Ladies and gentlemen, the best music-movie moment of 2007: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/S0A7dtdc-nU” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Now, don’t get me wrong: I’m not loony enough to think that Music and Lyrics…
Upon leaving office in 2000, Bill Clinton was keen on having a national conversation on race in America. He eventually did in 2004, but because he was a former president…
Shakespear’s Sister – Stay (1992) It’s the summer of 1992, and we’re in her living room. Like most days, she’s got MTV on in the background. I forget what I’m…
Robbie Robertson coined a phrase in an interview once, and it stuck with me. He said that even though he’d written many types of songs, the ones that always got…
Yeah, I may catch a lot of crap for this review, but I have my reasons for writing about October Road: actor Geoff Stults is a friend of mine. When…
BOTTOM LINE: Worth seeing because the production is so imaginative and unique, and also because the cast is incredible. It’s a fun ride, but just know it’s not about the…
Steve Reich – Tehillim Part III: Slow from Phases (2006) The Jimmy Castor Bunch – It’s Just Begun from The Funk Box (2000) Janis Joplin – As Good As You’ve…
The late Á¢€Ëœ80s caused rock bands to do many a strange thing in order to maintain their broad appeal. There were three surefire ways to reach the youth of the…
Never in my life have I been so glad that I wasn’t caught up in the hype for a film. Yes, obviously, I was aware of Cloverfield. I’m way too…
Greetings, gamers. Scraps is taking a much-needed break from his editing duties — we’d like to thank the good people at Pleasant Palms Resort and Rehabilitation Center for taking him…
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/xZ7L6MUUrTc” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Mainstream Rock: Lou Gramm, “Midnight Blue” (1987) John: Move over, Foreigner! There’s something blander! Zack: Despite Lou Gramm’s dreadful, dreadful hairstyle, I really enjoy…
Tim Smith (ex-Jellyfish, current member of Sheryl CrowÁ¢€™s band) 1. The Beatles, Rubber Soul My favorite period for the band, as they were firing on all cylinders. Pre-self-indulgent, post-early-sugar-pop. “If…
Á¢€Å“Why do they hate me?Á¢€ wails Nathan Lane as the fictional (but not too fictional) President Charles H.P. Smith, early in David MametÁ¢€â„¢s new political comedy November. The reply comes…
It’s 1974 and a major milestone occurs in six-year old John Hughes’s life Á¢€” he gets his weekly allowance, one dollar, for the first time. That first dollar was precious….
“I can’t live forever, how long ya think I’m gonna wait — for forgiveness?” growls Ike Turner in a cut from his 2006 Zoho solo effort Risin’ With the Blues….
In the world of Canadian major-league rock and roll, if Rush are the Toronto Blue Jays and April Wine are the single Á¢€ËœAÁ¢€â„¢ Vancouver Canadians, Triumph would be the triple…
Howard Jones – In the Running (1992) purchase this album (Amazon) To type these words pains me more deeply than words can say, but it’s altogether likely that many of…
Welcome to a series I began at He’s A Whore and am proud-as-punch to continue here at Popdose. While not able to mention everything that happened, I’ve touched upon some…
Frankie Say One-Hit Wonder?: While “Relax” is pretty much all the Liverpudlians are known for on this side of the pond, I’d add “Two Tribes” in there at the very…
Not since the Riot Grrl movement has there likely been a better time for alternative female singer-songwriters. With the likes of Feist, M.I.A., Lily Allen, and (on a smaller scale…
The two biggest criticisms that Black Mountain’s In the Future is likely to receive are the following: 1. STONERS 2. They’re not doing anything “new” These points do hold weight….
A guest DJ in the house! It’s none other than Popdose’s very own Scott Malchus, who is here to mix it up with six FRICKIN’ AWESOME DRUMMERS! What I love…
I should start subscribing to the newspaper again on Sundays. But the only part of the paper I’m interested in is Parade magazine, particularly Walter Scott’s Personality Parade, the regular page-two…
To begin: Music has been a essential part of movies since the very first images were committed to celluloid — in fact, motion picture scores existed before spoken dialogue did…
Hollywood, 1986. Fade in. The scene is an executive’s office. Exec: So what’s the pitch? Producer: Okay, Martin Short is this bumbling dude, okay? And somehow, he gets stuck with…
Every once in a while, I’ll stumble across a CD I’ve had for years that I just didn’t care for, only to give it another shot and discover it’s really…
Welcome to the Popdose Guide to the Call, a semi-forgotten group that had a couple of hits in the ’80s, but has seen its catalog fall out of print and…
There’s something so beautifully painful about “Gonna Take a Miracle.” In a way, she sounds almost happy about the hurt that her lover’s leaving has caused her. It’s a jubilant,…
If you were a GenXer coming of age in the 1980s, moviegoing meant heavy doses of Harrison Ford, too much Tom Cruise, an occasional journey into the unhinged eraserhead of…
This column is dedicated to featuring those bands that arenÁ¢€â„¢t household names but, to my ears, should be. Growing up in a small town in southern Michigan, the closest major…