From chicken to coffee and Jimmy Buffett to Ryan Tedder, the Popdose staff recounts those musicians whose merchandising presences are grossly oversold.
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Popdose Staff
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From Mashable: Ticketmaster, the event ticketing property of Live Nation, is enhancing its interactive seat maps so that ticket buyers and event-goers can see where their Facebook friends are sitting,…
Jeff Giles
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The Great Gross-Off is probably my oldest Web series, and also my most infrequent, so I won’t blame any of you for not remembering that when I started it —…
Ann Logue
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Troy McClure made the industrial film a legend. In his brief life, Troy narrated such films as “Lead Paint: Delicious but Deadly” and “Meat and You: Partners in Freedom”. He…
Ann Logue
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Memphis has a lot of attractions for music fans, all of which seem to exist to help people fill up a weekend and spend lots of money. Only one really…
Robin Monica Alexander
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Robin Monica Alexander takes a momentary break from pigging out at the Shake Shack to explain, in the latest “Random Play,” why you should pig out there, too.
Ann Logue
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Berry Gordy, Jr. served in Korea, returned to Detroit, got a job at Ford, and started writing songs for his friend Jackie Wilson. Gordy figured out two things. First, there…
Dw. Dunphy
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The record companies decided to fight the scourge of free music downloads with…twice-as-expensive discs. Let us explain.
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose takes a fictitious look into the heart of adult peer pressure, consumerism run amok, and poop jokes.
Dw. Dunphy
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In spite of what the financial pundits say, Popdose’s Dw. Dunphy says double-dip recession is not only possible, but inevitable.
Ted Asregadoo
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Orgasmic over an iron? Well, Ted Asregadoo at Popdose is certainly elated by his new purchase. You probably will be too (if you buy one).
Jeff Giles
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Since the advent of recorded music, there’s been a more or less constant tension between the audiophile segment of the marketplace and the great unwashed hordes of transistor-toting plebes who…
Popdose Staff
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2011 is only hours away now. For some of us, the past year was a reevaluation of priorities, for others a positive sea change. For many, it was a hard…
Popdose Staff
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There are events, items and personalities that become so absorbed in the culture, it is hard to believe they weren’t always there. Let’s take a brief stroll down memory lane…
Ann Logue
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It seems strange that the purveyors of sexy clothes for relatively upmarket teenagers would want to be associated with a relatively downmarket spot.
Robin Monica Alexander
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Robin Monica Alexander drinks Stoli and devotes the last Random Play of 2010 to her favorite variety of booze.
Robin Monica Alexander
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Pork, pickles, barbecue sauce and a bun: it’s the McRib! And it’s back! Robin Monica Alexander analyzes its mysterious appeal in the latest Random Play.
Dw. Dunphy
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It is a muggy, overcast summer day, the kind of unsettled New Jersey weather that precludes long distance trips. Once, these were the kinds of days local shop owners dreamed…
Robin Monica Alexander
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Twinkie dipped in chocolate, or dessert of the gods? In her latest Random Play, Robin Monica Alexander sings the praises of the Chocodile.
Ted Asregadoo
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The bourbon section at my local BevMo is pretty good. They have higher end bourbons that sit locked in a case from which you can ogle to your heart’s content,…
Sarah Gupta
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Vegetarian, vegan, Weight Watchers, Sugar Busters, Slim-Fast, cabbage soup, Mediterranean, South Beach, Atkins, raw food… name the diet, I’ve tried it. So when I was offered a free Blueprint Cleanse,…
Sarah Gupta
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A few months ago my husband managed to snag a free pair of Tanto headphones from the newly launched Urbanears line which I, of course, quickly claimed as my own….
Ted Asregadoo
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Ted Asregadoo’s been drinking a lot lately, but it’s okay, because it’s for work.
Jeff Giles
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I’ve always owned PCs, and have never had much of an interest in home recording, so when Dave, Jason and I started recording the Popdose podcast a couple of months…
Jason Hare
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Back in August, we here at Popdose were happy to run a contest sponsored by DKNY, featuring their DKNY Be Delicious fragrance. As I said back then, I love the…
Jeff Giles
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If you know anything about dessert, you know cupcakes are the hottest thing around, and have been for years. Wherever you look, cupcakes are huge — often literally, what with…
Matt Wardlaw
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In his solo hit “Heart of the Matter,” Don Henley famously sang that “if you keep carryin’ that anger, it’ll eat you up inside.” While I’m all for forgiveness where…
Sarah Gupta
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I love Sephora. It smells good, the staff is friendly and they sell almost everything you could wish for in the world of store-bought beauty. And best of all, they…
Ben Wiser
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I used to frequent a seedy bar on Market Street called The Top Hat. I don’t think it’s there anymore, but I would get $2 bourbon and Cokes while I…