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The Very Guest Of… Sinéad O’Connor

Jack Feerick February 15, 2011 5

Untrammeled craziness is a disastrous career move. But sometimes craziness, tactically deployed, can raise a recording to greatness. A look at the guest-star career of Sinéad O’Connor, whackjob for hire

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Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 39

Dave Steed February 9, 2011 56

Shane MacGowan's teeth show up this week on Bottom Feeders and surprisingly they don't scare off Chrissie Hynde, Johnny Rotten or Iggy Pop.

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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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The Friday Mixtape: 10/29/10 — Fiendishly Yours

Will Harris October 29, 2010 9

This week, The Friday Mixtape has been specially super-sized in order to provide you with 31 fiendishly good songs to keep you grim and grinning throughout the Halloween weekend.

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The Ultimate Dubliners Drinking Mixtape

Zack Dennis March 17, 2010 4

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, Zack Dennis puts together a collection of Irish drinking songs to match the stories in James Joyce's Dubliners.Read More »

The Popdose Podcast: Episode 4

Jason Hare December 18, 2009 18

Don’t know what to get your friends and loved ones for the holidays this year? If they’re lovers of merriment, obnoxious humor and immature behavior, we can think of no better gift than The

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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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Song-Off Jr.: Hustlers

Zack Dennis November 18, 2008 1

The Pogues – “The Old Main Drag” The Decemberists – “On the Bus Mall” — n {democracy:24} — Thanks to everyone who voted during Halloween week!

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The Popdose Guide to the Pogues

Jack Feerick July 29, 2008 12

In The Pogues’ breakthrough 1988 single “Fairytale of New York” (download), songwriter Shane MacGowan and guest vocalist Kirsty MacColl portray a codependent couple. He’s an aging alcoholic, gone beyond repentance, no longer even able

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Exit Music (For a Film): The Pogues, “Old Main Drag”

Zack Dennis March 18, 2008 7

Like many students, I was assigned to read Tom Stoppard’s existential classic Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead during my junior year of high school. I’ve always hated reading plays – in my opinion the

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