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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 14
We delve deeper into AM Gold's 1965 and find some genuine treasures
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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 9
AM Gold: 1964 beckons! Enjoy the Supremes and the Zombies! Make it through Gene Pitney!
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Tapeheads”
Soundtrack Saturday returns with a look at the hilarious and bizarre 1988 Tim Robbins/John Cusack film, TapeheadsRead More »
Here’s Something Else!: Kicking It Old School, Bo Diddley Edition
It’s hard, if you really listen, not to be startled when 1955′s “Bo Diddley” — all fast-driving beats and nervy aggression — gets going. Diddley ditched chord changes for propulsive determination more than half
Read More »Turn-Ons: Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble — Once You Get It, You Can’t Forget It
You have no idea what you're missing. That's what Judd Marcello's here for. He says Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble is a rare musical experience you must not miss.
Read More »Springsteen’s Spare Parts: “Don’t Look Back” (1977)
Fittingly, the first installment of our alternative look at Bruce Springsteen's career puts its foot to the floor and doesn't look back
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: Bo Diddley, “Drive By: Tales From the Funk Dimension”
One of the many things I love about Popdose is our collective freedom to write different kinds of posts: Sometimes you gets yourself a Cold Shot related to some bit of blues news, or
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: Super Session Live at the Fillmore East
Mojo Flucke has returned from an unexplained disappearance, still woozy from a cold shot of '60s blues powerhouse Super Session
Read More »The Producers: Leaving Elektra, Life With the Crüe, and Meeting Twisted Sister
In his latest column, Tom Werman relives the wild and crazy early '80s, including some time behind the boards for Mötley Crüe, a narrow brush with Timothy B. Schmit, and a fateful meeting with
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: Do We Call What White Rockers Play “Blues?”
Since I started listening to blues, that’s been a hard question for me to answer. It’s important, because it speaks to what blues is, really. Can Clapton play the blues, really? Sure he knows
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