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Death by Power Ballad: Journey, “Open Arms” (2008)
Rob Smith recalls the first time he heard Journey's Arnel Pineda sing "Open Arms" in this week's Death by Power Ballad, only at Popdose.com
Read More »Basement Songs: Journey, “Any Way You Want It”
My brother’s black five-piece Rogers drum set stood in our basement like the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey: Mysterious, imposing and full of wonder. As a prepubescent boy, I would study those drums
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Quiet Riot, “Winners Take All”
Kevin DuBrow‘s cocaine-assisted demise in 2007 denied the world additional work from one of the great philosophical minds in hard rock. Not really, but has there ever been another frontman in the genre who
Read More »Unsolicited Career Advice for… Michael Jackson
Seems Uncle Donnie has recently taken a shine to the King of Pop; this particular missive was near the top of the Skwatzenschitz archive. MJ could do worse than follow some of the advice
Read More »Dw. Dunphy On… Journey
The trend in non-fiction literature as of late has been to title books with a snappy, concise name and then attach an absurd, ridiculously long subtitle, just to be clear on exactly what the
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