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2012 Outlook: Van Halen’s PR Company Is Sybil
So VH is hitting the road! Maybe! Unless they deny it! Again!
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Bootleg City: A Spy In The Halls Of Power
First you get thee bootlegs, then you get thee power, then you get thee weemin
Read More »The Producers: Macca, Supersuckers, 0 for 4, and Life on Wilshire
In this week's column, Tom Werman recounts the strange new world of the mid-'90s, and his struggles to prove his worth after hair metal fell out of fashion
Read More »The Producers: Lita’s “Dangerous Curves” and the Writing on the Wall
Tom Werman's career retrospective reaches the early '90s this week -- a time when trends shifted, metal sales slowed, and change was in the wind
Read More »One Day in Your Life: July 15, 1979
July 15, 1979, was a Sunday. In the Soviet Union, it’s Metallurgist’s Day. With gasoline prices skyrocketing again and his approval rating at 25 percent, President Jimmy Carter delivers a prime-time address in which
Read More »The Bigger Picture: The Acting Bug
Actors can be an easy bunch to spot around Los Angeles. Often, they can be seen exiting a Kinko’s with a box of 500 headshots. The male can usually be seen hopping into his
Read More »Introducing… Parlour to Parlour
This week, Michael Fortes introduces a new multimedia series on Popdose, featuring video interviews and performances by indie musicians in their own homes and studios. Enter Parlour to Parlour!
Read More »The Producers: Ted Nugent Babysits, a Meaty “Free-for-All,” and Tom Werman’s “Greatest Misses”
The last installment prompted a number of responses having to do with a couple of bands that I and some of the readers feel should have been more successful. I thought that before we
Read More »Blu-ray Review: “Falling Down”
Falling Down (Blu-ray book) (Warner Bros., 1993/2009) purchase this item from Amazon He’s made some good movies (The Lost Boys), some overrated movies (St. Elmo’s Fire), and some offensively shitty movies (Batman & Robin),
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