s used to propel the narrative – that we never get to actually see….
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Jack Feerick
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Coming to you in living color, from the heart of the global communications network to the darkest recesses of your imagination — this is the Popdose Conceptual Theater of the…
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Zack Dennis
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I read Matt Ruff’s fantasy classic “Fool on the Hill” at a rather strange time in my life. I was living on the beach in South Africa, bartending sporadically, and…
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Jack Feerick
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Coming to you in living color, from the heart of the global communications network to the darkest recesses of your imagination — this is the Popdose Conceptual Theater of the…
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Zack Dennis
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Ever since I picked up a paperback version of Mark Helprin’s “Winter’s Tale” while spending my summer vacation on a lake in New Hampshire, I’ve always had a hard time…
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Jack Feerick
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Coming to you in living color, from the heart of the global communications network to the darkest recesses of your imagination — this is the Popdose Conceptual Theater of the…
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Zack Dennis
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Every so often here at Popdose we’re lucky enough to get an artist to list their Desert Island Discs for us – the five albums they’d take along if they…
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Jack Feerick
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Coming to you in living color from the heart of the global communications network to the darkest recesses of your imagination, this is the Popdose Conceptual Theater of the Airwaves….
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Zack Dennis
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I’ve always been a big fan of concept albums. More specifically, I’ve always loved albums that try to craft an actual story – a true beginning-to-end narrative. Classics like “Tommy”,…
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