Michael W. Smith – I Will Be Here for You (1992) What? Stop looking at me like that. You think I want to write about this song? Of course I…
My mom, God rest her soul, hit the nail on the head. She always used to ask me, “Why must you do everything ass-backwards?” She had a point. Shoes went…
I have seen the future of television, and its name is Quarterlife. Several weeks ago, NBC announced a deal to broadcast the Internet series, Quarterlife, during this strike shortened television…
BOTTOM LINE: It’s as good as the hype: the story and characters are totally compelling. Highly recommended for anyone who likes smart comedy with a darker side. And you can…
Al Anderson – Love Make a Fool of Me from After Hours (2006) Tom Waits – Goin’ Down Slow from The Early Years, Vol. 1 (1991) Aztec Camera – Safe…
Popdose raids the Nettwerk vaults once again and unearths a dandy little electro-pop track from a band better known for making more, um, challenging music. Not even AllMusic could resist…
Hey everybody. Welcome to the second week of Name That Tune. This week’s clips have a theme in common, which ought to quickly become evident. Let’s recap how the game…
Hi everyone!Á‚ I know I’ve been absent from the fun up until now, but I’m here, keeping quite busy helping to edit and organize the site.Á‚ I’ll still be writing…
Ellen Page, welcome to the show. In Juno, the Canadian actress portrays high schooler Juno MacGuff, who gets knocked up after a sexual encounter with her crush and best friend,…
This wasn’t part of our official launch announcement, but as some of you may remember, Jason’s site had a patron saint before he merged it with Popdose — and since…
One of the great things about writing for a blog as world famous as Popdose is that the mere mention of my association with this collective of rock-blog superheroes gains…
Py KorryÁ¢€™s excellent piece the other day about the John Woo torture memo got me thinking about, of all things, a movie trailer that I saw repeatedly over the holidays…
Swedish trio Whale burst onto the alternative music scene in 1994, instantly making a splash on MTV with their video for Á¢€Å“Hobo HumpinÁ¢€™ Slobo Babe,” a song aboutÁ¢€¦what, exactly? Seeking…
Popdose kicks off this regular feature with a vintage commercial for the stompbox that launched a thousand garage bands.
When my daughter Sophie begins to explore music, I hope she’ll take a trip through the hundreds of LPs and CDs Julie and I have amassed over the years. When…
Mr. Mister – I Wear the Face (1983) purchase this album (Amazon) Well, well, well. If it isn’t Mr. Mister. First things first: I have to give credit where it’s…
Don’t know if there’s anyone besides me still reading comic books, specifically The Amazing Spider-Man, but the powers that be just pulled a major Dallas-style boner — y’see, a lot…
This is a series I’ve always been a little ambivalent about. Even when it was running at Jefitoblog — a site that still carried the faint odor of its LiveJournal…
Foreigner – “Urgent,” circa ’81 A friend of mine once observed that you know youÁ¢€â„¢re getting older when most of your favorite bands are touring without their original singers. Thankfully,…
At first, Finian McKean’s Monsters of the Deep Woods seems deceptively simple, with its sparse acoustics and oblique lyrics. Each successive listen, though, reveals a new layer of meaning and…
Hey, Popsters! You’re back for more weekly mixing fun, eh? Good. I’m glad you’re here, and I hope this week’s mix starts to spark some discussion about when a particular…
Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, rapper Lupe Fiasco mixes sentimentality with harsh attacks on the hand that feeds him in his sophomore effort, The Cool. He attempts to do…
One of the initial comments I received the on first Á¢€Å“Redeeming RodÁ¢€ guessed the subject matter of this post, so I guess I can take relief in the existence of…
If there’s one thing the ’80s had their fair share of, it’s annoying songs that one shouldn’t like, but just can’t help loving. “Method of Modern Love.” “99 Luftballons.” “Rock…
Sequels aren’t always good, but the movie-loving teenager who continues to take up space inside my soul will always be excited by them, especially the mere concept of sequels, i.e….
Nanci Griffith is arguably the most important folk-music artist of her generation. That statement is risky not so much because there are so many other contenders for the throne, but…
Here’s a brain teaser: Most days, my commute to my downtown day job consists of a bumpy bus ride straight down Olympic. When I have a good book to read,…
A news item broke late Friday that was quite novel for political retribution stories. Lawyers representing Jose Padilla Á¢€” the guy who was locked up in a Navy brig for…
Chynna Phillips – Naked and Sacred (1995) Bet you didn’t even know this thing existed, did you? Don’t feel bad. Chynna’s post-Wilson Phillips coming out party, Naked and Sacred, was…
Forget Times Square, forget the BCS, forget Iowa, forget Dave and JayÁ¢€™s returns last Wednesday: 2008 officially gets underway Monday night, when Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert return to Comedy…