Here are two tracks from The Green Album, an album of tribute songs about clay superstars Gumby and Pokey released in 1989. The first one, “The Ballad of Gumby,” performed…
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J.A. Bartlett
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January 14, 1986, is a Tuesday. President Reagan issues proclamations for Save Your Vision Week, National Poison Prevention Week, and a National Day of Prayer, issues an executive order extending…
David Medsker
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“Never mind me, ’cause I’ve been dead Out of my body, been out of my head…” Grant Lee Phillips, you have my attention. “There’s nothing that I said that’ll bring…
Dave Steed
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I made a mistake recently. I think I opened a door to a world of bad “Ëœ80s music hurt that I had been trying to keep closed. See, I went…
Matchup Monkey
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Welcome!Á‚ This week, in honor of the audacity of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (who was impeached last week by a somewhat lopsided vote of 114-1), the subject is False…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE One morning, Joe Satriani woke up to 40 text messages on his cell phone.Á‚ After scrolling through 40 variations of “holy schet u got ripped…
Ken Shane
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Today is a very important day in the history of popular music. It was on this day in 1959 that Motown was born. An auto worker by the name of…
David Medsker
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Hello, my friends, for the Barely Legal edition of Cover Me. Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few…
Jon Cummings
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Almost exactly a year ago on this site, my esteemed Popdose colleague Dw. Dunphy closed a column by asking, “What has modernity offered you? Hannah Montana?” He was concluding a…
Jeff Giles
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The Neville Brothers – Yellow Moon purchase this album (Amazon) Morning, Popdose faithful! Who’s in the mood for a new series? You? Good! Starting today, we’d like you to meet…
Rob Smith
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Here’s another missive from the Skwatzenschitz archives, which I explained a bit last time. I’m not sure how Jimmy Buffett reacted to Uncle Donnie’s advice, but, to the best of…
Rob Smith
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You never know when your college friends may become useful professional contacts. One night 17 years ago, Lev Skwatzenschitz and I found ourselves stumbling down College Avenue at Rutgers, trading…
Jeff Giles
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M. Ward – You Still Believe In Me from Transistor Radio (2005) Me First and The Gimme-Gimmes – Coming to America from Have Another Ball (2008) Neal Pattman – Momma…
Jason Hare
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Great news, everybody! Adventures Through the Mines of Mellow Gold is back! Or, alternately: Awful news, everybody! Adventures Through the Mines of Mellow Gold is back! The point is: like…
Mojo Flucke
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Fellow Popdoser Ed Murray and I ducked down to Boston’s Paradise to check out the Von Bondies (above: rhythm guitarist Marcie Bolen’s set list that Ed stole for me, knowing…
John C. Hughes
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Breakfast was the most important meal of the day for a child of the ’70s.Á‚ Not because of the nutritional intake it provided to get a kid going in the…
Ed Murray
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If I wasn’t a sucker for fuzzed out sonic bliss – and bands, songs and albums that are driven more by passion than musical ability – I wouldn’t have agreed…
Scott Malchus
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Throughout the winter of 1984 and 1985, I was stuck on crutches and wearing a leg brace as I recovered from reconstructive surgery on my right knee that repaired my…
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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Hello, my name is Tony, and I run a blog called Way Out Junk that focuses mostly on out-of-print children’s and novelty albums. Jeff contacted me and asked if I’d…
Ben Wiser
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Test of the Boomerang – Top Ten of 2008 I will dispense with the usual bullshit “Let’s take a look back…” year-end review. USA Today will have that shit in…
David Medsker
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The funny thing about music in 1985: they would make an extended mix of anything. Even funnier, people would dance to it. Take this week”™s subject, the UK band Vitamin…
Dave Steed
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I’d bet that most people right now would say “Welcome back” to all of you. But I’m not, because the false “Welcome back” is just a little pet peeve of…
John C. Hughes
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After dipping his toe into the mainstream with his fourth album, Security, and its Top 40 hit, “Shock the Monkey,” it’s only natural that Peter Gabriel would continue to experiment…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Living where I do (the San Francisco Bay Area), the Napa Valley is quite close to my abode.Á‚ If you’ve ever been to a winery…
David Medsker
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Welcome back, Popdosers. Did you have a nice Mellowmas break? And is Alan O’Day the best sport in the world or what? I mean, he’s not quite as awesome as…
Mojo Flucke
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Editor’s Note: This kicks off a new series where the Popdose staff reflects on memorable concerts they’ve witnessed. They’re not reviews, per se, but in places may exhibit review-like symptoms….
Mojo Flucke
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Joachim Cooder produced his dad Ry’s new retrospective double disc The UFO Has Landed; he got to make the ultimate mixtape by picking which cuts would represent the elder Cooder’s…