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Hey everybody, as the Little River Band said. Welcome to the twenty-third shin-splinting week of Name That Tune at Popdose. Rules can be your friend, or just a casual acquaintance…
Our guest writer this week is no stranger to CHART ATTACK!, having contributed a fantastic write-up of March 23, 1985 a while back. Please welcome back our good friend Carlos…
Preconceptions can be a bitch. Lemme give you an example. Back in 1981, I bought an album by a band called The Tourists, whom I knew nothing about, and, upon…
When I was 11 years old and living in rural Grafton, Ohio, there weren’t too many other kids my age in our neighborhood, especially any with my twin obsessions, Micronauts…
This is the first Cold Shot that features a whole album. We (that’s all my personalities combined) are pretty psyched about that. See, Buddy Guy’s a favorite of the Cold…
Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. HeÁ¢€â„¢s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
At least in the mind of the man himself, Cat Scratch Fever is the work of the baddest mofo alive. A dude who will take your little ones crossbow hunting…
Success is problematic for a band. When you’re flying under the radar, no one expects much from you. But then, when you deliver a breakthrough, as The Hold Steady did…
When one thinks of survival, it conjures up images of barren islands, a lack of vital resources or, thanks to modern times, television shows where people are purposefully cast into…
The word together implies the combination of parts — and the third full-length from Philadelphia’s Pattern Is Movement, All Together, perfectly represents that which its title suggests. There are many…
Boing-ga-boing-ga-boing-boing, snap! Now that is a hook, bitches. For a long time, the name Stephen Duffy was nothing more to me than the answer to a trivia question about who…
A few weeks ago I was at a record show for a few hours flipping through thousands of $1 records. I fully admit that I am a nosy person —…
A number of weeks ago one of the Popdose writers came up with the idea of having each writer rank their top ten favorite albums that were released during the…
sitÁ¢€¢com n. Informal A situation comedy; a television comedy series involving a group of regular characters in everyday situations, often set in the home and/or workplace For three seasons, Weeds…
Y’know, if Josie Cotton’s best-known single had become more than just a regional hit on the west coast, my high school life would have been a living hell. But thankfully,…
Bob Dylan – “Like a Rolling Stone” Robert: Rolling Stone magazine named Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965) the greatest song of all time in 2004. It certainly…
Hey, Mix Six fans! I’m on a much needed vacation this week, so Jack Feerick is going to be in charge of the mixing duties for a couple of weeks….
I can still remember stumbling upon the CD for Voice of the Beehive’s Let It Bee for the first time. I guess you could argue that it stood out because,…
Nearly two years ago now, I posted a short list of songs that reminded me of my post-college trip to Europe & Asia. One of those songs, DJ Bobo’s “Chihuahua”…
Fourth of July is, without a doubt, my favorite holiday. Firstly, because it’s not religiously affiliated. Secondly, because it generally involves some combination of the following three items: fire, grilling…
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/l7TUVOYAW28″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Mainstream Rock: Asia, “Heat of the Moment” (1982) Vrabel: I have a buddy who’s a big Asia fan. And every single time my buddy…
Bruce Springsteen – Independence Day (live) from Live 1975-1985 (1986) Taj Mahal – Freedom Ride from Largo (1998) The Damnwells – God Bless America from Air Stereo (2006) The Beach…
Hey everybody and environs. Welcome to the twenty-second claw-clicking week of Name That Tune at Popdose. What if there were no rules? Then we’d have to delete the boilerplate: The…
Here’s one I’ve been saving because … well, I’ve been too lazy to break out the USB turntable. 1994 was a great year for the Breeders. Last Splash had just…
Doooood, if you’ve been following this psychotic lo-fi series of posts all year, you’ve heard some hidden gems, some peculiar covers, some underground legends, and wacky side projects of people…
If you should find yourself in North Olmsted, Ohio with a few extra minutes, you can drive past the North Olmsted high school. There, if you know where to look,…
Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. HeÁ¢€â„¢s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
A selection of Á¢€Å“FindingsÁ¢€ from the back page of HarperÁ¢€â„¢s Magazine, June 2008. A genetic variation affecting two thirds of East Asian men might allow them to take performance-enhancing testosterone…