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Popdose Flashback ’91: Squeeze, “Play”

David Medsker July 21, 2011 3

This album, for all intents and purposes, saved my life.Here's the back story: I had just graduated from college in the

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Greatest Un-Hits: The Posies’ “Going, Going Gone” (1994)

Brian Boone June 15, 2011 3

Back in the 1990s, there were these things called non-sequel movies, and the people that made these movies promoted them with youth-marketed soundtrack albums, shiny round objects containing primarily filler and unused album cuts

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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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Five for 1-1-11

Dw. Dunphy January 1, 2011 0

WAKEY WAKEY!! It’s almost noon (eastern standard time), the streamers streamed, the fireworks worked (with fire!), and the punch is, egad, still punching. Here then is an impromptu mini-mixtape to commiserate with you. Liberties

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The Weekly Mixtape: 12/24/10 (Medskermas)

David Medsker December 24, 2010 5

Merry Christmas, Popdose Nation. God knows you’ve earned this. AC/DC – Mistress For Christmas Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas (12 inch mix) The Bird and the Bee – A Christmas Compromise

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Mix Six: “The Re-Record”

Ted Asregadoo October 5, 2010 18

The Popdose Staff had a guiding hand in shaping this week's Mix Six -- with some great suggestions of songs that have been re-recorded by the artists who created them.

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The Getting-to-Know-You Megamix

Dw. Dunphy August 22, 2010 7

Love stinks. Trying to get to love stinks more. Here’s the deal: there’s a woman I’ve been interested in. I only cross her path every other weekend, but she’s always been sweet and kind

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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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The Friday Mixtape: 8/14/09

Dw. Dunphy August 14, 2009 5

Read that headline and weep, folks. In just two more weeks, the summer of ’09 will be finito. Yeah, I know technically summer has a few more weeks of life but, who are we

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Beyond Ubiquitous: The Popdose Guide to Syd Straw

Jon Cummings April 6, 2009 8

For someone who can talk your ear off, Syd Straw certainly has built an enigmatic career. After establishing her bona fides as an arty modern-rock diva during the mid-’80s, as part of the Golden

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