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Dw Dunphy ruminates over the difficulties of “living in the moment.”
Every year Hollywood gives us at least one movie where our world is greeted, confronted or otherwise engaged with forces not of our earth. It’s a fascinating plot device even…
When I was a kid, there was no Internet, which made getting my hands on great music almost impossible. From my small town in Michigan, Top 40 and AOR radio…
I’ll cut to the chase. It’s Hitler. Adolf Hitler. Yeah, I’m rather shocked myself, but it seems like Herr Fuhrer is YouTube’s latest viral go-to guy. The new black is…
You submitted your questions for former XTC member Andy Partridge, and he answered them (well, most of them, anyway) during his Popdose Interview with Will Harris.
BOTTOM LINE: Dare I say “the perfect Broadway play”? Sometimes an ideal Broadway cast is assembled: they command the stage with such presence and work together with such ease that…
Howdy, folks! Like Jim Anchower, I know it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya, but now that Popdose is a whole year old, I figured now would…
Welcome to 2009!Á‚ I know this matchup isn’t entirely appropriate, seeing as we’re not hitting a new century, or even a new decade, but the editors would probably spank me…
Howdy, folks! As some of you may have already realized, Popdose is preparing for the holidays by giving the columnists you know and love a holiday of their own. Between…
This week you get another extended post so we can finish up the letter F nice and clean. Without further ado, I give you the final batch of artists whose…
Badly Drawn Boy – Thunder Road from Uncut Magazine Bruce Springsteen Tribute Volume 1(2003) The Knack – Don’t Look Back from Get the Knack (remastered edition) (1979/2002) John Hiatt –…
CALLING GLORIA Laura Branigan is a classic example of a great and underrated talent whose life and career were cut short far too soon. Laura possessed an elastic alto voice…
One of the questions I am occasionally asked by readers, other than “Are you sure you’re straight?,” is “Why don’t you write more?” (This is also the question I am…
September 17, 1978, is a Sunday. Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin sign the Camp David Accords. The peace agreement was reached after 12 days of…
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…
I don’t mean to brag or nothin’, but when it comes to procrastinating, I’m something of an expert. If there had been a contest last year to determine the world’s…
Hey everybody, remember back in March when Jeff and I made a guest appearance over at Dave Lifton’s rockin’ Wings For Wheels? And remember how you listened and thought, “these…
Hey, everybody! It’s our pal Jason’s birthday today! Now, normally, we don’t brag about our staff getting older — but today is a special day, not only because Jason is…
“They live to talk about crap!” I’ll admit it: I was quite puzzled when I received an e-mail from Dave Lifton, pop culture writer extraordinaire and the creator of the…
This wasn’t part of our official launch announcement, but as some of you may remember, Jason’s site had a patron saint before he merged it with Popdose — and since…
It’s here! It’s finally fucking here! Hello and welcome to the official launch of Popdose, the site some of you have been waiting for/predicting would never happen for almost a…
Nothing wrong in Blog-land, folks:at least not here:at least not that I’m aware of. I just kinda ran out of time this weekend, for everything, and wasn’t able to pull…
I’ve received a lot of wonderfully unexpected links in my time, but this one, I think, makes me happiest of all.
Those of you who have been keeping track of the multi-blogging fundraising sensation that is Bloggers for a Cure may already know this, but yesterday marked the end of our…
A few weeks ago, I threatened to bombard all of you with pleas for donations to our friend Malchus’ upcoming walk for cystic fibrosis research. I haven’t followed through on…
Yes, the rumors are true. I’m a ripe old 33 today. I wasn’t planning on mentioning it here, but I had to, because Jason, in honor of the occasion, brewed…