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The writer’s strike sucks. You know it, I know it, and all but the most diehard aficionados of reality TV know it. We don’t watch TV for reality, we watch…
David Medsker
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It has been said that Kurt Cobain later complained about the slick sheen that mixer Andy Wallace gave to Nevermind. While it is unknown whether Essex industrialists Nitzer Ebb feel…
Scraps
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Hey everybody. Welcome to the fourth week of Name That Tune at Popdose. First, I want to thank David for running last week’s superb game. This week’s game can’t possibly…
Jason Hare
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(Due to an unbelievably busy schedule, I don’t have as much time as I’d like to write entries for Popdose. Instead of abandoning this series altogether, I’ve instead asked some…
John C. Hughes
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Since we visited Boston for Tuesday’s LIT80s, let’s stick around there for the ’90s and take a look at one of the more unique bands from the Boston scene during…
Mojo Flucke
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The politics of “Shortnin’ Bread” (download) confuse me; I choose to see it as a bunch of whacked-out Left Coast surfer dudes having a ball making fun of the crackers….
Scott Malchus
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On a sun-drenched afternoon after a lunch break, I drove through Hollywood, aimlessly navigating Sunset Boulevard. I passed the Virgin Megastore, uninterested in the towering building with overpriced CDs. Distracting…
Jeff Giles
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New Monkees – New Monkees (1987) purchase this album (Amazon) When all is said and done, the 1980s may not go down as the decade with the highest per-capita quotient…
Taylor Long
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Quirk is a risky thing to play with. If it’s not done in the right way or if it’s taken too far, it can seem insincere, gimmicky, or severely limit…
Robert Cass
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Throughout the CoCo B’s self-titled debut album, frontman Kevin Castillo’s casual, somewhat sleepy vocals, similar to those of the Strokes’ Julian Casablancas or Phoenix’s Thomas Mars, initially lulled me into…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Hi, kids! Are you back for more? Okay then, let’s settle in for another weekly mix brought you by yours truly! This time, Mix Sixers,…
Zack Dennis
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As I expect every one of you knows, Heath Ledger died yesterday. I won’t speculate as to the details of his death (I’m sure the tabloids and gossip websites will…
Zack Dennis
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Exit Music is a sister series to Motion Picture Soundtrack. Yeah, they’re both named after Radiohead songs. So what? You wanna fight about it? As long as you’re less than…
Matthew Bolin
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In 1996, Rod Stewart released a collection of his ballads over the years, entitled If We Fall In Love Tonight. Or rather, Warner Brothers released this album, probably based partly…
John C. Hughes
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Boston’s ‘Til Tuesday first got noticed after winning WBCN’s Rock & Roll Rumble contest in 1983, which led to the band getting signed to Epic Records. Two years later, their…
Darren Robbins
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The Beginning Mike Zelenko (drummer): “I met Jim through an advertisement in the Illinois Entertainer (a local monthly music magazine) right out of high school. He called me a couple…
Will Harris
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Let it be said here for the record: Jeff Giles can make you feel like a superhero. When he dropped me a line, showered me with praise, and offered me…
Jon Cummings
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Ladies and gentlemen, the best music-movie moment of 2007: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/S0A7dtdc-nU” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Now, don’t get me wrong: I’m not loony enough to think that Music and Lyrics…
Jeff Giles
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Shakespear’s Sister – Stay (1992) It’s the summer of 1992, and we’re in her living room. Like most days, she’s got MTV on in the background. I forget what I’m…
Dw. Dunphy
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Robbie Robertson coined a phrase in an interview once, and it stuck with me. He said that even though he’d written many types of songs, the ones that always got…
Jeff Giles
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Steve Reich – Tehillim Part III: Slow from Phases (2006) The Jimmy Castor Bunch – It’s Just Begun from The Funk Box (2000) Janis Joplin – As Good As You’ve…
David Medsker
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The late “Ëœ80s caused rock bands to do many a strange thing in order to maintain their broad appeal. There were three surefire ways to reach the youth of the…
David Medsker
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Greetings, gamers. Scraps is taking a much-needed break from his editing duties — we’d like to thank the good people at Pleasant Palms Resort and Rehabilitation Center for taking him…
The Chartburn Panel
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/xZ7L6MUUrTc” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Mainstream Rock: Lou Gramm, “Midnight Blue” (1987) John: Move over, Foreigner! There’s something blander! Zack: Despite Lou Gramm’s dreadful, dreadful hairstyle, I really enjoy…
Darren Robbins
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Tim Smith (ex-Jellyfish, current member of Sheryl Crow”™s band) 1. The Beatles, Rubber Soul My favorite period for the band, as they were firing on all cylinders. Pre-self-indulgent, post-early-sugar-pop. “If…
John C. Hughes
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It’s 1974 and a major milestone occurs in six-year old John Hughes’s life — he gets his weekly allowance, one dollar, for the first time. That first dollar was precious….
Mojo Flucke
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“I can’t live forever, how long ya think I’m gonna wait — for forgiveness?” growls Ike Turner in a cut from his 2006 Zoho solo effort Risin’ With the Blues….
Scott Malchus
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In the world of Canadian major-league rock and roll, if Rush are the Toronto Blue Jays and April Wine are the single “ËœA’ Vancouver Canadians, Triumph would be the triple…
Jeff Giles
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Howard Jones – In the Running (1992) purchase this album (Amazon) To type these words pains me more deeply than words can say, but it’s altogether likely that many of…