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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 7
Put your headphones on and your cares away, and come back with us once again to the world of Time-Life's "AM Gold" -- 1963 style!
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 6
It’s another week for the letter B as we take a look at songs that hit the Billboard Rock charts but failed to cross over into the Hot 100 in the 1980s. Rock ‘n’
Read More »Rob Smith Can’t Say No: Michael Bolton, “Live at the Royal Albert Hall”
Much as he might want to, Popdose's Rob Smith Can't Say No to the new live DVD from Michael Bolton. Check out his review at Popdose.com
Read More »Ticket Stub: Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Wheeling, November ’77
For those of you that read my Ticket Stub piece last week regarding Michael Bolton, I should tell you that good portions of that were nothing more than an April Fool’s joke. I think
Read More »Ticket Stub: Michael Bolton in Dallas, May ’83
There are some oddities in the Concert Vault. Oddities like a 1983 Michael Bolton gig from Dallas, TX, when Bolton was hanging on the frayed edges of a failed attempt at success as a
Read More »You Again?: Michael Bolton, “One World, One Love”
Some albums defy the usual judgments of good or bad—they’re just wrong. I’m thinking of Liz Phair’s major label records (with the exception of the chorus of “Extraordinary”); or Sonny Bono’s post-divorce nervous breakdown
Read More »CD Review: Kiss, “Sonic Boom”
Any good label manager would tell you: don’t name your album something a reviewer could turn into a catchy, snarky counterpoint. But as we know far too well, most of the labels are hanging
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 »The Sixth Day of Mellowmas: Boltonmas!
We try not to repeat artists we’ve covered in years past during The 25 Days of Mellowmas, but today we make an exception. We had to. Look at that album cover below. Look at
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