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Here’s Something Else!: Little River Band That Doesn’t, You Know, Suck
Australia’s Little River Band placed 11 songs in the Top 40 in the late 1970s and early 1980s, becoming one of the most successful acts to come from Down Under. Yet, somehow that note-perfect
Read More »Bootleg City: Please Stop Burning the Midnight Oil
Songs from Midnight Oil's 1993 acoustic tour are featured this week, while Bootleg City goes "unplugged" to fight light pollution (translation: a crushing electric bill)
Read More »World Cup: Recap of Ghana v. Germany and Australia v. Serbia and Matchday 14 Previews
Ghana 0-1 Germany Australia 2-1 Serbia The second set of games of the day were no less thrilling – four teams, all of whom were still capable of advancing. The biggest surprise was Australia
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 12 Recap and Matchday 13 Previews
It’s tough to follow two games simultaneously. Over the years I’ve found that the best way for me to do this is to put the game I want to see game on my TV
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 9 Recap and Matchday 10 Previews
Netherlands 1-0 Japan Games like this are why I can never take the Dutch seriously as contenders, but also why I can’t count them out. Like their fellow underachievers Spain against Switzerland, they struggled
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 8 Recap and Matchday 9 Previews
Germany 0-1 Serbia I disagree with the conventional wisdom on the sending off of Miroslav Klose. Yes, it was harsh, but he was already on a yellow, and you don’t make a needless tackle
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 3 Recap and Matchday 4 Preview
Algeria 0-1 Slovenia The things I do for you people. When people talk about why they don’t like soccer, it’s because they’ve seen games like this – played between the penalty areas, with little
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 2 Recap and Matchday 3 Preview
Every Friday throughout the World Cup, WNYC’s excellent Soundcheck program will focus on the music of the nations at the World Cup. Check out the first installment here. South Korea 2-0 Greece Greece’s once
Read More »The World Cup: Groups C & D Previews
Remember that there’s still time to join the Yahoo Fantasy Group for Popdose readers. The password is “popdose.” Group C (world ranking in parentheses): Algeria (30): Alphabetically, they’re first in the list of the
Read More »CD Review: The New Christs, “Gloria”
When discussion turns to the band Radio Birdman, they are invariably described as the “seminal Australian punk group.” That’s selling them just a little short. Radio Birdman was formed in Sydney in 1974 by
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