Bob Lefsetz will gladly tell you what to do, but not if he has to listen to your crummy music.
Dave Lifton
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The perpetually cranky Dave Lifton produces and co-hosts the Popdose Podcast and contributes an occasional column when he darn well feels like it. But mostly he eats Cheetos and yells at kids to get off his lawn, which is strange because he lives in an apartment. The guiding force behind LifStrong, he can be found on Twitter at @dslifton.
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Dave Lifton fills in for Leslie Liberatore for this week’s Song for the Soundtrack of Your Date (No Date).
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A couple of years ago I had an idea for a regular column here. It started as an attempt to figure out why so many critically acclaimed bands did nothing…
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Popdose’s Dave Lifton, no stranger to juvenile humor, was subjected to the horrors of Live At Amway Arena by Rappy McRapperson.
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I love new music. And I love old music. Therefore, by extension, there are very few things I love more than when new bands make old music. Jangly Beatlesque pop?…
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Read about Mitchmatic’s “Why Don’t You Know?” and then download it for free.
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Bruce Springsteen, rock’s ultimate road warrior, will play 18 shows in the United States this spring in support of his upcoming album, Wrecking Ball.
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Out of the darkness of our SOPA blackout comes a ray of light. This morning, the long-awaited news of Bruce Springsteen’s new album was made official. Wrecking Ball, to be released…
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Because there isn’t enough discussion about Tim Tebow, Dave Lifton wonders if there’s hope for him by looking at the career of Eli Manning.
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Is Bob Lefsetz auditioning for Andy Rooney’s old job? It would sure seem that he’s looking to fill the shoes of the legendary 60 Minutes crank, because he sure hates a lot of things, and his penchant for self-contradiction reaches astonishing levels.
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In which Bob Lefsetz tells of his attempt to teach his mother how to use her newfangled Apple gizmos.
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Win a copy of Caryn Rose’s debut novel, “B-Sides and Broken Hearts” from Popdose!
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You take the good, you take the bad. You throw away the good and there you have All Because Of You, Lisa “Blair” Whelchel’s 1984 Contemporary Christian album.
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A review of Julian Velard concert last Friday at Schubas in Chicago.
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What happens when critics pick up their instruments and take on the works of their heroes? We look to find out in our new series, Cover Your Ass. We being with Dave Lifton and his version of The Who’s “Blue Red And Grey.”
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Mick Jagger’s business sense is almost as legendary as his voice, stage presence, and lips. But since his new project Superheavy isn’t selling, Bob Lefsetz thinks he’s out of touch with his audience and has readymade steps to break it.
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Can Jeff Giles break Dave’s genial spirit with a copy of Barbra Streisand’s new CD? There’s only one way to find out. Read on.
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Bob can’t just give advice to the myriad young acts who don’t read his columns. He has to present it with awkward metaphors about high school, which he probably learned from the movies.
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In sports, there’s nothing more annoying than a fan who jumps on the bandwagon of a winning team, then overcompensates for the time he missed by being even more obnoxious than the longtime fans. Does the same hold true for music lovers? Read on as Bob ignores Dawes for a year only to suddenly become their biggest fan.
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It’s Labor Day, and we didn’t feel like working, either. So here’s a bonus episode with more from our pal Peter Lubin.
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Bob meets Brian Wilson and realizes he was the guy who wrote all those classic songs.
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In which Bob possibly sets a new personal record for equivocation.
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Is Conan O’Brien like Zach Galifianakis, Dr. Luke, Tila Tequila, Bob Dylan, or Derek Jeter. Can’t he be all of them? Only one man and his primate knows for sure.
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In which Bob Lefsetz tries to turn Five Guys’ success into a metaphor for the music industry and fails miserably.
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Our new column, where we dissect the latest rantings from the crazy, fucked-up world of America’s creepiest music and technology blogger/gadfly.
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A new documentary chronicles the career of the legendary 80s punk-pop band, The Replacements.
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The Popdose Podcast returns with an interview with Gorman Bechard, the creative force behind Color me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements.
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We finish up the River sessions in our alternate look at Bruce Springsteen’s career with the almost-exploitative, not-quite-outtakes album “Where the Bands Are.”
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Our peek into Bruce Springsteen’s vaults finds us beginning to tackle the sprawl of The River.
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Many of Broadway’s greatest stars celebrate legendary composer Stephen Sondheim’s 80th birthday on a new DVD.