I. Report from the Land of the Dead It has a been a busy time in Deadland. Most notably, tickets went on sale this past weekend for the Deadheads For…
1968’s The Beatles, aka “The White Album,” is the Beatles at their most frightening: the sound of drugs, of implosion, of tension and competition. Added to that are the numerous…
Yep, another Duran Duran post from Popdose’s resident DD fanboy (or Durannie, as we were once called). Between this, my White Label post on “Hold Back the Rain,” and John…
One of the things I just love doing that doesnÁ¢€â„¢t happen much anymore is laying on the couch, in the dark, listening to an album. As I get older, IÁ¢€â„¢m…
Between the Devil and the deep blue sea. Those are our options in dealing with this financial mess — or so it seems if youÁ¢€â„¢ve been following events since the…
What’s up, every bizzle? It’s Jizzle-ohn in the hizzouse with another Lost in the Izzle. Before you grab the flaming torches and pitchforks, let me just say that’s my li’l…
Are these quizzes still bringing on the heartbreak, or is this the time you show that youÁ¢€â„¢re for real? Or did I just give you a clue to one of…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE This mix all started with an article on Billboard.com that I sent to Jason Hare. It was about how the Who’s album of cover tunes…
Sublime – “5446 and Ball and Chain” Social Distortion – “Ball and Chain” — n n {democracy:14} — Last week, The Who surrendered to Cheap Trick, losing by a 2:1…
I’ll start with the negative: seeing a Vampire Weekend show made me feel old. And that’s really the only thing I found disappointing about the show.Á‚ I’m not one to…
Among the many types of radio star that video killed were what I like to call the Faceless Narcissists Á¢€” those acts of the pre-MTV era who felt compelled to…
Yesterday as I sat in traffic, I looked in the rear view mirror and saw one of those couples. One of those couples that can scare you. Their car was…
The comedy duo of Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong redefined American comedy in the 1970s and ’80s with seven albums and six feature films, including their debut, Up in…
Just so you don’t think I only watch films from the 1980s, this week I thought I’d step into the ’90s with Empire Records (1995). I love this movie about…
Jackopierce – Everything I’m Not from Promise of Summer (2008) Toto – These Chains from The Seventh One (1988) Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – The One Who Got Us…
Hey everybody, welcome to the thirtieth cerebrum-soothing week of Name That Tune at Popdose. To celebrate Game 30, we’ve got thirty clips. It’s a nice easy week, and the rules?…
One of the questions I am occasionally asked by readers, other than “Are you sure you’re straight?,” is “Why don’t you write more?” (This is also the question I am…
Management has given me a cruel task: preview fall cinema. Now, this was not so difficult back in April, when I pontificated on the summer schedule. In fact, I rather…
I’m not a politics junkie, really. I know that might be hard to believe based on some of my columns over the last year. You’d find support in your disbelief…
The more I listen to 8-bit music, the cooler I think it is. Definitely lo-fi, awesomely retro, but caught in a techno-sociological riptide that prevented its popularity until now: No…
We all know Charo for her ubiquitous variety show and Love Boat appearances throughout the ’70s, but did you know the former MarÁƒa del Rosario Pilar MartÁƒnez Molina Baeza Rasten…
The first time I heard Tom Waits’ Á¢€Å“Kentucky AvenueÁ¢€ was in my AP English class back in 1987. My teacher, a brilliant Á¢€Å“Mr. ChipsÁ¢€ type of character named Mr. Denman,…
Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. HeÁ¢€â„¢s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
I don’t think any other song scared me more as a child than “If You Could Read My Mind,” the moody ballad that became Gordon Lightfoot’s first self-sung hit in…
September 17, 1978, is a Sunday. Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin sign the Camp David Accords. The peace agreement was reached after 12 days of…
Another sad day in Floyd land. “The Violent Sequence” (early version of “Us and Them” from the Zabriskie Point sessions, 1970) “It Would Be So Nice” (single version, 1968) “Remember…
Christmas Eve, 1970. I was at the Fillmore East to see Laura Nyro. A month earlier, Nyro had released her fourth album, Christmas and the Beads of Sweat, and it…
I’ve never been a big fan of Neil Young — I’ll just say it, itÁ¢€â„¢s that pinched voice of his — but I will admit to liking several of his…
The other day someone asked me what the Á¢€Å“most valuableÁ¢€ record in my collection is. ItÁ¢€™s a question IÁ¢€™ve always had a hard time answering, because I have no idea…
There are fewer members of the Washington establishment that I detest more than Richard “Dickface” Cohen. I noticed yesterday evening that he’s finally soured on his hero John McCain, but…