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Popdose 2010: Michael Fortes’ Top Albums
From the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, Michael Fortes runs through his top picks for the best albums of
Read More »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 »TV Review: American Masters, “LENNONYC” (PBS)
The latest entry in the esteemed PBS series American Masters covers the post-Beatles years that John Lennon spent living in New York City
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 26
Where there's Billy Joel, Sir Elton isn't far behind. Can they join forces with Joan Jett to counterbalance flute solos? Only Bottom Feeders can answer that question!
Read More »Friday Night Videos!: The Hits of 1986
If you’re holding your breath for the day MTV starts playing music videos again, let it go. It’s never going to happen, not while there’s a solitary teen mom left in America to exploit
Read More »Cratedigger: Elton John, “Madman Across the Water”
Following up his rustic classic "Tumbleweed Connection" was no easy task for Elton John, but in 1971 he released another dusky gem. Ken Shane remembers
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 9/17/10 — Double Shots
In this week’s mixtape you’ll find pairs of the same song by two different artists. I did try to lay down some ground rules for myself, though: 1. No parody songs (although strange and
Read More »CHART ATTACK!: 7/30/88
Eric Carmen goes heavy on the Aqua Net, Jane Wiedlin makes googly-eyes at Jason Hare and Jeff Giles loses $20 -- it's all part of the latest edition of CHART ATTACK!
Read More »CD Review: Vince Neil, “Tattoos and Tequila”
If this was June of 2006 and you told me that Vince Neil had a solo record out, honestly I wouldn’t have cared less. Although there were parts of Mötley Crüe’s 1997 release Generation
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