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Slacktivist chimes in on the Prop. 8 debacle, and Keith Olbermann delivers a moving (and restrained!) special comment: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/W4xfMisqab8″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Hip new music on Alabama public…
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Anthony Kuzminski relives a lifelong appreciation for the work of Roger Ebert; Our good friend Will Harris has a chat with Lindsey Buckingham; Studs Terkel, American treasure, passes away at…
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Last week, we here at Popdose unveiled a contest to determine who should replace Robert Plant as the lead singer of Led Zeppelin. We’ve slimmed the choices down to a…
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Our pals at MusicHelpWeb issue their monthly dispatch from the industry front lines; Jeff Giles helps Rotten Tomatoes count down Clint Eastwood’s 10 best-reviewed directorial efforts; Springsteen cancels his annual…
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SCENE I. A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron. Thunder. Enter the three Witches first witch: Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d. second witch: Thrice and once the hedge-pig…
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“When the Count saw my face, his eyes blazed with a sort of demonaic fury, and he suddenly made a grab at my throat. I drew away, and his hand…
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“When they separated, Peter bent down to the two halves of the mirror and held his palm over one of the pieces. A delicious wind (the one song which is…
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As you’ve surely heard by now, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham are planning on launching a Led Zeppelin tour and album without Robert Plant, and are “trying…
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“It turned out that everyone in the prison had a zombie contingency plan, once you asked them, just like everyone in prison had a prison escape plan, only nobody talked…
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“But suddenly a mighty tumult arose, and there were cries of “The werewolf!” “The werewolf!” Terror seized upon all Á¢€” stout hearts were frozen with fear. Out from the further…
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Welcome to Song-Off’s first ever theme week – Halloween! Each day this week we’ll be posting a new matchup featuring songs about some of the most familiar Halloween creatures. Every…
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The good people at NBC stream next week’s season premiere of 30 Rock in its entirety; Yours truly helps Rotten Tomatoes pay tribute to the most prolific killers in slasher-flick…
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Pico at Something Else! has a one-track mind — and that track is Keith Richards’ “Take It So Hard”; Femi Kuti’s got a new record coming out; Cahl’s Juke Joint…
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Hi folks! Since I’m currently under the weather, I’ll keep this short and sweet. As of today, there have been fourteen Song-Off matchups. I’ve got a endless supply of matchups…
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To all Popdose readers: Our Name That Tune creator, Scraps, aka Soren DeSelby, suffered a stroke on Monday afternoon. He is currently hospitalized in Brooklyn, NY. Á‚ He has improved a…
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Topless Robot titters at the seven unintentionally perverted toys that will ruin our children; Our pal Jeff Vrabel sifts through the Cubs’ season-ending wreckage; Yann Arthur-Bertrand’s stunning Earth from Above…
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… It is also the story of a book, a book called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — not an Earth book, never published on Earth, and until the…
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David Bowie – “Space Oddity” Peter Schilling – “Major Tom (Coming Home)” DwDunphy: It almost seems unfair that Peter Schilling’s “Major Tom” should go up against David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.”…
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Sublime – “5446 and Ball and Chain” Social Distortion – “Ball and Chain” — n n {democracy:14} — Last week, The Who surrendered to Cheap Trick, losing by a 2:1…
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Cheap Trick – “Surrender” The Who – “The Kids Are Alright” — n n n {democracy:13} — Last week, Dire Straits absolutely demolished Melanie Safka by the greatest margin in…
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Dire Straits – “Skateaway” Melanie Safka – “Brand New Key” — n n n {democracy:12} — Last week, Zack and Placebo won your pity, taking 64% of the votes cast.Á‚ …
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M83 – “Teen Angst” Placebo – “Teenage Angst” Zack: It’s hard to argue that there’s anybody who has a better grasp of teen angst than Gordon Gano of the Violent…
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Sonic Youth – “The Sprawl” Straylight Run – “Existentialism on Prom Night” “He sat beside Molly in filtered sunlight on the rim of a dry concrete fountain, letting the endless…
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—- Def Leppard – “Rocket” Herbie Hancock – “Rockit” Mojo: “The exception that proves the rule” is a cliche whose meaning completely eludes me. It’s like saying just once, we…
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Eric Clapton – “I’ve Got a Rock and Roll Heart” Dave: Did Clapton have to record this to pay back the writers for lending him money for blow? This record…
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The Popdose staff was sitting around the other day, doing what we do best — namely, talking about records that most people wish they didn’t remember — when a discussion…
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Dramarama – “Work for Food” It’s hard to go shopping in a thrift store these days without running into a t-shirt or two from Dramarama’s Hi-Fi-Sci-Fi tour, which was attended…
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This year’s newest music festival, the New American Music Union, takes place in Pittsburgh on August 8th and 9th — and Popdose has two tickets up for grabs! Created by…
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A number of weeks ago one of the Popdose writers came up with the idea of having each writer rank their top ten favorite albums that were released during the…