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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 63
If you’re just joining us here, Bottom Feeders is a look at both the awesome and terrible songs that came out of the ‘80s — each week we cover about 20 songs that peaked
Read More »CD Review: Levon Helm, “Electric Dirt”
In the late 1990s, Levon Helm was diagnosed with throat cancer. The radiation treatments reduced his once powerful voice to a mere rasp. Unable to make any money touring or recording, the medical and
Read More »Bride of Popdose: A Wedding Songs Mixtape
The Popdose Staff, led by the intrepid Jon Cummings, has banded together to present a mixtape full of songs from our own weddings. Walk down the aisle with us, won't you
Read More »Popdose Flashback: “Lyle Lovett and His Large Band”
By 1989, Lyle Lovett had already been kicking around for a couple of years. He cut a unique figure from the start, a Texan Eraserhead with a knife-slash mouth, and there was a buzz
Read More »Mix Six: “Songs of Politics, Protest, and War”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Like almost everyone in the U.S. for the past few months, I’ve been pelted with political calls, commercials, mailers, and e-mails from candidates, “concerned citizens,” and the like to
Read More »The Popdose Guide to Randy Newman
“Randy Newman Finds Something New Under the Sun,” proclaimed the back cover of his 1968 debut, and even if that wasn’t entirely true — his music, after all, has always looked fondly back at
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