I usually write an essay for these, but here in our third presidential cycle with authoritarian blood-and-soil nationalism as the official Republican platform, I increasingly find I have nothing to…
The Weekly Mixtape
October has come again, my children of the night. The sun sinks low in the northern sky, and . . . something else rises from the earth once more to…
The turning of the seasons brings us once again to northern autumn — the season of the witch, if you will. And though the nights are growing crisp, some of…
Welcome to the archives! For your convenience, this page will serve as a repository for all Popdose’s Halloween and related spooky seasonal mixtapes, and will be updated in coming years…
Greetings, boils and ghouls! It is once again that time of year when Popdose’s own crypt-keeper, Jack Fear, ascends from his dank and musty vaults to unleash upon an unsuspecting…
We are proud to exhume the ten MP3 mixtapes that first appeared in 2015, plus the bonus mix from 2016, free to stream and download… and they’ve brought some friends…
I read a statistic the other day that worried me, and it should worry you, too: Countries that flirt with authoritarianism — as the United States undeniably has over these…
You don’t need me to tell you. You can see it with your own eyes. You don’t need me to tell you that everything we warned of, everything we feared,…
Welcome again to our annual cavalcade of music and songs from the ass-end of the class divide, the anthems and laments of the world’s working men and women, those who…
Welcome once again to our annual revue of hard-hitting songs for the hard-hit people on the wrong side of the class divide — the laborers, the men and women who…
We gave up on songs about Tom Petty not wanting to kiss his relatives a long time ago.
Getting into shape for the holidays: a parallelogram.
Well, now. This is going to be an awkward Thanksgiving, isn’t it? At the very least, it’s going to be a little difficult to maintain that all-important attitude of gratitude….
You ought to know before we get started: This time, I’m taking sides. The last time I did one of these, it was in a spirit of optimism and play….
Greetings, children of the night! As your Halloween party draws nigh, our senses-shattering mixtape series is resurrected to wreak havoc on your unsuspecting ears — all ten audio collages from…
Welcome once again to the Popdose Labor Day Mixtape, our annual curated playlist of music and songs about work, economics, and the dubious joys to be found in the Hobbesian…
Roads can take you anywhere, but they have a funny way of bringing you around to the same spots now and then. You pass through these hubs and junctions on…
There are (as has often been observed) two kinds of people in this world. What those two kinds are — well, that’s a matter of personal interpretation. Myself, I tend…
Welcome to the annual Labor Day mix, where we kick back, listen to some tunes about economics and labor, and consider the situation of the American worker. The story is…
The Weekly Mixtape was the 2008 version of streaming. You know nothing about that.
Welcome once again to the Popdose Labor Day mixtape, that quixotic collection of work songs, union anthems, and hymns to the working men and women of America — our annual…
As you enjoy the long weekend, ponder the words of Lee Camp: Download the full mix (1:08:31) Collect ’em all! Download the full mix for 2012 (1:12:37) — see details…
Well, it’s been fun. Last one out, make sure to turn out the lights.