Unsolicited Career Advice for… Jennifer Lopez

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The Friday Mixtape: 7/17/09

Rob Smith July 17, 2009 9

“Favorite Zeroes” “Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.”—Sergei Rachmaninov “Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.”—Plato “A wop-bop-a-loo-bomp. Alop-bam-boo.” —Little

The Night We All Agreed on Michael Jackson

Rob Smith June 27, 2009 14

Stay tuned throughout the weekend as we continue our tribute to Michael Jackson, with reflections and remembrances from the Popdose staff

Death by Power Ballad: Jimi Jamison, “As Is”

Rob Smith June 22, 2009 7

The next few DbPB installments will feature the work of a man who, to these ears, has contributed as much as if not more than any other artist to the power ballad arts and

Bride of Popdose: A Wedding Songs Mixtape

Jon Cummings May 29, 2009 49

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

Unsolicited Career Advice for … Lou Reed

Rob Smith May 18, 2009 8

Lou Reed has a way of polarizing lovers of rock and roll, breaking up marriages, sending brothers off to war against one another, etc.Â Uncle Donnie gets Lou, though, at least enough to be

Unsolicited Career Advice for… Jandek

Rob Smith May 4, 2009 4

To know the unknowable is one of the great pursuits of sentient beings everywhere.Â Has been for as long as there’s been sentient beings.Â But to truly know the unknowable (or at least be

Death by Power Ballad: Elefante, “Young and Innocent”

Rob Smith April 27, 2009 15

Before there was an Arnel Pineda (Steve Perry soundalike, currently fronting Journey), or a Benoit David (Jon Anderson soundalike, currently fronting Yes), or even a Chris Chan (Barry Manilow impersonator, currently playing casinos and

Unsolicited Career Advice for… Michael Stipe

Rob Smith April 20, 2009 1

With this week's installment of Unsolicited Advice, Rob Smith's uncle Don Skwatzenschitz becomes the latest in a long line of people to try and figure out what's wrong with R.E.M.'s career

Popdose Flashback: Michael Bolton, “Soul Provider”

Rob Smith April 13, 2009 7

In Bull Durham, Kevin Costner’s character Crash Davis chides Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) for his laziness and lack of focus on the game of baseball. “You got a gift,” he says. “When you were