The Friday Five: November 22, 2013
It's the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community....
Posts Tagged: "Steve Martin"
Single Play (Week of 5/20/13)
New music from Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, The Bora, Abigail Washburn, and Smallpools on "Single Play" this week!...
10 Movies…That Are Based on Old TV Shows That Probably Aren’t As Good as ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
Proof positive that Hollywood had no idea how to turn a TV show into a movie during the '90s...
‘Face Time: Fall Out Boy, “I’m Like a Lawyer With the Way I’m Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You)”
Join Popdose for a look back at three decades of Babyface's wide-ranging influence as a singer, songwriter, and producer....
10 Movies…That Are Remakes of Classic Horror Films
Horror movies derive most of their power and enjoyment (you sicko) from a combination of novelty and surprise.The novelty: how the filmmakers will have this particular bad guy stalk and...
DVD Review: “Steve Martin: The Television Stuff”
The target audience for the new Steve Martin box set will remember a time when “on-demand” meant tuning into a television program at the scheduled time, or buying tickets to...
TV Review: American Masters “Johnny Carson: King of Late Night”
PBS premieres a fascinating look at the life of television icon, Johnny Carson....
Blu-ray Review: “The Big Year”
"The Big Year" may not be a laugh riot, but it's better than you'd think....
Box Office Flashback: January 9, 1992
Where does the time go? SERIOUSLY, WHERE DID THE PAST WEEK GO? Let's find out together as we collectively experience a Box Office Flashback to January 9, 1992....
Bob Lefsetz’s Mother Wants An iPhone
In which Bob Lefsetz tells of his attempt to teach his mother how to use her newfangled Apple gizmos. ...
Big Songs: The Left Banke, “Walk Away Renee”
Popdose.com delves into "Walk Away Renee" to discuss that rare bird, the unrequited love song....
TV on DVD: “Tonight: 4 Decades of ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’”
What made Johnny Carson the late-night king? Scott Malchus takes a look in his review of a new box of Tonight Show episodes....
Basement Songs: “L.A. Story”
Scott Malchus falls in love with Los Angeles and Steve Martin's "L.A. Story"...
Ticket Stub: Alabama in Alabama, February ’82
I’m not gonna lie, I was shocked to find out that Alabama actually played concerts outside of Alabama….that is, at least one time in Salt Lake City where they played...
Soundtrack Saturday: “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”
Before Zach Galifianakis was Between Two Ferns John Candy was "between two pillows." Kelly Stitzel explores the soundtrack to the John Hughes classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles....
Political Culture: How to Take a “Leap of Faith” … and Fall Flat on Your Ass
As a disastrous new show stumbles toward Broadway and "Glee" rebounds from its worst episode, can issues of religious belief inspire decent musical theatre? Jon Cummings has his doubts....
Farkakte Film Flashback: Fred vs. Pee Wee Edition
Is the YouTube sensation known as Fred the new Pee-Wee Herman, or a harbinger of hell on earth? Pete Chianca knows the answer....
You’re the Voice: Rob Paulsen
In his career, Rob Paulsen has voiced a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, an Animaniac, a genetically modified mouse with a Cockney accent, and a Butt Ugly Martian©. You've got to...
Farkakte Film Flashback: Strange Magic
There is a new Harry Potter movie out this week, which millions of fans are extremely excited about, even though they’ve all read the books and know exactly what’s going...
Top of the First: Popdose’s Music Picks for 2009 (So Far)
With the first six months of 2009 on the books, the Popdose staff has once again huddled up, made a list of its favorite albums of the year (so far),...
CD Review: Steve Martin, “The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo”
If, upon hearing the news that Steve Martin has a banjo album, you have an image of Martin in overalls and a straw hat displaying a novice’s banjo-picking skills while...
The Year in Rock: 1978
Although released in late 1977, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack would be impossible to ignore for much of 1978, with the Bee Gees’ “Night Fever” and “Stayin’ Alive,” as well...
Lost in the ’70s: Steve Martin, “Grandmother’s Song”
You know what I miss? Novelty songs. Not just the typical “Weird Al” parodies, but wholly original works that slipped into the mainstream and became pop hits. Even crap like...
