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Let’s Argue About the 2012 Rock Hall Nominees

Popdose Staff September 27, 2011 26

The staff looks at this year's list, pauses for reflection, and launches into a rock nerd debate

Weekend ’80s Dance Party: Special Labor Day Edition

Kelly Stitzel September 3, 2011 3

You work hard for your money. So relax and dance this weekend! Kelly Stitzel brings you a special Labor Day Weekend '80s Dance Party

Jheri Curl Fridays 05: “Unconditional Love”

Mike Heyliger June 10, 2011 2

The years immediately following the “Death of Disco” weren’t the easiest for Donna Summer, who had been the most successful artist to emerge from the genre. She began the Eighties on a hot streak,

Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 86

Dave Steed January 13, 2010 49

Here are even more songs by artists whose names begin with the letter S, as we continue looking at singles that charted below #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the 1980s. Barbra Streisand

Future Retro: Home of the Quick Serve

DJ D June 21, 2009 5

Obsessive fans know the sheer agony of waiting years, even decades, for their favorite oldies (ahem, classic) artist to finally release a new album of substandard material on a record label no one has

Mix Six: “Vertical Tasting, 1959-2009″

Ted Asregadoo January 6, 2009 3

DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Living where I do (the San Francisco Bay Area), the Napa Valley is quite close to my abode.Â If you’ve ever been to a winery (or participated in a

Into the Ear of Madness: Week 14 — Goodbye To Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of…

Terje Fjelde September 4, 2008 8

Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. He’s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or played by David Foster.

Lost in the ’70s: Donna Summer, “Sunset People”

John C. Hughes April 10, 2008 4

In 1979, Donna Summer could do no wrong — she was, in fact, riding high with three Top Ten hits in a row. So no one blinked when Summer and collaborators Giorgio Moroder and

Mix Six: “It’s Disco, Bitches!”

Ted Asregadoo March 26, 2008 17

DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE As Prince said, “I think I wanna dance!” Sometimes in the weekly Mix Six shuffle it’s easy to forget the lasting impact of disco on the culture at large.

Mix Six: “Up From the Underground”

Ted Asregadoo January 9, 2008 10

Hey, Popsters! You’re back for more weekly mixing fun, eh? Good. I’m glad you’re here, and I hope this week’s mix starts to spark some discussion about when a particular genre of music surfaced