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Basement Songs: Jimmy Eat World, “The Middle”

Scott Malchus May 14, 2010 0

In the wee hours of the morning I would pace the living room, bouncing Jacob in my arms, lulling him back to sleep. This was our routine in the winter of 2001/2002, when he

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Basement Songs: Kiss, “Detroit Rock City”

Scott Malchus March 25, 2010 3

You can thank mall cop Paul Blart for this week’s basement song entry. That fictional creation, played so winningly by actor Kevin James in the film, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, has become another family

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Basement Songs: The Donnas, “New Kid in School”

Scott Malchus November 12, 2009 13

Scott Malchus gets fast and loud in this week's Basement Songs, wishing his son a happy birthday to the strains of a Rock Band favorite

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Basement Songs: Survivor, “Eye of the Tiger”

Scott Malchus September 24, 2009 8

Scott Malchus is headed back to the basement again, where he's rising up to the challenge of our rival -- and facing down a parent's worst fear

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Video Game Review: “The Beatles: Rock Band”

Rich DeWester September 11, 2009 13

We can't very well have a Beatles Week without discussing The Beatles: Rock Band -- and that's where Rich DeWester comes in with his review

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Numberscruncher: The Beatles by the Numbers

Ann Logue September 8, 2009 11

We know it pays to be a Beatle. But just how well? In this week's Numberscruncher, Ann Logue takes a peek inside the world of Beatle finances to answer that question

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Pop Goes the World: Tribe, “Abort”

David Medsker June 17, 2009 12

I’ve written literally hundreds of pieces for various web sites and newspapers, but nothing I have ever written has produced as much reader feedback as the piece I did in late 2005 about a

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New Music: The Beatles, “The Beatles Remastered”

Dw. Dunphy April 15, 2009 14

As a consumer, viewer, and overall commentator of pop culture, I find myself looking for those dreaded paradigm shifts, those touchstone moments where I can say, “This is the moment everything changed.” After all,

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