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Cover Me, Game Ten

David Medsker October 6, 2008 33

Note: due to frequent scheduling conflicts involving its creator being unable to monitor his own game (his day job keeps getting in the way, sucker), Cover Me is moving from Tuesdays at 9:30 EST

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Listening Booth: 3rd Rail, “Between Eleven”

Ted Asregadoo October 1, 2008 3

3rd Rail has been around for about 10 years and, according to their MySpace page, were named “Best Unsigned Band in California” at the California Music Awards. Having been in the music business for

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White Label Wednesday: Cliff Richard, “We Don’t Talk Anymore”

David Medsker October 1, 2008 13

Everyone seemed to have so much fun jumping into the wayback machine with Nicolette Larson – and really, who wouldn’t want to jump into a wayback machine with Nicolette Larson? – that I thought

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Pop Politico: “Three Cheers for the Free Market!”

Ted Asregadoo September 30, 2008 12

Close of the market, 9/29/08 My political/economic socialization came during the heady days of free market zealotry.  1984 was a year when it seemed like many of my friends — who never cared for

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Cover Me, Game Nine

David Medsker September 30, 2008 45

Man your battlestations, it’s time for another quiz. No clue for this week’s puzzle, as you guys are far too good at this already. Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of

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Confab-ulous? Obama vs. McCain: Round 1

Ted Asregadoo September 27, 2008 7

Ted Asregadoo This is the first time Barack Obama and John McCain have faced each other as competitors rather than Senate colleagues, and it’s clear that the chumminess of that institution cast a long

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Mope Like Me: Duran Duran, “Save a Prayer” (Best Remix Ever)

David Medsker September 24, 2008 16

Yep, another Duran Duran post from Popdose’s resident DD fanboy (or Durannie, as we were once called). Between this, my White Label post on “Hold Back the Rain,” and John Hughes’ post on “My

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Pop Politico: “Crisis Politics”

Ted Asregadoo September 23, 2008 19

Between the Devil and the deep blue sea. Those are our options in dealing with this financial mess — or so it seems if you’ve been following events since the initial government bailout of

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Cover Me, Game Eight

David Medsker September 23, 2008 63

Are these quizzes still bringing on the heartbreak, or is this the time you show that you’re for real? Or did I just give you a clue to one of this week’s covers? That’s

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Mix Six: “The Who as a Cover Band”

Ted Asregadoo September 23, 2008 6

DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE This mix all started with an article on Billboard.com that I sent to Jason Hare. It was about how the Who’s album of cover tunes (produced by T-Bone Burnett)

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