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The Weekly Mixtape: Imaginary Bond Movie Edition
In this week’s AM Gold roundtable, I dared to speak ill of Shirley Bassey’s iconic theme for “Goldfinger.” My contention was that, if this song were not the theme tune for a hugely popular
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 10/15/10
The Popdose staff curates this mix to be a companion through the headlong rush to the winter solstice
Read More »Bootleg City: While You See a Chance, Mayor Cass Will Take It
What’s it like being a career criminal? For the answer we go, as always, to our good friend Mayor Cass, keeper of the keys for this here place we call Bootleg City. Unfortunately, since
Read More »CD Review: Bettye LaVette, “Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook”
I had never heard of Bettye LaVette until about four years ago. A friend had made me a mix CD to listen to on a road trip and on it he had included LaVette’s
Read More »White Label Wednesday: ABC, “How to Be a…Zillionaire,” the remixes
They've mostly been forgotten in the US, but ABC is one of David Medsker's favorite bands -- and their 1985 remixes are perfect for this week's installment of White Label Wednesday
Read More »Cratedigger: Traffic, “Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory”
There is really no rhyme or reason for the way these things go, but lately I’ve noticed a very definite increase in the amount of people who are discovering, or rediscovering, Traffic. Maybe it’s
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 5/22/09
Hat trick, mama!! Benny Hester – It’s Over Love from Through the Window (1987) Erik Norlander featuring Buck Dharma – Lost Highway from Music Machine (2003) Isaac Hayes – By the Time I Get
Read More »The Popdose Guide to Traffic
This story I’m telling, it starts in the middle. But this is a story that loops and circles in on itself, like a cloverleaf roadway; you’ve got to start where you are, and go
Read More »Clapton and Winwood @ Madison Square Garden, NYC: 2/26/08
Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals Steve Winwood – Hammond organ, guitar, vocals Chris Stainton – keyboards Willie Weeks – bass Ian Thomas – drums I’m convinced that any great concert experience requires an interesting
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