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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 19
We're one week away from the end of AM Gold: 1966, and for the Popdose staff it seems it couldn't come fast enough
Read More »Popdose Fall 2011 TV Preview: “The X Factor” and “Revenge”
Simon Cowell is back on television with his latest talent search, The X Factor, and Scott Malchus has the scoop. Meanwhile, Jeff Giles visits the Hamptons and ABC's latest night time soap opera, Revenge
Read More »Greatest Un-Hits: Paula Abdul’s “I’m Just Here for the Music” (2009)
When pop stars turn 40, the palm flower crystal embedded in their hand turns black, indicating its time for them to go away forever. By and large, there’s little market for a middle aged
Read More »Weeknight ’80s Dance Party: 6/22/11 – Kelly’s Birthday Edition
It's Kelly's birthday and she wants to celebrate by dancing
Read More »Friday Night Videos!: The Hits of 1991
If you’re holding your breath for the day MTV starts playing music videos again, let it go. It’s never going to happen, and certainly not with that attitude, you young people! Oh, and Thanksgiving
Read More »Friday Night Videos!: The Hits of 1989
If you’re holding your breath for the day MTV starts playing music videos again, let it go. It’s never going to happen, not while there’s still a heart-rending story, about some brat that didn’t
Read More »CHART ATTACK!: 12/2/89
Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the final CHART ATTACK! of 2009! In case you haven’t noticed, Popdose has been pretty much taken over by horrible, horrible holiday music, and I’m smack in the
Read More »TV on DVD: “Mr. Rock ‘n Roll: The Alan Freed Story”
Mr. Rock ‘n Roll: The Alan Freed Story (2009, Eagle) Purchase from Amazon You never know what to expect when you’re watching a made for TV docudrama like Mr. Rock ‘n Roll: The Alan
Read More »CHART ATTACK!: 5/13/89
Jason Hare takes us back to 1989, when 38 Special begged for forgiveness, Peter Cetera warbled with Cher, and a "mystery artist" made it all the way to #2!
Read More »Popdose Flashback: Milli Vanilli and the Triumph of Substance
For fans of pop music with integrity, the pop charts of 1989 were a desolate place. Between an avalanche of soul-sapping covers (Michael Damian, Michael Bolton, Martika), the blatant New Edition ripoff that was
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