Hidelyho, Popdoserinos! Ready for another slam diddly doodly bangerrific quiz? Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure…
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Jon Cummings
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Editor’s note: What follows is no less than the third column that Popdose writer Jon Cummings has attempted to wring out of a single interview last fall with former Letters…
Mojo Flucke
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In Red Sox lore, the facts state that 10,454 fans–a pathetic number–attended Ted Williams’ last game in 1960, when he grew his legend to Mount Rushmore proportions by slamming a…
Robert Cass
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Talking Heads spent less time talking, more time singing and playing, so in that spirit I’m going to keep my introduction brief this week. Below you’ll find disc two of…
Jack Feerick
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What’s weird about the discourse surrounding popular culture is how quickly it becomes self-reflexive. That is, it becomes possible to engage in the discussion as an end in itself, without…
Jeff Giles
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Lee Feldman – Monkeys from The Man in a Jupiter Hat (2000) Gang Starr – Precisely The Right Rhymes from Step in the Arena (1991) Django Reinhardt – Sweet Georgia…
The Chartburn Panel
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/bo2Aypi0R2c” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Mainstream Rock: Blue Oyster Cult, “Burnin’ for You” (1981) Mike: One of exactly two Blue Oyster Cult songs I’m familiar with (I’m sure we…
Dw. Dunphy
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The “My Album / Your Album” dynamic. Sounds like a really odd phrase, but you’ve experienced it: You are suddenly enthralled by this artist or band, you’ve listened to their…
John C. Hughes
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Have I mentioned that the internet is a pretty cool place lately?Á‚ No?Á‚ Okay, Imma mention it now! I mean, first there’s all the porn.Á‚ Granted, some it can be…
Scott Malchus
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“What are you doin’?” Bob asked as he entered my dorm room. It was December 1989. I had just returned from acing the final exam of an incredibly difficult English…
Terje Fjelde
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Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. He’s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
Tony Redman
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This week’s selections are from an album called Rerun Rock. The concept for this album is this: How would classic TV theme songs sound if they were performed by famous…
Ben Wiser
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Hey, you witches and warlocks. I’m taking a break this week from your usual boomerang testing to share with you a dark and doomy treat. It’s Black Sabbath, live on…
David Medsker
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Rockwell once said he felt like somebody was watching him. Odds are, it was Animotion. Have you taken a close look at the lyrics to “Obsession” lately? This gives “Every…
Dave Steed
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Hey! It’s Wednesday, so let’s continue taking a look at the letter G and the ass end of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Andy Gibb and Victoria Principal “All I…
Zack Dennis
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Buddy Revel, the seemingly unstoppable juggernaut of a bully in Three O’Clock High (1987), isn’t actually a bully. Bullying is a tool used to establish or enforce social dominance. And…
John C. Hughes
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This one’s been a long time coming … and it’s not even as complete as I’d like it to be.Á‚ Let me explain… When I first started Lost in the…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Howdy to all the ‘Merican people! George W. Bush here.Á‚ Well, I’m almost outta here, and I’m not one for mushy speechifying, so I’ve had…
David Medsker
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What’s shakin, Stevens? I’ve been taking rapping lessons from Andy Samberg lately. Bloopy bloop blurp blah blah dookie doo… Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them…
Dw. Dunphy
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It wasn’t their best album. It wasn’t even much like what people consider their best album. Yet the mighty Canadian power trio Rush found themselves on Atlantic Records with a…
Matchup Monkey
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I’ve been meaning to use this space to introduce our readers to music they might never have heard of, so right here on the heels of 100 songs you’ve definitely…
Robert Cass
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It’s taken me a few weeks to find my way back to Bootleg City — I made an unscheduled stop in Layoff Land, an increasingly popular destination these days —…
Jeff Giles
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Snoop Dogg feat. Sly Stone – Dr. King Remember from Web Release (2009) Jessie Kilguss – A Little Place Behind My Eyes from Nocturnal Drifter (2008) Illinois – Are You…
Jason Hare
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Welcome back to CHART ATTACK!, all new for 2009! This year we’ll be doing much like we’ve done in the past: ripping apart Billboard Top 10 charts for years ranging…
Dw. Dunphy
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The Alan Parsons Project is a mess. I’ll explain. First, the band name is a freak of necessity. Manager Eric Woolfson and producer Alan Parsons worked on a project based…
Rob Smith
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Bands like Rush and AC/DC wear as a badge of honor the fact that they’ve never written or performed a power ballad. I love them both, but they’re pussies. The…
John C. Hughes
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Sometimes I can forgive a band for anything if I love them enough.Á‚ Even being featured in a Pringles ad or an Adam Sandler film. Oxford, England’s Candyskins were never…
Scott Malchus
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Last year our house was overrun by witches.Á‚ You’d think that in the 21st Century there would be some kind of way to control witch infestation, but there was no…
Terje Fjelde
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Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. He’s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
Ben Wiser
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A 2-DVD set and 24-page hardcover book featuring Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead), Mike Gordon (Phish), Steve Kimock, Sikiru, and Jen Durkin (Bomb Squad, Deep Banana Blackout). The ultimate…