The problem with monsters is that, when you come right down to it, they’re not that scary. Oh, zombies and kaiju and slaver-mawed xenomorphs can put you in a world…
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Ted Asregadoo
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Is Paul Stanley’s epitaph: “Loving father and husband; asshole bandmate?”
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Dw. Dunphy
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Lisa is a woman trying to blend in. She’s trying to stay on the right side of the law. She wants to be good. She really wants the superhero that keeps hounding her to leave her alone.
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Jack Feerick
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People get into the fandom scene because they are deeply and sincerely interested in an artist, of course. But it’s also an effective way to boost one’s own self-esteem, because…
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Rob Ross
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It isn’t often one reads a book about music – famous rock musicians – and find references to Maslow or Goethe. This is, hands down, the only psychological study I’ve…
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Rob Ross
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Holly George Warren did an exemplary job of writing about Alex Chilton, the frontman of ’60’s hitmakers The Box Tops, the ramshackle director of his solo career and of course,…
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Rob Ross
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This book is a proverbial “Top Of The Pops” greatest hits – most of which can be looked upon with a warm nostalgic smile as “’80’s Top 40” pop…
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Dan Wiencek
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What can you learn from a 944-page book on the Beatles? Let’s start with these seven things.
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Rob Ross
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This 432-page tome is a loving tribute to City Gardens, the legendary (to many) but often overlooked club in Trenton, New Jersey that was crucial to the then-burgeoning punk-to-hardcore punk…
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Zack Dennis
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Ever since I picked up a paperback version of Mark Helprin’s “Winter’s Tale” while spending my summer vacation on a lake in New Hampshire, I’ve always had a hard time…
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Rob Ross
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To me, the music of Stax Records, the seminal soul music label from Memphis, has always been sacred, from the time I was a child. All of my life, Stax…
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Rob Ross
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So the enigmatic former frontman for The Smiths – and solo star for a quarter century – finally gave in and wrote his “tell all” autobiography. And in truth, to…
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Jack Feerick
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Coming to you in living color, from the heart of the global communications network to the darkest recesses of your imagination — this is the Popdose Conceptual Theater of the…
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Chris Holmes
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In which Chris Holmes reviews Greg Prato’s The Faith No More & Mr. Bungle Companion. The verdict? You should care a lot.
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Zack Dennis
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Every so often here at Popdose we’re lucky enough to get an artist to list their Desert Island Discs for us – the five albums they’d take along if they…
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Rob Ross
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Once again, author Heather Augustyn hits hard and deep, this time with her study of a forgotten musical legend – Jamaican trombonist Don Drummond. Acknowledged by many but heard of…
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Jack Feerick
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Coming to you in living color from the heart of the global communications network to the darkest recesses of your imagination, this is the Popdose Conceptual Theater of the Airwaves….
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Mick Martin
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Comics don’t stay in comics. For better or worse, most comics are produced with the hope they will lead to films, cartoons, action figures, video games, backpacks, beach towels and…
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Rob Ross
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Ska: The Rhythm Of Liberation is a very serious study of the upbeat, rhythm-based music that was born in Jamaica. While other books have been written about the “2 Tone”…
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Dw. Dunphy
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The second chapter of the Arena Mode saga goes up for Kickstarter funding in mid-October.
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Rob Ross
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This autobiography from the Hollies/Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young mainstay isn’t your standard book of revelations. It is one of those rare musical life reflections that, although dishing some “dirt”,…
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Mick Martin
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Comics don’t stay in comics. For better or worse, most comic books are produced with the hope they will lead to films, cartoons, action figures, video games, backpacks, beach towels…
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Rob Ross
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Mud Sharks is the first novel written by former Adam & The (original) Ants and Bow Wow Wow drummer Dave Barbarossa and it is a remarkable debut. A powerful story…
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Dw. Dunphy
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In his sequel to The Shining, Stephen King explores the prices paid to break the cycles of the past, and scares the hell out of you too.
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Mick Martin
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Comics don’t stay in comics. For better or worse, most comic books are produced with the hope they will lead to films, cartoons, action figures, video games, backpacks, beach towels…
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Mick Martin
8 Min Read
Comics don’t stay in comics. For better or worse, most comics are produced in the hopes they will lead to films, cartoons, action figures, video games, backpacks, beach towels and…
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Dw. Dunphy
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Warning: I’m about to get up on my high horse. You might find this offensive, or at the very least somewhat judgmental. Spoilers may be involved. Just saying — I…
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Dw. Dunphy
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J.K. Rowling has managed to have both the fairness of anonymity and the mega-success of the brand name all at once.