May 30, 2017• Music, News
So what does this have to do with music?...
May 24, 2017• Dw. Dunphy On..., Music
Whatever happened to that Springsteen guy?...
January 25, 2017• Music
The first article in the new series "Over the Covers" focuses on artists who re-recorded their own songs, thereby covering themselves. ...
October 17, 2014• Music, The Friday Five
It's the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community....
June 11, 2014• Music
My regular readers may recall my ongoing connection with the boy band Emblem3 — they’re the “X-Factor” finalists with...
May 30, 2014• Humor, Music
Insane Clown Posse’s Literary Classics Reconsidered As anybody down with the clowns knows, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope are adherents to...
January 17, 2014• Music, The Friday Five
March 20, 2013• Popblerd!
Yep. He's still around....
March 12, 2013• Popblerd!
Hello, Mr. Jones. We've been expecting you....
March 8, 2012• Podcast, Songs of Freedom
Episode 3 focuses on MTV: the role of politics in its history and programming, and the politically motivated artists who've been a part of...
March 5, 2012• Bottom Feeders, Music
Bon Jovi, Boyz II Men and lots of harmony highlight this week's Bottom Feeders. ...
October 24, 2011• Death by Power Ballad, Music, Power Ballads
"Death by Power Ballad" explores Extreme's "More Than Words."...
August 15, 2011• Music, Popdose Roundtable
Rock stars? Grace and dignity?! Bwaahhh haaahhh haaahhh! (Here are a few reasons why not, provided by the Popdose Roundtable.)...
August 8, 2011• Music, Popdose Interviews
Franke Previte wrote "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" and sang "Sweetheart." He discusses his life and career with Rob Smith in the latest...
March 30, 2011• Music, Popdose, Popdose Interviews
There's always been more to Toploader than "Dancing in the Moonlight." Frontman Joe Washbourn talks to Popdose about how the band is back...
October 29, 2010• Friday Night Videos!, Music
If you’re holding your breath for the day MTV starts playing music videos, let it go. It’s never going to happen, not while...
June 28, 2010• Music, Popdose Flashback '90
In a very personal Flashback '90, Popdose writer Michael Fortes revisits the lows and highs of Cheap Trick's Busted, song by song....
June 23, 2010• Bottom Feeders, Music
It’s another week for the letter B as we take a look at songs that hit the Billboard Rock charts but failed to cross over into the...
March 9, 2010• Mix Six, Music
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE What possesses an artist to revisit his or her recordings years later and decide to remake the song? Sometimes...
January 14, 2010• Music, Rock Court
All rise. The terms of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It...
December 4, 2009• Chart Attack!, Music
Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the final CHART ATTACK! of 2009! In case you haven’t noticed, Popdose has been pretty much...
November 10, 2009• CD Reviews, Music
Trends may change and empires may crumble, but at least one thing always seems to stay the same: Bon goddamn Jovi can’t take a dump...
October 12, 2009• Music, Power Ballads
Had Bon Jovi been killed in a horrific, fiery airplane crash in 1985, we would remember them much differently than we do today. Had they...
October 5, 2009• CD Reviews, Music
Any good label manager would tell you: don’t name your album something a reviewer could turn into a catchy, snarky counterpoint. But...
July 27, 2009• Music, The Steel Horse Archives
Jeff Vrabel officially cracks open the Steel Horse Archives this week, and -- what's this? Cinderella comes crawling out!...
July 20, 2009• Music, The Steel Horse Archives
Jeff Vrabel was a hair metal cowboy, and on a steel horse he rode...and he's here to relive those Aqua Netted days with a new series that...
July 6, 2009• Music, Song-Off
As people eat more meals outside the home, they consume more calories, less fiber, and more fat. Commodity prices have fallen so low that...
May 8, 2009• Chart Attack!, Music
Jason Hare takes us back to 1989, when 38 Special begged for forgiveness, Peter Cetera warbled with Cher, and a "mystery artist" made it...
March 27, 2009• Letter From the Editor, Music
I try to do right, I try to do right, because I only got, only got, only got, only got…all that I have is one life to live. These are...
March 6, 2009• Music
Do not be alarmed! Do not adjust your set! Chartburn hasn’t gone away — it’s just sharing space with some more Friday...
