(EditorÁ¢€â„¢s note: The author promises there will be no further Sound of Music references in this column.) President ObamaÁ¢€â„¢s been taking it on the chin a lot lately, from both…
This week’s edition of Lost in the ’70s finds John C. Hughes uttering that most heartfelt of mantras for the true rock fan: “Fuck Mike Love.”
The Nashville-based country-esque musical collective Lambchop isn’t exactly the first band that comes to mind when you think Á¢€Å“lo-fi.Á¢€ Quite the opposite, in fact, given their membership’s high body count,…
I awoke with a knee in my back and a song in my head. Crammed into a bed with Julie and Jacob, I teetered on the edge hanging over a…
This week, producer Tom Werman looks back at the early ’80s, and his brushes with acts both legendary (the Blues Brothers, Whitney Houston) and largely forgotten (Stranger).
Some really good music has come to us from the mountains so far this year. First, from New York’s Adirondacks, we had the Felice Brothers with their brilliant Yonder Is…
SummerÁ¢€â„¢s coming very soon, so I thought I put in this sweet treat for you. In 1964 there debuted a series of drink mixes called Funny Face. They had cool…
June 17, 1994, is a Friday. Former football star O.J. Simpson, suspected of murdering his wife and a friend, fails to turn himself in to Los Angeles police, instead leading…
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Demos (Rhino) In the wake of Graham Nash’s box earlier this year, and of course Neil Young’s behemoth Archives, Crosby, Stills & Nash (Neil Young…
Missing the Popdose Guides? You’ll be pleased to make the acquaintance of Anthony Hansen, who makes his debut with the Popdose Guide to Todd Rundgren’s Utopia.
I’ve written literally hundreds of pieces for various web sites and newspapers, but nothing I have ever written has produced as much reader feedback as the piece I did in…
ItÁ¢€â„¢s a magnificent day, as we move on to the most monstrous letter weÁ¢€â„¢ve had in a while: M. After a few quick letters in a row, M will take…
Purchase this CD (Amazon) George Harrison was an intensely spiritual man, but the compilation gods have never been kind to him. His first best-of Á¢€” actually a kiss-off from Apple/Capitol…
Eugene Fama is the Susan Lucci of the Nobel Prize world. He not only developed the Efficient Markets Hypothesis, which sits beneath almost every theory in finance, but he also…
In 1984, famed disco producer Giorgio Moroder got it into his head that Fritz Lang’s silent 1927 masterpiece Metropolis needed to be restored with colored tint, a new edit, and…
November 1974, St. Paul, Minnesota Á¢€” In the fall of 1974, Creem magazine flew me out to the Twin Cities to interview Ritchie Blackmore. There had been a renewed interest…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Hiya, kids! This week’s mix is brought to you by Jeff Johnson, who’s been a friend of mine since high school. Ever since I’ve known…
Á¢€Å“The Man Behind the Magic,Á¢€ the title of the mainstage extra within this five-film set of movies the genial two-time Oscar winner made for Columbia Pictures from 1954-1964, tells you…
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Complete Series (2009, E1) purchase from Amazon: DVD What I love about the digital age is the opportunity for older series, obscure…
This week, Michael Fortes introduces a new multimedia series on Popdose, featuring video interviews and performances by indie musicians in their own homes and studios. Enter Parlour to Parlour!
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…
Jon Cummings’ ongoing look at great #2 hits in Billboard history moves into the ’80s this week, with hit tracks from the Bangles, Journey, and Foreigner in the mix.
As I’ve mentioned previously, Uncle Donnie’s been writing these things for yearsÁ¢€”decades, even. Lev brings over another box of them every once in a while. This one dates back to…
It’s hard to say no to a free bottle of tequila. It’s even harder to write a review of that free tequila where you explain how the only way they…
This week’s Song-Off is dedicated to Zac Sunderland, a California teen who’s about to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo. He departed from Marina Del Rey…
Will Harris is going to be having a chat with Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet soon, and — thoughtful guy that he is — he’d like to know if anyone has any questions they want answered.
Eddie Murphy’s back on the big screen this weekend in Imagine That, but Kelly Stitzel’s been bullied into talking about Murphy’s 1988 smash hit Coming to America by Jeff Giles and Jason Hare. Imagine that!
In this week’s Cratedigger, Ken Shane blows the dust off a copy of Stephen Stills’ early ’70s apogee, Manassas.
Appropriately for a week in which an Eddie Murphy movie is reaching theaters, Arend Anton devotes his latest Biggest Picture column to cinematic horror.
In part two of this flashback edition of Vin Scelsa’s Live at Lunch, singer-songwriter Jules Shear talks about the R&B inspiration for “If She Knew What She Wants,” how he…