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Weeknight ’80s Dance Party: Halloween Edition

Weeknight ’80s Dance Party: Halloween Edition

Kelly Stitzel October 26, 2011 2

Need a soundtrack for your Halloween shenanigans? Kelly Stitzel has you covered with a special Halloween edition of the Weeknight '80s Dance Party

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Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 36

Dave Steed January 19, 2011 31

It's time to put the Popdose mascot in hiding for the week as everyone's favorite carnivore, Mr. Ozzy Osbourne comes to town. He's bringing with him Oingo Boingo and Sinead. If I had know

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Mix Six: “1981 (Part Two)”

Ted Asregadoo December 8, 2009 18

DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Last week we hung out with the rocker crowd from 1981, and this week it’s time to see what the new wave kids were into.  If you recall, I

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 65

Dave Steed August 19, 2009 63

In this week's Bottom Feeders, Dave Steed takes us through a decade's worth of chart-scraping tracks from acts whose names start with the letter O -- and learns the hard way that no one

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The Friday Mixtape: 8/14/09

Dw. Dunphy August 14, 2009 5

Read that headline and weep, folks. In just two more weeks, the summer of ’09 will be finito. Yeah, I know technically summer has a few more weeks of life but, who are we

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Mix Six Six Six: “Trick or Treat, Bitches”

Ted Asregadoo October 28, 2008 8

Because I’m in a giving mood (and because no one, and I mean no one, ever comes to our house for candy on Halloween), I thought I would load up the musical candy bowl

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Lost in the ’80s: Oingo Boingo

John C. Hughes June 24, 2008 15

Before getting lost in the world of orchestral strings and Tim Burton soundtracks, Danny Elfman was the singularly strange lead singer/songwriter behind guitar/horn section new wave hybrid Oingo Boingo. Big duh. But while the

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Dw. Dunphy On… Danny Elfman

Dw. Dunphy May 1, 2008 10

I always get a little thrill when Danny Elfman decides to step back in front of the microphone or, more bluntly, when Tim Burton decides to let Danny Elfman step back in front of

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Dw. Dunphy On… Cover Songs — Why and Why Not

Dw. Dunphy April 10, 2008 10

Some people are just flat-out smart-asses. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to be at times, mind you, but a good smart-ass pulls it off with a modicum of grace and might give you

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