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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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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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…
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
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Witty, condescending, intellectual, elitist, satirical, educator, stuffy, wordsmith: Depending on whom you ask, all these apply to Tom Lehrer to greater and lesser degrees, but everyone has to admit the…
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It isn’t hard to fall for Tift Merritt, and not just for the obvious, superficial reasons. I recall back in 2005 when she was making the rounds for Tambourine, her…
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
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Settling for easy descriptions never gets a writer very far. That goes for describing an act as sounding like another act, or insisting a group’s specific genre should sound a…
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You may recognize Heidi Jones as an on-air personality from ABC’s Good Morning America. If you live in the New York tri-state area, you definitely know her as a member…
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
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Live albums, more than any other, date themselves immediately, and not merely because the date is plastered all over the recording. Multiple artists on a roster are even more susceptible….
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It’s difficult not to look at Jan Berry and Brian Wilson as spiritual twins. Berry was a budding studio genius, starting raw with doo-wop bands but eventually teaming with Dean…
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
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These things start in the damndest places. During our chat room set up for the recent Oscars telecast, the topic moved to horror films. I have a broad opinion of…
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
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We ’80s kids don’t have a lot to hang on to, so far as social achievements go. It was a difficult decade to grab a hold of. We had pop…
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Coming from the 1970s UK pub-rock scene, Graham Parker had to slip away from the shadows cast by Nick Lowe, the producer of his first album Howlin’ Wind, and the…
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
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I’ve been forced over the past few years to create a new gauge for music discrimination: good, bad and American Idol. I’ll leave the show bashing to someone else because,…
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Jerry Seinfeld’s latest TV venture, The Marriage Ref, debuted last night, and Dw. Dunphy is here to make the call.
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Southland is returning to TV screens as part of the TNT network, and changes are on the horizon. Detective Adams (Regina King) is paired up with a new partner as…
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
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“Texture” is one of those words that goes down quite badly in rock music circles. The sound is based on tenets like three chords and the truth and don’t bore…
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The cover of Robin Aigner’s Bandito says a lot about what’s inside, and that boils down to a nice sense of ambiguity. At first, the imagery of a rabbit preparing…
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So, are there any Southland fans still reading Popdose? Excellent! This giveaway is especially for you. A lucky reader will win the brand-new, uncensored Season One set courtesy of Warner…
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
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When the Small Claims version of Rock Court was being kicked around, one very specific rule was initially put into play – no actual, litigated cases. Still, one got through…
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Mark Heard was never famous, but an artist’s influence isn’t always reflected in his sales — and Dw. Dunphy pays moving tribute to an overlooked legacy in this week’s column.