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The Popdose Podcast: Episode 1

Jason Hare October 2, 2009 31

We've invaded your browser, your radio dial, and your pop culture fantasies -- and now, at long last, it's time for us to snuggle up to your pods. Ladies and gentlemen, the Popdose Podcast!

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Unsolicited Career Advice for … Barry Gibb

Rob Smith September 7, 2009 0

Long, flowing hair, a perfectly groomed beard, and millions of records sold doesn't mean you're too good for a little advice, does it

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CHART ATTACK!: 5/20/78

Jason Hare May 22, 2009 40

If Jason Hare can't have you, he don't want nobody, baby. Join him for a look back at 1978, where, with a little luck, we'll shadow dance with imaginary lovers. (Groan.)

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Way Out Wednesday: The Temple City Kazoo Orchestra, “Some Kazoos”

Tony Redman March 4, 2009 5

This album from 1978 features the Temple City Kazoo Orchestra playing that most maligned of instruments, the kazoo. The kazoo was invented by an African-American named Alabama Vest in Macon, Georgia sometime in the

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CD Review: The Bee Gees, “Odessa” (40th Anniversary Edition)

Ken Shane February 11, 2009 8

F. Scott Fitzgerald once famously declared that there are no second acts in American lives. It’s a good thing that the Bee Gees aren’t American, then, because they’ve had at least two very distinct

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CHART ATTACK!: 1/15/83

Jason Hare January 16, 2009 16

Welcome back to CHART ATTACK!, all new for 2009! This year we’ll be doing much like we’ve done in the past: ripping apart Billboard Top 10 charts for years ranging from the early ’70s

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CHART ATTACK!: 12/3/77

Jason Hare December 5, 2008 15

I know what you’re thinking: isn’t Popdose closed for the season?  What the hell is CHART ATTACK! doing here?  You raise a good point, but today’s post is here for two reasons.  First, I

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Hooks ‘N’ You: A Look Back at 2008

Will Harris November 23, 2008 4

It’s vacation time already? Awesome! Time to kick back, relax, and…oh, wait, I forgot: this is only a part-time writing gig, and I still have to keep doing my full-time writing gig. Oh, well,

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s — 2008 Recap

Dave Steed November 19, 2008 30

Today marks the final post of 2008 for Bottom Feeders. So instead of starting the letter G and then going on break, let’s take a look back at the first 33 weeks of the

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 7

Dave Steed May 14, 2008 31

The story of how I completed my collection continues in 2006. I was winding down to the end. I found that collecting the first 4,000-plus songs to hit the Billboard Hot 100 in the

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