Once they made movies from comics. Now comics seem like little more than another merchandising platform. Here are some thoughts on how to change that perception.
Dw. Dunphy
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Dw. Dunphy is a writer, artist, and musician. For Popdose he has contributed many articles that can be found in the site's archives. He also writes for New Jersey Stage, Musictap.net, Ultimate Classic Rock, and Diffuser FM. His music can be found at http://dwdunphy.bandcamp.com/.
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“Beloved rock band puts out new album. What happens next will bring tears to your eyes!”
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They don’t call them “hits” for nothing. Songs That Kill remembers the tracks that became famous and nearly career-crippling.
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Soundgarden’s Superunknown marks its 20th anniversary. Dw Dunphy looks back on the record and its place in the scope of 1990’s rock.
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One-time pop singer Tia Bocker has always been in love with rock, through better and worse. The Sinsanity frontwoman tells Popdose.com why.
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The famed pop star Debbie Gibson takes a seat as judge on ABC’s “Sing Your Face Off” and Popdose.com caught up with her to find out about it.
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Introducing “Dunphy Knows It All” wherein Dw Dunphy solves all the problems you never knew you had.
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Fresh, bizarre, intricate, yet not afraid to be a little rude, Life In A Blender’s “We Already Have Birds That Sing” is a short, but punchy trip.
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An honored publication returns in digital form with a new name. Popdose spoke with founder of digital magazine New Jersey Arts, Gary Wien.
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The Terror and Embryonic are deeply polarizing albums. The larger question is whether even the band is happy with them, or anything, and what will it take for them to find a little joy again?
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The singer/songwriter/producer discusses entering the world of the 100% independent artist, as well as the friends who have come along for the ride for his return album, Don’t Look Back.
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There are a million reasons why The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty should not exist.
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A picture’s worth a thousand words — they don’t necessarily say anything though.
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Lisa is a woman trying to blend in. She’s trying to stay on the right side of the law. She wants to be good. She really wants the superhero that keeps hounding her to leave her alone.
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If your kid is starving for your love while you’d rather be crushing it on Candy Crush, you may be an iHole.
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Can an album be reflective, thought-provoking, and kick your butt at the same time?
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It’s not cartoon music. It’s not jazz music. It’s Charlie Brown music.
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Examining the strangest of all pop culture conventions, the “fan crush.”
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The remarkable new album by Oslo’s Gazpacho blows away the conventions of rock, prog, and the makeup of the “epic” song.
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They probably made out to “You and Me” a year after they grounded you for blasting “Elected!”
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The lyrics scan like a battle cry — so why does Aerosmith’s “Dream On” sound like defeat?
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The new album Gravitas features a sound closer to “classic” Asia.
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Want to win a vinyl LP version of Elbow’s The Take Off And Landing Of Everything? Now’s your chance!
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In a landscape where the newspaper is seemingly into the death rattle, what becomes of the comic strip?
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Dw Dunphy is only being partly facetious when he asks, where has all the testosterone gone?
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Are moments like Beatles on Sullivan, The Elvis Comeback, Moonwalk on Motown and the Smells Like Teen Spirit music video doomed? Here’s some random speculation as to why that may be so.
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Who is Charles Thompson, the once and future Black Francis, who in the ’90s reinvented himself many times over?
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Dw Dunphy provides seven and two for you from 2013. None of them are Yeezus.
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The sad tale of The Singing Nun and her joyful song about a saint.