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Here’s Something Else!: Stuff by Toto That Doesn’t, You Know, Suck
Critics hung a soft-rock stone around their necks after the success of tunes like “I Won’t Hold You Back,” “99″ and “I’ll Be Over You.” But Toto was never so easily identifiable. A closer
Read More »The Twenty-First Day of Mellowmas: Double Ex-Totomas
In which two of Toto's many former lead singers wish you a very merry Mellowmas -- or a maudlin, senselessly overblown one, whichever comes first
Read More »Cratedigger: Rickie Lee Jones, “Pirates”
Ken Shane revisits this 1981 classic in a cold and blustery autumn edition of Cratedigger
Read More »CD Review: George Benson, “Songs and Stories”
Four years ago GRP/Verve released Best of George Benson Live, recorded at a concert the veteran jazz guitarist and singer gave in Belfast, Ireland, in 2000. The set drew mainly from the 1976-’81 period
Read More »The Producers: Macca, Supersuckers, 0 for 4, and Life on Wilshire
In this week's column, Tom Werman recounts the strange new world of the mid-'90s, and his struggles to prove his worth after hair metal fell out of fashion
Read More »CD Review: Bill Champlin, “No Place Left to Fall”
First an admission. Even though I am the New Music Editor for Popdose, I can be pretty old school. If you’ve been reading along, you already know that. There’s some really good new music
Read More »CHART ATTACK!: 1/15/83
Welcome back to CHART ATTACK!, all new for 2009! This year we’ll be doing much like we’ve done in the past: ripping apart Billboard Top 10 charts for years ranging from the early ’70s
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