It still seems strange that Tears for Fears, two Janov-loving introverts from Bath, were one of the biggest bands of the ’80s. In a decade defined by excess (Motley Crue,…
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David Medsker used to be "with it." But then they changed what "it" was. Now what he's "with" isn't "it," and what's "it" seems weird and scary to him. He is available for children's parties.
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A la da dat dat dadat, dat dat dat, fuckers! It only took one listen of Ritual de lo Habitual (1990), the much-anticipated sophomore effort by Jane’s Addiction, to know…
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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…
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The fantasy of owning a time machine is a fun one, isn’t it? Most people would go back and stop Hitler. Patton Oswalt would go to 1983 and kill George…
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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…
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If it’s late 1987, and you’re in an alternative club or “danceteria,” odds are you’re hearing “American-Soviets” before last call. You might even hear it twice. This song was positively…
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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…
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Welcome to my brand-new column Pop Goes the World, which aims to serve as an antidote of sorts to the sad, sad, sad world of Mope Like Me. (That scream…
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Q: Why aren’t there any jokes about Guyana? A: The punch line’s too long. Thanks, I’m here all week. Below are magnified fragments of album covers. Most of them are…
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Imagine the exchange that took place when Peter Gabriel brought Us, the long-overdue follow-up to his 1986 critical and commercial smash So (proper follow-up, anyway, with all apologies to 1989’s…
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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…
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This will be the last Mope Like Me column. In truth, I didn’t think I would be saying this, at least not this soon after launching it. I’m a sucker…
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Q: What do you call a guy who hangs out with a bunch of musicians? A: A drummer. Personally, I don’t find that joke funny. There isn’t a single great…
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I’ll be honest: I downloaded this mix a few months ago, after searching for it for years (decades, even), but planned to do nothing with it…until I read the comment…
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So Keith Richards finally dies and goes to Heaven. Saint Peter is showing him around, and Keith is peppering him with questions. “Is that Jimi Hendrix?” Yes, St. Peter tells…
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Raoul and the Kings of Spain is the most maligned album in Tears for Fears’ catalog…and I totally get that. It is completely out of step with everything else they’ve…
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Yo. Sorry, that’s all I got for a greeting today. Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure…
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In late 2007, I attempted to launch a weekly mp3 column on Eat Sleep Drink Music, the music blog of my employers at Bullz-Eye. However, the column was killed almost…
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I need to see some ID before you can play this game. Oh, who am I kidding, there can’t be anyone under the age of 30 playing this, is there?…
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I’ve always had good insight into other people’s relationships. I could figure out their friction points in seconds. I knew the friction points in my own relationships too, but acting…
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Hidelyho, Popdoserinos! Ready for another slam diddly doodly bangerrific quiz? Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure…
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Rockwell once said he felt like somebody was watching him. Odds are, it was Animotion. Have you taken a close look at the lyrics to “Obsession” lately? This gives “Every…
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What’s shakin, Stevens? I’ve been taking rapping lessons from Andy Samberg lately. Bloopy bloop blurp blah blah dookie doo… Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them…
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“Never mind me, ’cause I’ve been dead Out of my body, been out of my head…” Grant Lee Phillips, you have my attention. “There’s nothing that I said that’ll bring…
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Hello, my friends, for the Barely Legal edition of Cover Me. Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few…
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The funny thing about music in 1985: they would make an extended mix of anything. Even funnier, people would dance to it. Take this week”™s subject, the UK band Vitamin…
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Welcome back, Popdosers. Did you have a nice Mellowmas break? And is Alan O’Day the best sport in the world or what? I mean, he’s not quite as awesome as…
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(With apologies to Ted, as there are no sob stories about failed relationships this week.) Let it not be said that Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown was without its good points. Actually,…
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Hello, everyone. I want to play a game. But don’t worry, this isn’t one of those Jigsaw games where you have to choose between your life and, say, your eyesight….
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It’s quite possible that this song is the “Sliding Doors” moment that put me on the musical path that I would ultimately follow. This is strange, when you consider that…