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The Very Guest Of… Sinéad O’Connor
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
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 39
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.
Read More »The Weekly Mixtape: 12/24/10 (Medskermas)
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
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 10/29/10 — Fiendishly Yours
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.
Read More »The Ultimate Dubliners Drinking Mixtape
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
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
Read More »Numberscruncher: The Beatles by the Numbers
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
Read More »Song-Off Jr.: Hustlers
The Pogues – “The Old Main Drag” The Decemberists – “On the Bus Mall” — n {democracy:24} — Thanks to everyone who voted during Halloween week!
Read More »The Popdose Guide to the Pogues
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
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): The Pogues, “Old Main Drag”
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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