Remember when Aerosmith’s Music from Another Dimension was supposed to be the band’s return to rockin’ form, a Seventies-style throwback to the groovin’, Stonesy, Yardbirdsy, slap-happy lewdness of Toys and…
Rob Smith
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Rob Smith is a writer, teacher, wage earner, and all-around evil genius who spends most of his time holed up in his cluttered compound in central PA. His favorite color is ultramarine blue. His imaginary band The Dukes of Rexmont tours every summer.
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If these records could talk … 1. Jason Isbell, Southeastern The last time I saw her, she was standing in a doorway, about to go inside and do something—something,…
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A journal entry, October 28, 2013, evening (later amended). It figured, the last sound you made for others would be a drone, 20 minutes of drone and guitar and poetry…
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If you were looking for me the last few months and couldn”™t find me, it”™s very possible that I was off somewhere, curled up inside ”Pick Me Up,” the title…
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Since maybe late February (when it leaked online), my favorite record of the year has been the Flaming Lips’ The Terror. The record’s unyielding tone of desperation and desolation appeals…
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Rob Smith ruminates on high school, time, energy, and U2.
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Rob Smith Can’t Say No to the new kindie record from Milkshake.
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Rob Smith Can’t Say No to the nouveau classic rock of Leroy Justice.
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Rob Smith takes the guilt out of guilty pleasures and proclaims his love for Juice Newton.
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Rob Smith meditates on memory, music, and the Beatles in “The Vinyl Diaries.”
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Rob Smith’s “Vinyl Diaries”: Billy Joel, “The Nylon Curtain”
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Rob Smith reviews Nine Times Blue’s debut album, “Falling Slowly.”
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Popdose interviews 16-year-old singer/songwriter Hayley Reardon.
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Popdose debuts a track from Matthew Ryan’s new album In the Dusk of Everything.
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Rob Smith Can’t Say No to Kenny G’s Indian collaboration record, “Namaste.”
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Some Gibby action going on in Rob Smith’s “The Vinyl Diaries.”
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Rob Smith interviews Australian songwriter Paul Kelly.
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Rob Smith’s Media 6ix: Eddie Van Halen, Gay Marriage, Avengers, etc.
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“Rob Smith’s Media 6ix”: Fornatale, Spiotta, Cowley, Carlson, etc.
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Rob Smith reviews the new Trampled by Turtles album, “Stars and Satellites.”
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Yes’ “Close to the Edge” is a thing of beauty, at least in Rob Smith’s “The Vinyl Diaries.”
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Popdose is giving away a copy of Paul Kelly’s 8-CD Box Set, “The A-to-Z Recordings.”