DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE You what song I can’t get out of my mind? “Mambo No. 5.” And really it’s only the part of the song where he says…
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I was reading Stanley Fish’s opinion piece in the New York Times about the University of Colorado’s plan to create a Chair of Conservative Thought at their Boulder campus. The…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE It’s almost June, and time for people to completely lose it when it comes to locking in all the elements that goes into a wedding….
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I’ve been reading The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008 by Sean Wilentz, and it covers historical ground that most historians don’t want to touch for a good 30 years….
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE My copy of Paste magazine came in the mail a couple of weeks ago, and if you don’t know about Paste, they provide readers with…
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I don’t know if bad news has reached critical mass this past week, but it seems that the last few days of newspaper reading has engendered a great deal of…
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In the realm of public speaking, it’s tough for anyone (even accomplished speakers) not to make mistakes. In my current line of work (radio) I have to voice commercials, promotional…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Rush is probably a band I’ve seen perform live more than any other band. They’ve lasted this long as a recording and touring rock band…
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Ronald Reagan asked that question when he was running against Jimmy Carter in 1980. It’s a question that goes to the heart of what many of us believe is the…
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Download the full mix HERE “Theme From Shaft,” Isaac Hayes MGM was behind this film, it made a ton of money at the box office, Isaac Hayes won an Oscar…
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We’re at a point in the presidential election when reporters, news directors, anchors, and all the other media powers who help frame election issues are getting weary. Weary of the…
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DOWNLOAD HERE If there’s a theme to this mix, it comes from the movie title The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The vanity projects of TV and movie stars…
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History-altering events produce consequences that are sometimes unintended. In our post-9/11 age, the political landscape has quickly altered, from the relative peace and prosperity of the Clinton years to perpetual…
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DOWNLOAD HERE I’ve been watching Gene Simmons Family Jewels on and off since the series began, and for some reason, there was a bit of a marathon session last week….
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Elections are about priorities. What kind of world do we want to live in? What kinds of things are important for our government to spend money, time, and energy on…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Bonjour amis, bloggy! Lately, I’ve been feeling a little too structured in my mixes, so I just ventured into the CD vault/closet and picked six…
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DOWNLOAD “Girls! Girls! Girls!” HERE I have to thank Melissa at work for this mix. The two of us were talking about songs featuring female names and she said something…
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In an election year, candidates often want to talk about “the issues,” but more often than not, campaigns will ditch the boring talk for talking smack about each other. It’s…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE As Prince said, “I think I wanna dance!” Sometimes in the weekly Mix Six shuffle it’s easy to forget the lasting impact of disco on…
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A friend of mine from grad school came to town for an academic conference in San Francisco this week. It was the annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association, and…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Cheers to you, you scurvy knaves! That’s my belated St. Patty’s Day toast to you Á¢€” and I’m well aware that saying “scurvy knaves” is…
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As presidential campaigns become longer, the media’s appetite grows for comments by anyone who has a connection — no matter how close or remote — to candidates who are in…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Life is full of contradictions, isn’t it? For example, I’m not a fan of country music, yet I like songs and artists who fuse country…
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If you’ve been reading the papers for political stories that aren’t about the presidential campaign, you might have noticed a story that had a headline with a variation of the…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Sorry for the long delay between mixes, kids. Some real-life issues took over for the past few weeks and I had to take a break…
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It seems every four years Ralph Nader surfaces as a presidential candidate to remind progressives, and even some libertarians, why our system of government is rigged, why we’re getting screwed,…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Looking through my soon-to-be-a-dead-format CD collection, I noticed a few discs that could be labeled arty-farty Á¢€” or artsy-fartsy, if you like the letter S….
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I would venture to guess that most of the Popdose audience wasn’t even born when the radicalism of the 1960s bubbled up — yet the shadow of the 1960s is…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Bonjour mes amis! This week’s mix is brought to you by the letter “L” Á¢€” which is the first letter in leukemia and lymphoma. I…
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Years ago, I used to teach political science to students whose level of interest ran the range from apathetic to enthusiastic Á¢€” with a good chunk in the middle just…
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