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Here’s Something Else!: Presenting The Beatles, At Long Last … In Concert!

Something Else! Reviews May 17, 2011 6

The Beatles, just as their creativity went supernova, quit the road in 1966 — frustrated over the inability of that period’s sound systems to amplify the increasingly complex work spinning around on your turntables

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Here’s Something Else!: More Beatles Songs We’re Not Sick Of Yet

Something Else! Reviews March 22, 2011 4

The very ubiquitousness of the Beatles can make for difficult wading when you’re trying to remember what made them great in the first place. Well, the movement you need is tucked away inside the

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The Popdose Podcast: Episode 16

Jason Hare March 11, 2011 19

After a three-month hiatus, Jeff, Jason, and Dave are back to rip apart a Billboard Top 10 from 1985. It's the Popdose Podcast, Episode 16: CHART ATTACK! Edition!

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Greatest Un-Hits: Yoko Ono’s “Walking on Thin Ice” (1981)

Brian Boone March 9, 2011 7

This column usually presents semi-obscure or forgotten songs that should have been hits. “Walking on Thin Ice” is different, because if you’re the kind of person with an obsessive enough interest in music to

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Here’s Something Else!: Beatles Songs We’re Not Sick of Yet

Something Else! Reviews February 22, 2011 4

The very ubiquitousness of the Beatles sometimes makes for difficult wading when you're trying to remember what made them great in the first place. Here are a handful of deeper cuts that we're not

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Fixing a Hole: The Beatles’ Imaginary Post-1970 Albums, Part 12

Mark Feldman February 1, 2011 20

Part 12: Flaming Pie (1997) This is where we officially get into the Beatles’ modern era.  By this point, the Fabs are a band which fully admits to being less cutting edge than they

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Fixing a Hole: The Beatles’ Imaginary Post-1970 Albums, Part 11

Mark Feldman January 18, 2011 31

Part 11: Help Yourself (1993) I went through more iterations of this album than any other one in this series, but finally think I’ve got it as good as it’s going to get.  Some

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Fixing a Hole: The Beatles’ Imaginary Post-1970 Albums Part 10

Mark Feldman January 4, 2011 14

Part 10: Fab (1989) I’ve been waiting to write this one for a long time.  In the late ‘80s, as most of us probably remember, the ‘60s became cool again.  Tie dye shirts, stonewashed

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Fixing a Hole: The Beatles’ Imaginary Post-1970 Albums, Part 9

Mark Feldman December 14, 2010 9

Part 9: Beatles In Space (1985) Before we begin, I’d like to give a special thanks to Dw. Dunphy for his amazing Photoshopped album covers.  We saw one last time for Tug of Peace,

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Soul Serenade: Ike & Tina Turner, “Come Together”

Ken Shane December 9, 2010 0

In case you missed the sly double entendre in John Lennon's lyrics for "Come Together," Ike & Tina Turner released their own version to drive the point home

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