In my estimation, Richard Thompson has never made a bad record, but has made records that are easy to be dispassionate about. His guitar playing remains exquisite and enviable, his…
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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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You remember the greatest hits…and now we take you into Steely Dan’s deep cuts with a Greatest Bits for all you major dudes.
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Somewhere there are governments and media outlets walking hand in hand, profiting off the poor who haven’t a voice in this society, and collaborating with the rich and powerful to…
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Perennial critics’ favorite Sam Phillips discusses her long, personal artistic journey in a new Popdose interview.
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Have you ever wondered what inspired the images on your favorite album covers? With Uncovered, we discuss the stories behind the artwork with the people who made them. This week,…
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Love stinks. Trying to get to love stinks more. Here’s the deal: there’s a woman I’ve been interested in. I only cross her path every other weekend, but she’s always…
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I don’t really want to talk about Michael Been right now, not under these circumstances. It occurs to me that we should have been talking about him a long time…
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There’s been a lot of comments about this series and I want to thank everyone, even the folks who are incensed that I didn’t make The Lamb Lies Down on…
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So, how has the summer of ten been treating you, cinematically? While I was genuinely looking forward to seeing Toy Story 3 and Inception in the theaters, my score card…
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SHUT YOUR GOBS, YOU PUKEY TWITS! Sometimes you just need to clear the cobwebs out of the air ducts, you know? Arriving in the 1970’s the punk rock movement was…
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Regrets, I’ve had a few. There were bands and artists I really wanted to squeeze onto this list but, ultimately, the fit wasn’t right. Queen certainly had the originality that…
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So after having posted a couple editions, and having offered up some wildly unorthodox examples of what I believe progressive rock to be, it now falls on me to clarify…
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The second installment of Dw. Dunphy’s countdown includes three-lettered prog legends like Yes, ELP, and…XTC?
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We love to mock prog rock, but Dw. Dunphy has made a list of 50 prog albums that deserve to be in your collection. Here’s the first installment.
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Songwork is an ongoing series in which Popdose writers collaborate on the songwriting and recording process. For earlier entries, click here. One of the biggest challenges of this project is…
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I have a 1988 Chevy Celebrity station wagon. It was my grandfather’s and it, chronologically, was his last car so there is a lot of history and memories attached to…
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Every year Hollywood gives us at least one movie where our world is greeted, confronted or otherwise engaged with forces not of our earth. It’s a fascinating plot device even…
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It has occurred to me that through many a trial, and an equal number of errors, one of the most crucial steps in a recording project is the final mixing….
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Writing a song is easy. You just bang out a chain of chords, always driving to the chorus as fast and as often as possible. Then you throw on some…
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This review, really, should be able to write itself. If you’re a fan of the Cure you don’t need to be sold on the merits of 1989’s Disintegration. If you’re…
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Some singles have just arrived on our doorstep, so now’s as good a time as any to scan what’s sailing ’round the horn. To kick things off, let’s talk about…
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There are few musical families as dysfunctional as Yes. Members fall in, they drop out, return with fanfare, depart with acrimony — this is a pattern that has cycled through…
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A few months ago, The Insider interviewed Gary Coleman. It became a momentary brouhaha. Show staffers and crew noted aloud that Coleman was, essentially, “the most negative person we’ve ever…
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We’re lucky to have the Lost Dogs, and for any number of reasons. Comprised of Terry Scott Taylor, Michael Roe, Derri Daugherty and now Daugherty’s bandmate from the Choir, Steve…
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Omega is Greek for that which is last, and although it’s a thought I wouldn’t have considered five years ago, that might be the best fate for this recording and…
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To quote some of my Popdose colleagues, “It’s like a female-fronted Jayhawks.” Depending how you feel about the gender-flip of the statement, that might come off as a backhanded compliment…
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I was told I wouldn’t have the stones to admit it out loud. “You write for a pop culture website,” said they, “and profess your love of rock. This is…
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In retrospect, it was unfair to peg Michael Knott as a Christian rocker. Over the years, his stubborn drive to say what he wants to say, in the way he…
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Considering that I was only three years old when Peter Frampton’s first solo album, Wind of Change, came out, I couldn’t tell you what impact that might have had on…
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First, some bullet points – Rhino Handmade’s latest offering, Box of Fudge, a four CD overview of the influential ’60s group Vanilla Fudge, will not change or advance their position…