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Jesus of Cool: We Wuz Robbed! Great #2 Hits of the ’70s
Continuing his decade-by-decade look of great second-place finishes in pop music, Jon Cummings moves on to the '70s, including #2 hits from Lou Rawls, 10cc, and the King himself
Read More »DVD Review: “Paul Simon and Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song”
Paul Simon And Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2009, Shout Factory) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray I’d somehow blocked this out before sitting down to watch Paul Simon
Read More »Mix Six: “Songs for the Downwardly Mobile”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE You know that sinking feeling you get when you hear your boss say: “Hey, can I see you in my office?” Yeah, you know what I’m talking about. And
Read More »CD Review: Simon & Garfunkel, “Live 1969″
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel gave the world something that has never been fully recognized, I think. Now, I enjoy folk music and several of its most recognizable proponents, but I cannot deny the
Read More »Mix Six: “Hey, That Sounds Like …”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE One morning, Joe Satriani woke up to 40 text messages on his cell phone. After scrolling through 40 variations of “holy schet u got ripped off,” Joe texted back
Read More »The Popdose Guide to Paul Simon
Okay, okay, I know. Artists like Paul Simon don’t really need Idiot’s Guides. Who hasn’t heard of Paul Simon, or heard a bunch of his music? Then again, there’s a fairly significant misunderstanding of
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