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Thank You for the Music!
Join the Popdose Staff as they say "Thank You" to the people that introduced them to the music that shaped their lives
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Here’s Something Else!: More Must Hear TV — Prime-time Themes That Still Rock
There are TV themes you remember. “All In The Family,” with its way-back talk of President Hoover and LaSalle cars. Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams cooing together, “What would we do, baby, without us?”
Read More »Greatest Un-Hits: The Monkees’ “Every Step of the Way” (1987)
MTV started airing 20-year-old reruns of The Monkees in 1986, a perfect fit for the fledgling network—quick cuts, youth culture, wild and crazy attitude—such were the things MTV aimed to stand for. It was
Read More »Wandering the Aisles: Going Gaga for Madonna
When I set out to chronicle the musical offerings of America’s supermarkets, pharmacies and other not-quite-cutout bins in this column, I expected to find a lot of silly junk or wildly overstocked albums. I
Read More »The Popdose Interview: Celebrating the Early Years of MTV With Greg Prato
As MTV marks its 30th anniversary, Matt Wardlaw spoke about the golden years of the channel with author Greg Prato, who has a new book on the subject
Read More »Popdose 2010: Emilia Rhodes’ Best in Television
From gangsters to vampires, and cable dramas to network comedies, a list of the best in television in
Read More »Friday Night Videos!: The Hits of 1985
If you’re holding your breath for the day MTV starts playing music videos, let it go. It’s never going to happen, not while the dreaded Snooki-beast is running around, trying to mount Eric Cartman.
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