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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 47
Dave Steed's Bottom Feeders series has reached the end of the letter J, and you know what that means -- Grace Jones sighting!
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Robin Zander, “Time Will Let You Know”
Wouldn’t it be cool to be Cheap Trick’s Robin “The Voice” Zander? I mean, the guy’s, like, 85 years old and looks the same as he did on the cover of Heaven Tonight; he
Read More »Popdose Flashback: Michael Bolton, “Soul Provider”
In Bull Durham, Kevin Costner’s character Crash Davis chides Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) for his laziness and lack of focus on the game of baseball. “You got a gift,” he says. “When you were
Read More »Basement Songs: Journey, “Any Way You Want It”
My brother’s black five-piece Rogers drum set stood in our basement like the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey: Mysterious, imposing and full of wonder. As a prepubescent boy, I would study those drums
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Quiet Riot, “Winners Take All”
Kevin DuBrow‘s cocaine-assisted demise in 2007 denied the world additional work from one of the great philosophical minds in hard rock. Not really, but has there ever been another frontman in the genre who
Read More »Mix Six: “45s, A and B Sides”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE I was getting wistful for 45s the other day and went hunting through my old Grundorf cases that I used to lug from DJ gig to DJ gig back
Read More »Dw. Dunphy On… Journey
The trend in non-fiction literature as of late has been to title books with a snappy, concise name and then attach an absurd, ridiculously long subtitle, just to be clear on exactly what the
Read More »Basement Songs, Long-Play Edition: Journey, “Escape”
In the autumn of 1981, the band Journey released the multi-platinum album Escape. At the same time, I began sixth grade, entering my second year in an “advanced study program” (ASP) which selected certain
Read More »The Year in Rock: 1978
Although released in late 1977, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack would be impossible to ignore for much of 1978, with the Bee Gees’ “Night Fever” and “Stayin’ Alive,” as well as Yvonne Elliman’s “If
Read More »Mix Six: “Frickin’ Awesome Drummers”
A guest DJ in the house! It’s none other than Popdose’s very own Scott Malchus, who is here to mix it up with six FRICKIN’ AWESOME DRUMMERS! What I love about this mix is
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