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The Friday Mixtape: 6/25/10
I have a 1988 Chevy Celebrity station wagon. It was my grandfather’s and it, chronologically, was his last car so there is a lot of history and memories attached to it. It’s in okay
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Jill Sobule, “Things Here Are Different”
I first became a fan of Jill Sobule’s after hearing her 1997 album, Happy Town. Though I was familiar with her work via her earlier singles, “I Kissed a Girl” which appears on her
Read More »Mix Six: “Then and Now”
In his latest Mix Six, Ted Asregadoo contrasts bands' debuts with songs from their most recent albums, including Weezer, Lone Justice, and New Order
Read More »Basement Songs: Joe Jackson, “The Trial”
No, not that Joe Jackson. This week, Scott Malchus ruminates on the nature of creativity, his relationship with his father, and his own motivations for writing, all against the backdrop of a track from
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 8/14/09
Read that headline and weep, folks. In just two more weeks, the summer of ’09 will be finito. Yeah, I know technically summer has a few more weeks of life but, who are we
Read More »Dw. Dunphy On… Penguimania 2009, Set 2
May is the unofficial start of the summer concert season, so to unofficially celebrate the shows of 2009, Popdose.com and internet radio station The Penguin have teamed up for Penguimania 2009. Tune in each
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 44
You may have noticed the lack of intros to my posts lately. While this series is all about the music, I do like to do one now and again, but am going through a
Read More »Mope Like Me: One Final Mix Tape
This will be the last Mope Like Me column. In truth, I didn’t think I would be saying this, at least not this soon after launching it. I’m a sucker for sad songs, and
Read More »Dw. Dunphy On… Bonus, Baby!
A funny thing happened in the middle of the 1990s: Record labels looked into their vaults and found that most of their best selling titles had been in circulation for awhile on CD and,
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