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The Weekly Mixtape: Imaginary Bond Movie Edition
In this week’s AM Gold roundtable, I dared to speak ill of Shirley Bassey’s iconic theme for “Goldfinger.” My contention was that, if this song were not the theme tune for a hugely popular
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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 8
And just like that, 1963 is in our rear-view mirrors. But before we speed ahead to '64 let's fire up the old transistor radio and check out the final group of tunes from
Read More »The Very Guest Of… John Cale
Welshman of sorts, person of course, Godfather of Punk, erstwhile Velvet and renegade classicist; John Cale is full of surprises, and you won't believe where he's turned up over the years
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Brian Eno and John Cale, “Wrong Way Up”
There was an odd cultural moment about twenty years ago when veterans of the 1970s rock avant-garde started showing up in an unexpected place — the pop charts. That old fuso-muso whorehorse Jan Hammer
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 7/2/10
This week's Friday Mixtape features tracks from Catherine Wheel, Trashcan Sinatras, Matthew Sweet and many more!
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Lou Reed/John Cale, “Songs for Drella”
It's been 20 years since Lou Reed and John Cale set aside their differences to pay tribute to their former manager, Andy Warhol. Matthew Bolin takes a look back.
Read More »The Most Disturbing Halloween EVER!: John Cale
That’s right, folks, the most disturbing Halloween EVER! From now until Halloween, the Popdose staff are going to be thumbing through their record collections in search of the music that gives them the worst
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: Proto-Little Feat
The original Lowell George-led Little Feat had a string of classic albums in the 1970s, from their self-titled debut on through 1978’s live Waiting For Columbus, their best seller. After George died at the
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