So this is what 50,000 dollars looks like 10 oÁ¢€â„¢clock sharp in the morning, whenever youÁ¢€â„¢d like in the evening So you can take it or you can pass it…
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Jeff Giles is the founder and editor-in-chief of Popdose and Dadnabbit, as well as an entertainment writer whose work can be seen at Rotten Tomatoes and a number of other sites. Hey, why not follow him at Twitter while you're at it?
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Discerning folk fans have long known that nobody does New England folk like the people at Boston’s Signature Sounds. With a catalog boasting some of the finest efforts from distinguished…
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He has a successful indie label, a new free EP, and an exclusive song for Popdose’s readers. How could we refuse an interview with Zach Curd?
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The once-popular R&B vocal group that gave you “I Swear” has returned with its first American release in seven years…prompting Jeff Giles to sigh, “You Again?”
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See, now this is what Fanboys wanted to be. The debut novel (or novella, as somewhat grumpily conceded in the Author’s Note) from AlertNerd‘s Matt Springer, Unconventional is, according to…
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One of the year’s most divisive films — and I mean that almost literally — writer/director Jody Hill’s Observe and Report had the misfortune of following the loathsome Paul Blart:…
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All but dead at the other major networks, scripted comedy is alive and well at NBC; even as the Peacock tries to flush high-quality television down a lantern-jawed toilet with…
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Take the rootsy instrumentation of Lowen & Navarro and blend it with the marshmallow-sweet vocal harmonies of the Guggenheim Grotto, and you’ve got yourself Oak and Gorski, the cello-rockin’ duo…
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Ah, now this is more like it. I was beginning to hate you, 2009 fall television season, what with your moderately entertaining musicals and comedy scourges who were supposed to…
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Two years after his untimely death, Dan Fogelberg has a new album out, which leaves Jeff Giles throwing common courtesy to the wind and asking: You Again?
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This probably isn’t the best week for a Kanye West protege to drop his debut full-length album, but don’t feel too badly for Kid Cudi — with a couple of…
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I hate Jay Leno so much. Like most hatreds, my feelings for Leno are irrational. I mean, yes, he pretty much empirically sucks, but his brand of humor is so…
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It’s been so long that I can’t remember where I first read it anymore, but there’s an old parable about a village wise man who meets with three couples, each…
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You know the joke, “It might look like i’m doing nothing, but at the cellular level I’m really quite busy”? Bruce Hornsby’s post-1990 career is a little like that. As…
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“I’m talkin’ ’bout music, I ain’t talkin’ ’bout rap,” spits Jay-Z in the opening moments of The Blueprint 3‘s leadoff track, “What We Talkin’ About,” and if you didn’t know…
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The coolest thing about 7 Worlds Collide’s The Sun Came Out is also its biggest flaw: Namely, that “group” founder Neil Finn brought the whole damn thing together — all…
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So this is it, huh? This is what you guys were freaking out about all summer? I admit, I haven’t seen the supposedly wonderful pilot, and picking up a series…
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As a general rule, I don’t have much time for country music; I developed a distaste for it during the early ’90s, when its Garth Brooks-led resurgence meant any critic…
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Labels? Who needs a record label? Sanders Bohlke is carving out success as a recording artist on his own, one television show at a time.
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Just in time for another installment of You Again? comes the latest solo effort from formerly chart-topping ’80s songstress, and friend to stutterers, Lisa Lisa.
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Do these seem like nice fellows? Don’t be fooled — they’re horsemen of a musical apocalypse. Read all about it in the latest senses-shattering edition of Earmageddon!
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You thought they’d go away if you ignored them, but Third Eye Blind are still here — and Jeff Giles is listening to their new album for this week’s edition of You Again?
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I Love You, Man (Paramount, 2009) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray Guys are always trying to find new ways of meeting women, but it’s an often-ignored fact that it…
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Watchmen (2009, Warner Bros.) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray Others may have summarized Watchmen more eloquently, but my friend and colleague David Medsker struck right at the essence of…
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Go deep into the heart of Jack Wagner territory with Jeff Giles as he relives last Friday’s concert at the Mohegan Sun.
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After a long recording hiatus, New Jack Swing king Al B. Sure! is back with a new album, leading Jeff Giles to ask the crucial question: You again?
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Mike Stern – New Morning: The Paris Concert (2009, Inakustic) purchase from Amazon He’s played with Miles and the Brecker Brothers, netted multiple Grammy nominations, and generally helped redefine jazz…
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Popdose is pleased to announce the first in a series of weekly appearances on Overnight America with Jon Grayson. Read more inside!
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Got plans for next Friday? Popdose’s Jeff Giles and Jason Hare will be in Uncasville, CT, waiting for you to buy them a beer…and standing in line for a Jack Wagner concert.
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