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Weeknight ’80s Dance Party: 4/13/11

Kelly Stitzel April 13, 2011 22

Get your hair sprayed and your neon leg warmers washed, because it's time for Popdose's Weeknight '80s Dance Party!

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Friday Night Videos!: The Hits of 1993

Popdose Staff January 7, 2011 0

So many videos, so little time. Popdose presents Friday Night Videos from the year 1993!

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Soul Serenade: Bobby Brown, “Every Little Step”

Ken Shane June 24, 2010 9

OK, I admit it. I know fuck-all about Bobby Brown. Week after week I use this space to pontificate about the great soul music of the past. You put up with it because I

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CD Reviews: Whitney Houston, Carrie Newcomer, and More

Jeff Giles January 14, 2010 5

Proving “twee” isn’t always necessarily a bad thing, Yael Meyer‘s Heartbeat finds her gossamer voice clinging like drops of honey to impossibly fine strands of acoustic guitar, ukulele, melodica, piano, and gentle percussion. Unapologetically

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Unsolicited Career Advice for … Whitney Houston

Rob Smith December 14, 2009 9

This recent missive to Clive Davis, major label majordomo and Svengali to the Adult Contemporary set, discusses Uncle Donnie’s ideas for a post-comeback Whitney Houston comeback. Whether Clive or Whitney do anything with his

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Random Play: V.C. Andrews, “Flowers in the Attic”

Robin Monica Alexander October 5, 2009 6

Join our newest writer, Robin Monica Alexander, as she takes you on a genre and era-bouncing trip through pop culture -- today, she looks back at her teenage obsession with V.C. Andrews' "Flowers in

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One Day in Your Life: September 16, 1987

J.A. Bartlett September 16, 2009 6

September 16, 1987, is a Wednesday. A front-page story in the New York Times details the growing plagiarism scandal surrounding Delaware Senator Joseph Biden, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Commitee. Biden’s committee

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CHART ATTACK!: 3/16/91

Jason Hare March 13, 2009 21

Happy Friday and welcome to another edition of CHART ATTACK! So last time we met here to dissect a Billboard chart, it was a Top 10 from 1971, and I got my ass handed

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CHART ATTACK!: 2/27/71

Jason Hare February 27, 2009 24

Howdy, everybody! I tend to stick to the ’80s when writing CHART ATTACK!, as they’re the years I remember best. But this week, I decided to pull up something from the early ’70s and

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CHART ATTACK!: 10/5/85

Jason Hare October 3, 2008 16

Howdy, everybody! It’s CHART ATTACK! time once again!, What can I tell you about this week? Well, at least three of our artists owe their chart success to MTV. Four of our artists are

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