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Popdose Flashback ’90: Julia Fordham, “Porcelain”
If you were watching music videos during the winter of 1990, you probably saw a lot of Taylor Dayne’s bustiers … watched Michael Bolton as he seemed to strain mightily to release something from
Read More »Political Culture: Ayn Rand’s Shangri-La of Self-Interest
I tried. I tried so hard. You’ve gotta believe me when I tell you how I tried and tried to finish Ayn Rand’s oversize chronicle of obsessive-compulsive capitalism, Atlas Shrugged, over the holidays so
Read More »Political Culture: Ayn Rand’s Polemical Porn
Here’s the thing about reading Ayn Rand: She forces you to think the way she does. Once you’ve immersed yourself in her black-and-white worldview — and once you’ve adjusted your expectations to accommodate her
Read More »Political Culture: Ayn Rand Takes a (Midas) Mulligan
When I was a senior in college, instead of prepping for a career as a Rand-ian Master of the Universe with high-level courses in economics or engineering, I chose a pair of classes in
Read More »Political Culture: I’ve Been Ayn Randed!
A homework pass to the first commenter who can identify what inspired this column’s headline – without resorting to the Google (honor system!) – and can tell us why The Man is so unhip.
Read More »CHART ATTACK!: 12/2/89
Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the final CHART ATTACK! of 2009! In case you haven’t noticed, Popdose has been pretty much taken over by horrible, horrible holiday music, and I’m smack in the
Read More »Political Culture: A Liberal Reads Ayn Rand
Objectivism is back, baby! Don’t take my word for it – just check out this cover of the libertarian monthly Reason, which offers up a freaky old Audrey Hepburn-meets-the-wicked-witch photo of the philosophy’s founding
Read More »The Popdose 100: The Best Movies of the Decade
As the decade draws to a close, the Popdose staff looks back at its favorite films of the last 10 years
Read More »CHART ATTACK!: 11/20/76
A duck, a muskrat, and Rod Stewart in a bowtie -- the only thing that could save this Billboard Top 10 is a four-minute talkbox solo. It's all in Jason Hare's latest edition of
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