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Popdose 2011: Mike Duquette’s Top Catalogue Projects
According to crazy people, next year will see the wholesale demise of compact discs as well as the heroic efforts of Jon Cusack saving the world from cataclysmic disaster. With that in mind, you’d think the year’s
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’91: Material Issue, “International Pop Overthrow”
When Material Issue front man Jim Ellison committed suicide in June of 1996, the act was sharp and sudden. The 32-year-old wasn’t a stereotypical grunge sad-sack. He was an anachronistic rock vocalist who sported
Read More »Bootleg City: Elastica in Europe, 1994-’95
Greetings, citizens of Bootleg City. It’s an honor being the first female interim mayor of this fair ‘burg. But perhaps you’re wondering how I snagged this plush gig. No no no, it’s nothing like
Read More »Bootleg City: Material Issue in Cleveland, May ’91
Back in 1992, my girlfriend received a 16th-birthday mix tape from a friend of ours named Tai. There were no artists or song titles listed on the cassette label, making the tape something of
Read More »The Popdose Guide to Material Issue
The Beginning Mike Zelenko (drummer): “I met Jim through an advertisement in the Illinois Entertainer (a local monthly music magazine) right out of high school. He called me a couple days after the ad
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