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Jesus of Cool: Michael Jackson’s Crossover Nightmare

Jon Cummings July 30, 2009 25

Did Michael Jackson break the music industry? Jon Cummings examines the damage in this week's Jesus of Cool

Jesus of Cool: We Wuz Robbed! Great #2 Hits of the ’80s

Jon Cummings June 15, 2009 19

Jon Cummings' ongoing look at great #2 hits in Billboard history moves into the '80s this week, with hit tracks from the Bangles, Journey, and Foreigner in the mix

Jesus of Cool: We Wuz Robbed! Great #2 Hits of the ’70s

Jon Cummings June 1, 2009 7

Continuing his decade-by-decade look of great second-place finishes in pop music, Jon Cummings moves on to the '70s, including #2 hits from Lou Rawls, 10cc, and the King himself

Jesus of Cool: We Wuz Robbed! Great #2 Hits of the ’60s

Jon Cummings May 18, 2009 9

Welcome to the second installment of an ongoing series celebrating songs that fell excruciatingly short of ascending to the top of Billboard’s pop singles chart. In the course of compiling and monitoring responses to

Jesus of Cool: Of Local Radio, and a Sweet Virginia Breeze

Jon Cummings May 11, 2009 7

This week in Jesus of Cool, Jon Cummings looks back on that lost and long-forgotten phenomenon known as the local radio hit. His focus: the Robbin Thompson Band's "Candy Apple Red."

We Wuz Robbed! Great Number 2 Hits of the ’50s

Jon Cummings May 4, 2009 17

Last year, in the midst of compiling my “Worst Number One Songs of the Rock Era” series, I began contemplating the sad, sorry fate of those records that have come up just short of

Don Dixon and Marti Jones LIVE!: The Official Bootleg

Jon Cummings February 23, 2009 11

For a few precious years in the late 1980s and early ’90s, the most communal experience on the pop touring circuit was a family affair. Recording artist-producer Don Dixon and his wife, the singer-songwriter

Jesus of Cool: Robert Hazard’s Philly Rock ‘n’ Roll

Jon Cummings February 2, 2009 7

My brief tenure as a resident of Philadelphia, from 1990 to ’92, coincided with a period of remarkable growth for the Hard Rock Cafe chain of restaurants. The chain’s cofounders, Isaac Tigrett and Peter

Jesus of Cool: Kay Hanley & the Pussycats

Jon Cummings January 26, 2009 15

Editor’s note: What follows is no less than the third column that Popdose writer Jon Cummings has attempted to wring out of a single interview last fall with former Letters to Cleo vocalist Kay

Jesus of Cool: Why Hannah Montana is So AWESOME!!!

Jon Cummings January 12, 2009 12

Almost exactly a year ago on this site, my esteemed Popdose colleague Dw. Dunphy closed a column by asking, “What has modernity offered you? Hannah Montana?” He was concluding a well-considered paean to vinyl-record

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