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The Popdose Holiday Mixtape 2010
Last Christmas, we gave you our heart, but you were too busy doing real stuff. Hey, it’s perfectly understandable. We launched a “special gift” on Christmas morning 2009 with zero fanfare. Is it any
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 10/29/10 — Fiendishly Yours
This week, The Friday Mixtape has been specially super-sized in order to provide you with 31 fiendishly good songs to keep you grim and grinning throughout the Halloween weekend.
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 10/15/10
The Popdose staff curates this mix to be a companion through the headlong rush to the winter solstice
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: Special Anniversary Video Mix Edition
Soundtrack Saturday turns two with a very special video retrospective. Join the celebration!
Read More »50Prog50: The Best Prog Albums, Part Four
Regrets, I’ve had a few. There were bands and artists I really wanted to squeeze onto this list but, ultimately, the fit wasn’t right. Queen certainly had the originality that progressive rock requires and
Read More »CD Review: Alejandro Escovedo, “Street Songs of Love”
I’ll tell you one thing right from the jump; Alejandro Escovedo’s new album, Street Songs of Love (Fantasy/Concord Music Group), may be my favorite album of the year from a production standpoint. Of course
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 6
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 Hot 100 in the 1980s. Rock ‘n’
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Various Artists, “Pretty Woman”
Rob Smith tells himself he's over the Pretty Woman soundtrack, but is he the king of wishful thinking
Read More »CD Review: David Bowie, “A Reality Tour” (with Gail Ann Dorsey interview)
Though I’ve been a Bowie fan for just about as long as I’ve been a sentient human being (thanks, Dad!), I’ve only seen him live once and it was on this tour. My favorite
Read More »Basement Songs: Queen and David Bowie, “Under Pressure”
This year marks the fifth anniversary of my friend Matt’s death. He was my brother in every sense except for blood, and like siblings, we fought, had misunderstandings, hurt each other and went through
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