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Jesus of Cool: Ten Years of Loving “10 Things I Hate About You”
A decade ago this past summer, Kay Hanley and her bandmates in Letters to Cleo had to be talked into accepting a free trip to Hollywood when the producers of a new teen comedy
Read More »Jesus of Cool: Paul McCartney, Dearly De-Charted in the ’80s
Whether you were a child of the ’60s or (like me) of the ’70s, the Beatles’ perpetual presence on the radio seemed something of a birthright. Every “official” Beatles single between “I Want to
Read More »Jesus of Cool: Suedehead & Pigskin
I may be a bit slow on the uptake these days when it comes to television commercials — I don’t watch much live TV anymore, what with the TiVo and all. But after about
Read More »Jesus of Cool: Jon’s Singles File vs. the Faceless Narcissists
Among the many types of radio star that video killed were what I like to call the Faceless Narcissists – those acts of the pre-MTV era who felt compelled to name their acts after
Read More »Jesus of Cool: Satanic Messages! (Not)
Last week’s massive international celebration of Vinyl Record Day (wait – you say that big party they showed on TV was about the Olympics?) reminded me of my teenage fascination with backmasking and its
Read More »Jesus of Cool: Jon’s Singles File — Franke Goes Dirty Dancing
By now it’s a cliché, though often a useful one, to allow a particular song to remind you of a certain time or place – that summer fling at the beach, that interminable drive
Read More »Jesus of Cool: What’s It 2U?
One of my favorite Popdose experiences to date came in the wake of Part 9 in our colleague Dave Steed’s wonderful “Bottom Feeders” series. He had identified his first CD purchase, and dozens of
Read More »Jesus of Cool: Boomers See “The Stranger” in Themselves
These days baby boomers, especially women, are in something of a panic. Demographically, professionally, financially and sociologically, they’ve been dominating American culture for nearly half a century now, while succeeding generations have waited, often
Read More »Jesus of Cool: “Weeds” Goes to Pot
sit•com n. Informal A situation comedy; a television comedy series involving a group of regular characters in everyday situations, often set in the home and/or workplace For three seasons, Weeds was the very model
Read More »Jesus of Cool: Gettin’ Down (or Not) to “Swingtown”
Can you feel it? I feel it. You know what I’m talking about – that sudden jolt, that shock that has surged through the American consciousness over the past three weeks? It’s not the
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