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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.
Read More »Bootleg City: Prince in Paris, June ’87
I’m not going to lie to you — even though I’m the most powerful figurehead in Bootleg City, I don’t have all the answers. That’s why I often turn to other mayors of other
Read More »Michael Jackson: 1958-2009
Stay tuned throughout the weekend as we continue our tribute to Michael Jackson, with reflections and remembrances from the Popdose staff
Read More »Popdose Lost Classics: Jeff Giles, “Hot Nights/Cool Sounds” (2002)
Our first installment of the new Popdose Lost Classics series is an album from earlier this decade by none other than our own Popmeister, Jeff Giles! What was supposed to be a breakthrough major-label
Read More »Bootleg City: Ozzy Osbourne in Tokyo, June ’84
The first six months after 9/11 were a confusing time, and America wasn’t sure when it would be okay to laugh again. Then on March 5, 2002, some well-funded foreigners snuck into our country
Read More »Hooks ‘N’ You: Kelly Osbourne, “Shut Up”/”Sleeping in the Nothing”
Given that the Osbourne family became the toast of MTV in 2002, thanks to their then-groundbreaking reality series, “The Osbournes,” it came as no real surprise when it was announced that Ozzy’s youngest daughter,
Read More »Mope Like Me: PhD, “I Won’t Let You Down”
I will not rest until Simply Red covers this song. For someone who has gotten almost as cover-friendly in his autumn years as UB40, I’m frankly surprised this hasn’t happened yet. After all, once
Read More »CHART ATTACK!: 10/5/85
Howdy, everybody! It’s CHART ATTACK! time once again!, What can I tell you about this week? Well, at least three of our artists owe their chart success to MTV. Four of our artists are
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