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World Cup: Matchday 16 Recaps and Matchday 17 Previews
My apologies for the lack of updates over the past few days. As much as I love the World Cup, I was on the verge of becoming a full-on soccer zombie. Fortunately, shortly after
Read More »World Cup: Recap of United States v. Algeria and England v. Slovenia
United States 1-0 Algeria Slovenia 0-1 England Last night, a friend quoted the speech given by Herb Brooks (as portrayed by Kurt Russell) before the game against the Soviets in Miracle: “This is your
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 12 Recap and Matchday 13 Previews
It’s tough to follow two games simultaneously. Over the years I’ve found that the best way for me to do this is to put the game I want to see game on my TV
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 8 Recap and Matchday 9 Previews
Germany 0-1 Serbia I disagree with the conventional wisdom on the sending off of Miroslav Klose. Yes, it was harsh, but he was already on a yellow, and you don’t make a needless tackle
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 7 Recap and Matchday 8 Previews
Argentina 4-1 South Korea Questions about whether or not Maradona could mold this offense into a cohesive unit were answered with another thrilling display. It helps when you get an early own goal and
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 2 Recap and Matchday 3 Preview
Every Friday throughout the World Cup, WNYC’s excellent Soundcheck program will focus on the music of the nations at the World Cup. Check out the first installment here. South Korea 2-0 Greece Greece’s once
Read More »The World Cup: Groups C & D Previews
Remember that there’s still time to join the Yahoo Fantasy Group for Popdose readers. The password is “popdose.” Group C (world ranking in parentheses): Algeria (30): Alphabetically, they’re first in the list of the
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: Giving Thanks for Mojo Workin’
Each Thanksgiving at the Flucke household, we have a special tradition where we open up the mojo bag and drop in some new gris-gris, playing Dr. John and Professor Longhair while we’re doing it,
Read More »The Steel Horse Archives: “Jackyl” (1992)
JACKYL Title: “The Lumberjack Song” Album: Jackyl Release Date: 1992 Why You Remember Them: You cannot imagine how often, in the research of this column, one comes across the phrase “lumped into the hair
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