In the abstract, Neil Diamond seems like somebody I should dig. Smart dude; good work ethic, fairly self-aware, tries a lot of different things. Steeped in the classics of pre-rock…
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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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In a Flashback ’90 twofer, Jack Feerick looks back on two albums connected in more ways than one.
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Comedienne Kathy Griffin takes as her great subject the foibles of Hollywood celebrity culture. Part of the kick of Griffin’s TV show Life on the D-List and her stand-up routine…
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W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless was infamous for raunchy lyrics and an outrageous stage show. Now the onetime shock-rocker has got religion — and a new album. Jack Feerick wonders: How bad can it be?
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Surprise! Ed Asner is still alive, and his latest project — the political drama It’s Up to Us Alone — has Jack Feerick asking How Bad Can It Be?
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Believe it or not, this week’s column finds Jack Feerick giving something an unabashedly positive review!
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Michael BublÁ©’s music might sound like a boring mishmash of adult contemporary tropes, but it’s just a front — he has a dark secret, and Jack Feerick knows what it is.
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John Cale – The Streets of Laredo from Honi Soit … (1981, out of print) Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Hoedown from Trilogy (1972) Robbie Robertson with Leah Hicks-Manning –…
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Jack Feerick has the deadline blues this week, leading him to publish his first flashback column — a previously unpublished look at “The Biggest Loser.”
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As I write this, the Dow-Jones is breaking 10,000, and the economy looks to be coming out of a slump — even though nobody’s hiring just yet. Most folks who…
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Braving untold depths of epic spiritual misery, Jack Feerick has ventured into the fetid hole that is Dragonball: Evolution. Dear God, how bad can it be?
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That’s right, folks, the most disturbing Halloween EVER! From now until Halloween, the Popdose staff are going to be thumbing through their record collections in search of the music that…
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What is noetic science, why is everyone talking about it, and how does it relate to some of the most obnoxious new age hooey to separate people from their paychecks this decade? Jack Feerick knows, and he isn’t afraid to tell us.
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Dan Brown is the best-selling author in history, and has millions of fans. If you are one of them, do yourself a favor; donÁ¢€™t read this weekÁ¢€™s How Bad Can It Be?, because it will only make you sad.
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Singer-songwriter pop aimed squarely at adults meets animation geared to the Playhouse Disney demographic. Yeah, nothing could possibly go wrong with this one.
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It’s one of the biggest film flops of all time. But Jack Feerick wanted to know — really, how bad can it be?
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Do you feel that chill in the air? Fall is almost upon us, and it’s got Jack Feerick thinking about the autumnal majesty of Daniel Lanois’ solo debut.
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Indie rock royalty Joe Pernice has released his debut novel, and the first thing Jack Feerick wants to know is — you guessed it — How Bad Can It Be?
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Prince – Cinnamon Girl from Musicology (2004) The Chemical Brothers with Tim Burgess – The Boxer from Push the Button (2005) Echo and the Bunnymen – Stormy Weather from Siberia…
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Poker? I hardly know her! Jack Feerick steps into the booth for this week’s Mix Six, and a batch of classic cards-themed tracks.
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Jack Feerick has just returned from a pulse-pounding adventure with the world’s most famous Christian vegetables!
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A friend of mine, listening to an embryonic version of this mix Á¢€” a sort of imaginary soundtrack to The Originals, the graphic novel by Dave Gibbons Á¢€” described it…
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Ashley Tisdale’s new album is called Guilty Pleasure, and in his latest How Bad Can It Be?, Jack Feerick explores the levels of irony in its title.
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Happy Friday, Trekkies! It’s time for another installment of How Bad Can It Be? — and this time, Jack Feerick is taking a leak all over Star Trek: The Animated Series.
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Who the heck is Livan, and where does he get off describing his sound as “Nine Inch Nails meets the Clash”? Jack Feerick investigates in this week’s edition of How Bad Can It Be?
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For this week’s installment of Popdose Flashback, Jack Feerick takes the reins and leads us through a celebration of Peter Gabriel’s Passion.
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There’s a tradition in sports of retiring jersey numbers. It’s a way of proclaiming that a player’s achievements are unmatchable. No member of the Boston Red Sox, for instance, will…
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Rock ‘n’ roll, of course, is all about The Kids. No matter what the makeup of its actual audience — and evidence suggests that it varies widely — there’s an…
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When you think about it, there’s no earthly reason why movies based on video games should, as a class, be so atrocious. For one thing, the games themselves are largely…
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Taking to the road this summer? You won’t find better company than the Ultimate Road Trip Mixtape, compiled by Jack Feerick and the Popdose staff.