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DVD Review: The Zombies, “Odessey & Oracle: The 40th Anniversary Concert”

Ken Shane December 29, 2009 7

In June of 1967, the Zombies entered EMI’s Abbey Road studios to record their masterpiece, Odessey & Oracle. Earlier that year, the Beatles had recorded their own masterpiece, Sgt. Pepper, in the same studio.

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Unsolicited Career Advice for … Whitney Houston

Rob Smith December 14, 2009 9

This recent missive to Clive Davis, major label majordomo and Svengali to the Adult Contemporary set, discusses Uncle Donnie’s ideas for a post-comeback Whitney Houston comeback. Whether Clive or Whitney do anything with his

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Unsolicited Career Advice for … Donny Osmond

Rob Smith August 24, 2009 20

It's time for more unsolicited career advice from Don Skwatzenschitz, and this week, he's trying to help a furloughed Soldier of Love

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Unsolicited Career Advice for … The Ramones

Rob Smith June 15, 2009 13

As I’ve mentioned previously, Uncle Donnie’s been writing these things for years—decades, even. Lev brings over another box of them every once in a while. This one dates back to 1974, and is notable

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CD Review: Kelly Clarkson, “All I Ever Wanted”

Dw. Dunphy April 15, 2009 8

I still feel bad about Kelly Clarkson. Weird, no? All I Ever Wanted has been out awhile now, the first single, “My Life Would Suck Without You,” is the big, power-chorus pop tune her

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CHART ATTACK!: 4/11/87

Jason Hare April 10, 2009 49

Hi, everybody! This week’s CHART ATTACK! takes us back a whopping 22 years, and wow, do I feel old, considering I remember hearing just about every single one of these songs on the radio

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Popdose Flashback: Milli Vanilli and the Triumph of Substance

Jon Cummings April 1, 2009 17

For fans of pop music with integrity, the pop charts of 1989 were a desolate place. Between an avalanche of soul-sapping covers (Michael Damian, Michael Bolton, Martika), the blatant New Edition ripoff that was

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CD Review: Various Artists, “The Coolest Songs in the World! Vol. 8″

Rob Smith March 18, 2009 7

Various Artists – The Coolest Songs in the World! Vol. 8 (2009, Wicked Cool) Purchase this album (Amazon) Let us now praise famous do-rag-wearing guitarist/songwriter/deejay/record execs. Now, unless Clive Davis has a couple side

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CHART ATTACK!: 3/16/91

Jason Hare March 13, 2009 21

Happy Friday and welcome to another edition of CHART ATTACK! So last time we met here to dissect a Billboard chart, it was a Top 10 from 1971, and I got my ass handed

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CHART ATTACK!: 2/27/71

Jason Hare February 27, 2009 24

Howdy, everybody! I tend to stick to the ’80s when writing CHART ATTACK!, as they’re the years I remember best. But this week, I decided to pull up something from the early ’70s and

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