One of the great things about art is that as you grow, a piece of art — whether it be a painting, a piece of music, a book, a film,…
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After shutting down her own blog, Looking at Them, in mid-2008, Kelly migrated over to Popdose, bringing with her Soundtrack Saturday, the most popular column from her old site. Kelly makes a living as a fashion and marketing copywriter, which takes up a lot of her time. However, when she is able to write about things that have nothing to do with her day job, she contributes reviews and musings on music, film and a variety of other topics. In addition to Soundtrack Saturday, columns she's written include Filminism and Pulling Rank.
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Having a mopey summer, like me? This is the mix for you. Chris Isaak – Dancin’ from Baja Sessions (1996) Cotton Jones – Gotta Cheer Up from Paranoid Cocoon (2009)…
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OK, look — I know many of you haven’t seen this movie, so I’m being a little self-indulgent by writing about it. But I’ve been searching for this soundtrack far…
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I have a thing for films about a woman’s journey of self-discovery that take place against the backdrop of scenic Italy. There’s Under the Tuscan Sun, the 2003 film based…
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a farm boy named Luke Skywalker had dreams of leaving his planet and doing something great with his life. He…
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What I’ve noticed since last fall when I first started following the buzz surrounding indie electro rock duo, Sleigh Bells, is that they are a band people either love, hate…
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I had never heard of Bettye LaVette until about four years ago. A friend had made me a mix CD to listen to on a road trip and on it…
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It’s a tale as old as the hills: Leader of a gang of road pirates has the hots for the Girl Next Door, but she loves the Nice Guy. Road…
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This week’s mix is one that I’ve been listening to a lot lately when getting ready to go out for a night of fun (and usually dancing). Hope it gets…
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I’m sure it is a little bittersweet when your band has its highest debut ever –#3 to be exact —Â on the Billboard 200 album chart with its new, critically-acclaimed…
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It had Geena Davis, Julie Brown, and a furry Jeff Goldblum. How was this not a hit?
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I first became a fan of Jill Sobule’s after hearing her 1997 album, Happy Town. Though I was familiar with her work via her earlier singles, “I Kissed a Girl”…
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One of the best moments I’ve ever had at a concert happened during a Rufus Wainwright show on my birthday in 2004. It was at a smallish outdoor venue in…
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Night two of the 2010 MusicNOW festival was the night I was most looking forward to. I am a huge fan of St. Vincent, the name under which young guitar…
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Everybody remembers Eddy Grant’s early-’80s hit “Electric Avenue,” but he came back strong in 1990 with Barefoot Soldier, as Kelly Stitzel reminds us in this edition of Popdose Flashback ’90.
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Frequent Popdose punchline Joanna Newsom hauls her harp onto the front page for Kelly Stitzel’s live review. Will we have one on her?
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This week, Kelly Stitzel returns us to the time when we first learned that werewolves are really good at basketball.
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It’s the 25th anniversary of “The Last Dragon” (that dragon’s old enough to rent a car!), and Kelly Stitzel’s got the lowdown on the movie and its soundtrack. Sho’nuff!
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This week’s mixtape is an ode to Internet-only, independent radio station woxy.com, which, sadly, went off the air earlier this week — perhaps for good. To honor the contribution the…
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Yesterday, WOXY went off the air, stunning its staff and leaving scores of listeners shocked and saddened. Is this really the end?
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Ten years before Pump Up the Volume, Allan Moyle directed Times Square, another film bursting at the seams with great music. Kelly Stitzel gives us the lowdown in this week’s Soundtrack Saturday.
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Kelly Stitzel’s latest Soundtrack Saturday is one singular sensation.
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Phil Collins and Aimee Mann in a battle to the death! Kelly Stitzel takes us back ten years in her final look at Best Original Song nominees of Oscars past.
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Kelly Stitzel returns us to 1988 in her latest look at the Best Original Song nominees of Oscars past.
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Kelly Stitzel’s special Oscar-themed columns continue with a look at 1997’s race for the Best Original Song trophy.
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Kelly Stitzel was all kinds of excited when she heard the first season of this syndicated ’80s sitcom was coming to DVD. Now that she’s seen it, how does she feel?
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It’s awards season, which means it’s time for Kelly Stitzel to pay tribute to some Oscar-approved soundtrack songs. This week: 1981!
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Bringing together the combined might of Alias and Timothy B. Schmit, it’s a long-lost soundtrack classic from the early ’90s!
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“A long time ago there were dinosaurs, and dinosaurs loved making music.” —Yusef Quotah, on how his band, You, You’re Awesome, got started I don’t think I’ve ever been more…
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Tina Yothers and Michael J. Fox weren’t the only Family Ties cast members who knew how to pretend to rock in the ’80s!