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Pop Politico: “The Freak Show”

Ted Asregadoo April 22, 2008 8

We’re at a point in the presidential election when reporters, news directors, anchors, and all the other media powers who help frame election issues are getting weary. Weary of the back and forth, the

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Mix Six: “Stars Who Sing!”

Ted Asregadoo April 22, 2008 13

DOWNLOAD HERE If there’s a theme to this mix, it comes from the movie title The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The vanity projects of TV and movie stars sometimes have the sad

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Pop Politico: “Deadly Election”

Ted Asregadoo April 15, 2008 8

History-altering events produce consequences that are sometimes unintended. In our post-9/11 age, the political landscape has quickly altered, from the relative peace and prosperity of the Clinton years to perpetual war in the Bush

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Mix Six: “KISS It!”

Ted Asregadoo April 15, 2008 24

DOWNLOAD HERE I’ve been watching Gene Simmons Family Jewels on and off since the series began, and for some reason, there was a bit of a marathon session last week. All the KISS merchandise

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Mix Six: “Girls! Girls! Girls!”

Ted Asregadoo April 1, 2008 9

DOWNLOAD “Girls! Girls! Girls!” HERE I have to thank Melissa at work for this mix. The two of us were talking about songs featuring female names and she said something like: “Sounds like a

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Pop Politico: “The Following Message …”

Ted Asregadoo April 1, 2008 19

In an election year, candidates often want to talk about “the issues,” but more often than not, campaigns will ditch the boring talk for talking smack about each other. It’s a game of misdirection

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Mix Six: “It’s Disco, Bitches!”

Ted Asregadoo March 26, 2008 17

DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE As Prince said, “I think I wanna dance!” Sometimes in the weekly Mix Six shuffle it’s easy to forget the lasting impact of disco on the culture at large.

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Pop Politico: “Self and Other”

Ted Asregadoo March 24, 2008 8

A friend of mine from grad school came to town for an academic conference in San Francisco this week. It was the annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association, and while I generally find

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Mix Six: “Cover Me”

Ted Asregadoo March 19, 2008 16

DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Cheers to you, you scurvy knaves! That’s my belated St. Patty’s Day toast to you — and I’m well aware that saying “scurvy knaves” is more English than Irish,

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Pop Politico: “Action/Reaction”

Ted Asregadoo March 17, 2008 10

As presidential campaigns become longer, the media’s appetite grows for comments by anyone who has a connection — no matter how close or remote — to candidates who are in the running for the

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