Perhaps it’s simply that no band — not even the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band — can constrain an ego a talent as great as that which blesses Sir…
Jack Feerick
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Jack Feerick — editor, proofreader, freelance know-it-all, and three-time Jeopardy! champion — lives with his family somewhere in upstate New York, where he plays in a rock 'n' roll band and occasionally runs his mouth on local radio. You can listen to more of his work on Soundcloud, if you like.
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More easily than most rock stars, Peter Gabriel has settled into his inevitable role as an elder statesman. He’s an exception, in the youth-obsessed industry of pop, in how freely…
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I knocked around the fringes of academia for years, but it’s just as well that I never became a teacher — because there’s nothing I find more irritating than a…
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When Peter Gabriel chose Scratch My Back as the title for his 2010 covers record, it was a dry joke — but also a statement of purpose. The liner notes…
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Some things to think about, as you celebrate Labor Day: In 1955, nearly 35% of US wage and salary workers were represented by unions. The country was coming out of…
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For more than 75 years, Kirkus Reviews has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and ordinary readers alike. Now Popdose has joined the Kirkus Book Bloggers Network,…
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Kirkus Reviews, founded in 1933, is a venerable institution in the media world. For more than 75 years, Kirkus has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and…
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For more than 75 years, Kirkus Reviews has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and ordinary readers alike. Now Popdose has joined the Kirkus Book Bloggers Network….
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So wizard rock is apparently a real thing, which is nice; I’m sure that the Moms of the various members of, say, Draco and the Malfoys are all very proud…
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Julian Cope — Julian H. Cope from Jehovahkill (1992) Public Image Ltd. — Public Image from Public Image (1978) The Kashmere Stage Band — Kashmere from Texas Thunder Soul…
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How did a clownish, mostly-acoustic French ensemble make a record that exemplifies the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll? For the merry misfits of Les NÁ©gresses Vertes, music was a gang fight — and defeat was not an option.
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Popdose has teamed with Kirkus Reviews — the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and discriminating readers — to bring you the best (and sometimes the worst) in pop-culture and…
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Kirkus Reviews, founded in 1933, is a venerable institution in the media world. For more than 75 years, Kirkus has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and…
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Kirkus Reviews, founded in 1933, is a venerable institution in the media world. For more than 75 years, Kirkus has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and…
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There’s a curious waiting game that you play, as a fan, following a band you have loved in the knowledge that their best work is already behind them. They may…
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Kirkus Reviews, founded in 1933, is a venerable institution in the media world. For more than 75 years, Kirkus has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and…
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I spent most of the 1990s training myself to be a self-conscious aesthete. Which makes me sound, I suppose, like some horrible, sneering, holier-than-thou funwrecker. Really, though, it was just…
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Being perceived as crazy is a disastrous career move, and it doesn’t take much to get branded as such: being a woman and telling the truth without apology or compromise can be all it takes. A look at the guest-star career of Sinéad O’Connor, firebrand for hire.
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Welshman of sorts, person of course, Godfather of Punk, erstwhile Velvet and renegade classicist; John Cale is full of surprises, and you won’t believe where he’s turned up over the years.
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Courtesy. Professionalism. Humility. Generosity. All the qualities that a gifted musician brings to process of collaboration. And yet somehow, Lou Reed continues to make guest appearance on other people’s records. Go figure.
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What does it mean to be a musician’s musician? Maybe you’ve never heard of Richard Thompson — but you’ve probably heard him play. After hearing a few choice cuts from a forty-year discography, you’ll know him next time.
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There was an odd cultural moment about twenty years ago when veterans of the 1970s rock avant-garde started showing up in an unexpected place — the pop charts. That old…
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My seven-years-older brother went through a heavy Jethro Tull phase during his teens. (I know, I know — this is supposed to be a piece about An Emotional Fish. Stick…
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A fan favorite returns! You asked for the repost, and we listened. It’s the soundtrack for your holiday trip, lovingly hand-selected by the Popdose staff — the Ultimate Road Trip Mixtape, expanded with over seventy minutes of NEW material!
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I like third albums. They’ve got a certain revelatory character about them. They’re not always the best records of an artist’s career (although they often are), but from them you…
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Cymbals Eat Guitars — And the Hazy Sea from Why There Are Mountains (2009) The Dirty Three with Cat Power — Great Waves from Cinder (2005) The Be Good Tanyas…
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Cornershop — We’re in Yr Corner from When I Was Born for the 7th Time (1997) Easterhouse — Come Out Fighting from Waiting for the Redbird (1991) Make Up —…
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As anyone must be who follows pop entertainment, I’m a keen observer of trend cycles. Culture is a marketplace, and there are all kinds of practical reasons to keep an…
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Pity poor Steven Seagal, the Forgotten Man of action movies. His fellow redneck / kung-fu badass Chuck Norris becomes popcult meme thanks to ”facts” like Lightning never strikes in the…
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Jack Feerick reflects on 20 years of listening to Luka Bloom — and takes us back to the days when finding music sometimes took hard work and a little luck.