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The Eighteenth Day of Mellowmas: Vanessa Carlton Has Tinnitus

The Eighteenth Day of Mellowmas: Vanessa Carlton Has Tinnitus

Jeff Giles and Jason Hare December 18, 2011 22

She's laughing because she hears the bells, except there aren't any

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Big Songs: The Left Banke, “Walk Away Renee”

Dw. Dunphy July 3, 2011 6

Popdose.com delves into "Walk Away Renee" to discuss that rare bird, the unrequited love song

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Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 48

Dave Steed April 20, 2011 36

The sun shines down on rock music this week with a heaping of Squeeze, Squier and a concert's worth of Springsteen tunes.

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 83

Dave Steed December 23, 2009 38

It’s another week of artists whose names begin with the letter S, as we take a look at the ass end of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, i.e. songs that charted below #40, during

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Random Play: Alvin and the Chipmunks

Robin Monica Alexander December 15, 2009 3

When the 2007 live action-animation hybrid movie of Alvin and the Chipmunks made $60 million in its opening weekend, it took people by surprise. Hadn’t the besweatered musical trio outstayed its welcome by just

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One Day in Your Life: November 18, 1984

J.A. Bartlett November 18, 2009 4

November 18, 1984, is a Sunday. By Congressional resolution, it’s the first day of National Family Week. The New York Times publishes several articles about Baby Fae, the anonymous child who died last Thursday

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Sugar Water: Adieu, “Water” Lou

Robert Cass November 13, 2009 8

A nation mourned Wednesday night, as CNN’s Lou Dobbs, an outspoken critic of illegal immigration, announced his retirement from the network. Though it’s still unclear which nation is in mourning, experts have conclusively ruled

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Song-Off Jr.: Mail-Order Products

Matchup Monkey June 1, 2009 2

Pufferfish – “Decoder Ring” Guster – “X-Ray Eyes” Fred Wilhelm – “Sea Monkeys” Harry Chapin – “Mail Order Annie (Live)” Rick Springfield – “What’s Victoria’s Secret?” — n {democracy:44} — Last week Catherine Wheel

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Popdose Interview: Rick Springfield

Jon Cummings July 31, 2008 22

Rick Springfield is getting something of a career re-boot this week. Twenty-seven years after “Jessie’s Girl” and the Working Class Dog album made him one of the ’80s’ first superstars, Springfield is ubiquitous once

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