Two years ago, when I was working on this column’s debut, I wrote about Bruce Springsteen’s “Book of Dreams” and what the song means to Julie and me. During the…
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Michael Burke
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He’s got more than a dozen albums and multiple Grammy nominations to his credit — but Mike Stern’s latest release, Big Neighborhood, is still something really special. Read his wide-ranging Popdose Interview with Michael Burke to find out why.
Tony Redman
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If it’s Wednesday, it must be Way Out, and this week Tony Redman is going wayyyyyyyyyyyy out. (Get it? Ayyyyy? Ah, screw you people.)
Jeff Giles
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Two years after his untimely death, Dan Fogelberg has a new album out, which leaves Jeff Giles throwing common courtesy to the wind and asking: You Again?
David Medsker
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David Medsker is back with another mix of those block rockin’ beats, featuring remixes of tracks by Scritti Politti, Kool Moe Dee, Roxette, and more.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed’s Bottom Feeders moves into week two of the letter P, which means it’s time for some mushy country rock, Mr. Pointer, and some hellishly awful Christian rock. We can’t wait!
J.A. Bartlett
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September 16, 1987, is a Wednesday. A front-page story in the New York Times details the growing plagiarism scandal surrounding Delaware Senator Joseph Biden, who is chairman of the Senate…
Ken Shane
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The new Works Progress Administration album is the sort of musical collaboration that should be encouraged. The core of WPA consists of Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket), Sean Watkins…
Jeff Giles
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This probably isn’t the best week for a Kanye West protege to drop his debut full-length album, but don’t feel too badly for Kid Cudi — with a couple of…
Michael Fortes
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Episode 10 marks a couple of big firsts for me. This was the occasion of my first visit to Seattle, which was surprisingly sunny and blue-sky laden in spite of…
Ben Wiser
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II. Kromrod the Fierce wiped the blood from his massive broadsword. The chill fog of the Northern Wastes cleared the fetid dungeon air from his senses. He adjusted his loin…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE One of the lost arts of being a radio DJ is the art of mixing records. Nothing too pre-planned, mind you — just starting with…
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John Young
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Professor John Young takes us through the long arc of KISStory in this Popdose Guide to KISS
Ken Shane
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As you may recall, last week I wrote about a very fine Black Crowes show that took place at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. The show was part of…
David Medsker
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The Rules: MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of…
Jeff Giles
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You know the joke, “It might look like i’m doing nothing, but at the cellular level I’m really quite busy”? Bruce Hornsby’s post-1990 career is a little like that. As…
Rob Smith
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Sixties nostalgia is a curious thing–make-a one man weep, make another man sing. Tom Scholz–the guitarist/mastermind/evil genius behind Seventies arena rock behemoth Boston–is one of those people for whom the…
Jon Cummings
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With the newly Sony-minted Essential Janis Ian collection on the shelves and a truly impressive body of work behind her, Janis Ian had plenty to discuss with Jon Cummings in their Popdose Interview.
Dw. Dunphy
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Jim O’Rourke is either a master provocateur or just plain infuriating; it all depends on how you feel about his career as a whole. If you liked his experimental acoustic…
Popdose Staff
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It’s time once again for MTV to roll out the red carpet and congratulate the few artists who were able to penetrate its wall of reality programming and score what passes for a video hit!
Dw. Dunphy
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A famous occurrence found its way into Woody Allen’s film Manhattan. The director has just explained all the artistic allusion and metaphor in his latest work, pouring over details and…
Ann Logue
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In August of 1969, my grandparents took their younger children to New York City on vacation, where they saw the sights and met with their dazzling nephew Bob Cessna, an…
Robert Cass
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Yesterday was a special day in Bootleg City. Every September 10 — or “One After 909,” as some folks call it — we celebrate Beatle Day, which kicks off early…
Jeff Giles
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“I’m talkin’ ’bout music, I ain’t talkin’ ’bout rap,” spits Jay-Z in the opening moments of The Blueprint 3‘s leadoff track, “What We Talkin’ About,” and if you didn’t know…
Popdose Staff
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Well, it’s (almost) the end of Beatles Week, and by now, it’s clear that many of you were just as excited about the remasters and video game as we were…
Jason Hare
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Beatles Week continues with CHART ATTACK!, where Jason Hare looks at ten Beatles covers that hovered around the Billboard Top 10. Prepare to be shocked, amazed, and perhaps disturbed!
Ken Shane
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Generally it’s not my style to ask you to buy an album. I tell you what I think, and then you make up your own mind. That’s the way it…
Jeff Giles
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The coolest thing about 7 Worlds Collide’s The Sun Came Out is also its biggest flaw: Namely, that “group” founder Neil Finn brought the whole damn thing together — all…
Ed Murray
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In the short history of ’70s-era punk rock, and the longer, larger arc of rock music in general, the New York Dolls were the crucial link between the Rolling Stones,…