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Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 53
Dave Steed finishes up the letter T this week, celebrating the birthday of Bob Dylan with some Wilbury magic.
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 93
We’re finishing up the letter T this week as we take a look at some more great — and shitty — songs from the ’80s that never cracked the Billboard Top 40. Traveling Wilburys
Read More »Parlour to Parlour, Episode 18: Bill Spooner
In Episode 18 of Parlour to Parlour, Michael Fortes chats up Bill Spooner, former singer/guitarist and co-founder of the legendary San Francisco band The Tubes
Read More »The Popdose Interview: Bill Champlin
He's on the road with Chicago and on store shelves with a new CD, but Bill Champlin isn't too busy to talk to Michael Fortes in a new Popdose Interview
Read More »Lost in the ’80s: The Tubes and Olivia Newton-John (?!)
All right, let me stop all you young ‘uns right there — 1980′s Xanadu is not a great movie, a lost treasure, or an overlooked masterpiece of fun. It’s a dreadful film, downright boring
Read More »Into the Ear of Madness: Week 15 — Hitman!
Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. He’s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or played by David Foster.
Read More »Chartburn: 7/18/08
Mainstream Rock: The Tubes, “She’s a Beauty” (1983) Michael: I like this song a lot. I like “White Punks on Dope” even better. I still remain confused thatRead More »Dw. Dunphy On… The Tubes
In a recent smackdown bitch slap Chartburn discussion that will be published tomorrow, we had cause to discuss the merits of “She’s a Beauty” by the Tubes. I won’t disclose the consensus, because we’d
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