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Soul Serenade: The Magnificent Men, “Peace of Mind”
When I first encountered the legend of the Magnificent Men, it was like something out of a movie. According to the story, this group of white kids from Harrisburg and York, PA were booked
Read More »Mix Six: “My Birth Year”
As his birthday approaches, Ted Asregadoo is inspired to put together a playlist of songs from the year he was born
Read More »TV Review: “Sam Cooke: Crossing Over” American Masters (PBS)
Maybe it’s because I’ve read Peter Guralnick’s comprehensive 2005 Sam Cooke biography Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke that the newest entry in the generally wonderful PBS series American Masters, Sam Cooke –
Read More »The Eighteenth Day of Mellowmas: Air Supplymas Returns!
Do they know it's Christmastime at all? No, they don't -- and with the pudding-soft harmonies of Air Supply as their guide, they never will
Read More »Bootleg City: The Cranberries in Munich, October ’94
Hey, the head man is out of town! This is such a freakin’ good idea. See, when our “public servants” walk into office having “plans” and “introducing legislation,” they immediately start screwing stuff up,
Read More »Bootleg City: James Brown, 11/27/87
We did it! More specifically and much less modestly, I did it — I won Tuesday’s election! My victory even got some coverage from Associated Press national political writer Liz Sidoti, who wrote, “A
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: Bo Diddley, “Drive By: Tales From the Funk Dimension”
One of the many things I love about Popdose is our collective freedom to write different kinds of posts: Sometimes you gets yourself a Cold Shot related to some bit of blues news, or
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: James Booker
Mojo Flucke is back, and this week, he's pouring us a Cold Shot of James Booker. Drink up!
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