This week marks the debut of Steven Rosen’s new column, Caught on Tape, in which he relives his adventures interviewing some of rock ‘n’ roll’s finest. First up: a 1973 chat with Jeff Beck that didn’t go exactly as planned.
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Let me get this out in the open: I work in a dangerous place.Á‚ No, I donÁ¢€â„¢t work with nuclear materials, nor do I work…
Gavin & Stacey: Season One (2009, BBC Video) purchase from Amazon: DVD For those of you who a enjoy a great romantic comedy, you canÁ¢€™t do any better than the…
Batman: 20th Anniversary Edition (2009, Warner Bros.) purchase from Amazon: Blu-ray The movie industry seems to break a new record for box-office totals every single year, but if you remember…
Welcome to the second installment of an ongoing series celebrating songs that fell excruciatingly short of ascending to the top of BillboardÁ¢€â„¢s pop singles chart. In the course of compiling…
I can still remember the first time I became acquainted with the band known as Wonderboy. I was writing for Flash Magazine – the Hampton Roads entertainment publication formerly known…
Below are magnified fragments of album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep…
Lou Reed has a way of polarizing lovers of rock and roll, breaking up marriages, sending brothers off to war against one another, etc.Á‚ Uncle Donnie gets Lou, though, at…
This week in Popdose Flashback, Scott Malchus takes us back to the birth of Tom Petty’s first solo flight. Twenty years later, he still has Full Moon Fever — do you?
Á¢€Å“When you die, if you get a choice between going to regular heaven or pie heaven, choose pie heaven. It might be a trick, but if it’s not, mmmmmmmm, boy.Á¢€…
Molly Marinik finds herself pleasantly surprised by the excellence of the historical drama Mary Stuart.
As I was trying to decide which movie to write about this week, I decided on Krush Groove (1985) because, as the poster says, “It’s Chillin’.” And I figured that…
Ken Shane is back with another week of Cratedigger, and this week’s trip to the vinyl vaults produces a pair of jazz sides: Miles Davis’ 1965 release, E.S.P.
Remember last week when I was duped into thinking I’d been sent that Air Supply bootleg by a guy named “R. Murdoch”? It never crossed my mind that “R.” might…
I said I wouldn’t do it. I was called out, however, and if there’s one thing I’m not, that’s a punk. All my neon green hair fell out a long…
The Dio-era lineup of Black Sabbath is back together and rockin’ again with a new album. They’re calling themselves Heaven & Hell, and in his latest How Bad Can It Be?, Jack Feerick discovers which side wins out.
You voted for it, and now it’s back! Chartburn returns with a look at oldies but goodies(?) from the Black Crowes, Depeche Mode Camouflage, Michael Johnson, Shalamar, and the Stones.
Music pundits are calling this the big rock release of the summer and predicting Green Day’s official return to the racks to be a major release for the year, so…
Bob Cashill and Lance Berry are together at the film desk for this week’s No Concessions, discussing the new Star Trek. Join in!
Paul Simon And Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2009, Shout Factory) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray I’d somehow blocked this out before sitting down…
When the long-awaited, religiously incendiary sequel to The Da Vinci Code arrives in theaters and the anticipated uproar is reduced to a low roar, you know itÁ¢€â„¢s gotta be a…
Yes, we’ve just gone and declared this week Kon Kan Week here at Popdose.Á‚ Seeing as the duo nicked their name from the Canadian Content requirement for broadcast media up…
Since I started listening to blues, that’s been a hard question for me to answer. It’s important, because it speaks to what blues is, really. Can Clapton play the blues,…
My first couple years in college, after school let out for the summer in early May, I would climb inside my parents’ red GM van and drive down to Athens,…
He’s been on vacation for two weeks, but now Tom Werman is back with another installment of the series that looks back at his multiplatinum career.
I was shaving this evening. I like to shave at night, because the last thing I want to do when my eyes are still half-closed is rake a piece of…
May is the unofficial start of the summer concert season, so to unofficially celebrate the shows of 2009, Popdose.com and internet radio station The Penguin have teamed up for Penguimania…
Hey, gang! Tony from Way Out Junk again, bringing you another installment of Way Out Wednesday! This weekÁ¢€â„¢s selection is from the ABC ChildrenÁ¢€â„¢s Chorus, a group of kids so…
This week’s Test of the Boomerang features the column’s inaugural CD GIVEAWAY! Stop by and find out how you can win a free copy of the new Moonalice album!
This has been a year in which two of rock’s greatest icons have released new studio albums far ahead of their usual schedule. Bruce Springsteen released Working on a Dream…