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Popdose 2011: Mike Duquette’s Top Catalogue Projects
According to crazy people, next year will see the wholesale demise of compact discs as well as the heroic efforts of Jon Cusack saving the world from cataclysmic disaster. With that in mind, you’d think the year’s
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Greatest Un-Hits: Ween’s “Ocean Man” (1997)
Ween is one of those fantastic, cult-beloved quirky bands too interesting to ever be extremely popular that should have been one of those fantastic, cult-beloved quirky bands that eventually scored a single, fluke top
Read More »The Popdose Guide to Papas Fritas
The Boston-area band released only three albums before breaking up in 2000, but have reunited for a series of shows in Europe. Robert Cass takes a look back at their brief but stellar discography
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 9/10/10
El Ten Eleven – Hotcakes from Every Direction Is North (2007) Ben Folds Five – She Don’t Use Jelly from Lounge-A-Palooza (1997) Rosemary Clooney – Black Coffee from Music from the Television Series Crossing
Read More »Hooks ‘N’ You: Will Harris Remembers Will Owsley
Will Harris remembers the pure pop majesty of Will Owsley, and laments his untimely death
Read More »Bootleg City: Ben Folds Five in New York City, March ’96
Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into the house, turned the
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 9/04/09
Last week marked the final edition of Tom Werman’s run on our Producers column and, in the course of his finale, he mentioned a special mixtape disc he made for his family and friends.
Read More »CD Review: Amanda Palmer, “Who Killed Amanda Palmer”
I remember when the Dresden Dolls first came out. All my friends who knew my tastes told me I had to check them out, that I would love this duo. I’d ask what they
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 6/26/09
Don’t just do something — stand there! Ben Folds Five – Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head from Burt Bacharach: One Amazing Night (1998) Big Star – When My Baby’s Beside Me from #1
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