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Greatest Un-Hits: The Go-Go’s, “The Whole World Lost Its Head” (1994)
A look at songs that aren’t necessarily good or bad, merely ones that, because of the climate of the music world during their release, somehow, someway, were not the massive hit songs they should
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 »Friday Night Videos!: Christmas Eve Edition
The Popdose Staff thought that the best way to celebrate the second to last day of Mellowmas was to set the DeLorean back to the glam year of 1980, virtually the dawn of music
Read More »Basement Songs: The Pretenders, “I’ll Stand By You”
As I did a quick dance to get around a woman standing idle on the steps at the train station, my iPod shuffled on to "I'll Stand by You" and I knew that I
Read More »Mix Six: “the Pretenders”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE The other night I was flipping through the channels on TV and I stumbled on a live performance of the Pretenders on PBS. Hearing songs that I haven’t listened
Read More »Bootleg City: Elastica in Europe, 1994-’95
Greetings, citizens of Bootleg City. It’s an honor being the first female interim mayor of this fair ‘burg. But perhaps you’re wondering how I snagged this plush gig. No no no, it’s nothing like
Read More »Mix Six: “1981 (Part Two)”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Last week we hung out with the rocker crowd from 1981, and this week it’s time to see what the new wave kids were into. If you recall, I
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 70
Dave Steed's Bottom Feeders moves into week three of the letter P, which means it's time for things to get mighty purple around here -- and hey, is that the Web Sheriff's siren we
Read More »Mix Six: “Another Random Sample”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE One of the lost arts of being a radio DJ is the art of mixing records. Nothing too pre-planned, mind you — just starting with a song, and flipping
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